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| GNR
Scam |
BW&BK reports: On Friday afternoon, 307
Downtown had GUNS N' ROSES' 'Welcome To The Jungle' cranked on the stereo
and at least one employee was doing frontman Axl Rose's signature snake
dance. That day, venue managers sent in a deposit for a solo Rose gig on
May 26th and felt certain they had booked the biggest show ever at the
club.
By Saturday afternoon, the song and dance
came to a halt: Following a front-page story in Saturday's edition of The
Daily Advertiser, Rose's booking and management company e-mailed the club's
management, asking why they were disseminating false information.
"We both came to the conclusion that it
(the booking) was fraudulent," said Chad Fouquier, 307's entertainment
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| Roth
Replaced? |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Hits Daily
Double, CBS Radio's Joel Hollander has made a deal with XM Radio to replace
David Lee Roth with Opie and Anthony. Look for the High Voltage duo to
return to the terrestrial airwaves on CBS' N.Y., Philly and Dallas' Free-FMs
as well as WBCN Boston, WNCX Cleveland, Pittsburgh's K-Rock and West Palm
Beach's The Buzz. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Madonna
Crucified |
Ananova reports: Madonna will start shows
on her new tour by descending from the ceiling on a giant cross.
The crucifix will be made of diamonds and
Swarovski crystals and has reportedly cost £5.7million, reports The
Sun.
Despite having become a devotee of the
Jewish-based Kabbalah sect, Madonna is still happy to use Catholic imagery
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| Mamma
Mia! No! |
antiMusic reports: Hollywood seems to be so
creatively bankrupt at the moment that they are forced to keep returning
to one of the darkest periods of popular entertainment-the 70s. It seems
that every terrible television show of the era has been made into a feature
length movie within the past few years but for the most part they have
shied away from resurrecting 70s pop music. That was until now. The suits
at the film studios are so afraid on new ideas that they are willing to
bring back Abba in all its gory [not a typo] for the mass consumer market
and boomerbots to rush in their SUVs to the nearest multiplex and lay down
$10 bucks to look back at the me decade through the rose colored glasses
of nostalgia.
Who best to lead this assault upon good
taste but one of Hollywood's most overrated actors-Tom Hanks. Hanks production
company Playtone has signed a deal with the producers of "Mamma Mia!" to
bring the musical based on Abba's hits to the big screen. Don't underestimate
the nostalgia power of the boomerbots, the stage musical has brought in
a whopping $1.6 billion worldwide since it first assaulted Londoners in
1999. Expect this screen epic sometime in 2007 and perhaps a big screen
version of "Bosom Buddies" won't be far behind.- Click
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| Proof
Farewell |
BBC reports: US rapper Eminem has paid tribute
to his close friend and fellow rapper Proof, who was laid to rest on Wednesday.
A member of Eminem's rap collective D12,
Proof was killed last week at a nightclub shooting in Detroit. [see full
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| Flatt
Chart |
Contact Music reports: Country music rules
the US album charts as trio RASCAL FLATTS continue to dominate at the top
and TOBY KEITH crashes in at number two. Rascall Flatts sold another 345,000
copies of their latest album, ME + MY GANG, to take their two-week tally
to an incredible 1.5 million, while Keith's WHITE TRASH WITH MONEY debuts
at number two with 330,000 CDs sold.[see full story for more]-
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| Mariah
Shills Sugar Water |
E! reports: Mariah Carey may be taking her
role as pop idol a bit too literally.
