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 Henry
Rollins USO |
punkbands reports: Henry Rollins will soon
embark on a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to provide a morale boost
to troops stationed in the Persian Gulf region. Rollins will meet with
service members, tour a variety of job posts and sign autographs.[see full
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| Killswitch
Engage, Dragonforce, Chimaira and He Is Legend |
punkbands reports: Killswitch Engage, Dragonforce,
Chimaira and He Is Legend will be hitting the road together for a North
American tour that will kick off in mid-February, dates and venues are
currently being firmed up.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Tweedy
Solo Tour |
CMJ reports: Jeff Tweedy will play a string
of solo dates in January and plans to announce more shows in the coming
weeks. The Wilco frontman will stay in the South for the first leg of the
tour, starting in Memphis and ending the month in Charlottesville, Virginia.
As for his band, well, they have a new album coming out sometime this spring
(or so they say, but you know how that goes) which is yet untitled but
set to appear on Nonesuch.[see full story for dates]-
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| Kylie
Skips Glasto |
Ananova reports: Kylie Minogue will not be
playing Glastonbury. Kylie was hotly tipped to headline next year's festival
after she was forced to pull out of the event in 2005, due to being diagnosed
with breast cancer.
However, festival organiser Emily Eavis
has revealed that Kylie is just too busy next year.[see full story for
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| Journey
Hire Soto |
PR reports: Jeff Scott Soto has been officially
named the new lead singer of Journey. He had been filling in for Steve
Augeri, who had to leave the U.S. tour with Def Leppard shortly after it
began on June 23 due to illness.
"We are so grateful to Steve for all the
years he dedicated to Journey," says Journey in a joint statement. "We
thank Steve for all his hard work and we wish him only the best in his
future endeavors. Over the past few months, we've come to realize that
Jeff has proven himself above and beyond that he can sing the hell out
of our songs and we're happy to officially welcome him as part of the family.
We're excited to start a new chapter with Jeff and we're excited about
what the future may bring."[see full story for more]-
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| Early
November Tour in March |
PR reports: Drive-Thru Records recording artist
THE EARLY NOVEMBER has announced dates for the first leg of their 2007
headlining tour. Kicking off March 1st, the tour line-up includes The Rocket
Summer, Melee, and The Verdict (dates below).
w/ The Rocket Summer, Melee, The Verdict
3/1/07 Reading, PA @ The Silo
3/2/07 Towson, MD @ The Recher Theatre
3/3/07 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
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| Green
Day Reissued |
PR reports: Reprise Records will release re-mastered
versions of two classic Green Day albums, the Grammy Award winning band's
1991 debut 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour, and its second full-length,
1992's Kerplunk, on January 9, 2007.
The reissues capture the best-selling Berkeley,
California, trio at the start of its long career, displaying singer Billie
Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt's relentless three-chord power-punk
formula that eventually became a blueprint for countless imitators and
led to a revival of interest in American punk. [see full story for more]-
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| Roadrunner
Within Temptation |
PR reports: Roadrunner Records is proud to
announce a U.S. license arrangement for rock powerhouse Within Temptation.
One of The Netherlands' biggest selling bands is hard at work recording
their first album for Roadrunner USA, due out in 2007. [see full story
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| Most
Requested Concerts of 06 |
PR/DiR reports: Jimmy Buffett and McGraw/Hill's
tour were the top two "Most Requested Concerts" of 2006, followed by Dave
Matthews Band and the Cheetah Girls ranking at #3 and #4 respectively,
according to Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company..
1 JIMMY BUFFETT
2 TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL SOUL2SOUL
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3 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
4 THE CHEETAH GIRLS
5 KENNY CHESNEY
6 SHAKIRA
7 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE PRESENTED BY POP-TARTS
(oh the irony of that sponsor!)
