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| Idol
Winner... |
antiMusic reports: And the winners of this
season's American Idol are the show's producers, Fox TV and RCA records
as they will benefit most. As for the winner of the karaoke contest it
was the 29-year-old grey-haired Alabama crooner Taylor Hicks who carried
the day and proved wrong the major label mentality of signing up young
kids with little talent. Hicks earns a record contract out of the victory,
a contract many outsiders criticize as mostly benefiting everyone but the
singer. Runner-up Katharine McPhee will likely end up signed to a very
similar contract, so they basically Hicks won bragging rights.
If you are part of the 10.5% of Americans
that actually care about this contest, click the full story link for CBS's
recap. * (Tis true- do the math- 30.7 mil is just a little over 10.5% of
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| B.I.G.
Deception |
MTV reports: In the latest bizarre twist in
the long-running lawsuit by the family of late rapper Notorious B.I.G.
against the city of Los Angeles, the federal judge who declared a mistrial
and ordered the city to pay $1.1 million to the rapper's family said
Tuesday that she had been deceived about
evidence in the wrongful-death lawsuit, according to the Los Angeles Times.[see
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| GNR
Webcasts |
BW&BK reports: GUNS N' ROSES' appearance
at the Rock In Rio this Saturday, May 27th in Lisbon, Portugal will be
aired on AOL Music. In other news, SIC Radical in Portugal will broadcast
a Rock in Rio Special starting at 14:00 on Saturday May 27th.[see full
story for links and upcoming dates]- Click
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| Ian
Copeland RIP |
Reuters reports: Ian Copeland, a pioneering
booking agent and music promoter credited with helping launch the "new
wave" alternative rock movement of the 1970s and '80s with such bands as
the Police, the B-52's and R.E.M, has died at age 57, relatives said on
Wednesday.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Clapton
US Fall |
AP reports: Eric Clapton, who last landed
stateside for a Cream reunion tour, will return to the U.S. with his own
band for a fall tour. The first leg of his North America tour will begin
Sept. 16 in Minneapolis... [see full story for more]-
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| Postponed
Stones |
Gigwise reports: The Rolling stones have once
again postponed their upcoming European dates due to Keith Richards head
injuries.
They will now not kick off the dates in
Spain, France, Belgium and Russia till July though dates and venues are
yet to be confirmed.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Joke
Honor of the Year |
hecklerspray reports: What makes a brilliant
song? A catchy tune? A set of memorable lyrics? A man listlessly mumbling
and guns and how everyone should probably go and buy a pair of his trainers?
That last one is what The American Society
Of Composers, Authors And Publishers (ASCAP) seems to think, anyway. ASCAP
just awarded 50 Cent the title of Songwriter Of The Year at a gigantic
back-slapping ceremony it held. But 50 Cent wasn't the only winner of an
ASCAP award, because ASCAP also dished out awards to cutting edge, innovative
artists like Clash copyists Green Day and Annie Sodding Lennox.[see full
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| Modest
Tour |
CMJ reports: Modest Mouse, who have been on
a live-show hiatus for the past nine months, have just announced a handful
of West Coast dates slated for August. The band, who toured relentlessly
through much of 2004 and 2005 in support of their breakthrough record,
Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic), will start things off August
5 with an appearance at San Diego's Street Scene festival.[see full story
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| Charlatans
Libertine |
thetripwire reports: The Charlatans UK have
a soft spot for former Libertine Carl Barat. According to NME, the band
has apparently recorded a song titled "Hard To Be You (Song For Carl),"
which will be featured as a b-side on the group's next single, "NYC (There's
No Need To Stop)." The single will hit stores in the UK on June 26, released
on two CDs as well as 7" vinyl.[see full story for more]-
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| Attendance
Down |
Blabbermouth reports: Due to poor ticket sales,
DOWN's June 6, 2006 show in Stockholm, Sweden has been moved from the 1500-plus-capacity
Arenan to the 600-capacity Klubben. The disappointing response to the gig
is believed to be at least partly due to the fact that the Sweden Rock
festival is taking place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Great
White Objection |
Blabbermouth reports: Prosecutors are objecting
to Daniel Biechele's application for a work-release program.
Biechele, the former tour manager for the
band GREAT WHITE, was sentenced earlier this month to serve four years
in prison for lighting the pyrotechnics that sparked The Station nightclub
fire in 2003. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Godsmack
Zombie Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: As BLABBERMOUTH.NET
first reported on April 26, GODSMACK's rumored North American co-headlining
tour with ROB ZOMBIE is becoming a reality, with Ticketmater currently
listing the trek in their system and on their web site. At this point in
time, no dates have been announced, but it is expected that more details
will be made available during the next couple of weeks.[see full story
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| Slayer
Nix Dates |
Blabbermouth reports: SLAYER's previously
announced sold-out "warm-up" dates � June 2 at New Oasis in Sparks, NV
and June 3 at Senator Theatre in Chico, CA � will **NOT** be rescheduled
to take place following the Denver date at the end of July, despite a previous
announcement to the contrary.[see full story for more]-
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| Panic
In The Plaza |
sanctuary records reports: Widespread Panic
will toast the release of Earth to America (Sanctuary/Widespread Records),
their first studio album in three years, with an exclusive free release
day party/performance at New York's Irving Plaza on June 13. Irving Plaza
was an important stop on the way up for Widespread Panic, a band that has
sold out multiple dates at both Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square
Garden in New York. Tickets will be given out through NYC-area radio stations
beginning June 5, through an online lottery of those who have pre-ordered
the album from Widespread Panic's website, and through contests on jambase.com,
relix.com, and musictoday.com
For this one-of-a-kind concert, Widespread
Panic will play the 10 tracks from Earth to America plus 2 bonus tracks
from the vinyl edition of the album- the only time the band will play Earth
To America in its entirety.[see full story for more]-
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| Soul
Asylum Desire |
TuneLab reports: Soul Asylum has added a new
track, "Bus Named Desire" from their new album 'The Silver Lining' to their
MySpace player. The band also has a new EPK which includes studio footage,
interviews and live footage [see full story for more]-
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| Morpheus
Vs eBay |
tinfoil.music reports: C|Net: StreamCast Networks,
the creators of the Morpheus file-sharing software, is alleging in a lawsuit
that auction house eBay is profiting from peer-to-peer technology that
rightfully belongs to it.
StreamCast claims in a lawsuit filed Monday
in the U.S. Central District Court in Los Angeles that Niklas Zennstrom
and Janus Friis, the duo who developed the technology behind companies
Kazaa and Skype, of breaking an agreement to give StreamCast the first
right to purchase their FastTrack peer-to-peer protocol.[see full story
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| Helix
Switchup |
KNAC reports: Helix main man Brian Vollmer
has posted the following message at his official website:
"Over the past couple of years I have had
the good fortune of having Cindy (vocals/acoustic guitar) and Rainer Wiechmann
(guitar) in the band. This spring I decided to change the line-up however...
Joining the band is Rick Van Dyke, singer/guitarist.[see full story for
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