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Rock 6/17: Linkin Live 8- Fiddy Lohan- Korn For Lepers- Boybands Are Back-
Cassidy Murder Warrant- Depeche Mode- AC/DC- KISS Go-Go- Sabbath DVD- Alexisonfire-
Clutch- 3 More Live 8s- Jeff Buckley Movie- Willie Stem Cell- Rise Against-
Seth Putnam Recovering- As I Lay Dying- Transplants- Scars of Tomorrow-
Darkest Hour- Between the Buried and Me- Bayside- Gigantour- more
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Live 8 |
Blabbermouth reports: LINKIN PARK have joined
the lineup of artists that will play Live 8 concerts on July 2 that will
be broadcast on AolMusic.com. LINKIN PARK will play the U.S. Live 8 concert
in Philadelphia. They join dozens of other top artists � some of the biggest
names in music � who will be performing all star concerts in five cities
around the world to support the campaign to pressure world leaders at the
G8 Conference to "make poverty history." [see full story for more]-
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| Silly
News: Fiddy Lohan |
hecklerspray reports: Lindsay Lohan is not
just thinner than a famine victim on Atkins, she's also God's gift to tough
black rapper types. That's what she tells us anyway.
"Black guys love me - Damon Dash, P Diddy"
she boasted. Though this grand endorsement is principally based on just
one phone call.
"50 called my agent for my number. He said
he was watching Mean Girls and loved it. I was freaking out!" [see full
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| Korn
For Lepers |
Blabbermouth reports: According to MTV.com,
ex-KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch is founding what he's calling a Head
Home in India, where he will house leper children.[see full story for more]-
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| Boybands
Are Back |
Reuters reports: New albums by Backstreet
Boys and Foo Fighters are both on track to start above 250,000 copies,
with the former having a genuine shot to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard
200 when sales data are issued Wednesday.
Based on first-day sales Tuesday cited
by retail chains, chart pundits figure Backstreet's "Never Gone" (Jive/Zomba
Label Group) could hit 300,000 copies in the week ended June 19. [see full
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| Cassidy
Murder Warrant |
MTV reports: Rapper Cassidy is wanted in Philadelphia
for the murder of a 22-year-old man during an April 15 shooting. Cassidy's
attorney said that he expects his client will surrender himself to authorities
on Friday morning. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Depeche
Mode Return |
liveDaily reports: Depeche Mode is eyeing
an autumn release for its first new album in four years, and is laying
the groundwork for a world tour behind the set
The trio plans to launch its global assault
with a North American outing slated for October, November and December.
A subsequent run through Europe is planned
for early next year, and a number of shows for that leg of the tour have
been confirmed. [see full story for more including preliminary list of
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| AC/DC
Book |
Blabbermouth reports: A new book, entitled
"AC/DC: Two Sides to Every Glory", is scheduled for release on September
30 in the U.K. and November 1 in the U.S. via Independent Publishers Group.
This book contains previously unpublished details on AC/DC singer Bon Scott's
untimely death in 1980 and the strange circumstances around it, information
on AC/DC's upcoming album, plus rare photographs and interviews. Author
Paul Stenning recently spent two months in Australia speaking to more than
50 of the band's friends and colleagues.[see full story for more]-
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| KISS
Go-Go |
BW&BK reports: Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)
report that original KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY is a featured player on
GO-GO's bassist KATHY VALENTINE's upcoming solo debut, Light Years, due
for release on September 6th.
Other guests on the release include guitarist
Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES), drummer Clem Burke (BLONDIE) and drummer
Pete Thomas (ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS). - Click
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| Hawgfest
2005 |
BW&BK reports: Hawgfest 2005 returns to
Winter Park in Winter Park, CO on July 23rd and 24th with all the classic
rock you have to come to expect from The Fox 103.5 (www.thefox.com).
