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Ray The Musical

Contact Music reports: Late R+B icon RAY CHARLES' life story has been turned into a new stage musical. The production, from the producers of biopic RAY, will premiere in Pasadena, California at the end of 2007 before embarking on a US tour. Directed by SHELDON EPPS, the show, RAY CHARLES LIVE! A NEW MUSICAL, will feature the singer/songwriter's greatest hits. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Mxpx Head Up Tooth & Nail Tour

punkbands reports: Mxpx is set to headline the latest incarnation of the Tooth & Nail tour. The trek will also feature The Classic Crime, Sullivan and The Fold on all dates, with Project 86, Hawk Nelson and Run Kid Run appearing on select shows. Dates are below...

5/01 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
5/02 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
5/03 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
5/04 - Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon
5/05 - San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
5/07 - Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
5/08 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
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Kaddisfly Expand Tour Plans

PR reports: Progressive art-rock group Kaddisfly have announced a string of West Coast tour dates with Ozma, New Year's Day, Peachcake and William Tell for the month of May. The band will be supporting the recent release of Set Sail The Prairie, their second LP for Hopeless/Sub City Records. The album debuted at #9 on the Alternative New Artist Album chart, and 5% of its sales are being donated to the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation.

With Ozma, New Year's Day, Peachcake
05/01 - The Dome - Bakersfield, CA
05/02 - The Belmont - Fresno, CA
05/03 - The Underground - Roseville, CA[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Toca is Coming

PR reports: Fueled by six main members and a genre-bending sound that spans rap, jazz, punk, reggae, pop and rock, LA's own TOCA strives to bring the focus of the music industry back to artistic creativity and expression. Their self-titled debut drops May 29 on Two-Tone Elephants Music and features Busdriver, Pigeon John, 2 Mex and Aceyalone among others.

"This album really has a piece of everybody in the band," says songwriter and vocalist Danny "Xinxo" Rodriguez. "There wasn't one particular person who made it all happen. It was all of us." Joining Xinxo in TOCA are Ceschi Ramos (the band's musical mastermind), David Ramos (drummer, vocalist), Tommy Valencia (vocalist, multi-instrumentalist), Danny Levin (horns) and Max Heath (piano). "The niche of the band is that we constantly switch up genres and styles from song to song," Valencia explains. "We kind of just do what we want. It's an anything goes type of mentality." [see full story to Check out the first single's video: Liar featuring Pigeon John]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Musical Bratz Wanted

PR reports: Geffen Records is calling all musicians for the chance for their music to be placed in the upcoming live-action comedy adventure of Bratz: The Movie. MGA Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions and Crystal Sky Pictures have teamed up on the live-action Bratz movie, hitting theatres nationwide on August 10th through Lions Gate Films. The soundtrack will be available through Geffen Records on July 31st. Musical submissions will be reviewed by top A&R executives at Geffen Records from now until the deadline of May 15th. If you've always wanted to get your music in front of a major record label, this is your opportunity and a chance to be discovered.

Here's how it works: Musicians can go to the following website www.bratzsoundtrack.com and enter their contact information, including their URL, where the A&R department from Geffen Records will review the music. If the music is accepted, a representative from Geffen Records will contact the artist and award them placement into the film and or soundtrack, where their music will be placed along the music of artists signed to Interscope, Geffen and A&M.

Rules and regulations apply. Please go to the full story link for complete information.
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Sean Stewart Single Debut

PR reports: Notable Hollywood star and son of Rod Stewart, SEAN STEWART is happy to announce that he is releasing his very first single ever! Sean's song, "IN CROWD", which is featured as the theme song and in all advertising for the new A&E hit series SONS OF HOLLYWOOD which airs every Sunday at 10PM EST /9 PM CST on A&E. 

The song will be an I-TUNES exclusive release for its first month. "IN CROWD" was produced by Bradley Spalter, a Grammy award winning producer who has worked with such artists as Baby face, Gladys Knight, O-Town, Pussycat Dolls, K-CI & JO JO, Christina Millian and many others [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Between the Trees

PR reports: Rock, pop� dare we say, emo? It doesn't really matter what label you try to stick on Orlando based indie act Between the Trees. Their debut album The Story and The Song is undeniably strong. Ask the 2,300+ fans that crammed into the Hard Rock for the band's record breaking iTunes release show. Or the 26,000+ friends on MySpace. Or the 7,000+ people who have already picked up this incredible CD. They can tell you about good music.

