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| J.Lo
Blackmail |
TMZ reports: Jennifer Lopez filed suit Monday
in Los Angeles County Superior Court against her ex-husband Ojani Noa,
claiming, among other things, Noa has demanded $5 million from Lopez to
keep him from selling a tell-all book about the star.
The lawsuit states that Noa sent a letter
to Lopez's attorney dated January 13, 2005 in which Noa "declared his intention
to continue to shop his proposed Book and to obtain a publisher for the
Book." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Guns
N' Chains |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Rolling
Stone magazine, VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan might
go on tour this summer with the reunited ALICE IN CHAINS as the band's
second guitarist. [see full story for more]- Click
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| New
Beatles Music? |
Contact Music reports: THE BEATLES will release
an album of "completely new music" taken from unreleased archive material
to tie in with an upcoming Las Vegas, Nevada theatrical show. [see full
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| Cold
Moses |
MTV reports: Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay
singer Chris Martin welcomed their second child over the weekend, according
to Paltrow's representative, and the younger brother of Apple has his own
unconventional name: Moses.[see full story for more]-
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| Coke
and a Song |
Reuters reports: Rather than share the sponsor
spotlight like it must on "American Idol," Coca-Cola North America opted
to create its own music program. Taking the concept even further, the soft
drink giant is bypassing traditional television to get "Stageside" out
to its target audience.
Island Def Jam R&B star Ne-Yo is the
first artist to be showcased on "Stageside." The program is being distributed
from its own Web site and via peer-to-peer networks like BitTorrent...[see
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| Who
Opera |
Reuters reports: British rock veterans the
Who are eyeing a June release for a mini-opera, "The Glass Household,"
which is based on Pete Townshend's online novella "The Boy Who Heard Music."[see
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| Marriage
Sucks |
Gigwise reports: Those 83 days of marriage
to his ex-wife Kim Mathers are going to cost Eminem big time.
Kim is hoping to get her hands on a massive
chunk of Eminem's $100 million fortune.
A source told The Star: "She is going for
gold. He is worth about GBP100 million and she wants a big chunk.[man that's
one high priced.... see full story for more]- Click
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| Big
Reward |
Gigwise reports: Officials in Los Angeles
are hoping to get new leads in the unsolved murder case of Notorious BIG
by offering a new $50,000 reward.
The reward is double that of the original
offered for leads following the murder back in 1997 after BIG had left
a Vibe magazine party. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Subways
EP |
Gigwise reports: The Subways are planning
to release a special live EP in the coming months and are for peoples opinions
on it.
The Hertfordshire trio are giving fans
the chance to vote on what songs will appear on it, what format it will
be released on and what extras they'd like to see. [see full story for
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| Bodom
Pick Slayer over Ozzfest |
Day in Rock reports: Our very own Mark Hensch
recently caught up with Children of Bodom's Keyboardist Janne Warman to
discuss a variety of topics including their involvement in the Unholy Alliance
Tour. Here is that portion of the interview.
Mark: I'd like to ask you about Bodom's
upcoming involvement with the Unholy Alliance Tour....I know I'm psyched
to see Mastodon, Lamb of God, Bodom, and Slayer all on one bill! How did
all this come together?
Janne Warman: This is a dream come true
for us, as you almost have to be a Slayer fan (laughs). We're happy to
be on it this summer as it's a really great line-up and we like Slayer
and the other bands. We're actually doing it instead of Ozzfest, who've
been trying to get us to play for the last three years or so. [click the
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| Fatboy
Hits |
CMJ reports: Funk soul brother Fatboy Slim
is set to release his greatest hits compilation, The Greatest Hits�Why
Try Harder June 20. The collection will showcase the songs that helped
the DJ become an MTV-approved success, along with two brand new singles,
"That Old Pair Of Jeans" and "Champion Sound." Remixes of Groove Armada
and Cornershop songs appear on the disc, along with ten UK top 20 singles
and two number ones. A DVD titled The Greatest Hits�Why Make Videos will
also be released separately.[see full story for more]-
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| Indies
Vs Payola |
The Tripwire reports: In a letter to FCC Chairman
Kevin Martin, acting president of The American Association of Independent
Music, Don Rose, laid out the concerns of his organization (which represents
over 100 indie labels) regarding the FCC's ongoing payola investigation
and proposed working together to develop "best practice" guidelines for
the regulation of radio in the years to come. Rose's letter is posted in
its entirety at the full story link.. it's a good read, so click on over.-
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| Mega
Feuds |
Blabbermouth reports: Jeb Wright of Classic
Rock Revisited recently conducted a short interview with MEGADETH mainman
Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:
Classic Rock Revisited: As you watch the
finished ["The Arsenal of Megadeth" DVD], what do you feel? You have had
some good and some bad in your life, as we all know.
