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Diddy Brawl

Gigwise reports: Diddy he brawl? Maybe someone made fun of his silly stage names or called his music shiddy and he took offense? All we really know is what Gigwise reports in the following story: US rapper P Diddy has been accused of throwing two punches during a brawl at a nightclub on Saturday (October 13th). 

The alleged incident is said to have taken place at Kiosk, in the Soho district of New York, at 3.30am after the rapper � real name Sean Coombs � became involved in an altercation with another nightclub goer. 

The New York Post says that Coombs argued with Steven Acevedo outside the venue before police intervened in the incident. It's reported, however, that after being provoked again, Coombs launched two punches and shouted at Acevedo, "I'll kill you, punk!"- more on this story

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Digital Zeppelin

PR reports: Led Zeppelin's catalog is among the most enduring bodies of musical composition to come out of the 20th century -- and now it's coming to the 21st. As one of digital music's final holdouts, the band's illustrious catalog is one of the most highly anticipated digital releases to date. Beginning November 13, the band's original albums will be available for full-album or a la carte download from all online music retailers.

The albums being made available include Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Untitled fourth album (1971), Houses Of The Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains The Same (1976; recently remixed and remastered for reissue on November 20), In Through The Out Door (1979), Coda (1982), How The West Was Won (2003), and Mothership (available November 13). Featuring such indelible anthems as "Communication Breakdown," "Whole Lotta Love," "Immigrant Song," "Stairway To Heaven," "D'Yer Mak'er," and "Kashmir," these releases, together with various retrospective collections, have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide.- hey also hooked up a cell phone deal, info on that is here

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---- The Album

Contact Music reports: These days you need an edge when trying make your CD a blockbuster seller. Perhaps it's a silly feud between rappers? Or better yet, you can get all kinds of attention with a controversial name. That's the road Nas is taking according to this Contact Music report: NAS is set to test hot-button race issues in rap by naming his next album ----. 

While many of his peers are apologising for using the 'N' word in past lyrics and refusing to use the derogatory term, the defiant I Can hitmaker is challenging the politically correct by using it to title his next release. 

Nas told fans during a Friday night (12Oct07) show at New York's Roseland Ballroom, that he plans to release the album by the end of 2007. The album will be the follow-up to Nas' critically acclaimed Hip-Hop Is Dead album.- more on this story

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Radiohead Scam?

antiMusic reports: Was Radiohead's whole "pay what you want" to download our new album all just an elaborate publicity scam to encourage fans to pay for the music twice? Was the sinister plan to offer the physical CD in a few months with extra tracks and use the download as a way to encourage fans to buy the CD when it hits shelves? That's one of the arguments in a story USA Today ran on Monday which said in part: 

Radiohead's management also confirmed that a physical CD of In Rainbows will hit shelves sometime in January, possibly with extra songs.

In an interview last week with British trade magazine Music Week, Radiohead's longtime managers, Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge, acknowledged that the download offer was a piece of a larger puzzle to generate more publicity for the CD release.

"If we didn't believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn't do what we are doing," Edge said.- Read the full USA Today article

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Trail of Dead and Dethklok Swimming College Tour

PR reports: Adult Swim, the late-night sister network of Cartoon Network which showcases animation and live action for adults, announces a 12-stop college tour beginning October 29 with two of the country's top rock acts, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Dethklok. All shows will be free for students and ticket information can be obtained at adultswimpresents.com.

This marks Adult Swim Presents', a series of live entertainment performances, premiere event. The announcement came to support the release of Dethklok's new album, Dethalbum, which was released on September 25. This coincides with the greatest most metal band in the world's DVD release of Metalocalypse season 1, a two-disc DVD, which was released October 2.- more including dates

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No More Porn for AC/DC Web Fans

Metal Underground reports: They've sung about 'Dirty Deeds' for decades, but with a younger online audience hardcore headbangers AC/DC are cleaning up their act. For years the domain name acdc.com was held by a porn site with metal fans perhaps getting more than they bargained for every time they clicked. 

But after years of wry tolerance the band's management in New York has finished negotiations to reclaim the name and launch the brand at its rightful place online. AC/DC label manager Sam Horsburgh from Albert Productions in Sydney said with fans as young as 10 or 11 turning to the site something had to be done.

"The demographic of the band has shifted a lot," Mr Horsburgh said. "The push to get it back came predominantly because they knew there were a lot of younger fans coming through. The young fans are so net savvy it's the first thing they do. And there was some interesting viewing up there for some time."- more on this story

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Bryan Adams Kept From Bringing Peace To The Middle East

antiMusic reports: There is no better way to solve the world's problems then hosting a concert. Look at the successes of past like the Concert for Life which cured AIDS and Live 8 which ended third-world debt. Let's not forget Al Gore who ended global warming and even won a nifty prize with his cleverly named Live Earth concerts. But poor Bryan Adams has been robbed of his opportunity to finally settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some pesky extremists caused the cancellation of Adams' peace concert and we doubt they did it all for love. Here is the Contact Music report: BRYAN ADAMS has been forced to scrap his peace concert in Israel following a number of security alerts. 

