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| TEXTing
GNR Special |
antiMusic reports: Tonight Guns N' Roses will
return to the stage with the 1st of a string of sold out concerts in New
York City. antiMusic has teamed up with TalkingMetal.com to bring you a
unique "review" of the concert as it happens. Providing that cell service
is available: As the band strikes the 1st note, Talking Metal's Mark Strigl
will be texting us updates with details about the show. So you will be
getting the details as close to real time as possible as Guns N' Roses
make their triumphant return to the stage!
Because we do not know what time the band
will be hitting the stage we can not give you a definite kick off time
for this special, but we've set up a special page at the full story link
where Mark's updates will be posted as soon as they come in!
For those in New York City you can join
Talking Metal's co-hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy at American Trash
on 1st Ave between 76th and 77th Street for the Talking Metal GNR After
Party. Talking Metal are expecting to also record a special post show podcast,
check TalkingMetal.com for that. - Click
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| Band
Hires Idol? |
Extra reports: In an EXCLUSIVE interview,
the multi-platinum rock band Fuel comes to Extra and to say they want American
Idol's eliminated Chris Daughtry! Fuel bass player Jeff Abercrombie and
songwriter/guitarist Carl Bell came straight to Extra's Idol Correspondent
Terri Seymour with the offer of a lifetime... they want Chris.
The band has been searching for a new lead
singer and definitely took notice of Chris' rendition of their hit "Hemorrhage"
March 1st on Idol. "Chris, if you're watching," Bell says, "we've talked
about this before, if you wanna entertain it again, we'll entertain it
again and go!"[see full story for more]- Click
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| Slash
Rejected |
Contact Music reports: GUNS N' ROSES guitarist
SLASH offered to join British band the STONE ROSES after their guitarist
left, but was knocked back by scathing frontman IAN BROWN. After JOHN SQUIRE
announced his departure from the Manchester rockers in 1996, the band were
stunned to receive an offer from guitar great Slash. However, Brown refused
to entertain the idea of employing a rock rival - and has been regretting
it ever since. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Backstreet
Seniors Reunion |
Contact Music reports: Pop act BACKSTREET
BOYS have confirmed a return to music, promising work on a new album will
start later this year (06). The boy band took a five-year hiatus after
releasing their GREATEST HITS: CHAPTER 1 disc in 2001 but insist they're
heading back to the studio and are determined to top the charts again.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Payola
Payoff |
AP reports: Universal Music Group Recordings
Inc., the world's largest record company, has agreed to pay $12 million
to settle a payola case that claimed the company provided vacations, electronics
and other bribes to increase radio play for their artists, New York Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.[see full story for more]-
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| Snoop
Outta Da Dogghouse |
Gigwise reports: Hip Hop star Snoop Dogg has
been cautioned by Police in relation to last months brawl at Heathrow airport.
Snoop returned to London yesterday as part
of his bail conditions and was given the caution under Section 4 of the
Public Order Act for use of threatening words or behaviour, a police spokesman
said. [see full story for more... Another example of how the UK treat celebs
that break the law just like we treat Kennedys (ok and O.J. but he at least
went to trial). ]- Click
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| Ozzy
Demoted |
BW&BK reports: In an OZZfest first, OZZY
OSBOURNE has decided not to perform on the main stage at the festival's
July 8th stop at San Bernardino, CA's Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen. According
to an OZZfest news update, "the rock icon has chosen to get right in the
face of fans on the front line by headlining the down and dirty second
stage located in a field adjacent to the venue's proper amphitheatre.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Major
Opeth Reissues |
BW&BK reports: OPETH's Music For Nations
catolog is being reissued by Sony/BMG. The releases are: Deliverance (2002),
Damnation (2003), Blackwater Park (2001) and their Lamentations DVD (2004),
will all be released on July 3rd. [see full story for more breaking metal
news]- Click
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| Gin
Blossoms Victory |
TuneLab reports: A new album from the Gin
Blossoms titled 'Major Lodge Victory' will see a August 8th release via
Hybrid Records. The band will be on tour all summer[see full story for
more]- Click
