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 Britney
Pregnant? |
Contact Music reports: BRITNEY SPEARS has
got the gossips guessing again after telling a photographer she's pregnant.
The pop star blurted out the bizarre announcement when cornered by photographers
during a night out on Friday (13Apr07), leaving tabloids to wonder if she
was being serious.
Spears allegedly told a videographer, "I
really am pregnant." She added, "I saw these magazines, and they said I
was pregnant, and, like, it's so true�."
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| Nazi
Ferry Uproar |
BBC reports: Singer Bryan Ferry has apologised
for an interview in which he praised the iconography of the Nazi party.
The UK star is reported to have told a German newspaper that the "mass
marches and the flags" of Hitler's regime were "just fantastic - really
beautiful".
Jewish leaders in Britain condemned the
comments, and called for Marks and Spencer to drop Ferry as a model.
"I apologise unreservedly," the singer
said in a statement, adding he found the Nazi regime "evil and abhorrent".[see
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| Linkin
Park Get Intimate |
PR reports: Linkin Park has added two new
European tour dates. Catch Linkin Park at these intimate venues- April
28th in Berlin, Germany at Kesselhaus and May 3rd in London at the Astoria.
Tickets for both shows are available now.
Also, Episode #7 of Linkin Park's LPTV
is now live at http://youtube.com/linkinparktv. In this episode, Linkin
Park travels around the world in 23 days. Also on the LPTV YouTube Channel,
check out the new LPTV trailer of what's to come.
Minutes to Midnight will be available worldwide
on May 15th. [see full story for all the tour dates]-
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| Squeeze
Reunion |
Earvolution reports: Some form of Squeeze
will be touring America this year. The lineup of the band has fluctuated
a bit over the years, but the dates in America will be led by Chris Difford
and Glenn Tilbrook who've remained the heart of the band over the years.
The band will play Guilfest, also featuring Madness, in the UK in July
before coming to America later in the year for a dozen shows.[see full
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| Godsmack
Crash Victim Improving |
Blabbermouth reports: Jill Harmacinski of
The Eagle-Tribune reports that the condition of a Chelmsford, Massachusetts
woman injured in an automobile crash involving GODSMACK frontman Sully
Erna improved at a Boston hospital yesterday (April 15).
Lindsay Taylor, 25, was upgraded to serious
condition, said Jerry Berger, a spokesman for Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.
Taylor was said to be in a coma and on life support after the crash Wednesday
night (April 11) on Interstate 93 south.[see full story for more]-
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| Nugent
Robbed |
Contact Music reports: Two all-terrain vehicles
and two crossbows were among the items stolen in a raid on rocker TED NUGENT's
vacant home in Concord, Michigan last week (ends15Apr07). A teenager was
arraigned on Saturday (14Apr07) on charges of breaking and entering Nugent's
former residence. A second juvenile was arrested yesterday (15Apr07).[see
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| Radiohead
Reissue |
CMJ reports: A lot of rumors have been surrounding
Radiohead lately, but one thing is certain�the band will re-release the
rare EP Com-Lag (2+2=5) May 8. Originally released through EMI Toshiba
in Japan and Australia in 2004, the EP features material from Radiohead's
Hail To The Thief period, including a Four Tet remix of "Skttbrain" as
well as live recordings of "Fog (Again)" and "2+2=5".[see full story for
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| Talking
Tranquillity Into Eternity |
Talking Metal reports: The latest episode
of Talking Metal features part one of their coverage of the Metal for the
Masses 2007 tour. It features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy
conducted with Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne and Into Eternity
vocalist Stu Block. Topics include Dark Tranquillity's new album, "Fiction,"
Megadeth, Randy Blythe, Edguy, and Rush's influence on Into Eternity. Additional
podcast topics include the 2007 edition of VH1's Rock Honors, Ozzy Osbourne,
Century Media Records, Vince Neil, Jessica Alba, Music Rising, Guns N'
Roses, Ronin, and the passing of former KISS guitarist, Mark St. John.
