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Kylie & Bono

BBC reports: Pop star Kylie Minogue was joined on stage by U2 frontman Bono during the second night of her comeback tour. 

They duetted on a version of the hit single Kids, which Minogue originally performed with Robbie Williams in 2000. 

The pop star resumed her Showgirl world tour in Sydney on Friday[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Larissa Strickland RIP

CMJ reports: Larissa Strickland, guitarist for early '80s Detroit hardcore band L-Seven (NOT L7) and late-'80s/early '90s Detroit horror-punk band the Laughing Hyenas, has died. Exact cause of death has not been confirmed.

The Hyenas sound, unleashed over four albums on Touch & Go, can be still heard in bands like garage goths the Hunches or the Horrors, and numerous dark metal groups. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Circle Jerking Lower Class Brats

TKO reports: The droogs are back in town!! The LOWER CLASS BRATS are hitting the road at the end of the month, teaming up with SoCal legends the CIRCLE JERKS for a string of dates across the South. After that they'll be hitting the West Coast for more shows.

11/30 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
12/01 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest/Waterloo Park
12/02 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
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Blue Cheer Tour

PR reports: BLUE CHEER (the legendary rock band responsible for heavy music today), kicked off their US tour on Saturday November 11th @ the Khyber in Philadelphia. BLUE CHEER are legendary cult heroes of all things rock n' roll. Formed in the late 1960's in San Francisco, the band helped blaze the trail of heavy metal music in America. A "power trio" named after a brand of LSD created by Owsley Stanley (Grateful Dead), the band broke through to the masses in 1968 when their cover of the song "Summertime Blues" climbed to #14 on the Billboard top 100 (the song appeared on the band's debut release "Vincebus Eruptum" and would later be covered by the Who in 1970).

 Nov 13 2006 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
Nov 14 2006 The Earl East Atlanta, GA
Nov 16 2006 Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
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(not so)Secret Zune Shows Announced

PR reports: Zune has just announced 6 FREE secret launch party shows across the country in six different markets (NY, LA, Seattle, Miami, Chicago and Atlanta). Performances include high level acts such as Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, T.I. Lupe Fiasco, The Secret Machines and Morgan Heritage Band & Richie Spice. [see full story for details]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Preston Raises 25K for Stevie Nicks Soldier's Angel Foundation

PR reports: It was a star-studded event November 9 at the newly-opened MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Luminaries such as Stevie Nicks, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Cameron Crowe, Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Diamond and Keith Emerson came to support their friend, legendary rock photographer NEAL PRESTON, at his first ever West Coast photo exhibit. All proceeds from PRESTON's print sales that night were donated to The Stevie Nicks Soldier's Angel Foundation, totaling $25,000.00.

The Stevie Nicks Soldier's Angel Foundation, established in 2006, seeks to aid the healing process of wounded U.S servicemen and women returning from overseas duty through the gift of music. Donations are used to purchase iPods, which are then loaded with music and personally given to the wounded recuperating at Walter Reed and Bethesda Hospitals in Washington, DC.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Trail of Dead Divide Myspace

PR reports: So Divided � the new album from �And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be available in stores on November 14th, but if you just can't wait any longer for the album everyone's already talking about, you can preview it in its entirety on Myspace! Check out the full story link for that.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Relient K Fifth

PR reports: On March 6, 2007, Gotee Records/Capitol will release Five Score And Seven Years Ago, Relient K's fifth album in seven years and the follow up to 2004's mmhmm, the band's third consecutive Gold album. 

Although Five Score And Seven Years Ago's 14 songs are written in the first person, Thiessen has ventured beyond the confessional this time around. "Plead the Fifth" and "Deathbed," the two songs that bookend the album, step into the shoes of a 19th century man with an intriguing conspiracy theory about Abraham Lincoln and an aging cancer patient respectively. The album, most of which was produced by Howard Benson in Los Angeles with three tracks completed thereafter with the band's longtime producer Mark Townsend in Nashville, is a departure of sorts for the pop-punk band. For starters, there are some love songs - happy ones. "I always write about what I'm going through and I can't avoid the fact that I'm just really happy and there are some good things going on," says lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen. This happy state of mind lights up the exuberant first single "Must Have Done Something Right." "This song represents something that I've wanted to create for a long time," he explains. "It's not a political commentary or a tear jerking emotion-piece, it's just a feel good, fun song. Written at 3 a.m. with a smirk on my face, the song turned out to be something that you can tap your foot and smile to." - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Give.Listen.Help.

