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James Blunt Week: 1973

antiMusic reports: Former member of the Royal Air Force turned singer/songwriter, the UK's James Blunt seemed to come out of nowhere a couple years ago to become an international superstar. His highly anticipated new album "All The Lost Souls" is a certified smash, topping charts across the globe last week and debuting at No. 7 here in the US. This week we have a treat for Blunt fans old and new. We asked James to pick some of his favorites songs from the new CD and tell us a bit about each one. Here is James with today's song "1973":

I wrote 1973 with a man named Mark Batson, who is a really great guy; we wrote it in New York in Jimmy Hendrix's old studio. Mark Batson comes from a different background musically and he writes with [Dr.] Dre, who lives out here in Los Angeles, but we got together and messed around on a musical level and I had some ideas about something that was more up-tempo.

I had been living on a Spanish island where there is a lot of dance music in the first place, where I've been trying to figure out that vibe. Then lyrically it's a kind of nostalgic moment about the great celebration of shared times and nights out on the town. In 1973� I wasn't even alive then, I don't know why [I named it that], it must have just rhymed with something.

Preview the songs from "All the Lost Souls," watch videos and learn more- right here

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No Zeppelin Tour

antiMusic reports: Bad news Zeppelin fans. It looks like one show is all we will get. Gigwise has the report: Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has ruled out hopes of a full Led Zeppelin reunion tour.

It had been hoped that the band would extended their one-off show at London's O2 Arena on November 26th to allow more people to see the veteran rockers make their comeback.

Plant has now definitely ruled out the prospect of more dates, however, saying: "We need to do one last great show, because we've done some shows and they've been crap." - more on this story

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Rage Against System of a Down

Blabbermouth reports: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN will support SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian on several dates in October.

THE NIGHTWATCHMAN's schedule is shaping up as follows - with Serj Tankian:
Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater
Oct. 14 - Toronto, ONT - Guvernment
Oct. 15 - Boston, MA - Paradise
Oct. 17 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Oct. 18 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA
Oct. 20 - Atlanta, GA - The Roxy
- more on this story

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Van Halen Reunion Footage Posted

Blabbermouth reports: The first VAN HALEN tour in more than 22 years with David Lee Roth as lead vocalist kicked off Thursday night (September 27) at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlote, North Carolina.

Early fan-filmed video footage from the second show of the tour � which took place last night (Saturday, September 29) at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina � can be viewed - here

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Uncle Kracker Guilty

Contact Music reports: DJ UNCLE KRACKER has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in a Raleigh, North Carolina nightclub in August (07).

Kracker - real name Matthew Shafer - was sentenced to 12 months' probation, ordered to undergo an alcohol assessment and fined $1,500 (GBP750) at a court hearing in Wake County on Friday (28Sep07).- more on this story

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Gilmour Dismissed Floyd Reunion Rumors

Contact Music reports: DAVID GILMOUR has no plans to regroup with his PINK FLOYD bandmates again, despite getting fans' hopes up when the legendary rockers reunited for a one-off Live 8 performance in 2005.

The guitarist's infamous rift with bandmate Roger Waters caused the rockers to split in the 1980s, but Gilmour has dismissed speculation of a Pink Floyd reunion because he's more interested in his solo work.

He says, "What I've been doing for the last couple of years - what I was in the middle of when Live 8 came along - was my album, and that's what I'm thinking about. "I can't see why I would want to be going back to that old thing. It's very retrogressive.- more on this story

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Radiohead Clues a Radiohoax

Gigwise reports: That Radiohead website we've been going on about has outed itself as a hoax after all.

After suspicions Radioheadlp7.com may have been yanking our chains - and not to mention pricking the pomposity of the band - with its pronoucements the group's new album was being released today, the mysterious site has come clean.

It now displays the message, "THE MOST GIGANTIC LYING HOAX OF ALL TIME" and "I'm NEVER GOING TO RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU:) How to RICKROLL 21,232 people at once. REAL LP7 coming soon!" - more on this story

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The Sword Tour

Lambgoat reports: Dynamic, Austin, TX based quartet The Sword has announced a U.S. headlining tour, its first in nearly a year. The scheduled 17 city trek will launch this December and will see the critically acclaimed metal band perform many of the brand new songs that will comprise the bulk of its highly anticipated new album, due in early-2008 via NYC's Kemado Records.

Unquestionably one of heavy music's most talked about new bands, The Sword deliver explosive songs, gripping live performances and a unique vision that combines metal's beloved past with the forward-thinking enthusiasm of today's hard music elite. The band will enter a Texas studio shortly to record its as-yet-untitled sophomore album and plans to up the ante with its new material, which is being described as "more ambitious, more accomplished and simply bigger."

