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Report for 01/23/06

50 Cent Retiring?

Ananova reports: 50 Cent has revealed he'll only make two more albums.

Speaking to Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, 50 said he was enjoying the music biz but wants to see out his record contract before moving into acting.

"I want to fulfil my album requirements with (record label) Shady Aftermath," he said.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bon Jovi Plane Accident

Rockdirt reports: The Canadian Press reports that when Bon Jovi private plane skidded off the runway at Hamilton International Airport early Saturday. The band, staff, and flight crew deplaned the Boeing 707 with no reports of injuries. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Smashing Pumpkins Reunion

siN's metal news reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS, according to British mag NME, have announced final plans to reform for various festival appearances with the Southern Californian Coachella festival being touted as their 'comeback'.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Wilson Pickett 1941-2006

antiMusic reports: Soul legend Wilson Pickett died on Thursday at the age of 64. Pickett best known for his R&B megahits, "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally," died in Virginia hospital following a heart attack. 

Pickett was born March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Ala.. He found his love of music singing in his church choir. As a teenager he moved to Detroit to live with his father and stretched out musically first as a member of gospel group Violinaires and later made the switch secular music as a member of the Falcons. That group scored a hit with "I Found a Love" which paved the way for a recording deal for Pickett with Atlantic Records. The Rock n Roll Hall of Famer, never slowed down until a year ago when his health took a turn for the worse. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Gays Vs Idol

Contact Music reports: Bosses at America's leading gay rights group are demanding a summit meeting with the producers of TV talent show AMERICAN IDOL after claiming the programme is "increasingly homophobic".

Officials at the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) were appalled by homophobic remarks made by judges SIMON COWELL and RANDY JACKSON on the first show of the new season, which aired in America on Tuesday (17JAN06).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Arctic Hit

Mammoth Press reports: The Arctic Monkeys' first record could become the fastest-selling debut rock album since records began, according to experts. 

The band released Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not on Monday (January 23 [in the UK]). Retailer HMV claim that their pre-orders suggest demand is the highest for any debut rock act since the release of Oasis' Definitely Maybe in August 1994. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Manowar Return

Blabbermouth reports: MANOWAR will release a brand new single, "The Sons Of Odin", on February 27, 2006. This 10-minute epic, in classic true metal style, sets the perfect tone for the impending release of the yet-untitled full-length album, scheduled for April 3, 2006.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Nothingface Shanked

Blabbermouth reports: SILENT CIVILIAN, the new band featuring former SPINESHANK vocalist Jonny Santos, has been added to the upcoming NOTHINGFACE tour, which is being sponsored by Jägermeister. The tour will be SILENT CIVILIAN's first of many planned treks through the U.S. in support of their debut album, "Rebirth of the Temple", due March 21 via Mediaskare Records.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dave Lepard RIP

Blabbermouth reports: Frontman David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard) of the Swedish sleaze metal band CRASHDIET was found dead [Friday] morning. It has been unofficially reported that he hanged himself, although this has yet to be confirmed. More information will be available during the coming days.

CRASHDIET was a Stockholm, Sweden-based Eighties hard rock-style band whose debut album, "Rest in Sleaze", entered the Swedish national album chart at position No. 12.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dimebag Tribute DVD

Blabbermouth reports: "DimeVision - Vol 1: That's The Fun I Have", a tribute DVD to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, will be released on April 4 via Big Vin, the new label launched by Dimebag's brother Vinnie Paul. The disc, "which remembers and celebrates the life of my brother," according to Vinnie, will feature Dime's stellar guitar playing and offbeat brand of humor, and is sure to be a title every serious PANTERA fan will have to own.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Izzy CDs Coming

Blabbermouth reports: According to SputnikMusic.com, former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin is contemplating making several new albums available over the course of 2006 and 2007, including new studio material and a rarities collection, which may feature sessions with ex-GUNS N' ROSES bandmates Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Black Crowes DVD

Audio Aggression reports: The Black Crowes will release a live DVD on March 21st. 'Freak 'N' Roll ...Into the Fog' was shot at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium in August 2005. The disc will also include a behind-the-scenes short film.[see full story for tracks]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Zombie Coil Dates

Audio Aggression reports: Dates for Rob Zombie's upcoming tour with Lacuna Coil are slowing starting to be confirmed. Current dates are:

March 18th in Miami, FL @ Bicentennial Park (Global Gathering Festival)
March 25th in Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
March 28th in New York, NY @ Nokia Theater
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Darkness Ass

Rockdirt reports: The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins has plans for the band to tour with a giant ass on stage. "An idea we've got is the Asse de Triomphe and have 60 foot buttocks on stage," Hawkins explained to the Daily Star. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Out of Sync

Contact Music reports: Former 'N SYNC bandmates LANCE BASS and JOEY FATONE are getting a second chance at fame, with their own TV show.

US cable network UPN have signed up Bass, 26, and Fatone, 28, to play roommates in OUT OF SYNC. [That'll bump the ratings! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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B.I.G. Payout

AP reports: A federal judge has ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal costs to the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. as sanctions for intentionally withholding evidence during the family's civil lawsuit trial.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ash Lose Axe

Gigwise reports: Charlotte Hatherley has reportedly quit Ash after nearly a decade as guitarist for the band.

In a statement posted on her official website it says that she has left on good terms and is currently planning a new solo album.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cam'ron Vs Jay-Z

hecklerspray reports: We haven't had a good rap battle in ages - nothing gets us more excited than hearing rich young black men giving each other a jolly good slagging in songs. Lately, Cam'ron has excelled himself at this.

Anyone can make a three or four minute song calling people idiots and saying that their girlfriend is a bit rubbish, but Cam'ron has recorded a song entitled You Got It, where he lays into Jay-Z. For eight solid minutes. We'd give Cam'ron some mad props, but we aren't entirely sure what that means.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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