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Earth Details |
Day in Rock reports: Live Earth is taking
shape according to Earvolution. Organizers announced performers for the
U.S. event that will include The Police, Roger Waters, Smashing Pumpkins,
Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Matthews Band, KT Tunstall, Alicia Keys,
John Mayer, Kayne West, Ludacris, Melissa Etheridge, Rihanna, AFI, Akon
and Fall Out Boy. The total event will be a global affair with shows on
all 7 continents during a 24-hour period on 7/7/07. The concert was organized
in part by former Vice President Al Gore to help bring awareness to global
warming. How an event that uses a lot of electricity will do that is not
clear but Gore says, "We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump
start a massive public education effort. Live Earth will help us reach
a tipping point that's needed to move corporations and governments to take
decisive action to solve the climate crisis."
The U.S. event will not take place at the
Capital like previously planned, instead Giants Stadium in New Jersey will
be the venue and tickets go on sale Monday, April 16. We assume that profits
will be used for education efforts. No word yet if MTV plans to televise
the event so they can break away for commercials during most of the important
performances.
The London event will take place at Wembley
Stadium and will include performances by the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Snow Patrol, Madonna, Bloc Party, Keanne and more. The Rolling
Stones are not scheduled to take part in the event contrary to earlier
rumors announcing their participation.
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| Snoop
Felony Rap |
TMZ reports: Snoop Dogg was charged today
with two felonies related to arrests last year on gun possession and marijuana
charges, the District Attorney's office of Pasadena announced.
Snoop will be arraigned at 10:00 AM [Wed]
morning at Pasadena Superior Court.
Snoop was arrested on October 27 outside
the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank after police found a gun and marijuana
in his car. He was then arrested on November 28 outside the NBC Studios
after an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Police say they
found the rapper in possession of cocaine, a firearm and a large amount
of marijuana. He was also cited for allegedly having a false compartment
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| 100
Million iPods Sold |
PR reports: Apple announced [on Monday] that
the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest
selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half
years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than
10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations
of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod
shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the
iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage
and listen to their music.
"At this historic milestone, we want to
thank music lovers everywhere for making iPod such an incredible success,"
said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPod has helped millions of people around
the world rekindle their passion for music, and we're thrilled to be a
part of that."
"It's hard to remember what I did before
the iPod," said Mary J. Blige, GRAMMY Award-winning singer. "iPod is more
than just a music player, it's an extension of your personality and a great
way to take your favorite music with you everywhere you go."
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| Linkin
Park Set Record |
Day in Rock reports: Linkin Park is now in
the record books after scoring their sixth consecutive No. 1 single with
"What I've Done," the first track from their forthcoming album Minutes
to Midnight, which hits stores on May 15th.
The single also grabbed the top spot on
the Alternative radio chart and No 3 at Active Rock according to siN's
Metal News.
Digitally, the band has already logged
over 100,000 sales of the track at iTunes. [more at the full story link]-
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| The
Nightwatchman Tour |
PR reports: Tom Morello is set to rage for
capitalism (in the form of ticket sales) as he heads out on the road with
his group The Nightwatchman in support of their debut album One Man Revolution.
The CD doesn't hit stores until April 24th but the group began their touring
activity with a special show at the Hotel Café in Hollywood on Tuesday
night. Don't fear if you missed it, they'll be doing a residency at the
famed venue this month before heading out on the road opening for Ben Harper.
Rumor has it that the Hotel Café shows will also sport a who's who
of guest performers including Alanis Morrisette, Jerry Cantrell, Nuno Bettencourt,
David Draiman from Disturbed, B Real and Sen Dog of Cypress Hill and more.
4/17 Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Café
4/24 Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Café
4/25 Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Music (in-store
appearance & signing)
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| Neil
Aspinall Quits Apple |
Day in Rock reports: Neil Aspinall has quit
Apple Corps (The Beatles Apple, not the iTunes/iPod/Mac Apple). AP reports
that no explanation was given for the longtime friend of the Fab Four exiting
the top position at the company. Jeff Jones, a former executive vice president
at Sony BMG, will now head the company.
