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 Rap
Sinking Fast |
FMQB reports: With a lack of strong releases
[RIAA talking point removed] U.S. album sales fell by 17 percent in the
first quarter of 2007. Retailers sold 117.1 million albums in the three
months that ended April 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan�.More than 280
million digital tracks were sold in the first quarter, outpacing album
sales by more than 100 million units, says Reuters. By the end of the quarter,
digital track sales were up 51.9 percent, and digital album sales, which
total 11.5 million units, were up 56 percent.
Within specific genres, Rock had a good
quarter, as it was responsible for nearly 30 percent of all U.S. album
sales. Rap and R&B had the largest genre decline, as sales fell 33.6
percent to 10.9 million from the 16.5 million units the genre tallied in
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| Rare
Beatles Photos Trashed |
Earvolution reports: EMI has brought suit
against their cleaning company, Crystal Services, for allegedly throwing
out rare Beatles photographs worth well over $1 million. The discarded
memorabilia, which had been kept in an office in Manchester Square in London,
included the only surviving copy of the photo used for the Please Please
Me album cover and 452 transparencies and negatives.
The suit alleges that despite placing the
photos in cardboard boxes clearly marked "Not Rubbish - Do Not Remove,"
that "the cleaner removed the photographic material and disposed of it
placing it for compaction in a waste compactor and collection by refuse
collectors." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Sheryl
Crow Blowing Hot Air For Environment |
Reuters reports: Singer Sheryl Crow began
a bus tour of U.S. colleges to raise awareness about global warming on
Monday, one of several high-profile celebrities to take up the cause of
climate change.
Crow, a Grammy award winning singer/songwriter,
will speak about the issue and sing at the college stops.
"I am here because the more I learn about
global warming the more I feel compelled to do something in my own way
whatever that is," she told reporters at Southern Methodist University
in Dallas as the tour began. [see full story for more - our unscientific
studies find that 20% of global warming was caused by people burning Crow's
cover of "Sweet Child of Mine". Weren't not sure how much hair coloring
products also contributed]- Click
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| Microsoft
Copies Apple Once Again |
FMQB reports: Apple's competitors in the digital
music world continue to attempt to capture a bigger piece of the market
pie, with a major concession from Microsoft and a new portable player from
Yahoo.
Microsoft has responded to Apple and EMI's
recent announcement of tracks being sold sans DRM (digital rights management).
The PC giant said on Friday that it expects to sell songs without DRM as
well, sometime in the near future. [see full story for more a bit of news
about a new mp3 player that isn't playing follow the leader with Steve
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| Sharon
Osbourne to Judge America's Got Talent? |
TMZ reports: TMZ has learned that Brandy has
been replaced by Sharon Osbourne as a judge on the upcoming season of "America's
Got Talent."
While rumors have swirled that Osbourne
was in talks with NBC, a well-placed source tells TMZ that the embattled
R&B star is officially out -- and the rock and roll chatter queen is
in. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Ride
for Dime |
Blabbermouth reports: The third annual Ride
For Dime � a one-day "Dimebag Darrell Remembrance Ride and Concert" which
consists of a 52-mile motorcycle run in the morning followed by a live
performance in Arlington, Texas � will take place on August 19. Scheduled
to appear at the concert are PUMPJACK, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, LOWSIDE
(featuring Darrin Delatte and Ron Taylor of LILLIAN AXE), BLACK TOOTH (a
band from Turkey that was specifically requested by late PANTERA guitarist
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime girlfriend Rita) and WHISKEYDICK, among
others. Proceeds from the event will benefit Little Kids Rock, an innovative
non-profit music education program that provides free instruments and rock
'n' roll lessons to public schools.[see full story for more]-
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| Meat
Puppets Return in July |
Blabbermouth reports: MEAT PUPPETS have completed
their first album in over a decade to feature both guitarist/singer Curt
Kirkwood and his brother, bassist Cris Kirkwood. The new disc, titled "Rise
to Your Knees", will be released on July 17, according to Billboard.com.
The Kirkwoods last played together on 1995's "No Joke!", after which Cris
Kirkwood spent most of the last 11 years battling a heroin addiction that
nearly killed him. MEAT PUPPETS made one CD without him, 2000's "Golden
Lies". [see full story for more]- Click
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| Five
Stages of Teeny Bopper Grief |
Idolator.com reports: [The fine folks at Idolator
are quite good at coming up with entertaining takes on current pop culture
news. Here is a sample of their latest!] Last week, Fall Out Boy announced
that it was rescheduling its upcoming spring tour, citing "personal issues."