8 BON JOVI
9 BILLY JOEL
10 TOOL- Click
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| Pink
Peta |
Peta reports: Outspoken rocker Pink used the
occasion of her concert in Paris this evening to screen a shocking PETA
video exposé of the Australian wool industry and call for an international
boycott of Australian wool until the industry's mutilation of lambs and
cruel live sheep exports ends. She's also asking the more than 200,000
Street Teamers at peta2�the largest youth animal rights organization in
the world�to help her pressure the Australian government to stop the abuses.
The video has been posted on peta2.com, where visitors can directly e-mail
the Australian authorities.[see full story for the video]-
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| Ari
Hest's Little Lies |
PR reports: Columbia Records signed singer-songwriter,
Ari Hest, who recorded his entire debut EP in the living room of his Brooklyn
apartment. Ari spent all of last summer holed up in his living room playing
all the instruments for his debut EP The Green Room Sessions - acoustic
and electric guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica and percussion as well
as singing all of the vocals and using whatever else he had laying around
to fill out the album be it a sea salt container or water noise from the
pipes. Using Apple's Garage Band software, Ari single-handedly pulled together
an inspiring major label debut. Along with the four original tracks on
The Green Room Sessions, Ari includes a cover of the legendary Fleetwood
Mac's "Little Lies." The EP is a taste of his upcoming full length album
The Break In which was recorded with Mitchell Froom and is set for release
in March of 2007. The album will include two tracks from the EP, "So Slow"
and "Just As Well," the remainder being all new, previously unreleased
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| Dead
Celebrity Status Added to Tech N9ne Tour |
PR reports: Bodog Music recording act Dead
Celebrity Status is excited to be a part of the Tech N9ne Everready Tour.
DCS is amped to return to the states after their European tour with Jurassic
5 and their success on this summer's Warped Tour '06. The Everready tour
kicks off in Denver, Colorado on January 6th, 2007 and covers serious ground,
hitting most of the continental US just in time for the January 16th release
of Dead Celebrity Status' premier release Blood Music.
1/6 Denver- CO- The Fillmore
1/7 Aspen- CO- Belly Up
1/11 Salt Lake City-UT- The Great Salt
Air
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| Taking
Back Letterman |
PR reports: Warner Bros. Records' Taking Back
Sunday are scheduled to perform live on CBS's "The Late Show with David
Letterman" Wednesday, December 20. The band will perform "Liar (It Takes
One to know One)," the latest single off of their major label debut and
third gold album, Louder Now. Also scheduled to appear on Letterman is
the star of Miss Potter, Renee Zellweger. - Click
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| Stomp
the Yard |
PR reports: "Stepping," or "step-dancing,"
is a high-energy, wildly entertaining African-American dance style that's
been blazing across traditionally black fraternities and sororities for
decades. Stomp the Yard is a film featuring acclaimed singers Ne-Yo and
Chris Brown that pivots on a national stepping competition. Rivalry and
brotherhood drive the action, but music is what makes this story move.
That music is captured on Stomp the Yard:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, set for release January 9, 2007, on
Artists' Addiction Records. The disc boasts music not only from Ne-Yo ("Sign
Me Up") and Chris Brown ("Poppin'"), but also The Roots featuring Malik
B. and Porn ("In the Music"); Ghostface Killah ("The Champ"); Robert Randolph
and The Family Band ("Ain't Nothing Wrong With That"); E-40 featuring The
Federation ("Go Hard or Go Home"); UNK ("Walk It Out"); Cut Chemist featuring
Edan and Mr. Lif ("Storm"); and Public Enemy ("Supermixx's Black in the
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| Totimoshi
/ Helmet Tour |
PR reports: San Francisco sludge-grunge-metal
heroes, Totimoshi, have just announced they will be re-releasing 2006's
critically acclaimed, pummeling exploit entitled "Ladron" courtesy of Volcom
Entertainment! /In celebration of the album's re-release (due out March
6th, 2007), the band has also announced a West Coast tour w/ rock legends
HELMET!
1.07.07 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
1.09.07 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
1.16.07 Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
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