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Report for 05/14/06

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NIN Vs Label For Ripping Off Fans, Announces Remix Collection

PR reports: Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor is a bit miffed at his record company. He posted the following blog this weekend. Posted on [05_13_2007] As the climate grows more and more desperate for record labels, their answer to their mostly self-inflicted wounds seems to be to screw the consumer over even more. A couple of examples that quickly come to mind: * The ABSURD retail pricing of Year Zero in Australia. Shame on you, UMG. Year Zero is selling for $34.99 Australian dollars ($29.10 US). No wonder people steal music. Avril Lavigne's record in the same store was $21.99 ($18.21 US). By the way, when I asked a label rep about this his response was: "It's because we know you have a real core audience that will pay whatever it costs when you put something out - you know, true fans. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy." So... I guess as a reward for being a "true fan" you get ripped off. 

* The dreaded EURO Maxi-single. Nothing but a consumer rip-off that I've been talked into my whole career. No more. 

The point is, I am trying my best to make sure the music and items NIN puts in the marketplace have value, substance and are worth you considering purchasing. I am not allowing Capital G to be repackaged into several configurations that result in you getting ripped off. We are planning a full-length remix collection of substance that will be announced soon.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Geldof Slams Live Earth

AP reports: Bob Geldof, who organized the Live Aid and Live 8 benefit concerts, criticized the Live Earth music events Al Gore is putting together this summer, saying they lack a specific goal, according to a Dutch newspaper report Saturday. 

"I hope they're a success," De Volkskrant newspaper quoted Geldof as saying in an interview.

"But why is (Gore) actually organizing them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect? Everybody's known about that problem for years. We are all (expletive) conscious of global warming," he said. [see full story for more. He makes a pretty good point but what did Live 8 really do to help poor countries? Did MTV donate the revenue from all of their commercials? You remember the ads that were far more important than airing a Pink Floyd reunion. "Awareness" concerts are really pointless all together unless the goal is make people aware that Bob and Al are still alive. ]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Britney Recording A Vapid Pop CD

Gigwise reports: Britney Spears new album will shy away from her personal problems and will instead be about "feeling good". 

Producer Nate "Danja" Hills, who worked with Britney on her new material says the singer was extremely motivated in the studio and wanted to forget about the personal problems which have plauged her recently. 

He tells MTV, "There was no, 'I need to let it all out'. She said she deals with that in another way. She didn't let none of her personal life into what she was doing. She wanted to stay away from being personal. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Paul Says Digital Beatles Almost Here

Gigwise reports: Sir Paul McCartney has revealed the deal to make the Beatles back-catalogue available on-line is "virtually settled". 

The Fab Four's music has never been available to download, but, according to McCartney, the much-mooted new deal between Apple Corp, iTunes and EMI is almost ready to get The Beatles online. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Unearth Lose Member

Lambgoat reports: Unearth has officially parted ways with drummer Mike Justian. The group has issued the following statement:

"Last night marked the end of the line for Mike Justian with Unearth. There are many reasons why we decided it was time to move on without him, but we are not in the business of airing dirty laundry. We will say that we grew apart as individuals and as musicians and the split will be best for both the band and Mike.

In true Unearth fashion, we will continue on without skipping a beat. We are pleased and honored to say that Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad is filling in for the rest of our tour with Dimmu Borgir, Devil Driver and Kataklysm.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Nelly and Timbaland To Form Rock Band?

FMQB reports: After the large-scale success of Nelly Furtado's third album Loose, the singer wants to switch things up and try another musical style: Rock. Furtado, who latest album was noted for its Hip-Hop/Pop/Dance fusion, has been discussing the creation of a rock band with Hip Hop mogul Timbaland. She told Billboard that the duo would create music that would be "[their] version of alternative�it wouldn't necessarily be like heavy and guitar-driven. It would be left field, and not necessarily Pop."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Metallica Murder Charges Dropped

Blabbermouth reports: Canadian Press reports that all charges have been dismissed against four teenagers in the death of a man on an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada transit bus after a fight over the heavy metal band METALLICA.

The four were charged with manslaughter in the March 2006 death of Stefan Conley, 35, originally from Cookshire, Que.

...Defence lawyer Peter Royal said Conley initiated the confrontation by grabbing one of the youths, whose three friends came to his aid.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Killers CD A Long Way Off

Launch reports: The Killers have told fans that they will have to wait patiently for their third album. 

