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Bands- Stratovarius- Pro-Pain- DEP- God Forbid- A7X- Agnostic Front- Lamb
of Clutch- Slave To Metal Tour- Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Dates -
Fightstar Dud- Double Collective Soul- Tori Top 5- Crossfade- Hot
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 God
Vs Nelly |
AP reports: Ministers from 20 churches have
banded together to protest rap singer Nelly's performance at Arkansas State
University on March 12, saying they do not want the Grammy winner's negative
message in their town.
"When we started seeing some of the vile
and filthy lyrics ... we thought we should get involved," said the Rev.
Adrian Rodgers of the Fullness of Joy Church. "Jonesboro is a wonderful
city because of what does not come here." [see full story for more]-
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| Bono
For Prez |
NME reports: BONO's name has been put forward
for one of the world's most important political jobs.
The U2 frontman has been suggested as a
possible candidate for the president of the World Bank by prestigious American
newspaper The Los Angeles Times.
"Don't be fooled by the wraparound sunglasses
and the excess hipness," the paper wrote in an editorial. "Bono is deeply
versed in the issues afflicting the least-developed nations of the world."
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| PayPal
Vs Dimebag Fans |
Audio Agression reports: Due to the overwhelming
traffic received for the Dimebag Tribute Bracelets, PayPal has shut down
the operation. PayPal has told the site they must verify all the sales
(proof on shipment of the bracelets) even though they won't even be received
by dimetribute.com and shipped out until March 15th. As of now, PayPal
has locked the funds, of which 100% of the profits go to the Dimebag Memorial
Foundation. PayPal has taken their standard percentage of the transactions,
despite not allowing the rest go to the memorial fund.-
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| Jacko
Targeted Mom |
AP reports: A Las Vegas public relations specialist
who briefly worked for Michael Jackson gave damaging testimony against
the pop star Wednesday, suggesting his associates arranged a smear campaign
against the family who would ultimately accuse him of molestation.
Ann Marie Kite said she was told
by a Jackson lawyer that they would portray the mother of a boy as a "crack
whore" in the media. Kite was hired to handle Jackson's crisis management
after the airing of a damaging documentary, but she worked for him for
only six days and never met the singer. [see full story for more]-
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| Alter
Bridge For Jaeger Tour |
Billboard reports: Alter Bridge will headline
the sixth Jaegermeister Music Tour, which begins March 29 at Irving Plaza
in New York. Also on the bill are Epic rock act Future Leaders of the World
and Alter Bridge's Wind-Up labelmate Submersed. [see full story for more]-
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| Trial
Reunion |
Lambgoat reports: Seminal hardcore band Trial
are apparently planning a reunion show. The Seattle group released an album
with Equal Vision Records in 1999, breaking up shortly thereafter. The
performance, which has yet to be scheduled, will feature Timm McIntosh
(guitar), Greg Bennick (vocals), Nick Platter (drums), and Brian Redman
(bass). Guitarist Josh Freer has yet to confirm his involvement. [see full
story for more]- Click
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| Fiona
Leaks |
FMQB reports: Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple's
long-awaited third album, Extraordinary Machine, has been in the can for
months, with an online fan petition asking Sony to release the record.
Now, KNDD/Seattle's Andrew Harms may have helped speed up the process,
by playing a handful of leaked songs from the record this past weekend
on his New Music Show....
Since then, low-quality copies of the songs,
along with two others that had previously leaked, have surfaced online.The
saga of Extraordinary Machine has been ongoing for quite a while, with
fans campaigning to Sony in various ways to release the album.[see full
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| Ray
Song Theft |
AP reports: Bail was reduced for a longtime
sound engineer of the late Ray Charles following his arrest two weeks ago
on allegations of stealing the singer's master recordings, authorities
said.
Terry Howard, 48, of Burbank is charged
with two counts of grand theft by embezzlement from Ray Charles Enterprises
and one count of receiving stolen property.
At a hearing Tuesday, Superior Court Commissioner
Dennis Mulcahy said Howard had no prior record and reduced bail from $1
million to $100,000. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Candlelight
Reissues |
Blabbermouth reports: Candlelight Records
has announced the continuation of its reissue series with the upcoming
Stateside release of key early or currently out-of-print releases from
OCCULT, HEARSE, DISSECTION, EINHERJER, THY SERPENT, XYSMA, IN FLAMES and
more. Starting with OCCULT's "Enemy Within" and "Prepare to Meet Thy Doom"
(in stores March 22) and continuing through the 2-on-1 pressing of XYSMA's
"Lotto" and "Girls on the Beach" albums (in stores June 28), these new
recordings will all be specially priced and include bonus or enhanced material,
expanded artwork or remastered recordings.[see full story for more]-
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| More
Ozzfest Bands |
Blabbermouth reports: ROB ZOMBIE, KILLSWITCH
ENGAGE and AS I LAY DYING have secured three non-rotating slots on the
second stage of this year's Ozzfest, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
Other acts believed to have been confirmed for the second stage include
THE HAUNTED, MASTODON and BURY YOUR DEAD. [see full story for more bands
expected to be on the tour]- Click
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| Stratovarius
Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: Finnish melodic metallers
STRATOVARIUS will be embarking on a North American tour this fall. Confirmed
dates so far are as follows:
Sep. 17 � Atlanta, GA @ ProgPower USA
Sep. 19 � Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Sep. 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
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| Priest
Sales |
Blabbermouth reports: JUDAS PRIEST are on
track to sell about 70,000 copies of their new album, "Angel of Retribution",
in the U.S. in its first week of release, according to Hits Daily Double.
