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| Ozzfest
Rape |
Blabbermouth reports: Dan P. Blake of the
Chicago Tribune is reporting that Tinley Park police today are searching
for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in a field outside the First Midwest
Bank Amphitheatre during the Ozzfest music festival over the weekend.
A shirtless man, described as about 30,
approached the 20-year-old victim as she was leaving the festival after
8 p.m. Sunday on the far west end of an unused parking lot at the outdoor
venue at 191st and Ridgeland Avenue, said Tinley Park police Cmdr. Phil
Valois.
"She had a chance encounter with the subject,
they talked for awhile and at some point he grabbed her and assaulted her
in a grassy area of the parking lot," Valois said.[see full story for more]-
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| Limp
Wedding |
MTV reports: Sorry, ladies: It looks like
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst is off the market. In a post on Bizkit's MySpace
page, Durst said that he'd met "a wonderful girl named Krista" while in
Rhode Island, where he's shooting his directorial debut, "The Education
of Charlie Banks." Durst said he asked for her hand in marriage, and "she
said yes."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Nipple
Art |
Launch reports: The cover of Janet Jackson's
new album, 20 Years Old, due out September 26, will be designed by a fan.
On Tuesday, Janet will launch a contest giving fans an opportunity to create
the artwork for her ninth studio set. [see full story for more]-
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| Mercury
Prize Shortlist |
antiMusic reports: All bets are on. The shortlist
for the 2006 Mercury Prize has been revealed. Quite a few well known acts
are up for the much sought after buzz worthy honor including Arctic Monkeys,
Editors, and Thom Yorke. Who will be the winner? We will find out on September
5th.
Mercury Prize Shortlist
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I
Am, That's What I'm Not
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad
of the Broken Seas
Editors - The Back Room
Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
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| Death
Cab for Elvis |
PR reports: Be sure to tune into VH1 Classic
Friday, July 21st at 8:00 PM ET/PT to catch Death Cab for Cutie perform
as special guests of Elvis Costello on the "Decades Rock Live" concert
series, which celebrates artists from rock to soul who have influenced
popular music over the last 50 years. Watch Death Cab perform "Accidents
Will Happen" with Elvis as a duet, as well as "Kinder Murder," "I Will
Follow You into the Dark," and two songs from the encore. Other special
guests include Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Fiona Apple. [click
the full story link to check out their new video for "I Will Follow You
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| KISS
Reality |
PR reports: Dad is Gene Simmons - the legendary,
tongue wagging demon of KISS. Mom is Shannon Tweed -- former Playmate of
the Year, actress and model. And their kids, Nick and Sophie, are, well...surprisingly
charming, well-behaved teenagers dealing with the trials and tribulations
of adolescence, even though Mom and Dad are truly like no one else's parents.
A&E Network presents the original series premiere of GENE SIMMONS FAMILY
JEWELS on Monday August 7, 2006 with back-to-back episodes at 10 &
10:30PM//9 & 9:30C.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Kid
Rock & Pam To Marry |
Wenn reports: PAMELA ANDERSON and on-again,
off-again fiance KID ROCK are set to tie the knot later this month (JUL06)
in St Tropez, France. The former BAYWATCH star posted a message on her
website on Tuesday (18JUL06), revealing the details behind the whirlwind
wedding. In a statement on her web site she says, "Yes. I'm finally getting
remarried... it's been a whirlwind... spontaneous, but well thought through.
"Feels like I've been stuck in a time warp.
Not able to let go of my family picture... it's been sad and lonely and
frustrating..."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Nintendo
Fusion Tour 06 |
PR reports: Music lovers and video game fans
will converge in venues across the country this fall, as the fourth annual
Nintendo Fusion Tour gets underway. The tour, headlined by emo-rock band
Hawthorne Heights and produced by Live Nation, will visit some 40 cities
nationwide between Sept. 27 and Nov. 11. In addition to live music, each
venue will showcase the hot-selling Nintendo DSTM Lite and provide a sneak
peek of Nintendo's upcoming console, WiiTM.
