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| Beanie
Shot |
antiMusic reports: Rapper Beanie Sigel was
shot during an attempted robbery early Thursday on the street that inspired
his stage name. Details are sketchy, the controversial rapper was reportedly
treated for a gun shot wound at the University of Philadelphia hospital
and released.
E! online says that a police report states
that Beanie "was getting in his car at the intersection of 22nd and Sigel
streets when he was cornered by five men in two cars who tried to rob him
at around 7 a.m. �one of the men pulled a gun and fired off two rounds,
one of which struck the emcee in his upper left arm." You can read more
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| Starbucks
Vs iTunes? |
antiMusic reports: Wanna pay four bucks for
a 50 Cent song? You may soon be in luck as Starbucks is reportedly looking
to take on iTunes in the digital music sales arena. The java giant is supposedly
looking into ways to offer music download sales at their stores. According
to Vnunet.com part of that strategy would be to utilize their in-store
wireless hotspots.
Starbucks Entertainment President Ken Lombard
(yes they have an entertainment president) recently said in a speech, "Customers
want to bring their devices into our stores. We don't have a solution today,
but we are committed to finding one". Mocha decaf emo latte anyone? -
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| Punk
Dolls |
antiMusic reports: Nothing says punk rebellion
like playing with a stuffed Sid Vicious doll. So if you wanna let out your
inner punk rebel you are in luck! According to our friends at thetripwire
you can now buy your very own Sex Pistols dolls! That's right, move over
Raggedy Ann cuz Mr Rotten is bringing the punk anarchy to your playroom!
Imagine the hours of fun your kids can have pretending they are Johnny
Rotten giving the finger to Jann Wenner and Rock and Roll Hall of Shame!
It'll only set you back $60 for the set of four. You can check out a photo
of the vicious Barbie killers and get more info at the full story link!
[it was probably punk rock like sarcasm like this (and Clay Aiken jokes)
that caused Google to censor us� down with Big Brother.. use Yahoo News
instead at least you can tell their ads from their content and you get
better results instead 3000 copies of the same AP story. Now that's punk
rock!] - Click
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| CBS
Vs Stern Update |
antiMusic reports: Howard Stern and CBS Radio
are reportedly about to bury the hatchet. CBS filed a breach of contract
lawsuit against the self-proclaimed King of All Media shortly after he
fled their airwaves for the greener (as in money) pastures of satellite
radio. Both sides have reportedly reached an out of court settlement but
have yet to sign off on the deal-- Literally. Both sides told the press
that the agreement has not yet been signed and when it is they will issue
their statements (mostly like stating how they won out). So if you care
to know more details, the fine folks at FMQB as always have all the radio
related 411 you can handle about this story and more� click that full story
link to tune in to that. - Click
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| Motorhead's
Kiss of Death |
Gigwise reports: Motorhead have revealed that
their new album will hit the shelves at the end of August.
The band have spent much of the year working
on the long-player titled �Kiss of Death' and will release it through Sanctuary
on August 29. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Whocasts
for Charity |
Gigwise reports: The Who are set to join the
hoards of bootleggers at gigs by recording all of the shows on their upcoming
world tour.
Writing on his official website Pete Townshend
revealed the idea adding that the recording will be turned into CDs and
DVDs with all the money raised from sales going to charity.
"In addition we will webcast a live stream
of 30 minutes featuring at least one live number by the Who from every
show for 99c. Proceeds to local health, childrens' and street charities."[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Kanye
West Song Theft? |
hecklerspray reports: Copyright lawsuits aren't
all that common in the world of hip-hop. Rappers don't tend to hear songs
and say "Wait, this track is all about guns and bitches. But I've got a
track about guns and bitches too, the copying bastards."
But hip-hop copyright lawsuits do happen.
