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Reunion Dates |
antiMusic reports: The Police have made it
official; their reunion was not a Grammy one-off. The band has plotted
a reunion tour which kicks off on May 28th in Vancouver. Sting's son Joe
Sumner along with his band Fiction Plane will provide support. Here are
the dates as of now:
05/28 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors
Place
06/6 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena at Seattle
Center
06/9 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
06/15 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden
Arena
06/16 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music
Festival
06/18 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
06/26 - Dallas, TX - AmericanAirlines
Center
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| Ray
J Sextape |
Launch reports: Rumors of a sex tape starring
R&B crooner Ray J and his ex-girlfriend, celebutante Kim Kardashian
(daughter of O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian) have finally been
substantiated. Adult film company Vivid Video has confirmed that it has
paid an unidentified third party $1 million for the rights to the tape,
and that the footage will be released as the racy DVD Kim Kardashian Superstar
on February 21. Additional footage not on the DVD will also be available
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| The
Study the RIAA Doesn't Want You To Read |
arstechnica.com reports: A new study in the
Journal of Political Economy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf
has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on
the sale of music, contrary to the claims of the recording industry.
Entitled "The Effect of File Sharing on
Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis," the study matched an extensive sample
of music downloads to American music sales data in order to search for
causality between illicit downloading and album sales. Analyzing data from
the final four months of 2002, the researchers estimated that P2P affected
no more than 0.7% of sales in that timeframe... The study reports that
803 million CDs were sold in 2002, which was a decrease of about 80 million
from the previous year. The RIAA has blamed the majority of the decrease
on piracy, and has maintained that argument in recent years as music sales
have faltered. Yet according to the study, the impact from file sharing
could not have been more than 6 million albums total in 2002, leaving 74
million unsold CDs without an excuse for sitting on shelves. [see
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| Life
For Murder Inc Assoc |
MTV reports: Former Murder Inc. associate
Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, 46, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday,
one week after jurors found the convicted drug kingpin guilty of ordering
a retaliatory hit on two men. Prosecutors pursued death by lethal injection
for McGriff, who was originally arrested in 2003 on money-laundering charges
as a part of the Murder Inc. federal raid, but jurors failed to reach a
consensus. [see full story for more - Rhyme Doesn't Pay]-
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| Sonic
Cribs |
Gigwise reports: Sonic Youth guitarist Lee
Ranaldo is set to appear on The Cribs' forthcoming new album.
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos is producing
the follow-up to 2005's �The New Fellas' with the band in New York and
revealed they have a surprise guest.
Ranaldo provides spoken word vocals on
a track called �Be Safe' and Kapranos says he was a joy to work with. [see
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| Al
Gore Friendly Records |
CMJ reports: As part of a slate of eco-friendly
policy changes, WEA Corp., the US sales and distribution arm of Warner
Music Group, has announced a plan to package all of its CDs and DVDs with
chemically safe paper made from a blend of recycled products and the fibers
of non-endangered forests.["made from a blend of recycled products" so
their A&R people are now in charge of packaging as well as signing
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| Radiohead
Summer? |
Ananova reports: Radiohead's latest album
could be set for release in August - according to online retailer Amazon.
The band are currently working on their
seventh studio album, the follow up to 2003 release Hail To The Thief,
and Amazon claim the release date will be August 6. [see full story for
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| Silent
Force Injury |
Blabbermouth reports: SILENT FORCE vocalist
D.C. Cooper � who works as a firefighter in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
area � has updated his MySpace page with the following message:
"We here at the staff at DCPStudio would
like to let everyone know that D.C. Cooper is OK and doing well.
"D.C. was released from the hospital after
being transported by NorthWest EMS during a structure fire that Station
108 Bellevue FD and 11 other fire companies were battling in the Avalon
section of Pittsburgh. D.C., along with three other firefighters, [was]
transported after recieving injuries at this blaze. D.C. and a few others
recieved injuries mainly revolved around hypothermia and dehydration due
to the sub-zero temperatures the fire crews dealt with after being on the
fire scene for several hours. An injury to D.C.'s left hand will be re-x-rayed
on Monday to rule out a hairline fracture, once the swelling subsides.[see
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| Black
Eyed Slash |
Blabbermouth reports: According to MTV.com,
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash jammed with the BLACK
EYED PEAS on "Let's Get It Started" at Avalon in Hollywood, California
on Thursday (Feb. 8). The BLACK EYED PEAS threw a benefit concert for their
Peapod Foundation, which helps underprivileged children around the world.
This year's effort raised funds for the band's Peapod Music and Arts Academy,
an educational center that will serve foster children in inner-city L.A.
Other guests included Wyclef Jean and John Legend. [see full story for
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| Static-X
Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: California's STATIC-X
has announced the following tour dates in support of its new album, "Cannibal":
Mar. 30 � The Galaxy Theatre- Santa Ana,
California
Mar. 31 - Extreme Thing - Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr. 01 - House Of Blues - San Diego,
California
Apr. 03 - Rialto - Tuscon, Arizona
Apr. 04 - Marquee - Tempe, Arizona
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| UFO
Injury |
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary hard rockers
UFO have issued the following update: "We are very sorry to announce that
last Wednesday Andy Parker [drums] broke his ankle by slipping on a wet
floor. After two hospital appointments Andy had surgery today and now has
a plate and some screws in his ankle. Needless to say, he won't be ready
to play the UFO tour in March. We are all very upset about this.
"After much discussion between Andy and
the other bandmembers the decision was taken to go ahead with the tour
and play the March dates with a replacement drummer. Our good friend Simon
Wright (DIO, ex-AC/DC) was kind enough to step in immediately � thanks
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| Rick
Rubin Rules Grammys |
PR reports: RICK RUBIN was awarded a total
of FIVE Grammys last night:
Producer of the Year
Album of the Year (for Dixie Chicks/"Taking
the Long Way")
Record of the Year (Dixie Chicks/"Not Ready
to Make Nice")
Song of the Year (Dixie Chicks/"Not Ready
to Make Nice")
Country Album of the Year (Dixie Chicks/"Taking
the Long Way")
Rock Album of the Year (Red Hot Chili Peppers/"Stadium
Arcadium")
"It feels so good to know our work touched
listeners enough to vote it the best of the year," said Rubin. "During
the process, we are making our own favorite music. This award is confirmation
that what is true and real in the emotion of music is contagious." -- Rick
Rubin
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| Nin
Tracks |
TuneLab reports: Nine Inch Nails have revealed
the complete track listing for their new album, 'Year Zero', due on April
17th. Check it out below:
01. Hyperpower!
02. The Beginning of the End
03. Survivalism
04. The Good Soldier
05. Vessel
06. Me, I'm Not
07. Capital G
08. My Violent Heart
09. The Warning
10. God Given
11. Meet Your Master
12. The Greater Good
13. The Great Destroyer
14. Another Version of the Truth
15. In This Twilight
16. Zero-Sum
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| Prince
To Tour? |
idolator.com reports: Members of Prince.org
recently tracked down [a] seating chart for Toronto's Air Canada Centre,
and unless the Canadians have invented some new-fangled sport involving
Hieroglyphics, it looks like the sort of stage the Purple One might employ
on, say, a summer tour. Hmmm.[see full story for more including a link
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