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War Hypocrisy

Blabbermouth reports: Sweden's HYPOCRISY have commented on their upcoming "Machines at War" North American tour with FEAR FACTORY, SUFFOCATION, and DECAPITATED. The trek is set to launch in San Francisco this October 26 and run through early December.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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World Chaos Tour

antiMusic reports: Want a little taste of chaos this autumn? Dates have been announced for the International Taste Of Chaos Tour featuring Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Anti-Flag, Underoath, Senses Fail, Saosin and Alexisonfire (plus others)�Things kick off in New Zealand on October 8th.The tour then heads to Australia for a string of dates before invading Japan, followed by Europe. 

10/08 - Auckland NZ - St. James
10/10 - Perth AU - Burswood Dome
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Songs of a Lifetime

PR reports: Recent Decaydance signees and New Jersey bastions of punk, Lifetime are finally ready to give the rest of the country a taste of their recent reunions. The band will head out for a series of shows this summer before headed into a studio for their new-millennial debut. Also planned, to tide the masses over until the 2007 full length, is a two track single to be released this Fall on Decaydance. The details of which are in the works but at least one new song will be debuted live as part of their Summer sets. [see full story for tour dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Creedence Clearwater Revisited

PR reports: Creedence Clearwater Revival founding members and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" Clifford have announced summer and fall concerts to be performed by their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The two former members of the legendary group Creedence Clearwater Revival launched the Creedence Clearwater Revisited project to once again perform live Creedence Clearwater Revival hits - the touchstones of a generation. The 2006 summer and fall tour will take the group around the United States and Canada, highlighted by appearances at Milwaukee's Summerfest, two nights at Detroit's DTE Energy Music Amphitheater, both the Ventura and Los Angeles County Fairs and Woodstock, New Brunswick's Classic Rock Festival.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited also includes lead singer/rhythm guitar player John Tristao (who initially rose to prominence as lead singer for the band People when their hit "I Love You" bulleted into the Top Ten), lead guitarist Tal Morris (whom Huey Lewis describes as "the quintessential Bay Area guitar prodigy") and multi instrumentalist Steve Gunner. As Cook puts it, "Steve Gunner provides live all the overdubs that were on the records - keyboard, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica and he sings the high harmonies."[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Breaking Benjamin Tour

TuneLab reports: Breaking Benjamin will hit the road in support of their forthcoming album 'Phobia' on July 21st with Evans Blue and Dropping Daylight. Current confirmed dates are as follows:

July 21st in Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
July 22nd in Weedsport, NY @ Cayuga Co. Fairgrounds
July 23rd in Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
July 25th in Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
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Sugarcult Tour

punkbands reports: Tour dates have been announced for Sugarcult's headlining tour with support from The Spill Canvas, Halifax, Maxeen, and So They Say. Confirmed dates are as follows:

7/30/2006 Sugarcult Brookhaven Amphitheatre Port Jefferson, NY 

8/10/2006 Sugarcult Morongo Casino Cabazon, CA 

9/8/2006 Sugarcult Ventura Theater Ventura, CA w/ The Spill Canvas, Halifax, Maxeen, So They Say Close
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Behold...The Arctopus Cancel

SMN reports: New York City based instrumental technical metallers BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS have issued the following update:

"We are very sad to announce that we have to cancell the last 4 dates on this tour. Charlie's father passed away earlier today and he has gone to support his family. DYSRHYTHMIA will finish out the tour and BTA is sorry to miss these shows, but we will be back at some point to play for you guys.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Suffocation Live CD

DiR reports: New York death metal legends Suffocation will be releasing a live CD, entitled Live In Quebec, through their online store next week. Highlights include Thrones of Blood, Immortally Condemned, Despise the Sun and Funeral Inception. See the full story link for a full tracklisting. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Daniel Johnston TV

PR reports: If you're familiar with Daniel Johnston, then you'll want to check out Rollins show on IFC this Saturday night. Johnston was just the subject of a movie called "The Devil and Daniel Johnston", about his mental ilness and amazing songwriting capabilities.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Spin Off

PR reports: Guitar Centers annual SPIN- OFF DJ Contest will be taking place July 19th - 7 pm at six locations ( Hollywood/ NJ-Philly/NYC/San Fran/Miami and Detroit) 

