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Report for 11/01/06

Picks of the Day

Before we get to today's news here are our picks of the day featuring our latest reviews and the song of the day to listen to while reading today's report!

Song: Black Keys - "Just Got To Be" 

Artist: Hymns

Reviews: AOM: Willie Nelson | AOM: Social Distortion | Futant Oblivion
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Stones Sued By Fan

Reuters reports: The Rolling Stones on Tuesday canceled an upcoming concert in Hawaii and rescheduled three other performances, while a fan sued the band for $51 million for pulling out of a New Jersey show last week.... Rosalie Druyan filed a class-action lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday accusing Jagger and the Stones of fraud and in acting in bad faith because of the cancellation, which she said cost her and thousands of fans money on non-refundable hotel bookings.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Country Zeppelin?

blabbermouth.net reports: Robert Plant has been spotted out and about in Nashville recently, but he's not on vacation. According to the Tenneseean newspaper, the LED ZEPPELIN singer is working on a duets project with country and bluegrass star Alison Krauss. There's no word on how far along the sessions are or when it might be released, but the paper holds the idea of a Krauss/Plant album in high esteem, saying, "They should probably go ahead and book their trips to the 2008 Grammy Awards."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fan Attacks Babs

pr-inside reports: BARBRA STREISAND was shocked when a concertgoer disagreed with her political views and pelted her with ice while she was performing in south Florida on Monday night (30OCT06).

The music legend was on stage at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale and brought out a GEORGE W BUSH impersonator during one part of her show. The phony US president jokingly asked her if they could sing a song together, to which Streisand replied, "How about ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?", referring to her 1970s disco duet with DONNA SUMMER. At that point a disgruntled fan threw ice at the 64-year-old star, according to website TMZ.com. � Both the heckler and the ice thrower were escorted out of the venue, which caused Streisand to quip, "If you want to hear my songs, buy my albums and stay at home," [Yeah why would you go to a concert and expect someone to sing� in other words don't get bilked by her ridiculous ticket prices� guess these aren't really concerts, they are political events.. maybe some fans will sue for false advertising?� see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Grateful Dead Cancer

MTV reports: Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, 66, has announced that he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that he's going in for surgery to treat the disease in December. In a statement on his Web site, Lesh � who had a liver transplant eight years ago � said he expects to have a rapid and complete recovery[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Heavy Lawsuit

AP reports: Heavy D has sued an insurance company for $1.5 million the rapper says it owes him after nine people were crushed to death in a stampede at a 1991 celebrity basketball game he helped organize. 

Some 5,000 people showed up at a City College of New York gymnasium, which had a capacity of about 2,700, for the Dec. 28, 1991, event. Fans crowded down a stairwell to a closed door, where people at the bottom were crushed, nine fatally.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hank Heist

AP reports: Two people accused of stealing a Hank Williams notebook believed to be worth $250,000 surrendered to police, even though one of the suspects claims to have legitimately obtained the item, officials said. 

Stephen M. Shutts, 42, and Francine Boykin, 50, were each charged Monday with felony theft before being released on $2,500 bond.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rare Youth

Gigwise reports: Sonic Youth have confirmed the track-listing for their upcoming rarities album. 

The seminal outfit release �The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities' through Geffen on December 12 Stateside. 

Three of the tracks have never seen the light of day before, while the remainder are collated from a variety of sources. [see full story for full tracklisting]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Glastonbury Boss

Gigwise reports: Razorlight and Bruce Springsteen are both set to play Glastonbury 2007. 

According to Emily Eavis, the boss is one of three headliners to grace the pyramid stage. 

Speaking backstage at the Q Awards last night, Michael Eavis also confirmed that Razorlight are a definite for the legendary Pilton festival. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Evanescence Stoned Sour

blabbermouth.net reports: EVANESCENCE and STONE SOUR will team up for the following Canadian dates in early January:

Jan. 05 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
Jan. 06 - Colisee Pepsi - Arena Quebec City, QC
Jan. 08 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
Jan. 10 - Scotiabank Place - Ottawa, ON[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Supernova Tracks

BW&BK reports: ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA featuring Lukas Rossi, Gilby Clarke, Jason Newsted and Tommy Lee will release their self-titled debut album on November 21st. It will contain the following 11 songs: 'It's On', 'Leave The Lights On', 'Be Yourself (And 5 Other Cliches)', 'It's All Love', 'Can't Bring Myself To Light This Fuse', 'Underdog', 'Make No Mistake... This Is The Take', 'Headspin', 'Valentine', 'Social Disgrace' and 'The Dead Parade'. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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K-Poser Book

pr-inside reports: Aspiring rapper KEVIN FEDERLINE is writing an autobiography to help people understand who he is.

BRITNEY SPEARS' husband's debut album PLAYING WITH FIRE is released this week (begs30OCT06) and he is eager for people to learn about who he was before he hooked up with his famous wife.

He tells the New York Post, "The book is definite. It will be a biography of my life until I met my wife, so people will better understand who I am." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hell Yeah New Vinnie Paul Supergroup

TuneLab reports: The new band featuring Chad Gray (Mudvayne) on vocals, Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) on guitar, Jerry Montano (Danzing, Nothingface) on bass and Vinnie Paul Abbot (Pantera, Damangeplan) on drums have chosen the name Hell Yeah. The band has been writing and recording for an album tentatively due out in March 2007. A tour is also expected to kick off in March.[see full story for more news]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Punk Hall

punkbands reports: Punk rock pioneers Patti Smith and The Stooges have been nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Joining them are Chic, The Dave Clark Five, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., The Ronettes, Joe Tex and Van Halen. Only five acts will actually be inducted[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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UK SOiL

SMN reports: SOiL will take to the UK for their first headlining tour in 2007 with support coming from BRAND NEW SIN and LENNON. Dates are as follows:

January 10 - Bristol, England @ Bierkeller
January 11 - Exeter, England @ Lemon Grove
January 12 - Bradford, England @ Rio's
January 13 - Milton Keynes, England @ Pitz Club
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Heavy Charts

SMN reports: Rough sales and charting information has been revealed for this week for rock/metal/alternative acts. It's as follows:

#3 - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - THE BLACK PARADE @ 229,765 
#5 - EVANESCENCE - THE OPEN DOOR @ 73,613 
#6 - HINDER - EXTREME BEHAVIOR @ 67,981 
#14 - THE KILLERS - SAM'S TOWN @ 43,167 
...#41 - PAUL STANLEY - LIVE TO WIN @ 19,421 
[doesn't look like shunning the net has helped Paul much... see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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