MTV reports: Lil Jon filed a federal lawsuit
on Monday in Atlanta seeking upwards of $30 million from Larry Flynt Productions
for allegedly using his name and likeness without permission for the adult
film "Phat Tuesday."
According to the rapper's lawsuit, LFP
� which owns Hustler magazine and its empire of other print titles and
films � acquired promotional onstage and backstage footage from another
company, Category 5, which shot a February 2004 Lil Jon & the East
Side Boyz concert in New Orleans. Before using this footage, Category 5
was supposed to clear it with TVT Records but did not, the suit says, and
it asks for $75,000 in damages for that breach alone.[see full story for
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MTV reports: Courtney Love is saddened by
the tell-all her mom, Linda Carroll, is planning to publish in January.
Love's manager said they find it "astonishing and profoundly depressing"
that Carroll makes the allegations she does about Love's childhood in "Her
Mother's Daughter," considering Carroll "abandoned her daughter when she
was 7 years old," resulting with her "barely" knowing her at all.[see full
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Blabbermouth reports: RollingStone.com is
reporting that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen has pled
guilty to having oral sex with a minor and will serve one year in California
State prison on that charge.
On June 24 Eisen accepted a plea bargain
in California for "having oral sex with a person younger than fourteen
years old and more than ten years younger than him," stemming from a February
arrest, according to Orange County Superior Court manager Gai Spickard.[see
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Reuters reports: Hard rock act Disturbed scored
the second No. 1 album of its career Wednesday, leading a slew of top 10
newcomers that included Bon Jovi at No. 2 and Barbra Streisand at No. 5.[see
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Gigwise reports: A former front man of INXS
has laid into the reality TV show Rockstar: INXS saying that the programmes
choice will be ripped off.
Jon Stevens, who fronted the band for three
years after Michael Hutchence's suicide in 1997, advised winner JD Fortune:
"Make sure you've got a great lawyer. But they'll (the winner) get raped
and pillaged anyway" reports www.stuff.co.nz.[see full story for more]-
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Aversion reports: Babyshambles unveiled the
details about its upcoming album.
The Pete Doherty-led band's debut will
be titled Down in Albion and will hit British stores Nov. 14 from Rough
Trade Records.[see full story for more]- Click
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liveDaily reports: Bruce Springsteen is set
play an Oct. 5 concert at Asbury Park, NJ's Paramount Theatre to benefit
the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross.[see full story for
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Blabbermouth reports: The reunion of the "classic"
ANTHRAX lineup of singer Joey Belladonna, guitarists Scott Ian and Dan
Spitz, bassist Frank Bello and drummer Charlie Benante appears to be generating
little heat in terms of retail sales. The band's most comprehensive "best
of" collection ever issued, its first two-CD retrospective, "Anthrology:
No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)", has shifted just over 2,700 copies in its
first week of release, while the group's first video compilation, the DVD
"Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991) The Videos" (both on Island/UMe),
has shifted less than 950 units in its initial week of release, according
to Nielsen SoundScan.[see full story for more]- Click
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Blabbermouth reports: According to the London
Free Press, Canadian metal band KITTIE have announced the details of their
new lineup. Joining guitarist/vocalist Morgan Lander and drummer Mercedes
Lander are two new members � guitarist Tara McLeod, formerly with Strathroy,
Ontario area band SHERRY, and bassist Trish Doan, who played with London,
Ontario rockers HER and is a Sheridan College student. [see full story
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BW&BK reports: Former IRON MAIDEN frontman
PAUL DI'ANNO has confirmed two Canadian dates in April 2006.
Confirmed Di'Anno tour dates now include:
September
26 in Novorossiysk, Russia at Gor.Teatr
27 in Krasnodar, Russia at Goscirk
28 in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia at KSK Express
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Contact Music reports: Troubled R+B star R
KELLY's problems are continuing to mount - he's now been slapped with a
copyright infringement lawsuit by rapper CAM'RON.
Cam'ron, real name CAMERON GILES, claims
R Kelly has infringed his copyright for the SNAKE remix, which the hip-hop
star claims he co-wrote, according to AllHipHop.com.[see full story for
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Contact Music reports: JAMIROQUAI star JAY
KAY is nursing a sore arm after falling over in his tour bus in Germany.
The COSMIC GIRL hitmaker, 35, was injured
when he fell onto a heater as his coach came to an abrupt stop in Hamburg,
ahead of his gig in the city earlier this month (18SEP05).[see full story
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AP reports: The recording industry and copyright
experts urged Congress on Wednesday not to intervene with legislation to
curb online piracy of music or movies after a recent ruling from the Supreme
Court.[see full story for more]- Click
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BW&BK reports: TWISTED SISTER, BLUE OYSTER
CULT are confirmed for the Weekend For A Cure, an event held on October
2 at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY which will benefit The Carol M. Baldwin
Breast Cancer Research Fund.[more cowbell for relief! see full story for
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Audio Aggression reports: Former Breaking
Benjamin drummer Jeremy Hummel filed suit against his former band-mates
this week saying they unjustly kicked him out of the group and have refused
to share profits from songs he helped make. The suit lists eleven counts
against guitarist/vocalist Benjamin Burnley, guitarist Aaron Fincke and
bassist Mark Klepaski with each count requesting at least $750,000 in damages.
The band's manager, Larry Mazer, and ABC Corporation are also named in
the suit. [see full story for more]- Click
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Audio Aggression reports: Sevendust have scheduled
the following meet and greet and radio charity events:
September 26th in Santa Rosa, CA @ Cottington
Mall
September 28th in Merced, CA @ Firehouse
Brew Pub
September 28th in Modesto, CA @ KMRQ Parking
Lot
September 29th in Fresno, CA @ Granite
Park
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DiS reports: So, Christmas and live DVDs from
y'r favourite bands: connected? Nah...
The Hives release a live DVD on November
14th. Tussles In Brussels features a recording of a 20-song show in - you
guessed it - Brussels. [see full story for more - and as a side note happy
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The Gauntlet reports: BENEATH THE MASSACRE
have been forced to drop out of their previously announced Canadian tour
with NEURAXIS due an accident with their van. The guys are reportedly safe,
but the vehicle has sustained a lot of damage.
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The Gauntlet reports: NICKELBACK's tribute
track "Side of a Bullet", which also features a previously unheard guitar
solo from late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott,
has been posted online over at VH1.com.[see full story for the link]-
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punkbands reports: Thursday had a few more
things to say about plans for their upcoming full length and follow up
to their Island debut War All the Time. The band plans to begin recording
this October, and frontman Geoff Rickly recently revealed his intentions
to enlist the aid of My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way. [see full
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Lil
Jon Porno Suit