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Full Report for 06/15/06

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Boyband Arrest

Jam! reports: Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman was forced out of hiding Thursday after being expelled by Indonesian authorities and turned over to the FBI to face criminal charges for bank fraud. 

He was flown to Guam to appear before a judge, officials said. 

Pearlman's arrest on one felony count of bank fraud ended several months of hiding for Pearlman, who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cops Storm Concert

Contact Music reports: British band THE EDITORS' gig in Germany last night (13Jun07) was cut short after armed police stormed the venue demanding they stopped playing. The rising guitar stars were performing an encore at the Kulturkirche venue in Cologne, when armed officers stormed the stage "due to them being excessively loud".

Bassist Russell Leetch says, "The venue was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set, they called the police to complain about the noise.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Clarkson Cancels Tour

Jam! reports: Just two days after parting ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her upcoming summer tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she prepares to release her third album, "My December."

In a statement on her website, Clarkson said: "In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon. 

[see full story for more but in another story from Contact Music, Kelly climbs high in the credibility scale for this "American Idol winner KELLY CLARKSON refused a $10 million (GBP5 million) offer from her record label boss CLIVE DAVIS to remove five songs from her forthcoming album. Clarkson recently admitted executives at RCA and Sony BMG had put pressure on her to record songs previously offered to other artists, but she was determined to contribute more songwriting to My December than her previous discs. "]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Roadie To The Rescue

Contact Music reports: A roadie for U.S. band GODSMACK has been hailed a hero after saving a woman from drowning in the Milwaukee River. 

Head carpenter John Jagielski was standing outside The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday (12Jun07) when he heard people shouting. 

Brave Jagielski has experience as a lifeguard so jumped into the river, and swam to the woman, who he remained with until they were picked up by a boat. [see full story for more breaking news] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Why Didn't Gene Simmons Think of This?

Launch reports: A series of vibrators inspired by Gorillaz are in the pipeline, it has been announced. 

The expensive sex toys have been designed by Jamie Hewlett, the artistic force behind the international pop phenomenon.

He is working with the vibrator company Jimmy Jane on what is said to be the "Ultimate Member" collection, which is due for release soon.[talk about building buzz.. see full story for the even more shocking pricetag!]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fabolous Off the Hook

E! reports: A Manhattan judge formally dropped illegal weapons charges against Fabolous stemming from an incident last fall in which the hip-hopster was ambushed and shot in the leg. En route to the hospital, he wound up in police custody after officers found two loaded, unlicensed pistols in the car he was riding in.

"I wish I could tell you we're so happy, but the fact of the matter is these charges should never have been brought in the first place," the rapper's attorney, Alberto Ebanks, told E! Online. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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White Stripes Announce Free Show

Reuters reports: Tower Records may be dead, but its flagship outlet in Los Angeles still has some relevance to the music industry. 

Rock duo the White Stripes will perform a free show for about 200 fans next Wednesday at an "Icky Thump Records" store specially built on the landmark Sunset Strip site, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Tickets for the 7 p.m. PDT show will be made available to the first 200 people who buy the album at the store after midnight on Monday. A handful of tickets will also be given away this weekend through a radio station.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Absolute Garbage

CMJ reports: After almost a two-year break, Garbage are back with their first best-of collection, Absolute Garbage (Almo/Geffen), for a July 17 release. The 17 tracks featured span from the band's 1994 inception to their most recent release, 2005's Bleed Like Me. Complete with a DVD of music videos, tour footage and interviews, as well as a bonus disc of remixes from Felix Da Housecat, the Crystal Method and U.N.K.L.E., Absolute Garbage additionally hosts "Tell Me Where It Hurts," the newest song in the Garbage catalog.
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Emo Supergroup

punkbands reports: House & Parish is a new band with some legendary members. It features artists from last decade's most influential emo/post hardcore bands, a time when emo wasn't a hairstyle or a threatening report on the 6 o'clock news. With Jason Gnewikow of The Promise Ring, Brian Malone from The Gloria Record, John Herguth from The Love Scene, and Scott Winegard of Texas is the Reason, House and Parish shows major potential to re-insert some hardcore feeling into an otherwise fashion-concious indie rock scene.
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Ryan Sinn Snags a New Gig

punkbands reports: After the ego party otherwise known as Tom Delonge's Angles & Airwaves got stale, bassist Ryan Sinn is now a full fledged member of Fat Wreck's Love Equals Death. The band has been looking for a replacement since their previous bass played was apparently arrested on rape charges. Interesting. LED had this to say...

"We are very happy to announce that Ryan Sinn will be playing bass for Love Equals Death. Ryan is best known [from] The Distillers and most recently Angels and Airwaves. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Imperial Nix Tour

Lambgoat reports: Imperial has dropped off their current tour with Kingston Falls and Bringing Down Broadway. The group has issued the following statement:

"Our van started acting up early in the week and due to a few shows being cancelled we had very long drives to make that our van was not pleased to be making. Long story short we all have really bad headaches now and a broken van that we cannot seem to completely fix. All shows from here until the Florida dates will be cancelled and we will not be able to make them.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dropdead in Aug

SMN reports: Hardcore/punk/crust legends DROPDEAD have announced the following upcoming U.S. Summer tour dates:

August 8 - Providence, RI @ AS220
August 9 - Boston, MA @ T.B.A.
August 10 - Albany, NY @ Valentines (downstairs)
August 11 - Buffalo, NY @ T.B.A.
August 12 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
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High on Fire Tour

SMN reports: HIGH ON FIRE have announced the details for their first North American headlining tour in support of their highly-anticipated new album Death Is This Communion. Death Is This Communion will see its North American release on September 18th. 

The "Death Is This Communion North American Tour" kicks off on September 20th in San Diego, CA and will travel across North America for five weeks. Joining HIGH ON FIRE for the entirety of the tour are special guests MONO, PANTHERS, and COLISEUM. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rocklahoma Adds 4th Day

Sleazeroxx.com reports: A fourth day has been added to Rocklahoma to kick off the largest '80's rock festival of its kind ever to be organized. The evening of Thursday, July 12, has been added and includes Tiger Tailz, one of Great Britain 's greatest glam rock bands, Hollywood Roses, a tribute band to Guns & Roses, KISS Army, the only KISS tribute band personally endorsed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. In addition there will be a special jam performance by some of the '80's greatest musicians. 

Three-day ticket holders will now include Thursday evening's performance.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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