Aspinall was a childhood friend of Paul
McCartney and George Harrison. Their professional relationship started
when he was asked on as the group's first road manager during the band's
formative years. Promotions followed as he went from personal assistant
to a big wig at Apple Records in 1968. The company started out with a grand
idea of being a creative outlet for aspiring artists and others in the
hippy counter culture and even included the famous boutique but those dreams
faded away as the Beatles grew apart personally and the company evolved
in its present form which handles the business side of the Beatles empire.
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| Diddy
Hops on the Peace Train |
E! reports: Diddy and Manchester United and
England football star Rio Ferdinand are teaming up to put together a "peace
gig" to take place next year.
Both the celebrities represent campaigns
to tackle gun and knife crimes in their home countries.
"I've been touched by gun crime personally,
I've lost friends and I want to get the point across that the violence
has to stop," said Diddy of his plans[see full story for more]-
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| Radiohead
Tease |
Gigwise reports: Radiohead have posted snippets
of new material online, which could possibly be a taster for their seventh
album.
Typically ambiguous, under the header �a
wee troop doon memori lane' on the Dead Airspace section of their website,
Thom has posted a link.
The short video has been made by long-term
collaborators The Vapour Brothers and features various shots of the band
jamming, plus Mr Yorke himself DJing.
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| The
White Stripes Set Icky Date |
FMQB reports: The White Stripes have set June
19 as the release date for Icky Thump, the duo's sixth album and their
first under Warner Bros. Records. Additionally, the cover art for Icky
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| Incubus
Postpone More Dates |
FMQB reports: Incubus have been forced to
postpone more dates, due to an injury to guitarist Mike Einziger. The band
has announced it will reschedule seven shows in May, as well as its two-night
stand in Los Angeles on June 1 and 2[see full story for more]-
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| Fire
destroys Johnny Cash house |
BBC reports: The lakeside Tennessee home of
late country music superstar Johnny Cash has been destroyed in a fire.
It burned down on Tuesday while renovations were being carried out for
its new owner, Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
The interior of the house, in Hendonsville,
Tennessee, was used in the video for Cash's final hit, his 2002 cover of
Nine Inch Nails' Hurt.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Velvet
Revolver Liberation Delayed |
Blabbermouth reports: VELVET REVOLVER has
pushed back the release of its second album, "Libertad", to late June,
sources have told Launch. An exact arrival date for the disc has yet to
be determined. Although it was never officially confirmed, June 5 was widely
reported as the record's initial release date.[see full story for more]-
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| Mike
Tramp Joins Poison / Ratt Tour? |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Metal Sludge,
WHITE LION has been added to the POISON/RATT summer tour, which is tentatively
scheduled to kick off June 12. This information, however, has not yet been
confirmed by an official source.
The current touring version of WHITE LION
(a.k.a. TRAMP'S WHITE LION) features original member Mike Tramp (vocals)
alongside Claus Longwood (bass), Troy Patrick Farrell (drums), Jamie Law
(guitar), and Henning Wanner (keyboards). [see full story for more]-
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| Free
Helmet |
Blabbermouth reports: HELMET will play a free
show tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 11) at Cinespace in Hollywood, California.
Also appearing on the bill are NATIONAL DUST and AIRIEL DOWN.
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| Memorable
Beach Boys Loss |
Contact Music reports: The BEACH BOYS have
lost $60 million (GBP30.7 million) in an intellectual property lawsuit
against a memorabilia collector. Former rocker ROY SCIACCA won a resounding
victory against The Beach Boys last week (ends06APR07) when a judge in
California tossed out a $60 million lawsuit filed last year (06) by the
group's corporate entity, Brother Records, Inc. The lawsuit accused Sciacca
of stealing a haul of original Beach Boys lyric sheets, sound recordings,
videotapes, photographs and other items from a warehouse in 1994.[see full
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| R.E.M.
Ticket Heist |
Contact Music reports: Irish police are investigating
the apparent theft of 122 R.E.M. concert tickets for the band's upcoming
sold-out Olympia Theatre show. The tickets for the 30 June (07) concert
disappeared in transit between the UK and the venue box office in Dublin
on Friday (30MAR07). R.E.M. are now strongly advising fans not to purchase
tickets at inflated prices from unofficial sources as they run the risk
buying cancelled tickets. All the missing tickets have now been deemed
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