We're not quite sure what these issues might be, but the apologetic post
on the band's website has drawn a remarkable 807 comments so far, with
fans' reactions swinging all over the place. A look at the FOB fans' five
stages of grief, as evidenced by their comments.
1. DENIAL
Fall Out Boy won't break up. and the shows
will go on and will be so awesome, so dont worry. - fobluva15
2. ANGER
i really hope everything is okay. when
i told my dad, he said he wants me to get a refund because we have a nonrefundable
hotel room. i just about slapped him. i'll be there no matter what!- beneaththeglass
yea i saw a video. pete wentz and ashlee
simpson were in LA last night. but its not letting me put the link in this
comment for some reason. i guess this is how pete "prepares for the tour",
huh? � inlovewithpete
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| Green
Day Planted |
Punkbands reports: A botanist from Switzerland,
Dr. Jason R. Grant, just wrote to NRDC to tell us that he named a new tropical
plant species after Green Day. It's called Macrocarpaea dies-viridis (dies-viridis
is Latin for Green Day), and the scientific journal Harvard Papers in Botany
just published an article about it!
In his message, Dr. Grant says, "My students
and I discovered this new species in February 2006 in Ecuador, and listened
to Green Day music while driving, and in the evenings.[see full story for
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| What
To Buy? |
punkbands reports: Ready to spend some cash
on great albums this week? Great records are comming out this week - the
release schedule for this week is as follows:
From Autumn To Ashes - Holding A Wolf By
The Ears
Nekromantix - Life Is A Grave And I Dig
It!
Henry Rollins - Talk Is Cheap Vol. 4
Hoods - Ghetto Blaster
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Bleed The Dream - Killer Inside
Army Of Me - Citizen
Blacklisted - Peace On Earth War On Stage
7"
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| Livestock
More Popular Than Stefani |
PR reports: Wicked, the Broadway musical and
theatrical tour, continued to hold the #1 ranking position as the nation's
top "Most Requested Event" according to Ticketmaster, the world's leading
ticketing company. Following closely behind on the chart ranked by online
page views, information requests, and ticket sales during the first quarter
of 2007 were The Police, Kenny Chesney, and the Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo, the world's largest livestock exhibition and rodeo. The Police
and Kenny Chesney were the top "Most Requested Concerts" followed by Justin
Timberlake and Jimmy Buffett ranking at #3 and #4 respectively.
Q1 2007 MOST REQUESTED EVENTS
1 WICKED
2 THE POLICE
3 KENNY CHESNEY
4 HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO
5 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
6 JIMMY BUFFETT
7 DISNEY ON ICE
8 NEW YORK YANKEES
9 BOB SEGER
10 MONSTER JAM
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| Funeral
For A Friend Won't Be Bamboozled |
punkbands reports: Funeral For A Friend won't
be appearing as planned at this years Bamboozle due to itinerary issues.
The press release explains all: "You may have heard that we're not going
to able to make it out to the Bamboozle Festival this year. We are gutted
not to be able to get there to see our US friends. The fact is that we're
in the middle of a period of intense rehearsal that keeps getting interrupted
by video shoots and promo for the new album and we aren't going to be able
to make it over. What we are going to be able to do is come over in June
to make up for it prior to heading out on Warped. [see full story for more]-
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| RCA
Reink Foo Fighters |
punkbands reports: RCA Records announces today
the re-signing of Foo Fighters to a new long-term recording agreement.
Initially signed to RCA in 1999 the Foos, led by Dave Grohl with Taylor
Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett, have sold over 20 million albums
worldwide to date.
This month the band returns to the recording
studio to begin work on their sixth album with world-class producer Gil
Norton, whose credits include Foo Fighters' double platinum & Grammy-nominated
The Colour and the Shape (1997) and classic albums by the Pixies, Echo
& the Bunnymen and Patti Smith. [see full story for more]-
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| Eighteen
Visions No More |
punkbands reports: Orange County's Eighteen
Visions have gone bye bye. Oh well! Here's what the band have to say: "After
several years of touring and quite a few album releases we have decided
that it is time to go our seperate ways. We have been a band for a very
long time and feel good about everything we were able to accomplish. At
this point in our lives and our careers we feel its time to move on to
something fresh and new. Whether it be music, touring or just being at
home to live and enjoy life. We would like to thank all of our fans, friends
and families for all of the great support over the years. [see full story
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