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Full Report for 06/21/06

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Beatles Reunion TV

Contact Music reports: In what amounts to the first Beatles reunion -- of sorts -- Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Olivia Harrison will be interviewed together on Larry King Live next Tuesday. 

Joining them will be Cirque du Soleil founder and CEO Guy Laliberté, whose Love show at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, featuring digitally remixed recordings of the Beatles' music, is celebrating its one-year anniversary.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Osbourne Shagged Paris

Blabbermouth reports: World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne claim their son Jack has romped with jailed socialite Paris Hilton. Ozzy and Sharon leaked the coupling � which allegedly happened several years ago � during an interview with British newspaper The Sun. 

The BLACK SABBATH frontman said, "Paris was always hanging around our house. I'm not sure if she was a friend of Kelly or Amy � which one was it, Sharon?" Sharon added, "She was Jack's... erm... friend." 

Ozzy continued, "He didn't shag her, did he? Well done, my son." 

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Love's Cobain Cashout

Blabbermouth reports: The posthumous marketing of late NIRVANA frontman and songwriter Kurt Cobain continues. According to Variety, Cobain's image has begun showing up on lunchboxes, an action figure and even a key chain that doubles as a small liquor flask, all manufactured by the National Entertainment Collectables Association (NECA). 

Cobain's image was licensed to NECA by his widow, singer Courtney Love, who also sold a 25% stake in her husband's song catalog last year for $50 million.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Who's On Top?

TuneLab reports: Queens of the Stone Age have debuted at No. 14 with their new album 'Era Vulgaris' with 52,000 copies scanned.

Other notables in the Top 50 include:
No. 4 Maroon 5 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' - 87,000
No. 6 Linkin Park 'Minutes to Midnight' - 82,000
No. 12 Daughtry 'Daughtry' - 56,000
No. 28 Marilyn Manson 'Eat Me, Drink Me' - 32,000
No. 30 Nickelback 'All the Right Reasons' - 32,000
[see full story for more. - others on the charts that are not included in this article include Toby Keith who landed at No 1. Fabolous at 2 and Paul McCartney at 3. 

Speaking of Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys' anthology landed at No 9. ]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Order Officially Over

Launch reports: After months of speculation, New Order have finally confirmed that they have split. 

The news follows months of uncertainty, and a confirmation by bassist Peter Hook at the beginning of the month that the band had decided once and for all to go their own way.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Prince of LA

Launch reports: Prince has announced the details of a rare Los Angeles residency. 

Beginning this Saturday (June 23), the purple one will perform seven shows he has dubbed the "3121 Sessions" at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's 200-seat Blossom Room.

Prince is expected to preview new material from his forthcoming album, Planet Earth, and invite special guests onstage to perform with him.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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3 Hour Pumpkins

Gigwise reports: The Smashing Pumpkins played a mammoth three-hour set at their first UK show in seven years last night (June 19). 

Billy Corgan and co. played a fervently received show to a packet to the rafters Shepherd's Bush Empire. Tickets for which went within minutes when they went on sale some weeks back. 

The rock giants played a 28 song set which included old classics like �Tonight Tonight', plus newer tracks like lead single �Tarantula' from their eagerly anticipated LP �Zeitgeist' � released on July 7.
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Amnesty From RIAA!

CMJ reports: On Monday night, the Capitol in Washington, DC turned into an outdoor venue when SaveNetRadio, a coalition to stop the July 15 ruling of the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) royalty increase on all Internet radio stations, held an open-air concert. In support of the Internet Radio Equality Act, hundreds of people gathered at the steps of the United States Senate to watch 10 performances by artists ranging from Christian and folk to hard rock. Among them were Michael Yugo, Nadir, Mother Jones Band and Rome In A Day. Jay Inslee and Donald Manzullo, the two Congressmen who introduced the legislation, which would vacate the CRB's ruling and set a royalty rate at the same level of satellite radio, also addressed the crowd. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Street Scene Bands

CMJ reports: The Killers, Muse and Panic! At The Disco top the list of bands to play in the California sun at this year's Street Scene Festival, which will take place Sept. 22-23 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego. And yet that's just a few of many confirmed, with Social Distortion, Air, Arctic Monkeys, Ozomatli, G. Love & Special Sauce, Brand New and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah also included.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Clinton To Use Canadian Campaign Song

Contact Music reports: Celine Dion's You has been picked as Hillary Clinton's campaign song for the forthcoming Democratic primaries.

After a public vote on the presidential nominee's website, it was announced that Dion's track had come out on top in a list which included two songs by Irish band U2.

The result was announced in a humorous video posted on Ms Clinton's campaign website which showed the former first lady and her husband Bill Clinton spoofing the final scene of the hit show The Sopranos.[see full story for more but before you do think about the fact that her supporters actually voted for this song. Now that's scary but the TV ad is a riot]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Clarkson To Join Idol Tour?

DJ Rossstar reports: Poor ticket sales isn't going to stop Kelly Clarkson from touring this summer.

Geno's World reveals that Clarkson is going to be offered "special cameo appearances" on the American Idol Tour that will run from July 6th to September 22nd.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ratt Plan Reunion CD

KNAC reports: Ratt's Bobby Blotzer called KNAC.COM's Diana Deville from Birmingham, AL on Saturday 6/16 from the Poison tour, where Vains of Jenna had not yet joined, but would be jumping on the tour in North Carolina. That night they were playing a festival on the City Stages with several bands, including Lynam. 

Here's Diana's recap from this past week's conversation with Blotzer on her show, The Wild Side: Juan Crocier was also involved in the initial reunion talks, and when asked about his non-participation in the reunion, Bobby said, "We talked and talked and we really wanted it to happen, but Juan was on a different page and it didn't work out. We've had Robbie (Crane, current bassist) in the band for over ten years now, and we love playing with him as well." 

Bobby said that after the Poison tour wraps in September, there were plans to go to Japan for some shows, and then to do a headline tour in the US in September/October. Also, Ratt plans to start writing for an album of new material to be released sometime in 2008 [see full story for a lot more] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Xtina Buys Ozzy's House

Rockdirt reports: The home made famous on 'The Osbournes' has been sold to Christina Aguilera, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne tell The Sun. "I don't want to stay in that house any more," Ozzy said. "When we finished the program they pulled the plug on security and we were left with a huge bill to pay for the armed guard. People turn up day and night and a tour bus stops outside the house every day � it drives me mad. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Interpol Preview

PR reports: "Pioneer to the Falls", the haunting crescendo of a song that opens Interpol's forthcoming Our Love To Admire, is now available as an audio stream at the full story link.

New album Our Love To Admire available everywhere July 10. The band will be hitting road in July for a North American tour in support of the album. That kicks off in Rochester, NY on July 19th.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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