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Full Report for 06/25/06

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Day of Silence for the Day in Rock

PR reports: Tomorrow, June 26, thousands of webcasters / Internet radio stations will be observing a day of silence in protest of the Copyright Royalty Board's outrageous royalty rate hike. While we do not webcast and the royalty hike does not hit us directly we are joining the webcasters in this protest, many of which will have to shutdown if the rates take effect because the rates will exceed 100% of their profit. To add insult to injury, these rates will be retroactive and only hurt online radio as over-the-air radio does not have to pay these specific royalties. So tomorrow the Day in Rock will not be published but will return on Wednesday. 

You can help stop this from happening by contacting your members of Congress and asking them to support the The Internet Radio Equality Act, which will stop this unfair tax on Internet radio while insuring the stations pay their FAIR share of royalties (the same as Satellite radio). See the full story link for more information and to find the contact info for your members of Congress. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Circus Diablo Week: Loaded

Day in Rock reports: Circus Diablo, the band fronted by The Cult's Billy Morrison and also features Billy Duffy (The Cult), Ricky Warwick (Almighty), and Brett Scallions (Fuel) are releasing their self-titled debut album next week. The album features a guest appearance by Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, The Cult, Velvet Revolver) who played the drums on all of the tracks. Slut's Charles Ruggiero will be drumming on the upcoming tour with Mondo Generator (QOTSA) and on Ozzfest. 

To celebrate the release, we asked frontman Billy Morrison to give us the lowdown on his top five favorite tracks from the CD. Here's Billy will today's song and the first single LOADED. The obvious choice for our first single. It's the age old juxtaposition between a woman and a drug. Having had much experience with both, its a subject that was close to my heart! "My temptation gets me every time"...obvious, but true. How many times do you find yourself calling the girl at 3:00am because you know she'll tell you to come over, but when you're done, you just wanna get the f*ck out?!!! [grab a listen at the full story link and pick up the CD next Tuesday!] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Live Earth Show Cancelled

Reuters reports: The Istanbul edition of the July 7 global Live Earth concerts has been cancelled. Organizers are now seeking a site to erect giant screens in the Turkish city to take TV feeds from the remaining eight shows around the world. 

Reports in the Turkish press pointed to the non-appearance of promised government support and a failure to attract sponsorship from big business as the reasons for the concert being nixed.

No tickets went on sale, so the public will not be out of pocket.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Serious Crash Sidelines Band

Lambgoat reports: California metal band Name was involved in a serious van accident this weekend. Here's an account of incident from the band:

"We were heading out on tour and our back left tire blew out and sent us rolling our van and all our equipment 7 times from the freeway down the hill. We lost our van and a lot of merch and equipment and were all hospitalized. We still look to tour and make some major announcements regarding members and tour plans in the band. But about the crash, we are left with nothing and we need to buy new equipment, a new van, and medical bills.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Foxy Brown Robbed

AP reports: Rapper Foxy Brown � who's on probation for assault and facing a battery charge in a separate case � had another brush with violence over the weekend. But this time, she was the victim, police said. 

Four people teamed up to rob the racy rapper of a Louis Vuitton bag, $500 in cash and credit cards around 5:30 a.m. Saturday in the East New York section of Brooklyn, police said.

Roshawn Anthony, 23, was arraigned Sunday on charges of robbery, assault and grand larceny [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rage Against Voodoo Pumpkins

TuneLab reports: Rage Against the Machine and The Smashing Pumpkins are among the acts confirmed for the 2007 Voodoo Music Experience. The event will take place from October 26th through the 28th at City Park in New Orleans.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Cure To Tour

Reuters reports: British rock band the Cure will tour North America for the first time since 2004, kicking off its monthlong trek on September 13 in Tampa, Fla., its label said Friday. 

The tour will promote the group's as-yet-untitled new album, which will be released in the fall through Universal Music's Geffen Records label, a year later than initially envisaged.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Harrison Gets His Star

BBC reports: Ex-Beatle George Harrison, comic book creator Stan Lee and actress Cate Blanchett are to have their own stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2008. 