The concerts, calling for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, were to be held simultaneously in Tel Aviv and the West Bank town of Jericho on 18 October (07). But security scares led to the Jericho gig being called off last week (ends12Oct07), followed by the cancellation of the Tel Aviv concert on Sunday (14Oct07). 

Organiser Daniel Lubetzky says, "Extremist ideologists have threatened our participants in Jericho, and we felt it is our responsibility not to play with their lives." [He then added] "Our mission is not to entertain. It is to mobilize moderate voices. If we have to postpone, we have to postpone."- more on this story

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Rockers Should Not Be Allowed To Name Their Children

antiMusic reports: Why do rockers insist on giving their children silly names which will cause them all of kinds of torture at the hands of other children on playgrounds for years to come? We don't know but here is a story about the latest rocker to abuse the naming game. Gigwise reports: Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Keidis has named his newly born son, Everly Bear. 

Keidis's wife, Heather Christie, gave birth to the couple's first baby on October 2nd, and according to Keidis, they choose the name from a list that they had compiled together. 

"We had a long list of names, but suppose it came to me by way of the Everly Brothers, which is one of my favourite bands," Keidis told People. "The mama came up with Bear. That made sense to me because he's from me and I feel like I'm part of the bear clan." You gotta read why he says- next

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Arcade Fire The Boss

Filter reports: Fans were given an extra treat last night when Arcade Fire crashed Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's encore performance in Ottawa. 

The Canadian's joined Springsteen on the track, "State Trooper", which marked the first time the E Street Band had performed that song since 1984. 

Arcade Fire then concluded with "Keep the Care Running", from their critically acclaimed album, Neon Bible.- Bruce premiered some tracks too. Info on that is here.

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Yakuza Tour and Reissue

PR reports: Chicago's prog-minded metallers YAKUZA have confirmed a handful of tour dates, including shows with Jesu, frontman Bruce Lamont's solo shows, as well as an appearance at this week's CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.

YAKUZA continues to support the band's latest release, 'Transmutations,' which is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 'Samsara,' the band's Prosthetic Records debut. Two tracks, "Egocide" and "Praying For Asteroids" from 'Transmutations' are now available on the band's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/yakuza), 

UK-based label Eyes of Sound will be releasing YAKUZA's previous album, 'Samsara,' in a limited, 180 gram gatefold colored vinyl edition, featuring an exclusive remix of "Back To The Mountain."- more on this story

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Barenaked DVD

PR reports: Stand up and speak to the hand! Canada's favorite sons, Barenaked Ladies, cross the border for their first-ever live DVD Talk To The Hand: Live In Michigan, available in stores on November 6 alongside their new live CD by the same name. 

One of the top touring acts in North America, the live album and DVD format were invented for bands like the Barenaked Ladies, whose devoted fans (The Bare Nakeds) drove their podcasts to #1 on the US and Canadian iTunes charts, bought 10 million of their albums and helped propel three albums to platinum status and three more to gold. Their fans are also an important part of every Barenaked Ladies concert, as the band members often stop the show to strike up conversations with someone in the audience, singing impromptu songs about them or asking them who they're talking to on their cell phone.

Filmed June 15th, 2007 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI in front of 15,000 fans, Talk To The Hand� contains a mix of the band's biggest hits such as their chart-topping "One Week," and "If I Had $1,000,000," as well as some fan favorites like "Powder," and a selection of newer tracks off the band's most recent releases. Consumers will have a choice of purchasing the concert live on CD with a companion live DVD in the same package, or buying the DVD separately. - more on this story

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Bach To Rap on TRL

HER reports: Sebastian Bach will make his first-ever appearance on MTV's "TRL" this Wednesday, October 17 at 3:30PM ET/PT. He'll be singing his new rap/rock song, "November 20," which he wrote with Collipark and had planned to perform on the "Celebrity Rap Superstar" competition program before he was voted off the show last week.

Baz may have gotten voted off "CRS," but he made it down to the final three by proving he could RAP as well as ROCK. His new album, "Angel Down," featuring Axl Rose on three tracks, will be released November 20.- 

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The A.K.A.s Ink New Deal

PR reports: The A.K.A.s are proud to announce they have signed with Metropolis Records. Home to past tour-mates Mindless Self Indulgence and The Start!, along with other great bands like Moving Units, The Epoxies, and more.... both band and label are excited about the fit and looking forward to carving their niche of Dance-hall Fight Music together.

Having just finished up with Producer Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta, etc) in his new Brooklyn-based studio, The A.K.A.s hit the road starting this Friday for four weeks with Big D and The Kids Table and Whole 
Wheat Bread. 

The new album is slated for a February 2008 release. Tour dates can be found at - www.myspace.com/theakas

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Talking Arch Behemoth Enemy

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Arch Enemy members Angela Gassow and Michael Amott as well as Behemoth's Adam "Nergal" Darski. 

Arch Enemy interview topics include Christopher Amott, KISS, and Disney while the Behemoth interview topics include Poland, religion, and David Bowie. 

Additional podcasts topics include Accept, Serj Tankian, and Down. The 60-minute podcast can be downloaded at this- location

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