TED NUGENT, GREAT WHITE, DOKKEN, SKID ROW
And More Confirmed [see full story for schedule]- Click
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| Sabbath
DVD |
BW&BK reports: In a recent interview with
BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi announced that
their recent show at Donington Park (The Download Festival), in Derbyshire,
UK was filmed for an upcoming DVD release. - Click
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| Alexisonfire
Miss A Beat |
Digital Noise reports: Alexisonfire has parted
ways with drummer Jesse Ingelevis.
An official statement from the band posted
at their website www.theonlybandever.com, reads as follows: "Well, as you
know, Jesse had to leave tour a while ago for personal reasons. Jesse was
still in the band throughout the Much Music and message board rumours.
Infact, he came with us to the Playstation promo and the Juno`s. That being
said, he needed to be at home attending to his personal issues and we needed
to move forward as a band. ....We are happy to announce that our great
friend, touring buddy and all round dude, Jordan Hastings will be playing
the part of drummer in Alexisonfire. We have toured with Jordan back when
he was in the band, Jersey. Over the past few months he has become an even
better friend and asset to Alexisonfire. [see full story for the full statement
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| Clutch
Party! |
Digital Noise reports: Clutch will be teaming
up with Bam Margera for a record release party at the Virgin Megastore
in New York City on Thursday, June 23rd.
The band will be performing and signing
copies of the new album "Robot Hive / Exodus" as well as Bam Margera's
new compilation album "Viva La Bands". [see full story for more]-
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| 3
More Live 8s |
NME reports: BOB GELDOF is to announce three
more LIVE 8 concerts � including one in Africa.
Already announced are a series of gigs
(July 2) which will take place in Hyde Park in London, as well Philadelphia,
Berlin, Rome and Paris.
Now, BBC news reports that more shows are
scheduled for Tokyo and Toronto, while Live 8 Africa is to take place in
Johannesburg. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Jacko
Docs Unsealed |
Contact Music reports: The judge in MICHAEL
JACKSON's child molestation case has announced plans to release the documents
he ordered sealed when proceedings began.
And now Judge RODNEY MELVILLE is eyeing
the possibility of releasing the videos that were shown during the trial.
He's also giving attorneys until 23 June (05) to object to unsealing specific
documents. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Jeff
Buckley Movie |
FMQB reports: The Hollywood Reporter says
that a film about the lives of father-and-son singer/songwriters Tim and
Jeff Buckley is in the works. Writer/producer Train Houston has secured
the rights to the book Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff and
Tim Buckley, written by David Browne, and Houston has penned the screenplay.
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| Willie
Stem Cell |
AP reports: Country singer Willie Nelson is
making a name for himself in a new field � stem cell research.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center at Dallas is planning to establish the Annie and Willie Nelson Professorship
in Stem Cell Research. An official announcement is planned later this week,
a university official said. [see full story for more]-
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| Rise
Against Reissue |
Punkbands reports: Fat Wreck will re-release
Rise Against`s "The Unraveling" this fall. The release date is set to August
22nd and the record is re-mixed and re-mastered, with bonus tracks. -
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| Depswa
Tragedy |
siN's metal news reports: DEPSWA frontman
Jeremy Penick was hit by tradegy this past weekend, when his younger brother
Nick was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. An official message
from the band about Jeremy's brother's funeral has been made available,
so that any friends that have not heard the tragic news won't miss out
in celebrating Nick's life and the happiness he's brought to everyone that
new him.[see full story for the statement]- Click
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| Seth
Putnam Recovering |
siN's metal news reports: ANAL CUNT frontman
Seth Putnam has posted the following message on his official website: "Sorry
it's been so long since my last update. I switched to a new hospital that
didn't have a computer. Then on my 37th birthday (May 15) it was the last
day for me at that hospital, and I got involved wtih a state-run program.
I'm basically living in a foster home for cripples now. I'm not as crippled
as I was earlier, I use a walker to get around nowadays, but I'm not in
a wheelchair anymore. [see full story for more]- Click
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