Filter reports: Filter Magazine, the country's premiere independent music publication, and innovative lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters have partnered to announce the third release of the Give.Listen.Help. benefit CD series. The compilation, featuring exclusive, live and b-side tracks from major indie rock/alternative artists- will be sold exclusively at the 95 Urban Outfitter retail locations nationally and on the company's website at www.urbanoutfitters.com. $8.99 from every CD sale (retail cost $9.99) of every CD sale from November 1st to March 15th, 2007 will be donated to the Komen Foundation (with a minimum total donation of 40,000 and will be used for education, screening, treatment and research into the cause of Breast Cancer. TheFilter Magazine/Urban Outfitters Give.Listen.Help. compilation will be available mid-November for $9.99 with a limited edition production run of only 10,000 copies total. Filter Magazine and Urban Outfitters hope to raise up to $89,900 for the Komen Foundation's efforts.

The Give.Listen.Help. compilation album features the following exclusive tracks:
1. Feist "Inside and Out" (The Audience Honey remix)
2. Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" (b-side)
3. The Rapture "Get Myself Into This" (Prince Language Disco Mix)
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History Boys Soundtrack

PR reports: Rhino Entertainment will release the original soundtrack to the upcoming film The History Boys on November 21st. Rhino Records brings together the film's biggest musical moments with a soundtrack that features classic alternative rock cuts from the '80s, cast recordings, and more. The History Boys Original Soundtrack will be available November 21. Featuring 14 songs, the film's soundtrack helps evoke the story's setting in 1980s England with songs such as The Smiths' "This Charming Man," New Order's "Blue Monday," The Clash's "Mustapha Dance," The Cure's "A Forest," and more. The album also includes the cast's unforgettable send-up of "Bye Bye Blackbird" along with performances of "L'Accordeoniste" and "Bewitched" by cast members Samuel Barnett and Richard Sission. In addition, the soundtrack contains a cover of "Bewitched" that Rufus Wainwright recorded exclusively for the film. [see full story for tracklist]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Novembers Doom for Europe

PR reports: Chicago dark metal act NOVEMBERS DOOM have finalized the tour dates for their upcoming tour of Europe with labelmates AGALLOCH that begins on November 17th in The Netherlands. In other news, the band has set February 20th, 2007 as the release date of their forthcoming album 'The Novella Reservoir' for THE END RECORDS.

The confirmed dates are:
11/17/06 Fri @ Plato - Helmond, Netherlands (With Agalloch, Saturnus and Thurisaz)
11/18/06 Sat @ Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium (With Agalloch, Saturnus & Thurisaz)
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Toto UK

PR reports: TOTO, who shaped the sound of eighties rock with the classics 'Hold The Line', 'Rosanna' and 'Africa', have just announced three rare UK concerts in March 2007: 

* Bristol Colston Hall - March 12th
* Newcastle City Hall - March 13th 
* Manchester Carling Apollo - March 14th.
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Hydra Head 07

PR reports: After a massively successful 2006, the "thinking man's metal" label, HYDRA HEAD INDUSTRIES, is back with an onslaught of new releases set to dominate the New Year! Kicking off the madness, just in time for the Holidays, is the release of BOTCH's *"061502" DVD + CD* set for release on *December 5th 2006 *

January 23rd: PELICAN- "After the Ceiling Cracked" DVD/3"CD

January 30th: ZOZOBRA- "Harmonic Tremors" CD * *stunning and pummeling, atmospheric brutality featuring Caleb Scofield of CAVE IN and Santos Montano of OLD MAN GLOOM*[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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