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| Rap
Vs Oprah |
Contact Music reports: ICE CUBE has joined
LUDACRIS and 50 CENT as the latest rapper to attack US media mogul OPRAH
WINFREY for her apparent dislike for hip-hop stars. He tells men's magazine
FHM, "I've been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I've never
been asked to participate. "For Barbershop, she had CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER
and EVE on, but I wasn't invited. Maybe she's got a problem with hip-hop.
"She's had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors (JAMES FREY)
on her show. And, if I'm not a rags-to-riches story for her, who is?"[see
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| Roth
Wants Reunion |
antiMusic reports: David Lee Roth sees a Van
Halen reunion in the future. "I see it absolutely as an inevitability,"
Roth told Billboard. "There's contact between the two camps, and they have
legitimate management; Irv Azoff is part of their loop now.
"To me, it's not rocket surgery. It's very
simple to put together. And as far as hurt feelings and water under the
dam, like what's-her-name says to what's-her-name at the end of the movie
'Chicago' -- 'So what? It's showbiz!' So I definitely see it happening."
VH fans don't hold your breath; Roth hasn't
seen Eddie "in a couple of years". But now that Roth isn't tied down to
his radio job after CBS freed him of that responsibility last month, he
has plenty of time to try and bring the original Van Halen together. Click
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| Fest
Arrests |
Gigwise reports: Police took a firm stance
at Hi: Fi North on Saturday arresting 53 people.
Around 3,000 people attended the music
extravaganza with police admitting that they took robust action against
drug users.
Northumberland police told the BBC: "The
policing operation went well. We said we'd take a robust approach, and
we did this using a variety of resources, including drugs dogs." [see full
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| Jethro
W Bush? |
Contact Music reports: JETHRO TULL flautist
IAN ANDERSON hopes to form a band with GEORGE W BUSH when the US President
is out of office, so he can persuade him to perform a concert for climate
change. The folk flautist wants to get Bush together with British leader
TONY BLAIR, who plays guitar, and former US president and saxophonist BILL
CLINTON to start a globally aware pop outfit. [see full story for more]-
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| KFMcPhee |
MTV reports: "American Idol" runner-up Katharine
McPhee is already fielding sponsorship offers. KFC has offered the singer
$10,000 and a year's supply of Famous Bowls to write and star in an advertisement[see
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| Classical
Sting |
Gigwise reports: Sting has somehow decided
it's a good idea to release an album of 16th century lute music.
We've got guitarist Dominic Miller to blame.
He gave Sting a lute two years ago, which apparently reminded the former
Police frontman of a dormant love of ancient songwriter John Dowland, who
composed exclusively for the instrument.[see full story for more]-
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| Petty
Nicks |
Reuters reports: Rock star Stevie Nicks will
open the first eight shows on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' North American
tour, which kicks off June 9 at the Verizon Amphitheatre in Charlotte,
N.C.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Paris
Reggae |
AP reports: Paris Hilton says her upcoming
album will be a mix of reggae, pop and hip-hop, with the first single being
a reggae song called "Stars Are Blind."[see full story for more]-
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| Spoon
Reissues |
CMJ reports: It's going to be a banner summer
for Spoon fans. Merge will re-release Spoon's early recordings, Telephono
and the Soft Effects EP on July 25. The early works have been remastered
by Kevin Nettleingham and will be released as two CDs in separate sleeves
within one slip case. The original artwork will be used for both. Additionally,
the entire Spoon catalog will be available at a 10 percent discount to
celebrate the reissues.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Rollins
X Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: ROLLINS BAND � featuring
punk rock icon Henry Rollins � will be hitting the road this summer with
seminal Los Angeles band X. The "As The World Burns" tour is scheduled
to kick off July 28 in San Francisco and run through mid-August. Confirmed
dates are as follows:
Jul. 28 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
Jul. 29 - Costa Mesa, CA - Orange County
Fair
Jul. 30 - Agoura Hills, CA - The Canyon
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| Annihilator
Nix Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: Long-running Canadian
thrashers ANNIHILATOR have been forced to cancel their previously announced
European tour, which was slated to kick off in July. In a posting on the
band's official forum, mainman Jeff Waters wrote, "We were, of course,
really looking forward to doing this tour but will unfortunately have to
push it back to late 2006. We had planned on finishing up our new CD by
tour time. However, the recording is taking longer than anticipated and
some of the people involved in the recording/mixing are not avaliable after
the tour. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Korn
Off The Kob |
TuneLab reports: According to Korn Unleashed,
the band has parted ways with touring guitarist Rob Patterson, who joined
the band after Brian "Head" Welch announced his departure last year. An
currently unknown replacement has already been made for the bands European
tour. [see full story for more]- Click
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| New
Helmet |
antiMusic reports: You know you've been wanting
a new Helmet. You are in luck as Warcom has set a July 18th release date
for 'Monochrome'.[see full story for tracks]- Click
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| Talking
Maiden |
PR reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted episode
67 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features an interview
host Mark Strigl conducted with legendary vocalist Paul Di'Anno. Topics
include Di'Anno's new album, "The Living Dead," his "Beast In The East"
DVD, former Iron Maiden drummer, Clive Burr, Di'Anno's autobiography, "The
Beast," and touring the United States. Strigl and co-host John Ostronomy
also discuss topics including World War III, Accept, Guns N' Roses, Slash,
and Ronin. Tthe 50-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location (
http://www.talkingmetal.com ). iTunes users can also subscribe to "Talking
Metal" for free at the full story link.- Click
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| Final
Ministry |
antiMusic reports: If you've been putting
off seeing Ministry, you better act now as Al Jourgensen has told Billboard
that following this tour the band will make their final album (hopefully
followed by a tour). And unlike KISS, Al says he means it.
"I've got other things to do," Jourgensen
told Billboard. "I just started a label (13th Planet Records), and I want
to sign some bands and really build it up like I did with WaxTrax in the
'80s, not just a vanity label. I think it's time -- and I'll be leaving
on the top of my game instead of hanging on too long and doing crappy Aerosmith
and Rolling Stones albums 30 years later." You can read more about Al's
plans and the concept behind this final album at the full story link.-
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| Venom
Touring Hell |
antiMusic reports: Venom is teaming up with
Devildriver to bring 7 Days of Hell to North America this summer. The initial
four dates are below.
08/18 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
08/20 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
08/22 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
08/24 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
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| Emo
Trash |
antiMusic reports: The Warped Tour is known
for one thing. Recycling. Not just a dozen bands recycling the same songs
year after year, emo CD after emo CD but they literally have a recycling
program in place where if you're willing to pick up recyclable trash around
the shows you can get a ticket, t-shirt and what they call other bonuses
(no idea what that might be. free emo cds?). They're looking for trash
collectors in the following cities (no crap bands do not count as trash)
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Bonner Springs, Nashville, Jacksonville, Miami,
Orlando, Ladsen, Raleigh, Atlanta, Dallas, San Antonio, Las Cruces, and
Phoenix. Find out more about a wonderful career in waste management at
the full story link. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Punkrocks.net
RIP |
punkbands reports: Punkrocks.net have called
it quits. This was one of the first truly great sites which started in
the early ages of punk rock webzines (AKA 1999). The long-running site
posted this message on their website:
"After seven years, three redesigns, two
Warped Tours, several tragedies and one positive review of an Allister
record (which we're still a little red-faced about), we've decided it's
time for punkrocks.net to close our doors. While most of you may have noticed
this two years ago, we've really lagged on providing new content, and it's
become painstakingly clear to us that no one (particularly myself), has
the motivation to keep this zine as a priority anymore.[see full story
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