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Full Report for 05/31/06

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Maroon 5 Beat Linkin Park

TuneLab reports: Maroon 5 are at the top of this weeks Billboard Top 200 Chart with their new album 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' which sold 429,000 copies, 102,000 of those coming from iTunes breaking the record set last week by Linkin Park which moved 84,000 copies on iTunes. Ozzy Osbourne's 'Black Rain' sold 152,000 copies giving the album the No. 3 slot. The Used moved 92,000 copies of their latest 'Lies for the Liars' coming in at No. 5.

Linkin Park's 'Minutes to Midnight' drops to No. 2 with 198,000 copies sold, a 70% drop in sales. [see full story for more rock charts for the week] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Manson Rejects Eminem Duet

Contact Music reports: Shock rocker MARILYN MANSON turned down the chance to duet with EMINEM on one of the rapper's first hits - because he felt the song was too misogynistic. Rock Is Dead singer Manson reveals Eminem approached him with a view to collaborating on a tune, in which he boasts about killing his girlfriend. 

Manson tells Spin magazine, "He asked me to sing on his first record, and I would have, except that the song he asked me to sing was... too misogynistic. 

"It was the one about killing his girlfriend and putting her in a trunk. It was on a record I could listen to, but it was too over-the-top for me to associate with. [just think about that last statement a moment as you click over to the full story link for more] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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White Surprise Gig

Gigwise reports: Jack White played an impromptu gig at an intimate London venue on May 27th. 

In a three song set, The White Stripes front man previewed the track, �Effect And Cause,' off the bands new album �Icky Thump,' which is released on June 18th. 

Playing at the Sonic Cathedral night at The Social in London's West end, the singer also played the band's classic, �Sugar Never Tasted So Good,' as well as a cover of The Animals', �The House Of The Rising Sun.' [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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DRM Free iTunes Debut

AP reports: Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store started selling thousands of songs without copy protection Wednesday, marking the trendsetting company's latest coup and a model for what analysts say will likely become a pattern for online music sales. 

The unrestricted content means some songs purchased from iTunes will work for the first time directly on portable players other than Apple's iPod, including Microsoft Corp.'s Zune.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Extreme Journey

Blabbermouth reports: Former EXTREME and current SATELLITE PARTY guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has told The Boston Herald that he is writing material with legendary JOURNEY frontman Steve Perry. No further information is currently available.

In other news, the original lineup of EXTREME � Gary Cherone (vocals, ex-VAN HALEN), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Paul Geary (drums), and Pat Badger (bass) � reunited for a benefit concert and auction in New York City in honor of music manager Steven Hoffman. Hoffman, who worked with RUSH, VAN HALEN and EXTREME, died of lung cancer in 2003.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Porn Star Supernova

Blabbermouth reports: Canada.com reports that Lukas Rossi, lead singer of ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, tied the knot with former porn star Kendra Jade.

The 30-year-old rocker married Jade, also 30, at a Las Vegas chapel on May 14. Both the bride and groom wore black.

"It was beautiful and no, Elvis didn't marry us," Rossi told ET Canada. "It was just me and her. I wanted it to be just intimate, you know."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Macca Shopping Network

Contact Music reports: SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY is taking to America's Home Shopping Network (HSN) to help sell copies of his new album. The former Beatle will appear as part of a 30-minute special, which will air on TV tonight (30May07) and tomorrow (31May07) to promote Memory Almost Full, which is released next week (05Jun07). [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Snipes Feels Good

Contact Music reports: WESLEY SNIPES has been cast to play JAMES BROWN in director SPIKE LEE's new biopic about the late soul man. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Candiria Singer Needs You

Lambgoat reports: Candiria frontman Carley Coma is currently seeking musicians to audition for a new rock/metal project. Here's an official statement:

"I'm looking for guitarists and bass players in the tri-state area to join my new musical project. Must be able to play rock/metal. [see full story for more info]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Set Your Goals Smooth Arrest

punkbands reports: Set Your Goals were arrested for "disturbing the public" at a mall in Augusta, GA. After spending over $2,000 on bail the band has been released. Matty Wilson writes: 

"So today myself and some of my band went to the mall with the Fireworks dudes and some kids at the "razzberry cool" smoothie shop recognized us and hooked us up so we talked to them for a minute and started chanting "razzberry cool!" in celebration of our new friends hooking us up with free smoothies. 