And one is happening now, in fact - New Jersey group IOF claim that Kanye
West and Ludacris ripped off one of their songs and turned it into Stand
Up, a hit from three years ago. Thank god we're not on the jury, all this
young people's music is all bang bang bang to us. We didn't even know if
David Bowie was a boy or a girl until someone told us last week. [see full
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| Jesus
Loves Madonna |
Hecklerspray reports: Christian groups got
all angry at Madonna for seemingly taking the piss out of Jesus during
the show, while the majority of sensible people saw it as a welcome respite
- it is, after all, the first Madonna publicity stunt for ages that didn't
involve seeing an old lady rolling about the floor with her fanny hanging
out. But what did Jesus think of Madonna's stunt?
He's OK with it, apparently, and not mad
at Madonna at all. That's according to Madonna, at least.[see full story
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| Career
Suicide for Page France? |
CMJ reports: Baltimore's Page France has signed
to Suicide Squeeze. The label plans to re-release Page France's sophomore
album, Hello, Dear Wind, on September 12. The band is currently working
on new material and just released the double EP, Pear/Sister Pinecone,
on Baltimore-based Fall Records in April. [see full story for more.. the
headline was a joke, SS is one of the better indie labels so no bitching
like little Claybots]- Click
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| Priest
Godsmacked |
Blabbermouth reports: GODSMACK will be performing
a four-song medley of JUDAS PRIEST classics as a tribute to the British
heavy metal pioneers at the first annual "VH1 Rock Honors". "VH1 Rock Honors"
is the first-ever show to pay homage to the legends who influenced the
sound of hard rock. This year's celebration will honor the music and influence
of JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, QUEEN and DEF LEPPARD. Premiering on Wednesday,
May 31 at 9:00 p.m[see full story to find out which songs they are gonna
play]- Click
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| Zombie
Piggy |
Blabbermouth reports: ROB ZOMBIE has tapped
ex-AMEN/WEDNESDAY 13 bassist Matt Montgomery (a.k.a. Piggy D.) as the replacement
for the recently departed Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (also ex-CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER).
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on May 11, Nicholson left Zombie
earlier in the month in order to join OZZY OSBOURNE's recording/touring
band.[see full story for more, Blabbermouth has a pretty detailed bio on
Piggy so click on over]- Click
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| Dimefest |
Blabbermouth reports: The 2006 edition of
Dimefest � the annual benefit concert in remembrance of late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN
guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott � will take place on Saturday, August
19 at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, TX. Last year's event was almost
completely sold out and this year is sure to be equally successful.[see
full story for lineup details]- Click
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| GNR
UK |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Classic
Rock magazine, GUNS N' ROSES will play the following U.K. dates in July:
Jul. 18 - Sheffield, Hallam FM Arena
Jul. 19 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Jul. 21 - Glasgow, Secc
[see full story for more]-
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| Tour
Suffocation |
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary New York death
metallers SUFFOCATION have posted the following message on their official
web site:
"SUFFOCATION regrets to announce that our
scheduled European run for June 12th - July 2nd has been cancelled due
to the inability of the booking agent to secure the dates needed to fulfill
this tour.[see full story for more]- Click
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| More
AIC US Dates |
BW&BK reports: ALICE IN CHAINS have updated
their tour schedule with more U.S. dates confirmed in August. The band's
U.S. tour schedule currently includes the following dates:
August
3 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton
Beach, NH
4 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
5 - Musikfest, River Place Venue - Bethleham,
PA
[see full story for more dates]-
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| Van
Hype |
BW&BK reports: As previously reported,
billed as the "wildest Rockline ever", US-based syndicated show Rockline
are re-airing VAN HALEN's 1984 interview on May 31st. Singer David Lee
Roth, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen were promoting
their legendary 1984 album. A description of the show from the Rockline
website is as follows:
"It was chaos. It was pandemonium. It was
cacophony. It was absolutely crazy. It was Rock and Roll debauchery at
120 db. And we loved it. It was an unforgettable night with David Lee Roth,
Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony down south in Hot �Lanta as they joined
us long ago in 1984 to promote the album of the same name[see full story
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