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Report for 10/20/05

Rocker Killed in Hit and Run

antiMusic reports: Dallas Ryan Cook from the band Suburban Legends was killed in a hit and run accident on Wednesday morning on an Orange County California freeway. 

The Orange County Register reports that Cook, 23, was riding a black Honda CB570 at 12:25 a.m. in the car-pool lane on the Costa Mesa Freeway just north of MacArthur Boulevard and hit a dark-colored Hyundai that was blocking the car-pool lane.

Cook was thrown from his motorcycle and was struck multiple times by oncoming cars, according the CHP. He died on the scene and the driver of Hyundai fled. The CHP are looking for the dark-colored Hyundai which should have rear or side damage. Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call (714) 567-6000.
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Stupid Fingaz

hecklerspray reports: Rapper turned actor Sticky Fingaz has got himself in trouble by checking out of his Manhattan hotel and forgetting to take his unlicensed semi-automatic pistol with him.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bush Bono II

Reuters reports: Bono may not have had to sing for his meal, but the U2 rocker had the ear of President George W. Bush over lunch on Wednesday. 

In town to perform a concert, Bono was invited to the White House residence to follow up on discussions he and Bush had at the Group of Eight summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Blur EP

Gigwise reports: Damon Albarn has revealed the first tentative details of the new Blur EP set for release before the end of 2005.

Albarn described the new material as "aggressively laid back" and explained that there won't be a lot of coverage around the release.

He told XFM: "I think we're gonna do an EP first, sometime by the end of this year,"[see full story for more including tour news]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Coldplay Winners

Ananova reports: Coldplay and James Blunt were the big winners at this year's Digital Music Awards.

Blunt scooped the award for Best Pop Act at the ceremony beating Goldfrapp, KT Tunstall, Natasha Bedingfield and Turin Brakes to the gong.

Coldplay were the night's big winners, picking up awards for Official Site, Best Campaign and Best Digital Music Community.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Britney Bummed

Ananova reports: Britney Spears is reportedly suffering from baby blues, according to US tabloids.

Star People reports that Britney is "down in the dumps" and "cries at the drop of a hat," after giving birth to Sean Preston just over a month ago.[Could be she realized who she had a baby with? see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Korny Songs

Blabbermouth reports: BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exclusively reveal the final tracklisting for KORN's new album, "See You on the Other Side". It is as follows:

01. Twisted Transistor
02. Politics
03. Hypocrites
04. Souvenir
05. 2-Way
06. Throw Me Away
07. Love Song
08. Open Up
09. Coming Undone
10. Getting Off
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Van Halen Rock Star II

Blabbermouth reports: [follow up to the story earlier this week] MTV.com is reporting that a source close to the "Rock Star" TV show has claimed that the core VAN HALEN trio � brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen and bassist Michael Anthony � will be auditioning potential frontmen and women for the show's still-hypothetical second season. The winner would be stepping into the shoes previously worn by David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and (briefly) former EXTREME singer Gary Cherone.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rigor Mortis Gig

Blabbermouth reports: The original RIGOR MORTIS lineup of Bruce Corbitt, Mike Scaccia (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS), Casey Orr (GWAR, X-COPS, THE HELLIONS, THE BURDEN BROTHERS), and Harden Harrison (PERVIS, SPEEDEALER, MITRA) have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's Thrashtoberfest 2005, set to take place November 4 at North Six in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are DECEASED, THINE EYES BLEED (featuring John Araya, brother of SLAYER frontman Tom Araya), SUN DESCENDS, DIMENTIANON and SUNLORD. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ministry Prong

Blabbermouth reports: 13th Planet unleashes its debut release, "Revolting Cocks: Cocked and Loaded", on February 14, 2006. Produced by Al Jourgensen, the CD features the contributions of guest artists Jello Biafra (DEAD KENNEDYS), Gibby Haynes (BUTTHOLE SURFERS), Rick Nielsen (CHEAP TRICK), Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP), Stevie Banch (SPYDER BABY) and Phildo Owen (SKATENIGS) and Robin Zander (CHEAP TRICK). The anticipated new MINISTRY album, "Rio Grande Blood", will follow with an April 2006 release. Also produced by MINISTRY founder Jourgensen, the new album features Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Drowning Pool USO

Audio Aggression reports: Drowning Pool along with new vocalist Ryan McCombs will make their way to the Persian Gulf later this month to perform for the troops. Up on their return they have booked a couple one-off shows. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Pennywise Halloween Party

The Gauntlet reports: Calling all party monsters. Pennywise will be returning to the Vault 350 in Long Beach California on Friday October 28th for what is sure to be a special Halloween celebration with some very spooky special guests.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tea Party is Over

tinfoil reports: Jeff Martin, singer & guitarist for one of Canada's premier bands The Tea Party, has left the band to pursue a solo career. The band will not be continuing without him. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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iPod Tax

music.tinfoil reports: C|Net is telling us that Apple is expanding its iPod tax to manufacturers who make devices that connect to the "dock connector" of the iPod. In the past, a tax has been paid for a device to wear a "Made for iPod" label, but this is reportedly a new thing. The new tax is allegedly 10% of the wholesale price of the device, steep indeed. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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DMB Cruise

Billboard reports: Dave Matthews will anchor a February concert in the Bahamas as part of the Dave Matthews & Friends Caribbean Cruise Getaway. 

Fans will overtake the Royal Caribbean cruise ships the Majesty of the Seas and the Sovereign of the Seas from February 3-6. Onboard they'll be treated to music from Bob Weir and Ratdog, G. Love and Special Sauce, Toots and the Maytals and the North Mississippi Allstars, among others.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Soul Asylum Return

Billboard reports: Soul Asylum is nearing the release of its first new studio album in seven years, Billboard.com has learned. 

The as-yet-untitled set is due in March via Columbia/Legacy and is the Minneapolis band's first since the death of bassist Karl Mueller in June. A North American tour is in the works, with dates to be announced.[see full story for more including tour news]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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