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| Rap
Idol Coming |
E! reports: Hip-hop needs an American Idol,
and Master P has a plan.
The hip-hop mogul is developing his own
reality talent show, America's Next Hip Hop Stars, that will give up and
coming rappers from across the country a chance to compete for a recording
contract and $50,000.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Grateful
Dead Death |
tinfoil reports: Vince Welnick, the Grateful
Dead's last keyboard player and a veteran of several other bands, including
the Tubes and Missing Man Formation, has died at age 51, the Grateful Dead's
longtime publicist said.
Welnick died Friday, said Dennis McNally,
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| Youngbloodz
Drug Bust |
antiMusic reports: Rap duo Youngbloodz along
with their 12-person posse were busted for drug and firearm possession
on their way to show Thursday. The homies were cruizin' in a tour bus with
expired tags on I-85 in Georgia when 5.0 pulled them over. Coweta County
Sheriff's Deputy Clinton Reynolds discovered the wonderful aroma of marijuana
when they opened the tour bus door. Deputies searched the bus and found
"two firearms and about a half pound of marijuana divided into 11 plastic
bags," according to AP and hauled the 14 off to jail.
Jeffrey Ray Grigsby (J-Bo) and Sean Paul
Joseph along with their 12 friends where all charged with possession of
marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of firearms. When it
comes to the charges, don't expect the 14 to Shakem' Off, but they did
post bail on Friday. For more on this story see the full story link.
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| Urban
Duran |
Gigwise reports: Duran Duran's new material
looks set to take a hip-hop edge after the band revealed they're drafting
in urban producers.
The band are currently busy in the studio
recording their new long-player, which is expected to hit the shelves early
next year.
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| Andrew
Bird Watching |
CMJ reports: While the words "hip" and "violinist"
aren't often seen alongside one another, Chicago-based balladeer Andrew
Bird continues to defy convention by being both. The hip violinist is currently
working on his next full-length album, expected sometime next year. Building
upon the success of 2005's Mysterious Production Of Eggs, Bird has recruited
a number of Midwest musicians, including Haley Bonar and Chris Morrissey,
both veterans of the lengthy Mysterious Production Of Eggs tour.... Fans
can catch Bird this summer as he hits a handful of major festivals including
Kansas's Wakarusa June 10, Tennessee's Bonnaroo June 16 and Milwaukee Summer
Fest July 5. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Slayer
666 T |
Blabbermouth reports: To honor the symbolic
date of June 6, 2006 � the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year;
as in 666, the "number of the beast" or Anti-christ in the Bible's Book
of Revelations � SLAYER will release an exclusive t-shirt, limited to 666
units and only available at the band's official web store. The t-shirt
is priced $16.66[see full story for more]- Click
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| Metallica
Treat for Germany |
Blabbermouth reports: METALLICA performed
their classic 1986 album, "Master of Puppets", in its entirety again Sunday
night (June 4) at the Rock im Park festival in Nürnberg, Germany.
The band played all eight songs in their proper sequence for the first
time ever at yesterday's (June 3) headlining appearance at the Rock am
Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany[see full story for more]-
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| Primal
Fear Hits |
BW&BK reports: Mat Sinner informs BW&BK
that PRIMAL FEAR have inked a one-off deal with Nuclear Blast, for a best-of
compilation that will also include "a special bonus CD of classic metal
tracks." An October release is planned. [see full story for more]-
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| Pearl
Jam Storytellers |
TuneLab reports: Pearl Jam filmed an episode
of VH1's Storytellers at The Avalon in New York City Wednesday, May 31st.
The episode is set to air on July 1st and includes front-man Eddie Vedder
discussing lyrics to the bands hits[see full story for set list!]-
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| Boyhitscar
Reissue |
TuneLab reports: Boyhitscar will be re-releasing
'The Passage' on July 11th through Rock Ridge Music. The band will hit
the road with Flyleaf and Keating later this month.- Click
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| Zombie
Halloween |
TuneLab reports: Dimension Films has announced
that Rob Zombie will make the next "Halloween" movie, writing, directing,
and serving as producer. Zombie will also serve as the music supervisor
on the film.
Zombie's vision of this film is an entirely
new take on the legend and will satisfy fans of the classic "Halloween"
legacy while beginning a new chapter in the Michael Myers saga.[see full
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| Blacklisted
Illness |
punkbands reports: Philladelphia's Blacklisted
have been forced to drop off their tour supporting Ignite due to illness.
The band explained the situation: Our guitar player(tim) has been sick
for the last few days. So Thursday on our way to Baltimore he decided to
go into the emergency room at John Hopkins University and get checked out.
After a few hours of waiting, blood tests
a potential heart attack scare and an overnight stay, we have found out
tim has some type of infection around his heart. [see full story for more]-
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| Chris
Daughtry's 'Live' Plans |
Rockdirt reports: Though rumors of Chris Daughtry
taking Fuel's vacant frontman slot have been circulating since he was voted
off 'American Idol', and after its band members offered him the job, Daughtry
tells the York Daily Record it's unlikely he'll make the move. What he
does want to do is work with Live, after singing with Ed Kowalczyk during
the 'Idol' finale. "I think it's a very good chance," he said. "We're already
talking about collaborating in the near future, even on songwriting. We
stay in touch." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Bleed
The Dope |
The Gauntlet reports: Some people call it
a fever, others just call it a rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Having toured relentlessly
in support of their debut album, Paradigm In Entropy, California's BLEED
THE SKY have secured one last outing with Dope - the Jagermeister-sponsored
Summer Of Sin Tour which begins on June 13th in Grand Rapids, MI - before
heading back home to work on their second album. Their friends and family
haven't seen hide or hair of them in the past six months and a few have
jokingly considered filing a missing persons report.[see full story for
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| Dimmu
Borgir Illness |
antiMusic reports: Dimmu Borgir made the following
announcement on their website last week: Dimmu Borgir are very sorry, on
such a short notice, to announce that they are forced to pull out of Gods
of Metal Festival in Italy due to serious health reasons.
"We apologize to everyone it may concern,
we were very much looking forward to play this great festival, but due
to a serious situation regarding one of our members' health condition we
have no other choice as it is beyond our control. We owe it to our business
partners, fans and friends and perhaps mostly ourselves, to do a great
gig, but this will not be possible under the given circumstances, unfortunately.
Health will always have first priority."- Click
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| Bach
N Roses |
antiMusic reports: Guns N' Roses will have
a very special guest along for their European tour. We'll give you the
info straight from the horses mouth. Sebastian Bach posted the following
update on his website: "�When I look back on my life, I have to say that
one of my true friends is Mr. W. Axl Rose. As everyone now knows, when
Guns 'N Roses made their triumphant return to New York City a few weeks
ago, Axl was cool enough to invite me onstage all 4 nights to sing with
him the Guns 'N Roses song of my choice, which happens to be 'My Michelle'.
During the NYC shows Axl asked me if I wanted to fly with him to Europe
to duet with him in England at Donington & Hammersmith. Of course I
said YES & then I mentioned to him the recording of the new CD 'Angel
Down' & how much it would mean for our band to open some Guns'N Roses
shows. Axl's response was to offer the band the whole European tour.
To say that my mind is blown, or that I
am thankful for this opportunity, is so superfluous. I really cannot express
how much this means to me. Axl Rose is the most honest, genuine, straight-up,
& talented person I have ever met in this business, & for him to
give my band the chance to rock in front of all his fans is something I
will never forget.[see full story for more]- Click
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