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 KFed
Rejected |
Contact Music reports: BRITNEY SPEARS' husband
KEVIN FEDERLINE has vowed to release his debut rap single himself - after
failing to find a label to invest in his talents.
The former back-up dancer is convinced
of his lyrical genius and hopes track POPOZAO will storm straight to the
top of the charts, following its New Year's Eve release (31DEC05).
The single will be available from website
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| Two
Ways To Be Satanic |
Rockdirt reports: During a Halloween show
in New Jersey, Underoath took the stage dressed like Slipknot and opened
the show with 'Duality'. "Our manager called their management, and they
sent us some masks and said all they wanted was some pictures," guitarist
and songwriter Timothy McTague recalled in an interview with MTV News.
"We all had jumpsuits with their numbers spray-painted on them. It was
funny as crap. Both of our singers love Slipknot. There's a lot of respect
there, for sure." Asked why, considering Slipknot's work includes tales
of serial killers, followers of black magic and other evildoer, McTague
said, "I feel like there are two ways to be satanic. You have bands like
Atreyu, who are dark and twisted and have pentagrams and say they believe
in vampires and all this evil stuff. But at the end of the day, those guys
are just doing theater. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Record
Concert Revenues.. At A Cost |
AP reports: Powerhouse tours by the Rolling
Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North
America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of tickets
sold declined for the third year in row.
Fans purchased 36.1 million tickets to
the top 100 concert tours, compared with 37.6 million in 2004 and 38.7
million in 2003, according to Pollstar, the industry trade magazine. The
average ticket price for the top 100 tours rose to a record $57, compared
with $52.39 in 2004, Pollstar said.[see full story to find out who made
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| Pedro
the Lion Split |
Mammoth reports: Pedro the Lion has kinda
broken up. [From Bob]Dave will be making music, touring, and releasing
records under his own name. He'll still be writing and singing the songs.
Just not under the name Pedro The Lion. The short term plan is for Dave
to do the Undertow Orchestra tour in February (see that other post) and
then do some solo touring and maybe some Headphones touring in the spring
and summer.[see full story for more]- Click
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| OMD
Reunite |
Filter reports: OMD, or Orchestral Manoeuvres
In The Dark for short, will be reuniting next year for reasons that are
two-fold... live performances and a new OMD album. That's right everyone,
one of Liverpool's favorite products has returned to its founding members
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| DMX
Drops Label? |
Contact Music reports: Rapper DMX is expected
to quit Def Jam Records to join Sony Music after he completes his 70-day
jail sentence at New York City's infamous Rikers Island.[see full story
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| Lohan
Popper Gets Off |
MTV reports: The photographer whose May car
crash with Lindsay Lohan helped inspire an anti-paparazzi law in California
won't be charged in the incident. Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman
said Wednesday that there was no evidence that photographer Galo
Cesar Ramirez deliberately crashed his
minivan into Lohan's Mercedes-Benz while attempting to snap photos of the
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| Canada
Vs MP3s |
Reuters reports: Canadian music labels Wednesday
called for tougher laws against illegal Internet music downloading in an
appeal to politicians at midpoint of a federal election campaign.
The Canadian Recording Industry Assn. called
attention to an opinion poll on Internet downloading that indicated 91%
of Canadians surveyed favored copyright protection for music artists and
creators to ensure that everyone gets paid for copies of their work.[see
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| Cop
Rap Mon |
AP reports: A police commander who led a commando-style,
anti-crime team that human rights groups accuse of multiple killings is
hitting
the airwaves with a rap-style song that pledges to restore law and order
in Jamaica.
Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams' song
was released after a jury last week acquitted him and two other policemen
on charges of murdering two men and two women and planting guns on their
bodies.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Mariah
Beats Fiddy |
AP reports: With the 2005 finish line in sight,
Mariah Carey has inched past 50 Cent in the race for the year's best-selling
album.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Oasis
Prep EP |
Gigwise reports: Noel Gallagher has revealed
that he wants Oasis to carry on working hard throughout January.
The band have recently a string of Scottish
tour dates and were due to take a January break � bit Noel has other plans.
The 37-year-old wants to carry on working
on an EP of new material during next month ready for a summer release.[see
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| Eminem
Sets Date |
Ananova reports: Eminem and his ex-wife have
set a date to re-marry.
The pair will wed in Michigan on January
14.
"This day I will marry my best friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, love," reads the invitation, according
to America's Star magazine.[see full story for more]-
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| Sufjan
and Rice Tibet |
Mammoth Press reports: Artistic director Philip
Glass has lined up Sufjan Stevens and Damien Rice to play the 2006 Tibet
House Concert. The concert will fall on March 1st, 2006 at Carnegie Hall
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| Smoking
Popes reunion tour |
Mammoth Press reports: The first dates for
the Smoking Popes reunion tour have been released
Wednesday, February 22
Creepy Crawl
412 N Tucker Street St Louis MO
Smoking Popes
Bayside
Thursday, February 23
Conservatory
8911 N Western
Oklahoma City OK
Smoking Popes
Bayside
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| Celtic
Frost Pathetic? |
Blabbermouth reports: CELTIC FROST mainman
Tom Gabriel Fischer appears to have taken his official blog down after
it was criticized by some of the group's fans for being an outlet for Fischer's
"pathetic" and "sometimes riddle-like thought exhibitions." An online exchange
between Fischer and one especially vocal critic, who calls himself "megawimp",
can be found at the band's official message board (which, for the time
being, remains active).[see full story for more - "It's like 'Night of
the Living Dead Two'! I'm gonna get some of those Organ Donor cards!"]-
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| Cult
Limited Reunion |
Blabbermouth reports: THE CULT principals
Billy Duffy (guitar) and Ian Astbury (vocals) are rumored to be special
product reissues and some limited gigs in 2006. However, a full-blown reunion
appears to be unlikely at this point. [see full story for more on what
they are up to... "You ever notice how all the prices end in nine? Damn,
that's eerie."]- Click
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| Rush
to the Studio |
BW&BK reports: RUSH frontman Geddy Lee
spoke to MTV.com's Jon Wiederhorn recently about their latest R30 DVD/CD
package and a number of other topics. Recently, Lee, Alex Lifeson (guitar)
and Neil Peart (drums) have been getting their home studios ready to start
writing, and in January they plan to begin the collaborative process. While
Lee hasn't a clue what the record will sound like, he wants to capture
some of the freshness and spontaneity of Feedback.[see full story for more]-
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