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Full Report for 06/05/06

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3 Felony Game

TMZ reports: Rapper The Game has been charged with making a criminal threat and with possession of a firearm in a school zone during a Feb. 24 pickup basketball game, according to the L.A. District Attorney's office.

The rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, allegedly got into an altercation with a player on an opposing team during a basketball game at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex in South Los Angeles. After allegedly punching the victim, cops say The Game pulled a gun from his red Escalade and threatened to pop the victim. Not very sportsmanlike!

The 27-year-old is also charged with one count of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday for the three felonies.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fall Out Ashlee Duet

punkbands reports: When it comes to mixing recording and romance, things can get tricky. Ashlee Simpson is hoping that her romance won't go the way of Jessica and Nick when she records with boyfriend Pete Wentz. We'll see. It has been reported that for her new album, Ashlee will be bringing some romance into the recording booth. Simpson, 22, has been working hard on the follow up to 2005's "I am me". 

To bring a little extra star power to the new record, she has invited Fall Out Boy's bassist/exhibitionist Pete Wentz to join her on tape. She has secretly recorded a song with Pete, 27, that she's hoping to include on her CD, which comes out later this year. [can't wait for the video. She can lip-sync and he can "pose"] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lily Alcoholic

Launch reports: Lily Allen has claimed she's an alcoholic and is heading for an early death. The U.K. pop starlet had endured a difficult few months in the public eye, pulling a string of live shows in America and feuding with Cheryl Tweedy from Girls Aloud.

She explained: "I'm an alcoholic now. It's not good and that's why I want to get back into the studio. I've actually pulled myself aside and said it will kill me if I keep it up. I've got to stop abusing myself because as far as I'm concerned every loon hates me now."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Zappa's First Recordings Set For Release

PR reports: Crossfire Publications, is in the process of releasing a series of recordings from the pre- and post-Mothers of Invention eras, with many unreleased tracks featured. The Pal Recording Studios recordings are of enormous historical value, as they were Frank Zappa's very first studio tracks. The symbiotic relationship Zappa had with Paul Buff and Pal formed the core of his later output. 

Paul Buff and Frank Zappa pioneered many of the recording techniques and musical styles that continue on today by using the studio itself as a dynamic music instrument, rather than a static capture environment. At Pal, the classic divide between engineer and musician was non-existent.

As the most anticipated releases in Crossfire's release schedule, the Pal Recording Studios CD series was developed by Crossfire's owner Greg Russo along with Paul Buff , owner of the Cucamonga, California-based studio from 1957-1964. This exclusive series will feature many highly prized rarities and unreleased tracks drawn from Paul Buff's mixdown tapes and reference discs.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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UK Deny Gore Stunt

BBC reports: Al Gore's plan to have a symbolic switch-off of lights across the UK during the Live Earth gig in London has been vetoed by the National Grid. 

Madonna, James Blunt and Genesis have been lined up to play at the London leg of the global concert series to highlight climate change in July. 

But the National Grid said the switch-off stunt could disrupt power supplies across the country.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rolling Stone A Joke, Aerosmith Not Splitting

BW&BK reports: For the second time in less than a week, AEROSMITH's reps are denying a report that the Boston band is no more. 

This morning (June 4th), RollingStone.com posted a picture of singer Steven Tyler at an airport in India with the following caption: "Steven Tyler touches down at the Bangalore airport only to announce that Aerosmith has broken up." But it's just not true, according to Mitch Schneider, the band's publicist, who called the cutline "an error." 

Indeed, Rolling Stone publicist Beth Jacobson insisted that an intern wrote the caption and was just joking, apparently playing off an item in the New York Post last week. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Perry Producing Green Day?

DJ Rosstar reports: Green Day have worked on all of their albums since Dookie with producer Rob Cavallo (except for Warning which they produced themselves) and have always put out succesful albums.

Therefore, I will take these piece of news as only a rumor.

In an interview with BBC, singer Courtney Love reveals that Linda Perry will be producing the new Green Day album[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tainted Fans

Contact Music reports: Former SOFT CELL star MARC ALMOND has blasted the "cruel fans" who criticised his music on his MySpace page. The Tainted Love hitmaker says he was pressured into creating an account on the social networking website, but was devastated to find his so-called "fans" tearing apart his work. He tells London's Time Out magazine, "I put a couple of new demos on there and people started saying 'Oh he's writing the same old songs again. We've heard it all a million times before'.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Jesus And Mary Chain Plan New CD

Contact Music reports: Cult rockers The Jesus And Mary Chain are to record their first album since 1998 following their recent reunion for a series of live performances. The group reformed in April (07) for a performance at California's Coachella Festival, and things have been going so well the band members have now decided to hit the studio.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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What To Buy

punkbands reports: Ready to spend some cash on great albums this week? There are A LOT of releases comming out this week - the release schedule for this week is as follows: 

Tiger Army - Music From Regions Beyond
V/A - Warped Tour Compilation 2007
Aggrolites - Reggae Hit L.A.
Pelican - City Of Echoes
Caliban - Awakening
Wednesday Night Heroes - Guilty Pleasures
500 Miles To Memphis - Sunshine In A Shotglass
Abigor - Fractal Possession
Afghan Whigs - Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006
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What To Watch

Rockdirt reports: Rock acts on television this week include Satellite Party, who perform on 'The Late Show' on Tuesday; Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy, who perform on 'Late Night' on Tuesday; Good Charlotte, who appear via web cam on 'TRL' on Tuesday; Chris Cornell, who performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Wednesday and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Thursday; The Higher, who visit 'The Sauce' on Wednesday; Jordan Zevon, who performs on 'The Late Show' on Thursday; Dashboard Confessional, who perform on 'The Tonight Show' on Thursday; Poison, who perform on 'The Late Late Show' on Thursday; Grizzly Bear, who perform on 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on Thursday; Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is? and +44, who all visit 'TRL' on Thursday, which is Pete Wentz's [13th or is it 30th?]birthday [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour

SMN reports: CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline the Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary Tour which will also feature THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, GOATWHORE, and AEON. The first tour dates to be released are as follows:

September 7 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
September 11 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
September 14 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
September 26 - Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
September 29 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
October 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
October 5 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
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Extra Foo

Tunelab reports: The Foo Fighters have announced the track listing for the release of 1997's 'The Colour and the Shape'. In addition to the original thirteen tracks the album will also include the following b-sides and covers:

"Requiem" (Killing Joke cover)
"Drive Me" Wild (B-side)
"Down In The Street" (Gary Numan cover)
"Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover)
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QOTSA US Summer Tour

PR reports: Queens of the Stone Age have confirmed two weeks of U.S. tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, Era Vulgaris (out June 12th via Interscope Records). The "Duluth Tour", as it has been coined, starts July 22nd in Costa Mesa, CA. The small venue tour then makes its way to the north, heading east to such places as Missoula, MT, Fargo, ND and of course Duluth, MN. The fun doesn't stop there! Queens of the Stone Age continue to make their way to the south with stops in Little Rock, AR and Oklahoma City, OK. 

The Duluth Tour
7/22 - Costa Mesa, CA - OC Fair
2/24 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater
7/25 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
7/27 - Boise, ID - The Big Easy
7/28 - Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
7/29 - Billings, MT - Shire Auditorium[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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