PRIEST are reportedly seeing significant sales from their releases in the
DualDisc configuration, with some retailers reporting that the DualDisc
is outselling the standard CD release. [see full story for more]-
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Source: Blabbermouth
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LEAVES' EYES Name New Album ** METALLICA's ULRICH Comments On Winning Best
Documentary At INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS and more click here to check it
out
| Pro-Pain
Join Enemy Of God Tour |
BW&BK reports: Candlelight Records have
confirmed that PRO-PAIN have replaced DEATH ANGEL on the upcoming Enemy
Of God US tour featuring KREATOR, VADER and AUTUMN OFFERING. The tour,
beginning April 3rd at New York's BB Kings, follows the band's recently
completed tour, their first in over five years, alongside ENTOMBED, CROWBAR
and THE MIGHTY NIMBUS. [see full story for more]- Click
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| DEP
Dates |
IAYM reports: The Dillinger Escape Plan have
lined up a series of new U.S. dates, the latest include:
April 25th Madison, Wisconsin Luther's
Blues
April 26th Lincoln, Nebraska Royal Grove
April 27th St. Louis, Missouri Mississippi
Nights
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| God
Forbid Dates |
IAYM reports: The first installment of dates
for God Forbid's upcoming U.S. run alongside It Dies Today, Caliban and
Full Blown Chaos have been unveiled, here is how the schedule is shaping
up:
April 01st Montreal, Quebec Foufounes Electrique
April 02nd Toronto, Ontario El Mocambo
April 03rd Detroit, Michigan I Rock
[see full story for more dates]-
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| A7X
Update |
Earshot Media reports: Avenged Sevenfold is
hard at work in the studio recording the follow up to "Waking the Fallen",
but the band will be checking in regularly to give fans updates on their
progress. Click the full story link to watch the first update :-
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| Agnostic
Front |
IAYM reports: Agnostic Front have lined up
a wealth of dates to take place from April through June. Martyr AD will
support throughout the run, while Love Is Red and All Shall Perish will
open the shows through until May 13th, whereupon their slots will be taken
by Champion and Full Blown Chaos for the duration of the trek. The current
schedule is as follows:
April 14th Lancaster, Pennsylvania Chameleon
Club
April 16th Carrboro, North Carolina Cat's
Cradle
April 17th Charlotte, North Carolina Tremont
Music Hall
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| Lamb
of Clutch |
The PRP reports: A new tour tentatively dubbed
"Sounds Of The Underground" is currently being booked for the not too distant
future, the bill is rumored to feature Lamb Of God, Clutch, DevilDriver,
Chimaira and more.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Slave
To Metal Tour |
The PRP reports: Rumors have been circulating
of a Fuse TV sponsored "Slave To The Metal Tour" set to go down this summer.
A number of artists are said to be in the running for slots on the trek,
including Mudvayne, Motorhead, The classic line-up of Anthrax, Mastodon,
Meshuggah, In Flames and more.- Click
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| Snake
Tour |
Punkbands reports: For the next two weeks,
The Snake The Cross The Crown will travel around the country with Mae and
Hot Rod Circuit, playing to a new group of people every night.
The tour, beginning tonight in Milwaukee,
will meander through New York and make its way down to Arkansas, just before
The Snake heads out for the Equal Vision Records/Militia Group showcase
at SXSW at Redrum (501 E. 6th St) in Austin, TX on March 19th. [see full
story for more]- Click
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| Me
First & The Gimme Gimmes Dates |
Punkbands reports: Me First And The Gimme
Gimmes will be doing a handful of West Coast dates spanning throughout
the first two weeks of March in support of last year's live release Ruin
Jonny's Bar Mitzvah. The Dates are as follows:
03/03 Lahaina, HI Hard Rock Cafe
03/05 Honolulu, HI Pink Cadillac
03/12 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour
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| Fightstar
Dud |
Rockdirt reports: After ditching his Busted
bandmates, Charlie Simpson's debut Fightstar single 'They Liked You Better
When You Were Dead' has sold a miserable 236 copies and is stalled at #73
in the unofficial midweek UK charts. [see full story for more]-
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| Double
Collective Soul |
IE Marketing reports: Hot on the heels of
their second single, "Better Now," from the critically acclaimed album
"Youth," Collective Soul has announced two new 2005 releases. The first
is an intimate 8-track acoustic collection titled "From the Ground Up"
to be released via the bands newly formed El Music Group label on April
26. The band also announced they will perform and record two live shows
with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday,
April 24 in Atlanta, GA at the Woodruff Arts Center. Titled "Collective
Soul �Home' with the Atlanta Youth Symphony," a DVD and CD of this event
will be released this fall. Portions of the proceeds will benefit the Atlanta
Symphony Youth Orchestra[see full story for more]- Click
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| Tori
Top 5 |
Epic reports: The buzz on Tori Amos' The Beekeeper
became a roar this week as the acclaimed artist makes her stellar debut
on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart at #5. With her fifth Top 10 debut,
she joins an exclusive club of female acts to do this both in the SoundScan
era and ever: they include Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Janet
Jackson, Madonna, LeAnn Rimes, Britney Spears and Barbra Streisand.
