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Tool Expand Tour

TuneLab reports: In addition to the U.S. dates announced last week, Tool has also added the following shows to their schedule:

September 9th in Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
September 26th in Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
September 30th in Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
October 2nd in Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Wachovia Arena
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Euro Opeth

TuneLab reports: Opeth have added the following European dates to their tour schedule:

December 2nd in Berlin, GER @ Columbia Club
December 3rd in Cologne, GER @ Live Music Hall
December 5th in Paris, FRA @ Elysee Montmartre
December 6th in Lyon, FRA @ Transbordeur
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Red Hot VMAs

Wenn reports: SHAKIRA and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are celebrating today (31JUL06) after picking up seven 2006 MTV Video Music Awards nominations each.

California rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers were saluted for their DANI CALIFORNIA video, while Shakira's HIPS DON'T LIE also wowed judges.

The two acts will compete for Video of The Year alongside CHRISTINA AGUILERA (AIN'T NO OTHER MAN), MADONNA (HUNG UP) and PANIC! AT THE DISCO (I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Meat Loaf Settlement

Yahoo reports: Veteran rocker Meat Loaf has resolved a dispute with songwriter Jim Steinman over trademark rights to "Bat Out of Hell," dropping a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the title of the best-selling 1977 album.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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B.I.G. New Probe

FMQB reports: The Notorious B.I.G. saga continues as a new team of veteran police detectives have been assigned to investigate his unsolved 1997 murder. The new probe comes in the face of a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by the rapper's mother, Voletta Wallace, who claims rogue police officers were involved in the killing[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Classical Beatle

Gigwise reports: Sir Paul McCartney is to release an album of choral and orchestral works in English and Latin this autumn.

The former Beatle was commissioned by Oxford's Magdalen College to produce the work entitled 'Ecce Coe Meum', translated as 'Behold My Heart'.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Arsis Tour

SMN reports: ARSIS have updated their upcoming tour schedule:

with Becoming the Archetype:
August 18 - Madison, WI @ The Loft w/ Demiricous
August 19 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Underground w/ Demiricous
August 20 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Lawrenceville Moose w/ Ed Gein
August 21 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Ed Gein
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Canadian Misery Index

SMN reports: MISERY INDEX has lined up the following Canadian tour dates for September:

September 11 - Montreal, QC @ Café L'Inconditionnel 
September 12 - Ottawa, ON @ Maverick's w/ Neuraxis 
September 13 - Quebec City, QC @ L'Arlequin w/ Beneath The Massacre
September 14 - Trois-Rivieres, QC @ Le Maquisart w/ Neuraxis
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Phoenix Rising Tour

Blabbermouth reports: Candlelight Records has announced its second North American label tour package. Set to kick off January 9, "Candlelight II: Phoenix Rising" will feature the long-awaited stateside return of DARK FUNERAL (Sweden), ENSLAVED (Norway) and introduce newcomers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (USA). The tour will visit 20-plus cities before concluding on February 4.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Novembers Doom For Europe

PR reports: Chicago's NOVEMBERS DOOM have scheduled dates for their first headlining European tour this November. Support will be from label mates AGALLOCH and THURISAZ from Belgium. Denmark's own SATURNUS also joins the tour for select dates. The dates are as follows:

11/17/06 Fri @ Plato - Helmond, Netherlands (With Agalloch and Thurisaz)
11/18/06 Sat @ Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium (Special guests Saturnus, Agalloch & Thurisaz)
11/19/06 Sun @ Netherlands (tba)
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happyendings for the Losing Generation

PR reports: J Records will be releasing the debut album, Losing Generation, from Missouri-based rock band happyendings later this year. Produced by famed helmsman Bob Rock (Simple Plan, Aerosmith, Metallica), the record brings the foursome's catchy pop hooks and high voltage rock energy to the forefront.

happyendings has shared the bill with bands such as Sum 41 and All American Rejects and are currently on a club tour across the US. [take a listen at the full story link]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Twisted Future

CC Banana reports: As part of his month-long Bananiversary Celebration, rock & roll comic C.C. Banana spoke with guitarist Eddie Ojeda about his current projects and the possible future of Twisted Sister. A excerpt from the interview follow: 

C.C. Banana: Twisted Sister played what they claimed to be their "final area appearance" in Montclair, NJ on August 21, 2005. Then on November 26, 2005 they played another "final area appearance" in nearby Poughkeepsie, NY. And on December 16, 2005 they played yet another "final area appearance" at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Plus, the Twisted Sister website lists a bunch of dates for 2006. Not that we're trying to get rid of you or anything, but exactly how many more "final area appearances" does the band plan on making?

Eddie Ojeda: Well, according to The Who you can keep doing that forever! In our case, Dee said that the Montclair gig would be the final New Jersey appearance for Twisted Sister. He made that announcement during the show itself! I didn't even know, that's how we all found out! We were all onstage looking at each other like, "This is our final New Jersey appearance?" So I asked Dee if this really was our final New Jersey appearance and he said, "It is for me!" So I thought, "Okay, I guess we're not playing Jersey anymore." As for Poughkeepsie, well... that's in New York! Then when we played New Jersey again in December at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, that was actually billed as Bent Brother. We never said that Bent Brother was retiring. Bent Brother can still play anywhere! [see full story for the entire interview]
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Bangkok Five Homecoming

PR reports: Fresh off West Coast dates on the Warped Tour and sold out shows with Buckcherry, The Bangkok Five will return to their hometown to deliver high energy, down and dirty rock at The Troubadour on Saturday, August 19.

