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Report for 01/10/06

Rap School

Contact Music reports: Rap icon ICE T is jumping on the reality TV bandwagon by planning a new show called RAP SCHOOL.

US TV bosses were spurred on by recent series ROCK SCHOOL which featured KISS frontman GENE SIMMONS turning a group of public school children into miniature rock stars.[ok get ready, now cuss to the beat. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lamest Show Ever!

Reuters reports: "American Idol" star Simon Cowell is singing "Duets" with Fox. 

The network has ordered a talent show in which professional singers pair off with celebrities outside of the music business to perform for a panel of judges and a studio audience. Viewers will have the final say in voting off contestants. [Wait isn't this the network that cancels anything halfway decent? This is what they replace it with? Next thing you know they'll have has-beens dancing an hour each week and it will top the ratings. The dumbing down of America is complete. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Murder Suspects

liveDaily reports: Two men reportedly were arrested Saturday (1/7) in Philadelphia in connection with seven recent homicides in Richmond, VA, including the murder of former House of Freaks singer/guitarist Bryan Harvey and his family. 

According to local news reports, Ray Joseph Dandridge and his uncle, Ricky "Cooley" Gray, both 28, have been charged with conspiracy to commit the Jan. 1 murders of Harvey, his wife, and their two young daughters; as well as the Jan. 6 killings in South Richmond of a man, his wife and her adult daughter.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Floyd Snubbed

Gigwise reports: Judges of this year's Brit Awards have been left outraged after Pink Floyd were omitted from the Best Live Act shortlist. 

Many of the panel believed that their show-stealing comeback performance at Live 8 deserved to be nominated for the music industry back-patting ceremony. 

However, they were told that Pink Floyd could not be nominated because they did not perform in front of a paying audience.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stern Debut

FMQB reports: Howard Stern made his long-awaited debut on Sirius Satellite Radio today. While there were a few technical glitches at the start, once Stern and his crew got rolling, it was business as usual with only a couple noticeable changes in the program. The first is the hiring of George Takei as the announcer for Stern's program. Best known as Star Trek's Sulu, Takei was live in the studio for his debut. The other was the lack of commercials, as Stern's debut went commercial free -- and lasted well into the 11 a.m. hour. Stern said 6 commercial units per hour would show up starting tomorrow with clients including Heineken and Vermont Teddy Bear.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Spandau Hospitalization

Gigwise reports: Former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley is recovering in hospital after having his appendix removed, according to a statement by his manager. 

Hadley was admitted to Whittington Hospital in north London after complaining of stomach cramps last night, undergoing surgery later in the evening, John Glover said. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rare Maximo Park

Gigwise reports: Maximo Park are to release an album of rarities featuring b-sides and demo's from their debut album �A Certain Trigger'.

The record will be released on February 20 via Warp and will be ingeniously entitled �Missing Songs'.[add comment about all of their songs being rarities here. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Idol Pandemic

hecklerspray reports: Today's pandemic started on ITV1 in the UK, calling itself Pop Idol. It was contagious too, quickly spreading through unknown means to first world countries the world around. The name changed with every infection, calling itself American Idol, Canadian Idol or Australian Idol to name some. Side effects included intense headaches, scabby inner ears, dry heaves and astronomical ratings.

Despite the obvious mental hazards, government owned TV in Ethiopia has decided it wants a piece of that action. They intend to call it...wait for it...Ethiopian Idol.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Pink Wedding

Ananova reports: Pink has married her boyfriend Carey Hart in Costa Rica.

The couple have been dating for four years reports Digitalspy.

Pink and her motorcross fiance tied the knot during a ceremony on the beach.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cold Brits

Ananova reports: Coldplay have confirmed they will perform at this year's Brit Awards.

The Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West and Paul Weller will also perform at the event.[Just so you know Kayne and Kelly are now British in the Madonna tradition of being British. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Black Eyed Honda

liveDaily reports: This year's edition of the annual Honda Civic Tour, which launches in early spring, will feature The Black Eyed Peas in the top slot, and will promote the redesigned gas/electric Civic Hybrid. 

The outing is scheduled to kick off March 23 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Living End Emergency

Punk Music reports: The Living End has a new record completed called "State of Emergency." However, as they were recently dropped from their US label (Reprise), the band is not sure when or who will be releasing their new CD in the US and Canada. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Arrogant Sons of Bitches Release

Mammoth Press reports: The Arrogant Sons of Bitches have announced details on the release of the long-delayed, long-awaited proper followup to 2000's Pornocracy. Three Cheers for Disappointment will be officially released January 17th and will be available at the band's merch store and at CD release shows.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fear Factory Inspired

BW&BK reports: Sea Of Tranquility have issued a FEAR FACTORY gig review (from the band's recent stop at Irving Plaza), combined with an interview with Burton C. Bell. 

During the interview Burton states: "For me, I draw inspiration not really from metal, I'm all about melodies, but I draw influences from say NEUROSIS, who I still think are a great heavy band, as are MASTODON, and SLAYER. They are all great bands. I like industrial a lot. I also listen to a lot of older music too, like THE CARPENTERS for instance.[that's explains the vocals on the last CD... see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rush TV

BW&BK reports: Invisible airwaves will crackle with life" when VH1 Classic presents the world television premiere of RUSH R-30, a DVD concert performance from the band's $21 million grossing sell-out 30th Anniversary Tour. The concert will air as part of VH1 Classic's salute to Rush the weekend of Friday, January 13th.

The Rush R-30 concert was filmed with 14 hi-definition cameras in widescreen format at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany on September 24th, 2004. The concert presentation makes up the core of the Rush R-30 two-DVD package released November 22nd, 2005 by Zoe Vision/Rounder Records.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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