This big album debut is coupled with the
success of her first book, a memoir, co-authored with Ann Powers, entitled
Tori Amos: Piece by Piece. It landed at #14 on the New York Times Bestseller
list and is trending upward. In the book, the usually private Tori gives
a rare inside look into many intimacies of her life as both a private individual
and a very public performing musician. The book, published by Broadway
Books (a division of Random House), was released on February 8th. [see
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| Revery
Sign With Evo |
Chipster PR reports: Revery, based in the
Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads region of Virginia, has just signed with Evo
Recordings and will release its debut Evo album soon. Revery is the second
artist to sign with the Raleigh, North Carolina-based label.
Revery has built a strong, loyal following
in its home base. Local honors continue to pour in. The quintet was voted
the Best Local Band of the Year by listeners of WNOR FM99 in the Chesapeake,
Virginia, station's ninth annual poll. Nine Volt Magazine awarded Revery
the Best Album of the Year for its self-titled independent release and
the publication also named Michael Doyle the Best Guitarist of the Year.
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| Lance
Lisenby Benefit |
Suns of March reports: Suns of March will
be performing with well-known national recording artists McQueen Street
and Damon Johnson & The Welfare (formerly of Brother Cain) at a benefit
for singer/songwriter/guitarist Lance Lisenby on Friday, March 4.
After losing his left arm in a most unfortunate
car/train collision early New Year's Day of this year, Lance Lisenby has
resolved to continue his career as a musician. He has made a living most
of his life as a full-time musician, performing through out the United
States in his Colorado based group, Leaving The Trees, as well as, other
projects such as The Rat Race. Though many might consider leaving the music
industry in a situation such as his, Lance has decided to press on and
continue to pursue his dreams and talents as a musician. In order to help
him do this, "The Lance Lisenby Lend a Hand Fund" was established. Hopefully,
enough proceeds will be raised through this fund to enable Lance to purchase
a special prosthetic arm which he can use to continue to play guitar, though
he is having to re-learn the instrument as a left handed player. [see full
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| Mayfield:
Remixed |
Rhino/Special Ops reports: Rhino Entertainment
will be releasing Curtis Mayfield's New CD � "Mayfield: Remixed � The Curtis
Mayfield Collection" on March 15th!
Rhino Records puts a new spin on the legendary
Curtis Mayfield's towering musical legacy with MAYFIELD: REMIXED - THE
CURTIS MAYFIELD COLLECTION, a ten song collection of Mayfield's greatest
hits reimagined by some of today's most respected DJ/producers, including
Grandmaster Flash, MIXMASTERMIKE, and King Britt.[see full story for more]-
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| Crossfade
Dual Disc |
V Entertainment Network reports: Crossfade
is maintaining momentum with their second single "So Far Away" (already
a top five radio fixture) and the announcement of their first-ever headlining
tour to follow the current Sno-Core tour. The trek begins March 23 at the
State Theater in Albany, GA with openers Strata. On March 29, Columbia
/ FG Records will re-release the self-titled album as a Dual Disc, loaded
with bonus features. Side A will feature the full-length CD audio album
while Side B of the disc offers the DVD content including interview segments,
live footage, acoustic performances and the "Cold" video, all delivered
in a speaker-shattering surround sound mix. [see full story for more]-
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| Hot
Hot Heat Tracks |
Total Assault reports: Hot Hot Heat have announced
the tracklisting for their upcoming release, Elevator, which hits stores
on April 5th.
1. Introduction ** 2. Running Out
Of Time ** 3. Goodnight Goodnight ** 4. Ladies And Gentleman ** 5. You
Owe Me An IOU ** 6. No Jokes - Fact ** 7. Jingle Jangle ** 8. Pickin' It
Up ** 9. Island Of The Honest Man ** 10. Middle Of Nowhere ** 11. Dirty
Mouth ** 12. Soldier In A Box ** 14. Shame On You ** 15. Elevator [see
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| Thrice
Presale Bonus |
Total Assault reports: hrice have announced
an exclusive presale for the release of their upcoming CD/DVD, If Only
We Could See Us Now. The first 150 customers who pre-order the release
through the link below will receive a signed 7" from Thrice. The next 500
customers who pre-order the release will get a free Thrice poster. Everyone
who purchases the CD/DVD will receive a free three-month subscription to
The Thrice Alliance, the band's official fanclub.[see full story for the
presale link]- Click
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