There are some big prizes for winners and a chance to make it to the national final in San Francisco where last year the competition was added to by performances by Talib Kweli, Mad Lib, Diplo and Kayne West.. Additionally you should check out these regional comps. as they are the only locations at which you can purchase the Stones Throw : Ten Year retrospective
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Pearl Jam Storytellers Preview

PR reports: Watch the first-ever Pearl Jam VH1 Storytellers July 1 at 10/9c! Don't miss this exclusive, intimate performance featuring new songs from their latest album, Pearl Jam, as well as past favorites. Want a taste? Head over to vspot.vh1.com for a sneak peak. Then, after the show airs, get on back to VSpot for footage you didn't see on TV! [see full story for the preview video]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Babyshambles B-Sides

PR reports: On August 1st, Rough Trade introduces America to the other side of Babyshambles, the band led by reigning l'enfant terrible, Peter Doherty. Not one of the band's smash singles was released in America, so we're bringing a brand new bunch of never-heard b-sides to our virtual shores. For US fans who haven't witnessed the shambolic beauty of Babyshambles' live gigs, the b-sides offer a fresh glimpse of the talent behind the tabloid ink. 

The nine b-sides will be available on iTunes as part of a deluxe version of "Down in Albion" for no additional cost and will also be available for sale individually. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Green Matthews Band

PR reports: Dave Matthews Band announced today that it has arranged for NativeEnergy and Clean Air-Cool Planet to offset 100% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from all of its touring activities since 1991. By offsetting the CO2 pollution that touring activities such as transporting gear, powering stages and air travel generate, Dave Matthews Band is taking a proactive role in fighting global warming and helping Native America begin to restore sustainable homeland economies in balance with the Earth.

This announcement comes at the beginning of Dave Matthews Band 2006 summer tour, which kicked off on May 30th at the UMB Bank Pavilion in Missouri and will end in their hometown of Charlottesville, VA with a two-night stand on Sept. 22 & 23 at the grand opening of John Paul Jones Arena. [see full story for more... does it offset human waste dropped from a tour bus?]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kenny Olson's Flask

PR reports: KENNY OLSON has played with some of the biggest names in the music business. From the Twisted Brown Trucker Band, Sheryl Crow, Metallica, Chaka Khan, Hank Williams Jr., Buddy Miles, and Aerosmith to name a few. Kenny has also played in several Jimi Hendrix tributes, which he considers to be some of his most important work. Now with THE FLASK, Kenny hopes to achieve much the same success and take the band to the great heights their musical influences have achieved. THE FLASK is comprised of music veterans Brent Grunow on Lead Vocals, Shannon Boone on Drums/Percussion and Jason Price on Bass. The music has been described by Kenny as old-school rock n roll, with decided blues and R&B influences on grooving up-tempo material and ballads alike. The group also has crafted one epic, "Gold Rush", which features a four-minute guitar solo by Olson. 

THE FLASK makes their musical debut with "Shuck 'N Jive", "Holy Roller" and "Gold Rush" - now available digitally for the first time at all major digital download sites. Look for the release of the album Match In The Gas Tank mixed by the legendary EDDIE KRAMER (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Kiss) on Takes The Biscuit due out September 12, 2006.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fu Manchu's Deal Of the Century

PR reports: After nine albums, countless world tours and more than a dozen years of leading their scene, FU MANCHU � perhaps the definitive Southern California hard rock band of the last decade � have signed a worldwide recording agreement with The Century Family. Their tenth, as-yet-untitled album will surface in early 2007 on Century Media Records in Europe and on Liquor and Poker Music in America. An Asian release will be confirmed in the coming months. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Randy Weeks Release At Last

PR reports: Randy Weeks isn't what you'd call a shameless self-promoter. In fact, he'd so much rather write songs and go on the road performing them that he more or less forgot to release his new album, Sugarfinger. Finally, friends in the business reminded him that he needed to release the album if only to give birth to one of the finest potential summer radio hits since The Beach Boys or the Raspberries. "You know, you're right, I should really get that out," he conceded. And with that, Sugarfinger, featuring the hit track "Transistor Radio," will see the light of day on August 22, 2006.

"Transistor Radio," which can be streamed at http://www.myspace.com/randyweeks, has enjoyed months of airplay on tastemaking Los Angeles NPR station KCRW-FM, embellished by plays on Indie 103.1 FM's "Watusi Rodeo" program. Most listeners � and even the radio programmers themselves � assumed the album was out by now. And it's true, Weeks sold a few out of the back of his truck at gigs. But no, no official release �til now. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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