Little did we know we'd barely get to enjoy them. As soon as we thanked them and started walking away, 2 sheriffs walked over and started pushing Fireworks' merch guy Tony and threatening to arrest him. They tell us to leave so we turn around and start walking away and after no more than 2 steps they grab Jordan and start cuffing him. We all turn around and ask what they're doing and they start cuffing all of us and accusing us of "disorderly conduct" while pushing us down a back hallway.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Last.fm Sells Out

punkbands reports: The quickly growing music social network Last.fm has been acquired by CBS for $280 million in an all-cash deal. UK based Last.fm launched five years ago and has become a social networking favorite with 15 million active users. It has become a massive repository for music information (artist and song wikis, listening data from users, etc.).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Silverchair Ink with WMG

PR reports: Multi-platinum selling Australian trio Silverchair - Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies and bass player Chris Joannou - have signed on with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group to release their fifth studio album, Young Modern, in North America on July 24th 2007. The album will come out on Eleven: a music company, in association with Warner Music Group. 

The band is already confirmed for a mainstage appearance on Lollapalooza, Saturday August 3rd in Chicago and they have plans for a full North American tour this July and August. Dates will be announced shortly. While they played a handful of acclaimed, sold out shows in New York, LA and Toronto earlier this year, the forthcoming dates will be their first full tour of the U.S. and Canada since 1999.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Diary of an Ozzman

PR reports: The JUNE/JULY issue of DETAILS features a GREAT Q&A w/ Ozzy Osbourne about his drug use, having his life on camera 24/7 and his wild career. Here are a few choice quotes from the interview:

On how he was depicted on the show: "My son said to me one day, 'Dad let me ask you a question. Do you like people laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'You know what Jack? As long as they're laughing, I don't give a f**k.' I didn't really understand what he was saying then, but in hindsight he was sort of saying, in a nicer way, that everybody thinks you're a f**king joke."

On Snorting the line of ants: "Yeah the line of ants. I have no recollection of that � it may have been in Florida. The Motley Crue tour, it was f**king nuts. It was absolutely out of control. But I couldn't have kept on living that lifestyle, because I didn't want to die. You have to get pissed off at yourself before you put your hand up for help."

On recently releasing his ninth solo album, BLACK RAIN, and living this long� "I've been terribly lucky. When I had my ATV accident, I was going not more than three or fours miles an hour, and I ended up in a coma for eight days. My heart stopped twice. I don't remember any of it. I went back to the hospital after the accident and the doctors were telling me 'your left lung was completely full of blood. You broke your rib, your collarbone, your neck � you're lucky to be alive.' If I had been going 120 miles and hour it would have been a cool way to go � but four miles an hour? Ozzy Osbourne?!'" 

On stands nationwide JUNE 5 or www.details.com. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Taking Back Sunday Get a Boost

PR reports: Taking Back Sunday announced today that the band will perform a string of headlining dates for Boost Mobile RockCorps (BMRC), a national youth volunteerism movement that harnesses the power of music to motivate young people to get involved in their communities. The upcoming concerts, which are free to anyone volunteering four hours of community service to BMRC projects, expands on a partnership between the band and BMRC that began when the New York-based quintet performed to 5,000 enthusiastic volunteers at last year's BMRC season wrap concert at Radio City Music Hall. 

"Communities are like gardens," notes lead singer Adam Lazzara when asked why they chose to get involved with BMRC. "Without upkeep and care, without maintenance, it is impossible for them to grow, to produce anything of value. By offering an incentive, Boost Mobile RockCorps is teaching this valuable lesson to our nation's youth � in whose able hands our community's futures lie. We are honored to have the opportunity to take part -- BMRC rules."[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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