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Report for 01/18/06

Axl Promises Music This Year

Blabbermouth reports: GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose spoke to a Rolling Stone reporter at KORN's tour announcement bash at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in the early hours of Saturday morning (Jan. 14). The following are several excerpts from the article, which can be read in its entirety at RollingStone.com:

On the long-awaited new GUNS N' ROSES album "Chinese Democracy":

"It's a very complex record. I'm trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like QUEEN. Some people are going to say, 'It doesn't sound like Axl Rose, it doesn't sound like GUNS N' ROSES.' But you'll like at least a few songs on there."

"We're working on thirty-two songs, and twenty-six are nearly done," he says. Of those, thirteen are slated for the final album. Among Rose's favorites are "Better", "There Was a Time" and "The Blues". [Axl Told RS "People will hear music this year" see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stones Heist

Gigwise reports: A signed Rolling Stones guitar has been stolen from the offices of a charity in Australia.

The Challenge Children's Cancer Support Network's office in Melbourne was broken in to at 1am on Sunday morning. 

The only item thieves got away with was the guitar which was recently sold for $17,000 Australian dollars at an auction. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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U2 Chaos

Gigwise reports: Thousands of U2 fans in Brazil were left empty-handed and outraged after the ticket selling process went chaotically wrong. 

Some fans of the Irish supergroup had been queuing up in Sao Paulo for around 12 hours and still didn't get tickets after ticket machine broke down. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Advil Olympics

MTV reports: Avril Lavigne has been tapped to perform during the closing ceremonies of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kanye Grammy

MTV reports: Regardless of whether he wins any of the eight awards for which he's nominated, West will take the Grammy stage, as it was revealed exclusively to MTV News on Tuesday. It's not yet known what the rapper will perform at the event.[Kanye, Kayne, Kanye. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Golden Showers

Yahoo! reports: Ricky Martin has struck back at critics who have attacked his ability to run his humanitarian foundation because of controversial statements the pop star made about his sex life in Blender magazine.

The backlash stems from an interview published last month, in which Ricky told Blender, "I love giving the 'golden shower.' I've done it before in the shower. It's like, so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different."[she bangs, he pees. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Reggae Drug Conviction

Reuters reports: Reggae music executive Horatio Hamilton was found guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to traffic in over a ton of marijuana a week for seven years, federal court officials said. 

Hamilton, president of L.O.Y. ("Lords of Yard") Inc., a production company specializing in reggae which participated in reggae hit "Chi Chi Man" by T.O.K., faces a mandatory 20 years in prison and could face life.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lennon Auction

AP reports: John Lennon's original draft of the lyrics to the Beatles' classic "A Day in the Life" went on sale Tuesday, the 39th anniversary of the date Lennon was inspired to compose the song after reading his morning newspaper.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Mega Redesign

Blabbermouth reports: After two decades of rocking, the heavy metal band MEGADETH's mascot Vic Rattlehead needs a facelift and the band has commissioned the world's largest online artistic community, deviantART, to redesign him. In addition to having the chance to redesign a mascot whose image has appeared on several MEGADETH albums as well as a myriad of band merchandise, the fans can also win the biggest prizes that have ever been offered for a deviantART contest.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Top Solos

Blabbermouth reports: LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page of has been voted the top guitar soloist of all time for the song "Stairway to Heaven". According to The Sun Online, Page's performance topped the survey held by the web site AboutGuitars.com and beat out the likes of Eddie Van Halen for the track "Eruption". The third place was occupied by the dual guitar solo by Allen Collins and Gary Rossington on LYNYRD SKYNYRD's "Freebird".[see full story for the full top 10]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ill Nino Down Under

Blabbermouth reports: ILL NINO and STATIC-X will be teaming up for for a co-headlining tour of Australia beginning in late February. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Feb. 28 - Perth, AUS @ The Lookout
Mar. 02 - Melbourne, AUS @ The Palace
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H.I.M. TV

Blabbermouth reports: MTV2 will be premiering a 30-minute H.I.M. concert special, "H.I.M.: Live in Detroit", on Saturday, January 21 beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sparta Goes Hollywood

Hollywood Records reports: Sparta has signed an exclusive worldwide recording agreement with Hollywood Records. The internationally acclaimed band will release its highly anticipated third album this summer. 

"We finally feel that we are at a place where we can wholly express ourselves," said drummer Tony Hajjar about their new label. "We are able to experiment with all of our ideas and Hollywood is embracing them. They have shown a level of support and trust that we haven't truly seen before."

The quartet (rounded out by vocalist/guitarist Jim Ward, bassist Matt Miller and guitarist Keeley Davis) is currently in pre-production and will begin recording in Los Angeles in March. While in the studio, the band will produce a series of video podcasts, the first of which is available now at www.spartamusic.com. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Morbid Angel DualDisc

BW&BK reports: Earache Records are to release a Dual Disc format version of the landmark death metal album, Altars Of Madness by MORBID ANGEL on March 13, 2006. 

The DVD side of the Dual Disc features the long sought after November 1989 Nottingham Rock City show filmed on the band's first ever European outing, the legendary Grindcrusher Tour (alongside NAPALM DEATH, BOLT THROWER and CARCASS) and is the first Morbid Angel material to see an official DVD release. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Amy Lee is Single Again

Audio Aggression reports: After over two years together, Seether frontman Shaun Morgan says he is no longer dating Amy Lee of Evanescence. Morgan told the Arkansas Times the couple recently and amicably split. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Different Peppers

Audio Aggression reports: The Red Hot Chili Peppers had originally planned for their upcoming album, 'Stadium Arcadium', to be a triple album with each disc being released a few months apart, however The band recorded thirty-eight tracks, but only twenty-five made the final cut for the two disc album. The remaining tracks will most likely be released as a bonus track on different versions of the album sold at different record stores.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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