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Bids for Clear Channel

FMQB reports: After the news broke last month that Clear Channel Communications was possibly on the sales block, new reports are saying that bids for the company were supposed to be due today. Two private equity groups were expected to make offers in the range of $17 billion, according to Reuters. One group of bidders consists of Providence Equity Partners, Blackstone and KKR, while the rival group consists of Bain Capital, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Texas Pacific Group. The Blackstone team is reportedly considered the frontrunner because it was the first to approach Clear Channel, according to a Bloomberg report. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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TI Wins The Bet

BBC reports: Rapper TI won three prizes at the first Black Entertainment Television (BET) Hip-Hop awards, held in his home city of Atlanta. 

The star, who had been nominated for eight awards, took best CD and hip-hop video for What You Know. [see full story for more... is commerical rap this generation's version of 80s glam rock?]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hungry Like a Timberlake

Ananova reports: Duran Duran are working with Justin Timberlake and producer Timbaland on tracks for their new album.

Simon Le Bon told the BBC: "We've got some good stuff happening.

"We've done three tracks with Timbaland. We've collaborated in a writing and production manner on one of those tracks with Justin Timberlake."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Paul Weller Box

Filter reports: Paul Weller is due to release a career-spanning retrospective entitled Hit Parade in late January. The four disc box set will be released in the US via Yep Rock, and will feature music from Weller's days in The Jam, The Style Council and his solo work.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Frosty Hit

PR reports: Rising pop star Whitney Wolanin's (pronounced WO-Lan-in) holiday season is off to a great start! Her rockin' single "Frosty The Snowman", from her new album Christmasology, was the #1 Most Added Christmas song on the FMQB AC Chart the week of November 5, 2006.

"Frosty The Snowman" will be played in over 1,300 AMC, Regal and Cinemark movie theaters and in over 200 AMC and Loews theater lobbies in December. Whitney will have people decking the halls and dancing in the aisles when she is heard by over 1.34 million moviegoers.[some one some where cares so we posted it]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sacrifice Sigh

The End reports: SACRIFICE frontman/guitarist Rob Urbinati has contributed a guitar solo to the song 'Dies Irae/The Master Malice' for the forthcoming SIGH album 'Hangman's Hymn' due out in 2007 on THE END RECORDS. 

The groundbreaking Japanese act recently finished recording their 7th studio album and are currently mixing it at Studio Moopies with engineer Takamichi Osada. About Urbinati's involvement on the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima comments: "SACRIFICE is one of my all-time favorite thrash bands and I had the chance to see the band reunite in September at Day of the Equinox 2 in Toronto. They were awesome and still had the fire! I met Rob and told him how much of a fan I was and about the new SIGH album, how it was going to be fast and full of speed and hatred." He adds, "We kept in contact after the show and I told him I would be honored if he would be able to provide a guitar solo for one of the tracks. And he did. The guitar solo is awesome! It's such a killer solo!" [see full story to preview a pre-production quality medley of material from the forthcoming album]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fair to Midland Tour

PR reports: Fair to Midland will be supporting Japanese rock act Dir En Grey on their upcoming U.S. headlining tour, Tour07 Inward Scream. The trek begins in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on February 1st and tickets go on sale this Thursday, November 16th. The dates for the tour run as follows:

Tour07 Inward Scream
February 1st Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
February 2nd Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
February 3rd Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
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Norah Jones Tracks

PR reports: On January 30, 2007, Blue Note Records will release Norah Jones' third studio album, 'Not Too Late.' The album features thirteen new songs, all written or co-written by Jones. 'Not Too Late' was produced by Lee Alexander, Jones' songwriting partner and bassist. 'Not Too Late' features many of Jones' longtime collaborators including guitarists Adam Levy, Jesse Harris, Kevin Breit and Robbie McIntosh, drummer Andy Borger, and singer Daru Oda. Other album guests include singer M. Ward, organist Larry Goldings, and Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. 'Not Too Late' was recorded in 2006 at various locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including Jones and Alexander's home studio. 

