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 Avril
Beats NIN |
Reuters reports: Canadian pop singer Avril
Lavigne's third studio album will top the U.S. charts when sales data are
issued Wednesday, while rock combo Nine Inch Nails will be the runner-up,
industry experts predict.
Each should open with more than 200,000
copies, a welcome boost for the Billboard 200, where the chart-topper on
four occasions this year, including the current week, has sold less than
90,000 copies.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Lily
Allen Attacks Photographer |
Contact Music reports: LILY ALLEN proved her
girl power credentials on a night out in Los Angeles last night (19Apr07)
by attacking a photographer. The Smile singer was partying with rocker
Courtney Love at trendy club [Losers Lounge aka] Hyde when she took offence
as a crowd of paparazzi lit up the night upon her exit. One photographer
says, "She really wasn't very happy and started pushing photographers.
She pushed one camera into a photographer's face."[see full story for more]-
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| Axl
Axes Shows |
Contact Music reports: GUNS N' ROSES have
axed their festival shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa,
to allow bass player Tommy Stinson more time to recover from a wrist injury.
The group pulled the plug on a show in Japan last Saturday (14Apr07) after
Stinson sprained his wrist in a stair fall last week (ends13Apr07) - and
he is still too wounded to play. As a result, the band has scrapped their
two scheduled My Coke Festival performances. Guns N' Roses have also pulled
the plug on scheduled shows in Australia and New Zealand.[see full story
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| FL
to Outlaw Fake Bands |
AP reports: The Florida Senate embraced the
"truth in music" movement Friday with passage of legislation barring oldies
acts using famous names to which they're not entitled.
The bill now awaiting House approval would
prohibit a person from advertising or holding a live performance using
such a name under false pretenses.
Bands with famous names performing with
at least one original member who has the legal right would be allowed.
The measure also would still allow people who own a federal service mark
or trademark to use the name of a band.[see full story for more]-
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| Morrissey
Snubs Rock Hall |
Gigwise reports: Morrissey has reportedly
snubbed the opportunity of being inducted into the US Music Hall Of Fame
along with his Smiths bandmates.
The frontman had been invited to the ceremony
celebrating his seminal band's entry into the hall of fame.
However, the bad blood still flowing between
him Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce following the band's split
in the eighties is said to have made Morrissey refuse to attend.[see full
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| The
Decemberists orchestra |
FMQB reports: The Decemberists will play a
handful of dates this summer backed by a full orchestra. The band's shows
in Los Angeles; Atlanta; Columbia, MD; Philadelphia and Chicago will all
feature local symphonies. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Gorillaz
RIP? |
FMQB reports: Is the Gorillaz' cartoon career
coming to an end? Damon Albarn told BBC Radio 2 that there will not be
any more proper Gorillaz studio albums, and that the fictional quartet's
final album will be the soundtrack to the Gorillaz movie. According to
various reports, Albarn said, "We're trying to make a film next, starting
in September hopefully. It will be a film score. There won't be another
pop record.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Diana
Vs Live Earth |
Contact Music reports: Organisers of the memorial
concert for DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES are struggling to secure high profile
artists for the event after losing superstars MADONNA and RED HOT CHILI
PEPPERS to this year's (07) Live Earth charity concert. The sons of the
late princess, Prince William and Prince Harry, are reportedly pressuring
concert bosses to re-think the current line-up, which includes 1980s stars
Jason Donovan and Donny Osmond, and book trendier and more current acts.[see
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| Smashing
Tracks |
SMN reports: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have settled
on the track list for "Zeitgeist," the first album since 2000. As previously
reported, the album is due July 7 via Martha's Music/Reprise.
1. Doomsday Clock
2. 7 Shades of Black
3. Orchid
4. That's the Way
5. Tarantula
6. Starz
7. United States
8. Never Lost
9. Bring the Light
10. Come On (Let's Go)
11. For God and Country
12. Pomp and Circumstance
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| 311
Tour |
SMN reports: 311 have announced the following
U.S. tour dates for this Summer, with MATISYAHU opening most shows:
June 21 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
June 23 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101*
June 24 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre*
June 26 - Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom*
June 27 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion*
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| Nightwish
To End Mystery with Single |
SMN reports: NIGHTWISH will release their
first single called �Eva', which will be available as download only, on
May 30. The track will be the first opportunity for fans around the world
to hear the new NIGHTWISH vocalist when her full identity will be revealed
that day.
All European download profits for this
single will go the Child Charity Foundation "Die Arche"[see full story
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| Hellfest
07 |
SMN reports: France's premier metal festival
HELLFEST returns this year to Clisson (near Nantes) with an unparalleled
line up, presenting the best in metal and hardcore from across the globe.
June 22, 23 and 24 will see fans from across
Europe descend on the town of Clisson in North West France for an entire
weekend.
SLAYER
KORN
DREAM THEATER
MEGADETH
MACHINE HEAD
TYPE O NEGATIVE
WITHIN TEMPTATION
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| Faster
Pussycat Reunion Plea |
Sleazeroxx.com reports: Founding Faster Pussycat
member Brent Muscat has issued an open letter to other original members
of the group in hopes of setting up a full blown reunion to mark the band's
20th anniversary. Here is part of the letter: Dear Taime [Downe -singer]
and Greg [Steele -guitar], I will try to keep this letter brief I have
sent both of you email and messages through myspace inviting you both to
join Original Members Eric Stacy, Brett Bradshaw and myself as Faster Pussycat
to do a 20th anivesary tour one last time.
I have not received a response from either
of you so I will ask you both to consider joining us. Will you?? You have
a open invitation to join with us.
I believe that both of you were a very
important part of Faster Pussycat and it would be nice if someday we could
all play together. I'm sure most of the fans would love it as well.. [see
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| Bob
Dylan American Tour |
antiMusic reports: Bob Dylan will be returning
stateside for a string of dates beginning on June 22nd in Atlantic City,
hitting the East Coast before heading to Canada followed by the Midwest
then finishing up on West Coast in late July.
Here are the confirmed dates:
Fri 06/22/07 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
Hotel Casino / Spa
Sat 06/23/07 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
Hotel Casino / Spa
Sun 06/24/07 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
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| The
Used and the Worm |
PR reports: Lies for the Liars, the new album
from The Used, hits stores May 22nd. Check out the audio for the first
single "The Bird and the Worm" at the full story link. And Don't miss the
premiere for the amazing new video for "The Bird and the Worm" on MTV2
this Monday the 23rd - airing every hour on the hour. And if you're one
of those computer types, you can catch it on mtv.com all day.-
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