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Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin Plot Fall Tour

DiR reports: Jive informs us "After a sold out arena tour this past Spring, Jive Records recording artist Three Days Grace announce their North American Fall tour with Breaking Benjamin and special guest Seether. The tour starts September 8 in Hutchinson, KS and runs through mid-November."

Hopefully this will give Breaking Benjamin's frontman time to recover before hitting the road. We did get two press releases about this tour from both camps. Jive didn't mention above that this is a co-headlining tour, though BB's PR was kind enough to do so and even called TDG BB's partner in the outing. 

They also had some conflicting dates, so we won't print either here but there is plenty of time to work that out before the tour kicks off. Finally of additional note: the Sept 21, 22nd dates will also include Live and Collective Soul according to Breaking Benjamin's PR. - do not click here

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The Red Chord CD and Tours

PR reports: You have to love the excitement of a good press release. They are almost as good as those TV commercials advertising upcoming Monster Truck shows. Anyway, the excitement in the following PR is called for according to our very own Mike Rapin, who gave this album a near perfect score. (see this week's reviews for that one). Here is the PR: New England's own death-grind powerhouse The Red Chord delivers a brutal new record!!! The album, titled Prey For Eyes, was recorded at New Jersey's Trax East with producer Eric Rachel (Atreyu, Every Time I Die). The Red Chord is preparing for a tour with Between the Buried and Me, Cephalic Carnage, and The End in July and August to support the release of their new record. 

The Red Chord also have a featured spot on the Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary Tour!! The tour marks The Red Chord's first full US tour in support of their upcoming release, Prey for Eyes, out July 24th. - you know you want those dates

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Former Tonic Frontman Delivers Solo CD this Week

PR reports: Singer/songwriter Emerson Hart digs deep into past, often painful, emotions and memories for inspiration on his introspective solo debut, Cigarettes And Gasoline, to be released July 17 on Manhattan Records. The 12-track CD, which Hart began conceiving in 2005 after moving to Nashville, showcases his penchant for writing thoughtful, memorable songs about life, love and loss, wrapped in some of the most irresistible pop-rock melodies you'll hear this year. 

Hart also enlisted the production talents of Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi), Jason Lehning (Guster, Steve Forbert) and Mike Napolitano (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Joseph Arthur) for the recording sessions in Nashville and New Orleans.

Standout tracks include the propulsive opening track "Run To," the reflective, exhilarating "I Wish the Best For You," the rousing first single "If You're Gonna Leave," the harmonious, guitar-driven "Ordinary," the transporting "Flyin'," and the title track, "Cigarettes and Gasoline," which is drawn from childhood memories, and touches on the difficult topic of Hart's father's still-unresolved murder when he was a boy growing up in New Jersey. "I obsessively write every day," comments Hart. "Writing is my therapy, that's how I exist."- Grab a preview of the CD right here

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Layne Staley Tribute & Benefit

KNAC reports: The 6th Annual Layne Staley Tribute & Benefit Concert takes place Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. Tickets are $25 and go on sale this Friday, June 1st at all Ticketmaster locations. 

This year features performances by: Daughtry, Soulbender (featuring Michael Wilton of Queensryche), Riverbend, plus surprise special guests.- more on this story

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Dear and the Headlights Tour and Acoustic Videos

PR reports: While Dear and the Headlights have been home in Arizona practicing for their appearance at Loserpalooza on August 4th, and their upcoming tour with Mae and As Tall As Lions, the band found time to film some acoustic videos to share with you!

Visit the link at the end of the story to see Dear and the Headlights in their practice space performing acoustic versions of three songs from Small Steps, Heavy Hooves.

Tour Dates
7/31 - Albuquerque, NM - Moonlight Lounge
8/01 - Denton, TX - Hailey's
8/02 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory- more on this story

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The Wailers Expand Tour Plans

PR reports: World-renowned reggae band The Wailers, have confirmed late summer U.S. tour dates to commence July 28th in Anchorage, AK. 