'NOT TOO LATE' TRACK LISTING: 
1. Wish I Could 
2. Sinkin' Soon 
3. The Sun Doesn't Like You 
4. Until The End 
5. Not My Friend 
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Shiny Toy Guns Sounds

PR reports: Shiny Toy Guns are heading out on tour with The Sounds! 
11/22/2006 Boston MA Axis w/The Sounds
11/23/2006 Philadelphia PA North Star w/The Sounds
11/24/2006 New York NY Webster Hall w/The Sounds
11/26/2006 Chicago IL Metro w/The Sounds
11/28/2006 Englewood CO Gothic Theatre w/The Sounds
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Ataris find Sanctuary

PR reports: Sanctuary Records Group North America is pleased to announce the release of The Ataris' new CD on Sanctuary/Isola Recordings, the band's own imprint. The Ataris, whose last CD, So Long Astoria, sold over 1 million copies worldwide and spawned two top-ten hit singles, will release Welcome The Night in February, 2007. The band's amazing first single, "Not Capable of Love" is going to radio mid November and will debut online this week on their Myspace page[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Pierces

PR reports: Lizard King Records US, the new branch of the UK label which signed The Killers in 2004, is ready to launch their roster of new artists. Alabama-born-neo-New Yorkers The Pierces (sisters Catherine and Allison) are the first artists to make their debut on Lizard King Records US. They will launch their new album by supporting Albert Hammond, Jr., whose solo excursion from The Strokes is getting great reaction in the UK with this sold-out tour.

The Pierces new album "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge" was produced by Roger Grenawalt (Ben Kweller, Adam Green) and will be released in February 2007 on Lizard King Records through ADA Distribution. When The Pierces were invited to join this tour, the sisters used their network of friends in New York to assemble a live band to be envied. Lending their talents for this short tour are Russell Simins of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Shannon Ferguson of Longwave, Sammy James Jr. of Mooney Suzuki and Ben Bromley of Fischerspooner.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Plain White Panic

PR reports: Plain White T's have been added as a last minute addition to Panic! At the Disco's "Nothing Rhymes with Circus" arena tour from 11/13 to 11/27. 

11/14/06 - New York, NY - Theatre @ Madison Square Garden 
11/16/06 - Toronto, ON - Ricoh Coliseum 
11/17/06 - Rochester, NY - Gordon Field House @ RIT 
11/18/06 - Lowell, MA - Paul E. Tsongas Arena 
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Apples in Stereo Holiday

PR reports: The Apples in Stereo are getting in the "Holiday Mood" with the release of their first ever holiday song via Yep Roc's new Digital Singles Club, an online forum for exclusive, unreleased music. Written by Apples frontman Robert Schneider, "Holiday Mood" will be the first track available through the Digital Singles Club which launches on November 14th. To purchase "Holiday Mood," visit www.digitalsinglesclub.com. 

Based on the singles clubs of the early eighties, where unheard songs were quickly pressed onto seven inch vinyl and distributed throughout independent record stores, the Digital Singles Club has updated the practice by taking advantage of the internet, as well as Yep Roc's access to mass quantities of unheard music, to make new music available in a quick and easy way. Each week, the Yep Roc A&R department will chose one song, regardless of whether the band is signed to Yep Roc or not, to be posted on the Digital Singles Club webpage. All tracks can be purchased for just $ 0.99.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Styx Orchestra DVD

Kayos reports: Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Vision subsidiary, will release One With Everything on DVD by Styx with the 115-piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra (+ 60-voice chorus) on November 21. All musicians in the Orchestra are between 13 and 19 years of age. This magic night was taped in Cleveland on May 26, 2006 and included many of the band's well-worn and most beloved material, as well as newly written originals. 

One With Everything is the first all-new Styx concert video in over five years. Its release will be timed with an HD-Net broadcast on Nov. 19 at 9:00 pm and a full-scale stateside tour. Thirty minutes of extras include drummer Todd Sucherman's "Quake Cam," two new Styx Christmas songs filmed at the same concert ("All I Want" and "Ring The Bells"), an interview with the band, and a photo gallery. The 140-minute show is in 5.1 Dolby Stereo.[see full story for tracks and no "Babe" isn't included but "Miss America" is]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Blue Shows on the Nile

PR reports: The Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan starts his intimate UK tour on Sunday November 19th at London Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Ticket Hotline: 0870 735 5000, Online Booking: 

November 2006 Tour Dates: 

* Sunday 19th - London Theatre Royal Drury Lane 
* Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd - Dublin Vicar Street
* Friday 24th - Aberdeen Music Hall
* Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th - Edinburgh Usher Hall
* Monday 27th - Perth Concert Hall
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