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antiMusic reports: Axl wasn't on hand but the other members of the classic Guns N' Roses lineup did attend the 20th anniversary party for their landmark debut "Appetite for Destruction," which took place at the Key Club in Hollywood on Saturday night.

Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan joined Steven Adler's band (Adler's Appetite) during their set to perform "Mr. Brownstone" and "Paradise City". There are some reports that Slash attended the event but did not join the band on stage. We were supposed to attend the event but due to unforeseen circumstance we were unable to so we can not give you a first hand report of the reunion.- more on this story

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Idol Drug Bust

antiMusic reports: He was booted off American Idol, claimed to have a steamy affair with Paula "Me Too" Abdul and now Corey Clark can add a drug bust to his resume. The fallen idol was arrested early Tuesday morning in North Little Rock, Ark., on drug charges and a warrant from Arizona.

Pulaski County Sheriff's spokesman John Rehrauer told Billboard that Clark was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at about 2:30 a.m. The Warrant was for a failure to appear in a Arizona court for a violation of a court order and trespassing.- more on this story

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Monday

Kinks Shooter Gets Off

antiMusic reports: The man that shot Kinks frontman Ray Davies is off the hook after the singer failed to show up for a court date. A second time Davies has failed to appear according to the BBC. So instead of singing "you really got me" to authorities, Jerome Barra is now a free man.

Barra was charged with armed robbery and aggravated battery after shooting Davies in the leg in 2004. According to reports, Davies was in New Orleans on vacation when two men snatched his girlfriend's purse and the singer gave chase before Barra shot him in the leg.

Davies told New Orleans' Times-Picayune that he was unable to attend court because he was not given enough notice by prosecutors.- more on this story

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KISS Star Hospitalized with Heart Trouble

antiMusic reports: KISS had to play as a trio last week after Paul Stanley had heart trouble. The masked rocker suffered what is known as tachycardia where the heart beats at an unusually high rate. In Stanley's case it was beating twice as fast as normal.

"My heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute, where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern," Stanley wrote on his site. The American Heart Assoc lists a normal "at rest" heart beat as between 60 and 80 beats per minute.- more on this story

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Ozzy Emergency Surgery

antiMusic reports: Ozzy Osbourne underwent unexpected surgery for a blood clot on Saturday as the Ozzfest rolled through Denver. Osbourne went under the knife at the Rose Medical Center according to Denver's 9NEWS.

Ozzy had experience leg pain all day leading up to his headline performance during "FreeFest," and following the show was taken to the local hospital where a blood clot was discovered in his leg.- more on this story

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Offspring Hire Saves The Day Drummer

antiMusic reports: The Offspring have officially parted ways with drummer Atom Willard. The veteran OC punks have recruited former Alkaline Trio, Face To Face, Saves the Day member Pete Parada to take his place, according to a post on their official website.

Pete Parada will make his debut with the band when they hit Japan for the Summer Sonic festival on August 11, 12 and 14th. The news of the lineup change comes after a false start earlier this year when it was widely reported that Atom had left the group, only to be contradicted with reports that he was still very much a part the Offspring. There will be life after the Offspring for Atom as he'll reportedly focus all of his energy on his other band, Angels and Airwaves. But remains a friend of the band, according to their website.

Neither Parada or Willard will appear on the forthcoming Offspring album. According to their website Josh Freese (NIN, Vandals, Devo) has recorded all the drum tracks- more on this story

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Tuesday

The Battle For New Order

antiMusic reports: The battle for New Order is underway as the former bass player has threatened to sue his ex-bandmates if they carry on with the band. Peter Hook fired the first shot in the battle when he announced that the band had broken up. Not so, said singer Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris earlier this month in a statement. And Hook has responded with a threat of legal action.

Hook took to his Myspace blog on Friday to respond to Sumner and Morris statement that the band was still very much together. Under the heading of "Disappointment!" Hook wrote, "Well im here at last with my statement! im travellin round america at the moment so its difficult for me to reply properly> Ive decided to tell the whole story? so itll be an amusing? insight into how groups work...- more on this story

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Fatal Van Crash for Cult Band

antiMusic reports: Tragedy struck Brooklyn cult rockers The Bottom of the Hudson Sunday night as they headed home after concluding an east coast tour. Bassist Trevor Butler was killed after the tire blew out in the van the band was traveling in and drummer Greg Lytle is currently in the ICU at a North Carolina hospital.

