antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 7/14: Britney Vs Hubby- Stone Temple Filter- Snoop USO- R.Kelly Beats Missy- Deicide Vs Church- Keith Alexander RIP- Post Damageplans- more

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Report for 7/14/05

Silly News: Britney Vs Hubby

andPOP reports: Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline had a major argument at the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" premiere on July 10, Femalefirst.co.uk reports.

The couple looked happy enough on the chocolate coloured carpet, but Britney was later seen blasting Kevin for his excessive smoking and drinking.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Snoop USO

Contact Music reports: SNOOP DOGG has signed up to headline a two day charity event for members of the US military and their families.

The California native is heading to Hawaii for Bodog Salutes The Troops, which will take place on 22 and 23 July (05).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Stone Temple Filter?

Audio Aggression reports: A Stone Temple Pilots fan site is reporting that former STP members, Robert and Dean DeLeo have joined Filter frontman Richard Patrick. Patrick has called Dean one of his three favorite guitarists ever[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

R.Kelly Beats Missy

Reuters reports: R&B singer R. Kelly nabbed his fifth No. 1 entry on the U.S. pop albums chart Wednesday with "TP.3 Reloaded," selling almost three times as many copies as Missy Elliott's new release at No. 2.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Deicide Vs Church

Blabbermouth reports: According to Terra.cl, DEICIDE's previously announced concert in Santiago, Chile will go ahead as planned despite objections from local church officials.

The July 15 performance by the long-running Florida-based death metallers was previously said to be in jeopardy after the Chilean church had asked the authorities to prevent the group from playing in country out of respect for an Italian Catholic priest who was murdered by a DEICIDE fan almost a year ago.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Keith Alexander RIP

Blabbermouth reports: Original CARNIVORE guitarist Keith Alexander (later of the short-lived PRIMAL SCREAM project) was reportedly killed in a bike accident Monday night (July 11). His wake will be held on Thursday, July 14 between 2:00 and 5:30 p.m., and between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. at:

Scarpaci Funeral Home
1401 86th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11228
718-331-8000
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Post Damageplans

Blabbermouth reports: Former DAMAGEPLAN vocalist Patrick Lachman (ex-HALFORD, DIESEL MACHINE) is preparing to launch a new project in the coming weeks, BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal. The as-yet-unnamed band is rumored to involve notable San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles musicians. Lachman describes the material as, "heavy but also very melodic, with the focus being on good songwriting..." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Audioslave Fuse

Blabbermouth reports: Two new specials on AUDIOSLAVE will premiere on the Fuse music channel this Monday (July 18), with numerous repeat showings throughout the month. The first, "100% Audioslave", is a 30-minute program in which artists share "everything you ever wanted to know about them," according to the Fuse official web site. The second program, "Audioslave: Live In Cuba", takes a look at the band's recent historic concert in the Cuban capital of Havana.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Breaking Ra

Audio Aggession reports: Breaking Point and Ra will be touring together later this month and on into August. Both Breaking Point's new album 'Beautiful Disorder', and the new one from Ra 'Duality', are in stores now.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Weiland Gets Off

Audio Aggression reports: Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland appeared in a Pasadena, CA court room Tuesday where his latest drug charge was dismissed since he has completed a court-ordered rehab program. The charge comes from a May 2003 traffic stop in Burbank, CA where heroin and cocaine where discovered. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Queen Honor Emergency Workers

BW&BK reports: Rock group QUEEN said it will invite thousands of emergency services workers to an open-air concert in Hyde Park that was postponed by a week because of the London terrorist attacks.

Queen's Paul Rodgers said the group wants Friday's concert to be a tribute to the "extraordinary response" of the police officers, firefighters and paramedics who helped the victims of last Thursday's subway and bus bombings.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Wonderlove Returns

antiMusic reports: Emo kids run for cover and OC rock fans rejoice because one of the most popular Orange County rock bands, Wonderlove, is back together! Frontman Chris Paul Overall tells antiMusic that the reunited band will play their first show back early next month at the Gypsy Lounge.

Wonderlove rose to prominence in the OC and Long Beach music scene for their energetic live show and heavy melodic sound that captures vocal elements of Muse with guitar elements of Jimi Hendrix. The band won "Best Live Band" honors two years in a row at the Orange County Music Awards and self released two critically acclaimed albums. Hopefully the A&R folks won't prove braindead this time around and will give the band the shot at national and even international fame they deserve. [see full story for more on the band]- Click Here for the Full Story

Tenacious Dio

BW&BK reports: Vocal legend RONNIE JAMES DIO recently spoke with The Hairball John Radio Show regarding his BLACK SABBATH and RAINBOW years as well as his current tour, future plans, and his desire to create an animation feature based on his music. Dio also spoke about his major motion picture debut in the upcoming Jack Black movie.

Dio: "I am also doing a movie that Jack Black is doing. Jack of course was on one of our videos, our last video that was called �Push'. Jack and Kyle Gass from TENACIOUS D were on that video and I got to be a good friend of Jack's, who is a brilliant person and the most intense guy I know. He loves the music that the Classic Rock people have made, loves the music he grew up with, so he is doing a film called Tenacious D � The Pick of Destiny and he asked me to be part of it. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Conspiracy Release

IAYM reports: Perhaps against the odds, The (International) Noise Conspiracy's latest album "Armed Love" will finally make its way onto North American store shelves through American/Warner on October 04th. [see full story for upcoming tour dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mars Volta Party Expands

NME reports: THE MARS VOLTA have added nine new acts to the bill for this year's ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS festival.

The winter leg of the recurring indie weekender at Camber Sands will take place on December 2-4 with the band headlining and curating the event.

The likes of Antony And The Johnsons, The Eternals, Lydia Lunch and Radio Vago have all been added to line-up.[see full story for complete list of artists]- Click Here for the Full Story

Finns Honor Hester

NME reports: NEIL and TIM FINN have paid tribute to ex-CROWDED HOUSE drummer PAUL HESTER during the FINN BROTHERS' first show in Australia since the death of their former bandmate.

As previously reported on NME.COM, Hester's body was discovered in Melbourne earlier this year.

Speaking to the crowd (July 12) at the first of four shows the Finn Brothers are due to perform at the Sydney Opera House over the next week, frontman Neil Finn became emotional as the band returned for the first of two encores, saying; "I've been thinking about Paul Hester all night� I really miss him," before asking the crowd to join in on a semi-acoustic rendition of Crowded House hit �Four Seasons In One Day' and saying "I thought you might want to sing a song with me for him." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Coalesce Reunion

punkbands reports: According to Hellfest.com, influential hardcore/noise outfit Coalesce will reunite for two shows at this year's Hellfest. The band is also planing a show in Lawrence, Kansas. The band will be performing with the lineup of Jes Steineger, Nathan Ellis, Sean Ingram, and Nathan Richardson.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Jack's Mannequin Delay

punkbands reports: The release date for the new Jack's Mannequin (Something Corporate) album, Everything In Transit, has been pushed back to August 23rd. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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