The hook from the opening track "The Forward" is enough to draw you in. Maybe it's the pulsating piano and soaring vocals on "White Lines & Red Lights" that catches your ear. It sure has caught the attention of music programmers as advance spins are already coming in throughout Florida, San Diego and Chicago. 

National Release: April 24th, Available now on iTunes. Check out the single at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Saliva Seconds

PR reports: After having a #1 hit with "Ladies and Gentlemen," Saliva has just dropped, "Broken Sunday." This is the second single off Blood Stained Love Story, which is in stores now. Check out the new track, "Broken Sunday," now at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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From Lipsynch To Liplock, Ashlee's Fall Out Boy Toy

PR reports: Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, friends with benefits -- and TMZ has the shots to prove it!

The two have yet to admit that they're dating, with Pete denying it numerous times, saying it'd only happen in a "different universe." Apparently, worlds have collided!

Despite the efforts of several large security guards, Ash and the Fall Out Boy bassist were snapped while liplocked in a Vegas VIP booth last night, bringing the different universe to Earth's front door, which is surprisingly located at JET Nightclub in the Mirage hotel. Someone notify JPL![see full story for more - sorry couldn't resist this one just so we can get the ton of entertaining hatemail from 13 year old Fall Out Girls]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Everything Buckcherry

PR reports: Rock underdogs Buckcherry continue to honor their claim as the success rock story of the year with a new video for "Everything" and more dates on what seems to be a mission to keep Bic in business as they embark on their 200th show in support of their current release, "15" (Eleven Seven Music/Atlantic Records). Buckcherry are currently on the road with Saliva. 

The new single "Everything" is currently gaining momentum as their most provocative new rock track. The conceptual video for "Everything" was shot in Hollywood by director Travis Kopach (Panic! At The Disco, Matchbook Romance) and features the co-host and executive producer of DIRECTV's "MyWorld" Shaina Fewell lying facedown on Hollywood Boulevard. The video made its broadcast premiere on Fuse's #1 Countdown "Rock" show on Monday, April 9 and for fans who don't have the network, "Everything" is exclusively featured on their MySpace music page.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Good Morning Gary Allan

PR reports: Wake up early and say Good Morning America with Gary Allan. Gary will be a part of Good Morning America's spring concert series and will perform April 18th. Check local listings for times channels or go to abc.com. 

Upcoming Shows

Apr 13 2007 8:00P
Club Rodeo San Jose, California 

Apr 21 2007 8:00P
HOT Coliseum Waco, Texas 
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Is Perry's New Band Addicting? You Decide.

Day in Rock reports: Wonder what Satellite Party, Perry Farrell's new band sounds like? Well the "Wish Upon A Dog Star" mp3 is now available for immediate download. It's the first single from Satellite Party's debut album Ultra Payloaded which will be released May 29th. Download it at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Germs Drummer Speaks Out about Hemp Bust

PR reports: Bronner family, makers of the popular organic Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps are shocked and disturbed by musician Don Bolles' April 4th arrest for felony drug possession after police alleged an 8oz bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap tested positive for the illicit drug GHB (Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate). The notion that anyone would put GHB in a rinse-off liquid soap product is beyond belief, and the police field test used must have been flawed or tampered with. GHB, which produces euphoria and is an alleged aphrodisiac when ingested, of course has absolutely no effect in a soap product that is rinsed off the hands and body. 

Mr. Bolles, drummer of the legendary punk band The Germs, was arrested following a police traffic stop and spent three and half days in various jails in Orange County before being released early Easter morning. During a consented search of Mr. Bolles vintage 1968 A-108 van, Newport Beach police found a bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner's soap which is made with organic coconut, olive, hemp, peppermint and jojoba oils. Felony drug possession could mean 20 years in prison if convicted. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Harbor Justice Center, 4601 Jamboree Road Newport Beach, CA at 8:30am. 