The band's label, Absolutely Kosher Records, issued the following statement: Philadelphia/Brooklyn band Bottom of the Hudson suffered a serious van wreck on Sunday, July 29th, while returning home after the final date of a short East Coast tour to promote their new album, Fantastic Hawk, released just two weeks ago on July 17. While on I-40 near Clinton, NC, a tire blew out sending the van out of control and flipping it multiple times. Bassist Trevor Butler was killed in the accident and drummer Greg Lytle is currently in ICU in Chapel Hill, NC. The other members of the band, Eli Simon, Michael Prince and William Chesterton Chambers, suffered minor injuries and were released from the hospital.- read the rest of the statement and find out how you can help his family here

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Ex-GNR Member Hostage of Bodyguards?

antiMusic reports: Former Adler's Appetite vocalist Sheldon Tarsha made some pretty outrageous claims about former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler during an interview on The Classic Metal Show last Saturday. Among the claims is that Adler's "wanna be gangster" bodyguards hold the drummer hostage.

"(Steven's) brother and his new 'manager' hired these thug gangster guys that are cholo-like wannabe gangster dudes to watch over Steven," Tarsha said in the interview according to BW&BK. "They are telling me stories about how they've got him handcuffed to the wall and to the furniture in his own house. They won't even uncuff him to go to the bathroom, so you've got Steven Adler sh*tting and pissing his own pants. They're abusing the guy. They're abusing him, dudes. I don't support what they're doing, and I told them that.

"The way I found that out was this guy (the new 'manager') called me up, and he's telling me, 'Yeah, I had to keep Steven in line. I had to handcuff him until he sh*t his own pants'. I'm like, 'are you kidding me, dude?' I'm like, 'That's not cool'. Steven lost control of his life a long time ago, and he's lost even more control of it now. The problem is that he can't control himself, so he looks to the people around him to tell him what to do, to tell him how to think, to tell him what he should do. That's the problem right now. He screws people over based on the information he's getting from the people that are supporting him... or not supporting him. He's like a puppet. He has the name. He has the fame. He has the money, and he's easily influenced by whoever is closest to him. That's really what I think is going on right now. "

That's just the tip of the iceburg you can listen to the interview- more on this story

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Wednesday

Great White Manager Up For Parole

antiMusic reports: The former manager of Great White, who lit the pyrotechnics that sparked the club fire which took 100 lives in 2003, is eligible for parole in September. If approved he will be able to leave prison after serving only one third of his sentence. A hearing with the parole board is scheduled for September 19th.

Daniel Biechele, the former manager of Great White was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Biechele was the manager of the band at the time and lit the pyrotechnics during Great White's performance at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on February 20th, 2003. The soundproofing foam at the club ignited and spread quickly through the club. 100 people died in the fire including Great White guitarist Ty Longley. - more on this story

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Fan Beaten At Concert

antiMusic reports: A Ted Nugent fan was beaten during the gonzo rocker's performance Friday night at the Chicago Ridge's Ridgefest. Jim Volpe was taking photos and video with his camcorder when another man challenged him about the taping. It quickly devolved into assault when Volpe refused to turn over his camera.

"This guy, out of nowhere, just walked up and said, 'Give me the camera,' " Volpe told Chicago Daily Southtown. Volpe told the man that he would give him the tape but not his $600 camera and the man responded, "It's too late for that now" and put Volpe in a headlock while Volpe's girlfriend grabbed the camcorder. She ran away when the man dropped Volpe and looked at her.

Volpe spent five hours in the emergency room of Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment of neck and back injuries.- more on this story

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Singer Witnesses Murder

antiMusic reports: Enuff Z'nuff frontman Donnie Vie recently testified at a preliminary hearing against his landlord who is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Vie said that on the day of the murder that the accused had waved a loaded gun at him and victim and that he saw her body after the murder.

David Mahler, 43, is accused of murdering Kirstin "Chrissie" Franya Baldwin, 38, and dumping her body in a ditch near Barstow where it was found 20 days later. He is also charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly threatening Vie, real name Donald Van Develde.

Vie testified that he was at his landlords apartment before the murder when an angry Mahler pulled out a gun.- more on this story

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Thursday

AC/DC Go Digital

antiMusic reports: Up until now if you wanted to download "Highway to Hell" or "Let Me Put My Love Into You," you've been forced to do it illegally. That is no longer the case as AC/DC has inked an exclusive deal with Verizon Wireless to sell their catalog online.