The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed
up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones
for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national commercial
promoting the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones partnership as part
of her endorsement deal.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Summerfest
Jam |
Reuters reports: Pearl Jam and Tom Petty have
extended their run of co-headlining shows with a June 29-30 stand in Milwaukee
at Summerfest, an annual 11-day event also featuring such acts as Nine
Inch Nails and Mary J. Blige.[see full story for more]-
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| Rufio
Return |
Absolute Punk reports: Rufio has re-formed
with a new lineup: Scott Sellers (guitar/vocal), Clark Domae (guitar),
Nathan Warker (drums) and Alex Lewis (bass / ex-Yellowcard). The band will
be playing the following dates in South America:
30/04 - Teatro Caupolican - Santiago/Chile
04/05 - Via Funchal - Sao Paulo/Brazil
05/05 - Claro Hall - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
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| Unsexiest |
Blabbermouth reports: GUNS N' ROSES frontman
Axl Rose, MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister and NICKELBACK singer
Chad Kroeger are among the 100 Unsexiest Men in the World, according to
ThePhoenix.com. After pouring through thousands of photographs, millions
of frames of movies and TV shows, the staff at ThePhoenix.com has compiled
a list of the least sexy males on the planet.
Kroeger, who makes the list at No. 6, is
included in the Top 100 not just because of "the massive head, weird face,
and bad hair," but "also the fact that he's in NICKELBACK, the worst band
since the dawn of music"[see full story for more]- Click
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| Poison
Film |
Blabbermouth reports: Syndicated newspaper
columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith are reporting that POISON
lead singer Bret Michaels � who's gearing up to head out on the group's
"20 Years of Rock Tour" next month � will go before the cameras by year's
end in a film based on his own life if all goes as planned.
"I've been working on this for two years.
It's a true dramedy, and we're going to start shooting after I finish the
20th anniversary of POISON tour," said Michaels, who overcame juvenile
diabetes to become a world-famous rocker. But, he said, "I'm not going
to play the star. I'm going to play the personal assistant who watches
this guy's life. When people see what I wrote they'll see it's like nothing
else out there. It's a combination of funny and real and sad and hilarious."[see
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| Euro
Cult |
Blabbermouth reports: Several new THE CULT
European tour dates have been leaked so far. They are as follows:
Jun. 03 - Benidorm (Alicante), SPA @ Benidorm
Music Meeting
Jun. 04 - Madrid, SPA @ La Riviera
Jun. 05 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmatazz
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| Anthrax
Powerless |
Blabbermouth reports: ANTHRAX's concert in
Gothenburg, Sweden Wednesday night (April 19) lasted only a few minutes,
according to a BLABBERMOUTH.NET source that was present at the gig. Halfway
through the opening song, "Among the Living", the band's amplifiers, vocalist
Joey Belladonna's microphone and the monitors all went dead and the band
was forced to leave the stage. The crowd was told that there was a power
problem, but was asked to stay put while it was being fixed. The house
PA and speakers worked as per usual, seeing as music was played while an
attempt was made to fix what appeared to be "a poweramp to the backline
or something like that," according to another attendee.
More than an hour later, an announcement
was made that the show had to be cancelled due to "severe electrical problems."
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| Caliban
Tour |
BW&BK reports: CALIBAN will be headlining
the first ever Abacus Recordings Tour, which also features SWORN ENEMY,
ION DISSONANCE and EMBRACE THE END.
The tour will have Caliban playing high
profile festivals along the way such as the New England Metal And Hardcore
Festival, The Maryland Metal and Hardcore Festival and the first annual
California Metalfest.[see full story for dates]- Click
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| Family
Values 06 |
TuneLab reports: Korn, Stone Sour, Deftones,
and Flyleaf are among the bands that have been confirmed so far for this
year's "Family Values Tour". A second stage is expected to be announced
shortly with the inclusion of some hip-hop acts.
The thirty date tour will kick off on July
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| Emo
Goes '90s |
punkbands reports: Fearless Records have posted
a new set of song samples from the upcoming Punk Goes �90s release on the
official Punk Goes �90s Myspace and Punk Goes '90s Purevolume pages. Punk
Goes �90s features hits of the '90s covered by a bunch of emo bands including
Mae, Plain White T's, Copeland, and Bleeding Through. Some of the bands
covered are The Chili Peppers, Oasis, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, etc. [see
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