"I've used only Dr. Bronner's soap for 35 years," says Mr. Bolles. "I use it for everything - bathing, washing my hair, washing my clothes - it goes everywhere I go. I'm scheduled to go to Europe to tour with The Germs this summer, but these felony charges could keep me from traveling out of the country. This whole thing could be really devastating to a 50 year old guy just trying to make a living. I told the officer 'its soap, it smells like peppermint soap,' but he seemed intent on arresting me."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Operator US Tour

PR reports: Operator has announced details of their upcoming U.S. tour. The dates herald the Los Angeles-based rock outfit's upcoming debut album, SOULCRUSHER, set to arrive in stores on July 3rd.

The trek sees Operator taking part in the inaugural MadPackers.com 'Door To Dorm Music Tour,' joining a star-studded lineup that includes Hinder, Papa Roach, and Puddle of Mudd. The hard rock megabill will hit college campuses, theatres, and amphitheatres across America, kicking off on April 13th at the University of Pittsburgh's Johnstown Sports Center. Operator will wrap up their tour run on May 19, at Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hellyeah Vinnie Paul Is Talking Metal

PR reports: The latest episode of Talking Metal features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Vinnie Paul of Hellyeah. Interview topics include the 2007 Family Values Tour, Hellyeah's setlist, recording in Dimebag's studio, Pantera's influence on Metal, Avenged Sevenfold, the upcoming Little Kids Rock benefit, Cleatas, Rebel Meets Rebel, and Big Vin Records. Additional podcast topics include Damageplan, Ace Frehley, Anton Fig, and the Late Show With David Letterman. Photos as well as the 40-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Slipknot Slip One Past Their Fans

Blabbermouth reports: Director Thomas Mignone, known for his groundbreaking video work in the metal world (SEPULTURA, SLIPKNOT, MEGADETH, MUDVAYNE, CRADLE OF FILTH, SYSTEM OF A DOWN) recently told E.S. Day of Abort Magazine that the members of SLIPKNOT have many times gone before their audience without their trademark adornments and remained virtually unrecognized.

Says Mignone, "I can't tell you how many shows, at least a hundred shows where I shot at or attended, where the band set up their own gear (unmasked) right in front of their fans and nobody had a clue that that was the band.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Even K-Fed's Money is Bogus

TMZ reports: K-Fed celebrated his divorce from Britney by throwing handfuls of $50 dollar bills to a crowd in a Vegas nightclub -- the only problem, the bills were fake!

A freshly-shaven Federline hit up Jet Nightclub at The Mirage Friday night to mark his divorce with a party, where lingerie-clad dancers showered the crowd in fake $50 bills. Seems his divorce settlement with Brit didn't leave him wealthy enough to throw out the real thing![see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Today's Reviews

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....Shadows Fall - Threads of Life

A lot of people will be surprised by what Threads of Life has to offer. The disc is straightforward, positive, and rip-roaringly fun, featuring a streamlined cohesion no previous Shadows Fall disc has held before� the band's "breakout" album� - Read the full Shadows Fall - Threads of Life review
 

....El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

All in all, I'll Sleep When You're Dead is more than a worthy sophomore effort from the king of indie-hop, El-P. Hopefully it'll be quite a long time before we pass on and put the rapper to sleep though, because another few records would be very much appreciated. (4 stars) - Read the full El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead review
 

....Joey Wright - Jalopy

Joey Wright describes his music as bluegrass and jazz. With instruments like the guitar, banjo, and mandolin the music on his latest 12 song CD of mostly original music 'Jalopy' definitely takes on the bluegrass flavour that at times resembles Ricky Skaggs. (4 stars) - Read the full Joey Wright - Jalopy review
 

....Spider Rockets - Ever After

Ever After is the third disc from this female-fronted four piece from New Jersey. They've drawn comparisons to bands like Audioslave and Godsmack, although the only thing they obviously have in common is the aesthetic of modern hard rock band, flirting a little with a metal. (3 stars) - Read the full Spider Rockets - Ever After review
 

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