Hawthorne Heights will lead the bill, which
also includes Relient K, Emery, Plain White T's and The Sleeping. Many
of the band members grew up playing Nintendo games, and the Nintendo Fusion
Tour brings their two passions together.- Click
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| Social
D Tour |
punkbands reports: Social Distortion have
updated their tour schedule with dates for this fall.
Tour dates are as follows, according to
SxDx.com:
09/27 - Minneapolis, - MN Quest
10/01 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
10/03 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
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| Norma
Jean Delay |
TuneLab reports: The release of Norma Jean's
new album 'Redeemer' has been pushed back and will now see a September
12th release. [see full story for breaking rock news]-
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| Rise
Against Billy Talent |
punkbands reports: Rise Against and Billy
Talent will be doing a co-headlining tour this Fall. Rise Against will
headline the US dates, while Billy Talent headlines the Canada dates. Dates
and venues will be announced soon.- Click
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| Deep
Purple To Still Rock Beirut |
KNAC reports: Despite the fighting in Lebanon,
English rock band Deep Purple says it plans to perform at the Baalbeck
Music Festival outside of Beirut later this year.
A press release from the band confirmed
that Deep Purple would indeed honor its July 28th performance near the
war-torn city, also promising an immediate makeup date should the festival's
promoter choose to cancel the show.[see full story for more]-
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| Velvet
Aerosmith Charity CD |
Blabbermouth reports: AEROSMITH and VELVET
REVOLVER are among the artists that have contributed to "Serve", an all-star
charity CD to benefit World Hunger Year (WHY), a nonprofit organization
that strives to fight against hunger and poverty in America. Net proceeds
from "Serve" will be donated directly towards Artists Against Hunger &
Poverty (AAHP), a special artist-directed program of WHY.
Sponsored by Hard Rock International and
Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, the "Serve" compilation features 12 tracks
- many rare or unreleased - by a unique blend of major multi-platinum,
Grammy Award-winning and acclaimed recording artists.[see full story for
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| Goth
Box |
MTV reports: Taste-making archivist Rhino
Records is once again putting its definitive stamp on a genre. On September
19, the label will release the goth compilation A Life Less Lived: The
Gothic Box, which will feature 53 influential tracks by groups such as
the Cure, Sisters of MercySiouxsie and the Banshees, Love and Rockets and
many more. Spread over three discs, the box set also includes 12 classic
goth and dark-wave videos[see full story for more]- Click
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| Canada
Underoath |
PR reports: As UNDERØATH cross the
country on the Vans Warped Tour main stage, the storm of critical acclaim
for the band continues to grow. After debuting at #2 on the Billboard Top
200 Albums Chart, sales of the band's explosive new album DEFINE THE GREAT
LINE--on Seattle indie Tooth & Nail/Solid State--have surpassed 155,000
copies in just three weeks. The genre-defying UNDERØATH will launch
a Canadian tour September 14 with Silverstein, and special guests Moneen
and He Is Legend. Tickets will first be available via the tour's Internet
pre-sale beginning July 18 via the full story link.
9/14 Vancouver, B.C. Croatian Cultural
Center
9/16 Edmonton, Alberta Reds Entertainment
Complex
9/17 Calgary, Alberta MacEwen Hall
9/18 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Prairieland
Exhibition Trade
9/19 Winnipeg, Manitoba Ramada Theatre
9/25 London, Ontario Centennial Hall
9/26 Ottawa, Ontario Civic Center
9/28 Quebec City, Quebec L'Imperial Theater
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| XM
Vs RIAA |
FMQB reports: XM Satellite Radio is taking
action against the recent lawsuit and legislation led by the RIAA taking
on its newest recordable devices, which supposedly can record specific
songs from the satcaster's programming� XM has filed for a motion of dismissal
of the labels' lawsuit, saying that the Audio Home Recording Act protects
the Inno and Helix from the copyright infringement issues raised by the
RIAA.[see full story for more]- Click
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