Celebrities are chosen by a committee, which each year sifts through several hundred nominations from the worlds of film, TV, theatre and music. 

Musical acts to be recognised include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin. [see who else is getting stars this year and will join the ranks of Ryan Seacrest and Britney Spears who purchased stars in years past] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dimebag Family Vs Bio Author

Blabbermouth reports: The publicity firm representing the family of the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has issued the following statement:

"The family of the late Dimebag Darrell Abbott has not authorized nor co-operated with Zac Crain on his upcoming book on Dimebag, scheduled for release on Perseus Books in November of 2007. In addition, Mr. Crain did not know Dimebag personally.

"Mr. Crain's request to the family was denied. Among other reasons, during his tenure as music editor of the Dallas Observer, Mr. Crain wrote nothing but negative reviews about PANTERA's music."[see full story for some of the insulting crap that he wrote about Pantera]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Korn Skipped Hellfest

Blabbermouth reports: KORN was forced to cancel its appearance at Hellfest in Clisson, France. The group's frontman Jonathan Davis has issued the following statement on the matter:

"On behalf of KORN, I'd like to apologize to the French fans who came out to Hellfest today [Friday, June 22] and didn't get to see us play. Due to severe weather and a negligent promoter who didn't provide adequate cover for our gear, we were advised to cancel the show for risk of the band being electrocuted.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Glastonbury Death

Gigwise reports: This year's Glastonbury Festival has had its first fatality with police confirming the death of a 26-year-old man. 

The unnamed male from the Midlands was found unconscious by festival staff in the early hours of yesterday morning having suffered a suspected drugs overdose, as we reported earlier this morning. 

Over 1,000 people have now been treated for injuries, most of these were very minor and related to slips in the mud. [see full story for more a story about the chaos Iggy caused during his headlining set]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Clear Channel Pickpockets

Idolator.com reports: So remember that payola settlement from a few months ago, the one that was supposed to give indie labels a leg up on the radio by mandating that a certain amount of programming had to be on those labels? Well, we thought that the intent of the program would be torpedoed by the shows airing during "public affairs" hours (also known as "7 a.m. Sunday"), but Clear Channel's version of the program, which is called Discover NEW! Artists and somehow includes the Universal-signed Sick Puppies among its ranks, is somehow worse, and not just because it includes that very crummy Australian band. The wrinkle is this: Bands and labels that agree to the deal agree to sign away their royalty rights in perpetuity[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sammy Hagar Tour

KNAC reports: Forget birthday candles, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer and former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar will celebrate his birthday in unique rock 'n' roll fashion. Hagar has announced plans to launch an upcoming cross-country tour to include 60 stops starting at his annual birthday bash at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Hagar's 60-stop tour will conclude in St. Louis at Busch Stadium on July 12th, 2008 and will include performances by a number of special celebrity friends. Hagar will also release a single on Cabo Wabo Music called 'Open', which will be released to rock and classic rock radio stations on July 2nd and will also be available to fans for download via iTunes. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Green Day Amnesty

punkbands reports: Green Day have designed a limited-edition T-shirt to benefit Amnesty International. The shirt � which will be sold exclusively at Hard Rock Cafe locations around the world starting Monday � features frontman Billie Joe Armstrong shredding on the front, the signatures of the three members of the band on the back, and incorporates the words "Working Class Hero," the John Lennon tune the band covered for the Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur album.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Taking Back Live Earth

Punkbands reports: Taking Back Sunday are joining the blockbuster line-up of performers who will be playing Live Earth New York at Giants Stadium on 7/7/07, Live Earth organizers announced today.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Got Itunes?

Punkbands reports: Apple's iTunes Store is continuing its rise in popularity as it moves up the list of the most popular places for consumers to purchase music. A recent report from market research firm NPD places iTunes in third place among all music retailers.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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