There are a couple of catches. First you will only find digital AC/DC through Verizon VCast Music service for PCs. And you can't pick and choose which songs you want, you have to buy the full albums at about $12 each according to Billboard. The one exception being "You Shook Me All Night Long" which you can download to your cell phone.- more on this story

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New Eagles CD Coming

antiMusic reports: The race is on! Who will release their long overdue album first? The Eagles or Guns N' Roses? According to Billboard it looks like The Eagles may beat Axl and company to the punch as they are wrapping up work on their first studio album since "The Long Run" which hit in 1979.

Joe Walsh told Billboard that fans should expect something different from the new album with writing input from each member. The line up these days include Walsh, Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B Schmit. Notice a name that is curiously absent? - more on this story

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Faith Hill Vs Ball Grabbing Fan

Hecklerspray reports: When you're famous, people think that they own you - or, more specifically, they think they own your husband's balls, as Faith Hill realised this weekend when a female concert-goer got all grabby on her husband Tim McGraw's nicknacks.

When a ballsy female concertgoer reached out and grabbed Tim McGraw's nether regions Saturday at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, his missus [Faith Hill] told the errant fan in no uncertain terms that that sort of behavior is frowned upon in them there parts�

"Somebody needs to teach you some class, my friend," a finger-wagging Hill told the woman. "You don't go grabbin' somebody else's, somebody's husband's balls, you understand me? That's very disrespectful!"
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Stars Lineup for VA Tech Show

antiMusic reports: The Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Phil Vassar and Nas have signed on to perform a special concert for Virginia Tech to help the university carry on after a massacre at the school last April where a gunman killed 32 people.

The concert was organized to help the student body and faculty start the school year on a positive note according to an AP report. The artists have volunteered their time for the event which will take place at the school's Lane Stadium on September 6th and will be funded by corporate sponsorships and sales of concert merchandise.

The general public at this point has not been invited to the event- more on this story

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New Found Glory Drug Bust

antiMusic reports: Punkbands says there was a drug bust for the New Found Glory crew while they are on the Warped Tour. Must not have been a major bust as the band's label issued a statement saying that the crew member was only charged with a misdemeanor. No one in the band was arrested.

Drive-Thru Records statement: While in the Indianapolis area, the tour bus New Found Glory was traveling on was stopped by police for having high beams engaged while driving. The police searched the bus and one of the crewmembers was detained and charged with a misdemeanor. - more on this story

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Friday

Linkin Park Official Bootlegs

antiMusic reports: Linkin Park announced last week that they will be making official bootlegs available for sale at their shows. The catch is that only 1000 fans will be able to buy them. The band announced the move on their website. Here is what they had to say: "No more listening to distorted, bootleg copies of LP concerts� get a clear, mixed copy of your Linkin Park show at the merchandise booth!

"Visit the merchandise booth at any Linkin Park tour date (starting with Projekt Revolution 2007) to purchase a limited-edition recording of the entire LIVE Linkin Park performance from that night. Only 1000 copies will be sold for each show date, so be sure to get yours before they're gone."- more on this story

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Warped Founder Retracts Ozzfest Slam

antiMusic reports: Kevin Lyman have published an open letter to Sharon Osbourne following their recent conversation about Ozzfest, according to Punkbands. Lyman made headlines last week when he was quoted in newspaper article slamming Ozzfest. Here is the text of the open letter: Dear Sharon, Good speaking with you just now. Per our discussion, I wanted to apologize if any of my comments quoted in the Kansas Star News were taken out of context or based on misinformation I was given. It was not my intent to discredit Ozzy or your family in any way.

If Ozzy is in fact working for expenses only, then I was wrong in saying he was out for one more paycheck. I'll be the first to say I should not bother myself with other tours and keep my nose in my own projects as they have been keeping me busy enough as it is. For that, I'm sorry- more on this story

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Tommy Makem RIP

BBC reports: The folk musician and singer Tommy Makem has died at his home in New Hampshire in the United States.

He was 74 and had been suffering from lung cancer.

Tommy Makem was best known for songs such as The Green Fields of France, Gentle Annie and Red is the Rose. - more about Makem with the BBC report

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R.Kelly Child Porn Trial Set

antiMusic reports: It looks like that after five years R.Kelly will finally stand trial on child pornography charges. Chicago Judge Vincent Gaughan has set a September 17th date for the trial to start, with jury selection beginning on that day.

Kelly stands accused of recording sexual acts with an underage girl. Prosecutors issued a 14 count child pornography indictment against the R&B singer, according to the BBC. If convicted he could spend 15 years in prison. Kelly pleaded not guilty to all charges.- more on this story

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