In an interview with Billboard, guitarist Dave Keuning said that recording won't even take place until mid-2008, although he confirmed that they have already started rehearsing for new ideas for the record.

Speaking of the band's plans, Keuning said that they have been "jamming here and there in soundcheck" but that "the recording, it's at least a year off, so it's hard to say what will be kept."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Panic Channel Carry On After Leaving Capitol

Blabbermouth reports: THE PANIC CHANNEL/ex-JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro has issued the following update: "Siggy [Sjursen, bass], Perk [Stephen Perkins, drums] and I have decided to get together in a couple of weeks and start writing some musical ideas together while Steve [Isaacs; THE PANIC CHANNEL frontman] is in New York City. At a later date, Steve is going to come out here for an extended leave from the East with his ideas and contribute to what we have done, with the sole purpose of cranking out another PANIC CHANNEL record. We couldn't be more excited about this because we are now out of Capitol and don't foresee any potential hold ups from the corporate world. Our plan is to write, record, mix and make the music available online. Total DIY style. 

"We have been complaining about the current state of the record business for so long and now we have an opportunity to do what we always wanted... End our personal slavery to a failing corporate industry that is on its last legs and gasping for air. It's not only Capitol... It's all of them. They all play follow the leader but they look to each other to lead. You can easily see how that would be a confusing game to play. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hammerfall Announce Best Of Comp

Blabbermouth reports: Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have set "Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory" as the title of their upcoming "best-of" collection, due on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will include around 25 classic HAMMERFALL tracks along with three new songs which are currently being recorded at Mi Sueno studios in Tenerife, Spain: "Last Man Standing", "Restless Soul" and "HammerFall v1.07".[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Prince Sells Out

Contact Music reports: Veteran musician PRINCE sold out 140,000 tickets for seven London gigs in just 20 minutes today (11May07) - crashing an online booking website in the process. The Purple Rain star earlier this week (begs07May07) announced he will perform 21 concerts in the British capital later this year (07). The sold out gigs will all take place at the O2 Arena, formerly the Millennium Dome, in August and September. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Global Lollapalooza Plans

Contact Music reports: Rocker PERRY FARRELL is planning to take his US festival Lollapalooza around the world. The former Jane's Addiction frontman launched Lollapalooza as a travelling festival in 1991 - it ran until 1997 and was then revived by Farrell in 2003, before becoming a one location event in 2005. And now Farrell wants to bring Lollapalooza to the world. He tells MTV News, "I'm going to look to take it global. I want to put together an event around the world in the next 10 years that will refashion, redress and transform.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Exies Vs Paris (To Hype New CD?)

PR reports: With a little help from their fanbase, one rock band is fighting the good fight: to keep DUI driving disaster Paris Hilton behind bars. Frontman Scott Stevens of The Exies is fired up about Paris' plea for leniency on her 45-day jail sentence and demands real justice be handed down. Says Stevens: "She [Paris] did something anyone would be punished for. She's no different than anyone else, and she needs a reality check and needs to take the hit like everybody else would."

So, to keep the heiress behind bars, Stevens' band is starting a petition on their MySpace page encouraging the masses to sign to help keep Paris in jail. Stevens hopes the petition works but says he has a plan in the event that Paris doesn't end up serving her jail time. He says, "We have a show in mid-June at the Roxy in Los Angeles. Maybe she'll come to that and I can have a word or two with her."

And after getting through to Paris, Steven plans to zone in on her Simple Life co-star, the stick-thin Nicole Richie, and confront her about her weight. The Exies' new album, A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth, hits shelves May 15, and to sign the petition visit the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Talking Black Rain with Ozzy

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. Topics include VH1 Rock Honors, Ozzy's new album "Black Rain," Zakk Wylde, Brad Gillis, Randy Castillo, Jack Osbourne, the Moscow Music Peace Festival, and Black Sabbath. The 25-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Suicidal Tour Plans

KNAC reports: California-based thrash/punk act Suicidal Tendencies have updated their upcoming tour schedule as follows:

5/25 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Idrogios Club 
5/26 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205 
5/28 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Hristo Botev 
5/29 - Istanbul, Turkey - Balans Music Hall 
5/30 - Prague, Czech Rep. - Retro Club 
6/1 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27 
6/2 - Lorca, Spain - Lorca Rock Festival 
6/3 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 
6/5 - Treviso, Italy - Zion Club[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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