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| Radiohead
Vs Blair |
Gigwise reports: Radiohead front man Thom
Yorke has attacked Tony Blair for his role in the current Israeli/Lebanon
conflict and called for his resignation.
In a post on Radiohead's official website
the always opinionated Yorke pulled Blair up on several points saying "(My
personal opinion) I've had enough of this".
He wrote:
Our government sitting on the fence with
the US while world war 3 appears
To be breaking out in Lebanon and Northern
Israel.
We must throw Tony Blair out of office
NOW�. [more of the rant at the full story link.]
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| Korn
Response To Fan's Murder |
MTV reports: Korn offered their condolences
Wednesday (August 2) to the family of Andy Richardson, who was beaten during
a stop on their Family Values Tour on Sunday night and died on Tuesday
from the injuries.
� According to Korn's statement, the incident
occurred during the Deftones set, "before tour headliners Korn took the
stage. Korn are appalled at the actions of these men and are imploring
anyone who witnessed this senseless act or has any information about the
attack to please immediately come forward by contacting local authorities."[see
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| Slipknot
Records |
Contact Music reports: SLIPKNOT star COREY
TAYLOR has launched his own record label to give aspiring new acts in his
native Iowa the opportunity to succeed. Taylor's new Des Moines company,
Great Big Mouth Records, will debut with local act FACECAGE's new album.
The rocker says, "They're a band from here that we're trying to put in
the national spotlight. "Basically we're just trying to unify the scene
and really bring more attention to the Midwest than there is right now.[see
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| LeToya
No 1 |
PR reports: Capitol recording artist LeToya's
solo career is off to a blazing start, with her self-titled solo debut
bowing at #1 on the Billboard 200 and selling almost 165,000 copies in
its first week of release. LeToya, an original member of Destiny's Child
who co-wrote and sang on the group's gold-certified singles "Bills Bills
Bills" and "Say My Name," from their 8-times Platinum album The Writing's
On The Wall, is the subject of the new BET reality series "LeToya: The
H-Town Chick." To view a trailer for the series click the full story link.-
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| Queer
Eye for the Straight Acts |
AP reports: Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton
John is sick of your tattoos and piercings. John, who will perform at the
third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd
like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular
by his peers.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Breaking
Benjamin Preview |
PR reports: Clear Channel Music is previewing
Breaking Benjamin's entire new album, Phobia, all this week! Check out
the full CD, featuring the hit "The Diary of Jane," at the full story link.
Live Dates this week
Aug 4 - Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
Aug 5 - UMB Bank Pavilion - 105.7's POINTFest
Maryland Heights, MO
Aug 6 - Val Air Ballroom Des Moines, IA
Aug 8 - Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
Aug 9 - Myth - with Staind St. Paul, MN
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| Petty
Hit |
PR reports: Highway Companion," the brand
new album from TOM PETTY, enters Billboard's Top 200 Albums sales chart
next week at #4 making it his highest-ever chart debut. The chart debut
comes as Petty and his band The Heartbreakers celebrate 30 years together
with their massive, star-studded "Highway Companion" North American concert
tour.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Quickies:
Himsa- Forward, Russia- Mushroomhead- Donavon Frankenreiter |
Day in Rock reports: Rumor has it that Himsa
has left Prosthetic Records and are currently looking for a new label home
* ¡Forward, Russia! Has signed to Mute Records, their CD 'Give Me
A Wall' will be released stateside on September 19th * Donavon Frankenreiter
will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Friday, August 11 to support
his new release "Move By Yourself" * The new MUSHROOMHEAD album Savior
Sorrow will be released on September 19, 2006. Megaforce Records has revealed
the new artwork for the album. You can check it out at the full story link.
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| No
Chaos for Hell |
thegauntlet.com reports: Full Blown Chaos
has dropped off September's "Hell On Earth" tour of Europe, which is slated
to feature God Forbid, Cataract, and Maroon, among others. According to
their record label, "personal issues just make it impossible for the band
to tour in Europe in this period of time."[see full story for more]-
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| Audioslave
Nation |
Contact Music reports: AUDIOSLAVE have teamed
up with internet hot site Google Earth to give fans a glimpse of their
latest album invention - a fictional utopian island. The landmark, named
Audioslave Nation, features on the group's upcoming cover art for new record
REVELATIONS.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Maiden
Deal |
Day in Rock reports: Yesterday we told you
about how Lemmy loves you, turns out Eddie loves you even more. Sanctuary
announced a brand new Iron Maiden presale deal. Here are the details they
sent over: USA and Canada residents can preorder the new Iron Maiden album
as a CD or ipod friendly digital download for only $9.99 or $14.99 with
a limited edition T-shirt and get early access to buy tickets for the fall
tour! A Matter of Life Or Death is in stores September 5. Preorder at the
full story link.
As a refresher here is the tracklisting:
1. Different World * 2. These Colours Don't Run * 3. Brighter Than a Thousand
Suns * 4. The Pilgrim * 5. The Longest Day * 6. Out Of the Shadows * 7.
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg * 8. For The Greater Good of God *
9. Lord Of Light * 10. The Legacy
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| Additional
Iconoclasts |
Reuters reports: Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder
and Fiona Apple will be featured on the second season of the Sundance Channel
series "Iconoclasts."
The program, which will premiere October
26 with Pearl Jam frontman Vedder and big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, features
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| ELO
Rocks! |
Gigwise reports: ELO's 70's hit 'Livin Thing'
has topped a new poll of uncool songs its okay to admit you love.
They beat the likes of S Club 7's 'Don't
Stop Movin' and 'Cold As Ice' by Foreigner to the top spot.
The poll was carried out by Q Magazine
who said of the results: "ELO may never be fashionable but, in terms of
sheer aural elation, this betters more revered bands' entire back catalogues."
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| Discover
& Download |
PR reports: MTV2's Discover & Download
show is rolling out with a special live version of the show - Discover
& Download Live, which airs this Saturday, Aug 5th at 8 pm on MTV2.
The following artists will be performing
their singles live on the show: Cartel - "Honesty" * Head Automatica -
"Graduation Day " * Lupe Fiasco - "Kick Push" * Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- "Face Down"
Immediately following the show you can
go to [the full story link] to download the songs that were featured on
the show along with others live tracks that were performed during their
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| Guided
by Happiness |
CMJ reports: In one of the least shocking
and unexpected pieces of news to emerge this year, Robert Pollard has announced
the release date of another record. Normal Happiness (Merge), Pollard's
follow-up to his first post-GBV effort, From A Compound Eye, is set to
drop October 10 and once again pairs him with Ohio-based producer Todd
Tobias. The 16 songs average about two minutes apiece and a press release
pegs the album as "Pollard's Pure Power Pop For Now People." [you know
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