Hot on the heels of their European tour, The Wailers return to America for a nationwide tour including stops in Chicago, IL for Loserpalooza on August 5th and at the First Annual Pittsburgh DiverseCity Festival on August 18th in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour wraps up in West Palm Beach, FL, with a pair of shows September 14th and 15th.- more on this story including dates

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Talking in Vain

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and and John Ostronomy conducted with Lizzy DeVine of Vains of Jenna. Topics include Gilby Clarke, Stevie Rachelle, Ratt, Poison, and Jenna Jameson. Additional podcast topics include Emigrate, Overloaded, Spin magazine, and Berklee College of Music. - The 45-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location

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Still No Music on MTV

PR reports: Looks you are gonna have to still turn in to Total Request No Really Live to get a bit of music on Music Television. On Tuesday nights, the station's focus now turns from teen whores to horror as this press release give us the like 411 on like a totally like new show from like the minds of like Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. ok, our smartass intro is over. Here is the PR: Beware!! MTV turns Tuesdays into a night of chills and thrills with the premiere of new series "Room 401," as well as an extended season of the popular stomach-turning series "Scarred" -- all beginning July 17 at 10pm ET/PT. Also premiering that night is the one-hour special, "Scarred: The Worst of the Worst."- more on these shows

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G. Love Special Release Plus Tour

PR reports: G. Love is back on tour and coming out with his first video release ever: A Year and a Night with G. Love & Special Sauce. Follow G. Love & Special Sauce as they trek around the world from the US through Europe to Japan and back during their 13th year on the road. A Year and a Night pulls no punches; it's a startling look into the life of the legend, unblinking and brutally honest.

Additionally, the DVD includes an exclusive concert shot on the final night of the tour as well as a live CD. Guest appearances abound from the likes of Tristan Prettyman, Marc Broussard and Donavon Frankenreiter. 

A Year and a Night is being released through Brushfire Records on July 31st, 2007. Also, G. Love and Special Sauce will be headlining a run of Amphitheaters and sheds with Slightly Stupid and Ozomatli in August - more details and tour dates here

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Ferraby Lionheart Sets Release

PR reports: Ferraby Lionheart's forthcoming album "Catch the Brass Ring" will be released digitally August 7th and via traditional CD on September 4. 

Here is a bit of PR on it: "Catch the Brass Ring" is an eclectic album that has hints of big brass bands, notes of vaudeville, and a great deal of insight. When you listen to Ferraby's song "Small Planet" feel free to close your eyes and think of simpler time - one where love meant something, where people cared, and where imagination prevailed.- track listing

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Talib Kweli To Hit Your Eardrum in August

PR reports: Talib Kweli returns with his sixth album EARDRUM, in stores on August 21st, 2007 on Kweli's own label, Blacksmith Music and Warner Bros. Records. 

EARDRUM shows Kweli's versatility ranging from his new single, "Hot Thing" produced by will.i.am to the alluring strings of "Soon the New Day" featuring the sultry vocals of Grammy Award winning jazz artist, Norah Jones to the brassy horns of "Country Cousins" which feature the underground kings of the south, UGK. 

Other guests on the album include: Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, KRS-ONE, Blacksmith artist Jean Grae and Musiq Soulchild.- grab some tour dates here

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Make Your Music Really Stink!

PR reports: Part of a generic emo group or better yet are you in a crappy mallcore band hoping to land a deal with Roadrunner? Want to really stand out from the crowd? You know your music stinks and now you can make the physical cd is comes on stink too! Tis true, you can now sound and SMELL like crap according to the following press release we received:

CDDVD Now! offers "scented inks" for CD & DVD printed surface artwork, allowing music, video, marketing and advertising professionals the ability to take their upcoming disc marketing projects to the next level. "Integrating scent into a CD or DVD increases consumer awareness of a particular product and stimulates purchase activity, attraction and retention by incorporating "smell" into the marketing piece," says Phil Peretz, President and Founder of CDDVD Now!. "Rub 'n' Smell disc printing increases the impact, recall, value, and effectiveness of any marketing effort".

The scented varnish is transparent and remains dormant until the printed surface is rubbed and it actually lasts for years in printed form. The smell dissipates after a few seconds but can be re-activated by rubbing the surface again (similar to a "scratch n sniff" sticker). - Feel the stink here!

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