Dave: "We all have good and bad things
in our life. Because I am a public figure, people tend to take sides. What
do I have now in my life that causes me problems? I have the ongoing feud
with METALLICA that I don't want to have any part of anymore. I have come
to terms with all of that and I would like to consider them friends. I
also have a feud with Kerry King of SLAYER. I have no idea what that is
even about as I have nothing against Kerry. In my entire life, I have two
problems. How many people do you know that only have two problems in their
life? The sad thing about it is that it is publicized."[see full story
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| Modern
KISS |
Blabbermouth reports: Thomas S. Orwat, Jr.
of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Brad Fernquist,
who performed most of the lead guitar on the new solo album from KISS frontman
Paul Stanley. An excerpt from the chat follows: Glam-Metal.com: What does
it sound like?
Fernquist: "Well, I'm younger, so I think
that he brought me in because he wanted it to sound more like modern rock.
If it does sound like KISS, it's because it's Paul Stanley. But it's modern
rock, it does have some heavy tunes and a couple of laid back ballads.
But overall it sounds very modern."[see full story for more]-
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| Plant
Fest |
BW&BK reports: According to Led-Zeppelin.com,
organisers of The Cornbury Oxford Music Festival 2006 have announced their
new line up, which features ROBERT PLANT (ex-LED ZEPPELIN). The festival
takes place on July 8th and 9th of on the grounds of Cornbury Park near
Oxford, UK. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Ra
not Universal |
TuneLab reports: Ra have announced their departure
from Universal/Republic Records. The band released two albums on the label,
'From One' in 2002 and last year's 'Duality'. [That's too bad. Universal
could have had megastars with them if they had pushed them a bit more.
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| Ego
Sevenfold |
MTV reports: As for those persistent rumors
that Avenged are the yet-to-be-named "mystery band" at this summer's Ozzfest,
Shadows isn't saying one word... "[The Ozzfest camp has] asked, and there's
a lot of festivals going on during the summer," he said. "We haven't decided
what we're going to do yet. We're going to Japan in August, and that runs
into Ozzfest and the Warped Tour. If we were going to do one of those,
we'd have to work it out somehow. It would be cool to be a traditional
metal band on a tour that has, what, Disturbed on it? We'll just have to
see what happens." [The MTV article also has this comical quote that would
do Kanye West proud. Shadows is discussing opening for Metallica and Guns
N Roses this summer in Europe.] "I'm not nervous at all [about opening
for both bands]. I feel we're the ones that are going to come up and take
those bands' place when they're not doing it anymore." [yeah.. see full
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| Armor
For Sire |
punkbands reports: Confirming rumours that
have been going around for the past week, Sire Records has added Armor
For Sleep to their roster. The band released two full lengths and a DVD
on Equal Vision before making the jump.[see full story for more]-
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| Dope
Deal |
SMN reports: Chicago based DOPE have reached
an agreement with V2 Records for the bands future work. V2 is also home
to such artists as THE WHITE STRIPES, MOBY and SUGAR CULT, as well as a
slew of Artemis Records bands following a merger between the two labels.
This next effort will be DOPE's 5th record since their Epic Records debut
"Felons and Revolutionaries" in 1999. [see full story for a lot more Dope
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