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| Audioslave
Prophets |
TuneLab reports: Audioslave have titled their
new album 'Revelations'. The disc is expected to see a later summer release
via Epic Records.[see full story for more rock news - maybe that headline
should be Audioslave profits? Che would be proud.]- Click
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| AIC
Gun Jumping |
KNAC reports: Although news broke online late
Tuesday (May 9th) that Alice in Chains would be making a "massive" announcement
on it's website this Monday (May 15th), a representative for the band's
management told us yesterday (Wednesday, May 10th) to disregard that notice,
chalking it up to an "overenthusiastic" fan club moderator. The item about
the big revelation has since disappeared from the site.[see full story
for more.. Maybe be it come later this month about the time $haron announces
that mystery band for $haronfest.]- Click
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| Between
the Covers |
antiMusic reports: Between The Buried And
Me have jumped on the covers bandwagon and will release 'The Anatomy of'
on June 13th through Victory Records (the number one indie label in the
galaxy according to their president. just an fyi) They picked quite a diverse
collection of songs to cover for this thing including Metallica, Pink Floyd,
Smashing Pumpkins, Motley Crue, Queen, Blind Mellon, Pantera, Counting
Crows and more. The tracklisting is at the full story link.-
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| JR
Ewing is Dead |
punkbands reports: Just days after the announcement
that their latest album would get a US release, Oslo, Norway's JR Ewing
has called it quits. The band made the announcement on their website: We
are truly sad to announce that by the fall of 2006 JR Ewing will no longer
be a band. After 8 years we feel it's time to move on. [who shot JR? It
was suicide. see full story for more]- Click
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| Origin
Tour |
SMN reports: More dates have been released
for ORIGIN's U.S. summer tour:
July 19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
July 20 - Fayetteville, AR @ The Dart
Room
July 21 - St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Daysend
Voiceless |
SMN reports: DAYSEND have officially parted
ways with their vocalist and are actively seeking a replacement. An official
press release is below:
"Due to personal commitments, vocalist
Simon Calabrese has parted ways with Daysend. After over three years together,
all members of Daysend and Simon remain close friends and wish all the
best to their former band mate for the future."[want the gig? see full
story for info on that]- Click
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| DVD
Sniffing Dogs |
tinfoil reports: In their desperate fight
to stop DVD piracy, the MPAA is now employing some extremely high-tech
methods of detection.
Dogs. That's right, DVD sniffing dogs.
This sh*t writes itself folks! [see full story for more]-
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| Divided
By Zero Get Sik |
Press Release reports: San Diego based Divided
By Zero have announced the West Coast dates for the Sik World Rock N' Roll
Circus Tour scheduled to kick off with the band's CD release party June
2ND, 2006 at Brick By Brick in San Diego.
The tour will feature performances by Divided
By Zero along with Spike and Mikes' Sick & Twisted Animation , sword
swallowers, dancers and midgets. Sik World, Electric Lingerie, and Hardcore
Watches will also be giving away prizes on each date of the tour. Divided
By Zero's new album The Black Sea , which was produced by Ex-Snot/Soulfly
guitarist Mikey Doling and in Los Angeles, will land in stores on June
6th through Sik World Records. [see full story for more]-
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| Fiddy
To Try Acting Again |
hecklerspray reports: 50 Cent is far too gangsta
to listen to critics. Critics say that he's a terrible rapper, 50 Cent
makes another shonky album out of spite. Critics say he's a lousy actor,
50 Cent signs up for another godawful movie.
As if subjecting innocent moviegoers to
cock like Get Rich Or Die Tryin' wasn't enough, 50 Cent has just attached
his name to Live Bet, a brand new heist film about gambling - possibly
the only movie subject in the world less appealing than the plot of Get
Rich Or Die Tryin'. Nice move, Fiddy[see full story for more]-
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| Another
Bogus Poll |
Ananova reports: Pete Doherty has been voted
one of the greatest rock stars of all time.
The singer came second behind former Nirvana
singer Kurt Cobain in the poll by NME.
Speaking about Doherty's place on the list
a NME spokesman said: "Surely he's just a worn-out drug addict who needs
help if he's ever going to make decent music again?"[At least the spokesperson
got it right... see full story for more]- Click
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