A photo gallery as well as the 60-minute podcast can be downloaded at the
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| J.Lo
To Smack Tab Over Dope Story |
TMZ reports: Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc
Anthony are furious over a report that they were involved in a heroin scandal
-- and now the hopping mad couple is hopping the pond to seek revenge in
court.
Both J.Lo and Marc are set to file several
lawsuits against the National Enquirer in the United Kingdom, claiming
that any link to a drug scandal is pure BS. They're hoping that celeb-friendly
libel laws in the U.K. will result in harsher punishment than they might
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| Clear
Channel BamGoogled |
FMQB reports: Clear Channel Radio and Google
have struck up a multi-year deal that allows Google to sell a guaranteed
portion of 30-second advertising on more than 675 of Clear Channel's radio
outlets. Under the agreement, Google Audio Ads advertisers will have national
distribution, enabling them to reach specific audiences, at specific times,
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| Universal
To Test DRMless Music? |
Yahoo reports: While EMI will boldly go where
no major has gone before and sell its catalog as unprotected digital files,
other forces are coming into play that should bolster the potential for
a commercial MP3 marketplace.
Amazon, which is considered the best bet
to challenge iTunes' supremacy in the digital world, is shooting to launch
its MP3 digital download store in May, a target date it has yet to publicly
acknowledge. (Amazon declines comment.) Meanwhile, sources familiar with
the situation say Universal Music Group plans to test the sale of unprotected
digital music files� at the new Amazon store and other outlets.[see full
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| Cephalic
Carnage Offer up Free Violence |
PR reports: Cephalic Carnage has unveiled
the first new track, "Endless Cycle of Violence", from their upcoming new
full-length album Xenosapien via their MySpace and PureVolume pages. "Endless
Cycle of Violence", the album's lead-off track, will also be the first
video from the record.
Xenosapien was recorded by the band and
long-time producer / engineer Dave Otero at their studio in Denver, CO
and is set for a May 29 North American release date (May 28 internationally).
Xenosapien's complete track listing is as follows: "Endless Cycle of Violence",
"Divination & Volition", "Molting", "Touched By An Angel", "Vaporized",
"Heptarchy", "G.lobal O.verhaul D.evice", "Let Them So Long As They Fear",
"The Omega Point", "Megacosm of the Aquaphobics", and "Ov Vicissitude".
Additionally, CEPHALIC CARNAGE has announced
their involvement as part of this summer's "Summer Slaughter Tour" with
label-mates NECROPHAGIST as well as DECAPITATED, ION DISSONANCE, CATTLE
DECAPITATION, ARSIS and more. This five-week North American tour will kick-off
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| Winds
Finish Recording |
PR reports: WINDS, the Norwegian band consisting
of Lars E. Si, Carl August Tidemann, Jan Axel von Blomberg and Andy Winter,
have completed the mixing of their fourth recording, said to be an epic
masterpiece entitled "Prominence and Demise."
The album features guest appearances from
several musical talents including Dan Swanö, Agnete M. Kirkevaag,
Lars Nedland and Øystein Moe. Travis Smith, has already completed
the cover layout for the album. [see full story for more]-
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| Boy
Sets Fire Finale in Philly? |
punkbands reports: I guess there can only
be one REAL final show, but not if you're in Boy Sets Fire. While we previously
announced the band will be playing its last gigs in Europe, we were really
kidding. We meant Philadelphia. A send off is scheduled for June 9th in
the city of Brotherly Love. Bands are TBA. Will there be more "last shows?"
Who knows. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Maps
Goes Mute |
PR reports: Mute Records announces brand new
signing Maps, aka James Chapman. Debut album "We Can Create" set for release
on Mute North America June 19th, 2007.
An ambitious, widescreen and epic record,
"We Can Create" runs the full length of the transmission spectrum, from
euphoric space-rock to folksy, downtempo whisperings and clattering, thudding
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