The tour dates will be announced in the coming days. Support on The Sword tour will be provided by Valient Thorr and San Francisco's Black Cobra. The first-announced dates are- more on this story

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Duran Duran on Broadway

BBC reports: Pop group Duran Duran, famed for 80s hits including Rio, are to play nine shows at a Broadway theatre in New York in November.

The gigs, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, will be the first concert dates for their latest album, Red Carpet Massacre.

It added they will play their new creation in its entirety, as well as early hits and a "special electro set". - more on this story

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Maiden and RATM Metal Sellouts Down Under

BW&BK reports: Metal pandemonium broke out on Melbourne's streets yesterday as tickets to shows by IRON MAIDEN and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE sold out in minutes.

Black-clad fans queued overnight to secure a spot at Rage Against the Machine's first Australian shows in 11 years, at Festival Hall on January 30. Promoters later confirmed the music industry's worst-kept secret - that the band would also headline the Big Day Out at on January 28. Tickets go on sale October 12.

And, metal kings Iron Maiden announced a second show at Rod Laver Arena after selling out their first Melbourne show in 15 years within 25 minutes yesterday morning - about as quickly as recent shows there by pop star JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. - more on this story

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Drag The River With Armchair Martian

PR reports: This October 14th Fort Collins, Colarado's Jon Snodgrass (of Drag The River and Armchair Martian) and Kansas City local favorite Chad Rex (of Armchair Martian) will be doing a string of dates across Kansas and Missouri.

Snodgrass will be stripping down Drag The River's gritty and infectious punk-tinged rustic rock into a subdued, minimalist format while Rex will stay the course with his pop-inclined roots stylings.

Oct 11 Manhattan, Kansas @ Auntie Mae's
Oct 12 St. Joseph, Missouri @ the Rendezvous
Oct 13 Lawrence, Kansas @ Replay Lounge
Oct 14 Kansas City, Missouri @ Record Bar @ 7:00 p.m. BBQ- more on this story

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Scum Of The Earth This Halloween

PR reports: Scum Of The Earth (fronted by former Rob Zombie guitarist, Riggs) is gearing up for another explosive assault with Sleaze Freak, the follow up to 2004's critically acclaimed Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs For The New Millennium, which spawned the band's first hit single, "Get Your Dead On." A long time in the making, Sleaze Freak will be released October 23 on Eclipse Records, just in time for Halloween. (We'll have a one of kind Scum week here at antiMusic for Halloween in true Riggs style).

"Bombshell From Hell" is Sleaze Freak 's first single, which is going for radio adds October 15. A performance video for the track-directed by Ron Najor (Angels & Airwaves)--was recently shot in Los Angeles and should invade TV and Internet airwaves within the next couple of weeks.

The new music, 13 tracks of searing stripper-metal, capitalizes on the same formula which worked perfectly on BLAH...BLAH...BLAH..., but with more guitar solos, slick, percussive bass lines and Riggs' trademark blood-steeped lyrics. The first single, "Bombshell From Hell," flaunts a hard-driving, instrumentally lacerating sound, which screams out to the world, letting us know that Scum Of The Earth are unleashed and getting their dead on once again.- more on this story

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Mini Rant: Disco More Important Than Metal According Crock Hall Hippies

antiMusic reports: We reported last week that the Crock Hall announced their list of 2008 nominees. Keeping with tradition the aging hippies behind the whole thing made some real head scratching decision and of course they continue to highlight dead genres over one of the most long standing genres in popular music for almost 4 decades. That's right heavy metal got snubbed once again while a disco act got a nod. Of course the whole crock hall was spearheaded by the guy that brought us Clay Aiken with his midriff exposed on the cover of his magazine (yes, Rolling Stone) so these nominees are not surprising at all.

To recap this year's nominees are Madonna, The Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp, Donna Summer, Leonard Cohen, Afrika Bambaataa, The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures and Chic. After voting by the aging hippies that vote on such things, five of these acts will make the cut.

Curiously absent are some acts that have had far more impact on popular music and culture including KISS, Rush and Metallica and other notable bands that were snubbed by the black tie "rock" posers were Jethro Tull, Styx, Yes, Genesis/Peter Gabriel and Electric Light Orchestra.

The inclusion of Tull in this group is a head scratcher as we have to assume the same "industry insiders" that decided that Tull deserved a metal Grammy over Metallica also take part in this crock as well.- more on this rant

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