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 Idol
Winner |
antiMusic reports: The latest round of America's
favorite karaoke contest is over and the winner is!!! Fox's ad sales department.
The winner of the TV contest was Jordin Sparks who beat out Blake Lewis
for the Idol crown. The show reportedly logged a record 74 million votes
this time around as 17-year-old Sparks became the youngest winner in the
show's history. The finale brought on some heavy weights to close out what
many considered the "worst season yet".
The two finalist took a backseat to performers
like Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight, Kelly Clarkson and Green
Day performing John Lennon's "Working Class Hero". Gwen Stefoni also performed
to show the nation again how she lost most of her No Doubt fan base.
So there you have it. This season's American
Idol comes to a close and Fox's rating will return to their regularly schedule
low numbers until the karaoke returns next season for six months of audition
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| Smashing
New Lineup |
TuneLab reports: Smashing Pumpkins made their
long-awaited return to the stage Tuesday in Paris and unveiled the new
members of the band. Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin were backed by
new members Jeff Schroeder (The Lassie Foundation) on guitar, Ginger Reyes
(The Halo Frendlies )on bass, and Lisa Harriton on keyboard.-
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| Linkin
Park Tops The Chart |
PR reports: Multi-platinum Grammy® award-winning
Linkin Park returns to the top of the charts this week with their third
studio release, Minutes To Midnight (Warner Bros / Machine Shop Records).
Landing at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart with sales of 622K, this marks
the highest first-week sales of the year.
Minutes To Midnight has shipped over 2.7
million worldwide. One week after its international release, the album
has debuted #1 in the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, Hong Kong,
Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Philippines, Italy, Sweden, Austria, and Ireland
and is certified platinum in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand,
Japan, Singapore, Austria, Switzerland, and France. It has also been certified
gold in Czech, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal,
Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and UK.
Linkin Park has added two more dates to
their already confirmed Projekt Revolution tour: the tour opener July 25th
in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre and July 31st in San Diego,
CA at the Coors Amphitheatre. The incredible tour package includes Linkin
Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K
on the Main Stage and Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles
of Beyond and Madina Lake on the Revolution Stage. For more information
on Projekt Revolution, please visit the full story link.
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| Prince
Dinner Theater in LA |
Contact Music reports: Pop superstar Prince
is set to play a seven-week residency at the Los Angeles Roosevelt Hotel.
According to the Los Angeles Times, pending
contract negotiations, the Purple Rain singer will play seven Friday-night
performances as part of a dining and musical experience.
Special guests will join the musician as
the hotel closes off its lobby area at 21:00 and gives itself over to a
Prince concert from 23:30 until the early hours.[see full story for more]-
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| Bidding
War for EMI? |
FMQB reports: On Monday, EMI announced that
its board of directors accepted an offer from private equity group Terra
Firma to purchase the major label for $4.7 billion. The deal was worth
265 pence per share, or 2.4 billion pounds in total. But just 24 hours
later another bidder emerged, as the New York Post reports that private
equity firm Corvus Capital and former EMI chief executive Jim Fifield were
preparing a bid of 278 pence per share yesterday. EMI's board will now
have to consider the offer from Corvus or risk being sued by shareholders
who may claim that the deal with Terra Firma undervalues their shares.[see
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| Megadeth
Top 10 |
Blabbermouth reports: MEGADETH sold around
54,000 copies of its latest CD, "United Abominations", in the United States
in its first week of release to land at position No. 8 of the Billboard
chart. This is more than the 46,000 first-week tally registered by its
predecessor, "The System Has Failed" (which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard
200 chart)[see full story for more and to see how it did in other parts
of the world]- Click
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| Steve
Vai's String Theories |
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary guitarist
Steve Vai has announced the formation of his new band, dubbed STRING THEORIES.
It is as follows:
Steve Vai - Guitar
Jeremy Colson - Drums
Dave Weiner - Rhythm Guitar
Bryan Beller - Bass
Alex DePue - Electric and Acoustic Violin,
Keyboards
Ann Marie Calhoun - Electric and Acoustic
Violin, Viola, Banjo and Keyboards
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| DIY
Navarro |
Contact Music reports: DAVE NAVARRO's band
THE PANIC CHANNEL are recording and releasing their next album without
the help of a record label. The former Jane's Addiction rocker is keen
to break free from record company "slavery". Navarro says, "Our plan is
to write, record, mix and make the music available online, DIY-style. [see
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| Elvis
Songwriter Ben Weisman Dies |
Contact Music reports: BEN WEISMAN, who helped
write nearly 60 songs for ELVIS PRESLEY, has died. He was 85. Weisman died
on Sunday (21May07) at a long-term care hospital in Los Angeles from complications
of a stroke and pneumonia. He was lovingly dubbed "the mad professor" by
Presley, and wrote many songs for the music legend including Rock-a-Hula
Baby and Crawfish.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Belly
Winehouse Duet? |
Contact Music reports: KELLY OSBOURNE has
hinted at a possible collaboration with her singer pal AMY WINEHOUSE. Osbourne
is planning to record a third album following her 2002 debut Shut Up and
2005's follow-up Sleeping In The Nothing. While Osbourne is yet to name
which famous friend she will be singing with, she is regularly spotted
partying with fellow Brit Winehouse[see full story for more]-
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| Is
KISS The New Ikea? |
Contact Music reports: Rockers KISS have come
up with another wacky way to get cash out of the fans - a new custom-made
dinner table. After selling Kiss condoms and coffins to devotees, the supergroup
are now offering their 'Kiss Army' a new 'Rock And Roll Over' dinner table
via their official website. [see full story for more]-
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| Marky
Free Adema Finish CD |
TuneLab reports: Adema have announced the
title of their upcoming new studio album to be 'Kill The Headlights'. They
are in the process of booking a slew of summer tour dates and will announce
them shortly. They expect some international dates such as Europe and Japan
to be included on these dates as well. The album will be in stores on July
24th[see full story for more]- Click
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| Sleep
Terror Lose Their Voice and Their Beat |
Lambgoat reports: Sleep Terror has announced
the departure of both singer Tim Richardson and drummer Dave McGraw. According
to Sleep Terror founder Luke Jaeger, "Tim has declined vocal duties due
to relocation issues, and Dave is no longer playing to standards and performing
as cleanly as expected."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Rap
Still Alive on Simpsons Soundtrack |
punkbands reports: The Simpsons Movie soundtrack
has been locked down after months of closed door, bi-partisan deliberation.
Could the tracklisting hold any clues as to the hidden secrets of one of
the most highly anticipated animated films of the year? Probably not. It's
just a freaking soundtrack. E
U Can't Shine Like Me- Lil' Romeo
If You Let Me Go - Jay-Z featuring Omarion
So Emotional - 1 Chance
High Away from You - Lifehouse
I Don't Wanna Understand - Jennifer Lopez
featuring Three 6 Mafia
I Believe You - Lyfe Jennings
The Way You Roll With Me - T.I.
Dancing Machine - Maroon 5 featuring Lil'
Flip
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