Boasting influences of early punk and garage rock, The Bangkok Five will play killer electric guitar riffs, and vocals infused with attitude from their new album Who's Gonna Take Us Alive? The album is out now on Execution Style/Universal Records. Singer Frost commands the stage with Iggy Pop intensity and throaty vocals that are as much Tina Turner as they are Chris Cornell. That's right -- a rock singer who can actually sing and a band that backs him up with "death or glory" commitment.
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Lawyers Sue Jacko

TMZ reports: Michael Jackson's seemingly endless legal woes continue to mount, as a Los Angeles law firm has filed a lawsuit against Jackson, alleging that the erstwhile King of Pop owes them over $200,000 in legal fees for services rendered during 2005.

In the lawsuit, filed July 25 in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ, the firm of Ayscough & Marar (and, more specifically, attorney Brent Ayscough) says that it was hired in February 2005 by the performer to provide legal services during his child molestation trial, amongst them obtaining "orders sealing civil cases from the press" and "orders staying discovery" in those civil cases while the criminal trial for molestation was still going on. One of those cases, was the suit brought against Jackson by former business associate F. Marc Schaffel, the trial for which ended recently with a split decision. By the summer of 2005, says Ayscough in the lawsuit, "Nearly all my time was spent on Michael Jackson cases."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Krucifried Chicken

PR reports: Krucifried Chicken? Yes�and Motor Driven Puppy Stabbers�. 
Uncle Winky's Hump Palace? Uh huh�that too.
Are they serious? Rarely.

Indorphine's new release "Glowsticks For Clubbing Baby Seals" has been named by many as "The best metal album of the year," a fact supported by their ever-climbing rank on sites like Amazon and iTunes. Glowsticks is currently the number one streamed album on Altsounds.FM, with more plays than numbers 2-4 combined! If you're not convinced after hearing the album, see them live and you'll become a believer. There's something for everyone (except losers) on Indorphine's new album. A band that can release a song like Spaghetti with a straight face is one of two things- completely retarded OR amazingly talented. Here's a live version of Spaghetti for you to stream [at the full story link]�.you be the judge on which they are. To check out the studio full length, just head over to www.altsounds.fm
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Psychostick Debut

PR reports: Psychostick's first full length album "We Couldn't Think of a Title," which gained them national exposure on XM Radio's Squizz 48, landed them a record deal with Rock Ridge Music, who signed the band and will be releasing the album nationally September 12, 2006. Coming straight out of Phoenix, and glad to get out of the heat, Psychostick is a self-proclaimed "humor-core" band, successfully blending a combination of heavier genres such as metal and hardcore with an off-the-wall sense of humor. Their highly energetic and entertaining live show made them a local legend. In advance of the full-length album, Rock Ridge is releasing some of the songs from the album via a digital-only EP of the same name on August 1st. 

The band will tour heavily in support of "We Couldn't Think of a Title," including a current run with Bobaflex and labelmates Indorphine. Check out the video for their single, "Beer," at the full story link. 
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Guitar Waste

PR reports: Earache's own MUNICIPAL WASTE is feature in the "INTRODUCING" section of the October edition of GUITAR WORLD. The magazine notes MUNICIPAL WASTE as up and coming an[d] recognizes Scott Ian's recognition of MUNICIPAL WASTE. MUNICIPAL WASTE are gearing up for an Australian tour spanning over six dates, which will then be followed up by UK appearances at the Reading Festival on 8/25 and Leeds Festival on 8/26. Check out MUNICIPAL WASTE in Guitar World, and make sure to introduce your ears to MUNICIPAL WASTE and pick up a copy of their latest effort, "Hazardous Mutation" today!- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cheyenne Kimball Tour

PR reports: Cheyenne Kimball is excited to announce a series of tour dates this summer in support of her acclaimed debut album The Day Has Come. Fresh off her hit MTV reality show " Cheyenne," the 16 year old rock star will take to the road for her first headlining tour starting on August 17th. The tour will bring Cheyenne and her band around the country as she plays intimate all-ages club dates as well as a run of free concerts at select malls giving fans a chance to catch her sensational live show. 

August 17 Club Ritual Levittown, NY
August 18 Newport Centre Mall Jersey City, NJ
August 19 Rockaway Townsquare Rockaway, NJ
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Locomotive August

PR reports: On August 1st, Locomotive Records will unleash eclectic metal releases from both seasoned and new acts, as well as showcasing legends with a cause to fight for.

When the tsunami hit Asia in 2004, a group of artists made it their duty to be on the front line for the relief effort. Only a month after the disaster, Rock for Asia was held in Ingolstadt, Germany featuring acts such as Doro Pesch, Bonfire, David Knopfler, Saxon, and Edguy. The DVD captures the spirit of hard rock Good Samaritan-ism, and well as treating the viewer to performances by an array of incredible artists.[see full story for info on releases from SuidAkrA and Beautiful Sin featuring Uli from Masterplan.] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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