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TMZ reports: Music producer Timbaland was busted by German cops on Sunday who said he and members of his posse sent a bar patron to the hospital.

TMZ obtained photos taken in Colonge, Germany, where Timbaland and his friends allegedly attacked a man outside Hotel Intercontinental late Sunday night after a Justin Timberlake concert. The argument allegedly started when a man named Robert F became visibly upset over his girlfriend talking to Timbaland. According to German reports, Timbaland then attacked the patron, "Robert F," after Robert called him the N word. The fight then moved moved from the lobby bar to the street in front of the hotel.

Timbaland and two others allegedly beat up Robert, which sent him to the hospital by ambulance, and sent Timba to the slammer[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Roadie To The Rescue

Contact Music reports: A roadie for U.S. band GODSMACK has been hailed a hero after saving a woman from drowning in the Milwaukee River.

Head carpenter John Jagielski was standing outside The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday (12Jun07) when he heard people shouting.

Brave Jagielski has experience as a lifeguard so jumped into the river, and swam to the woman, who he remained with until they were picked up by a boat. [see full story for more breaking news] - Click Here for the Full Story

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Monday

PC Police Vs Slash

Sleazeroxx.com reports: An investigation has been launched into claims former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash broke the law by smoking on stage during a concert in Cardiff.

Slash and singer Scott Weiland, members of rock band Velvet Revolver, are said to have smoked cigarettes at Cardiff International Arena.

Smoking in enclosed public spaces has been banned in Wales since 2 April.

Cardiff Council said it was "disappointed" to hear the claims and would be investigating.

Velvet Revolver - made up of three ex-Guns N' Roses members and former Stone Temple Pilots singer Weiland - were performing at the city centre venue as part of a tour of Europe and the Americas.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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My Chemical Romance Slam Manson

Gigwise reports: My Chemical Romance have laughed off Marilyn Manson's recent accusations they have copied his sound.

Singer Gerard Way has accused Manson of self-promotion after he revealed 'Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery' off his new album �Eat Me, Drink Me' is an attack on MCR for peddling a "sad, pitiful, shallow version" of his own work.

Way tells Rock Sound magazine, "If Elvis Costello said we sucked we would think about it a bit but usually it is comments from someone with a new record to promote so the remarks ring hollow. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Fan Dies at Music Fest

Gigwise reports: A man has died at the Rockness festival in Scotland this weekend.

Police report the 39-year-old � who will not be named until his family is informed - was discovered unconscious in a car park in the early hours of this morning, but passed away after being moved to Inverness' Raigmore Hospital.

A police statement says, "A full police investigation is being carried out. There do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances at this stage."
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Exodus Begin Landmark Album

SMN reports: Bay Area Thrashers EXODUS startrf recording the new album at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland this weekend. It is going to be produced with Andy Sneap and the release date has been set for late 2007.

"Everyone always talks about how their next record is the next this or that, all I'm going to say is this next record is a crushing landmark in EXODUS history," guitarist Gary Holt previously said. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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George Michael Sentenced

Jam! reports: A British judge sentenced George Michael on Friday to 100 hours of community service and banned him from driving for two years for driving under the influence of drugs.

Michael, whose real name is George Panayiotou, pleaded guilty May 8 to a charge of driving while unfit through drugs. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Tuesday

Radiohead Ballet

Gigwise reports: A ballet based on the music of Radiohead is set to premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival this August.

The piece is titled �Ride The Beast' and has been forged out of choreographer Stephen Petronio's love of Oxford's finest.

It will open with the unlikely choice of OK Computer's �Fitter Happier' and will feature a further four Radiohead tracks from their lengthy career.
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Farm Aid NYC

AP reports: The Farm Aid benefit concert is planting itself in New York City later this year, organizers said Monday.

The show will be held at Randalls Island on September 9.

Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp made the announcement with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Union Square... The lineup will include Nelson, Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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RATM Show Confirmed

TuneLab reports: One of the countdown timers at ratm82407.com has ended and has revealed that Rage Against the Machine will perform at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI on August 24th.

Tickets go on sale June 16th at livenation.com. A second timer on the site continues to count down the days until the concert.[see full story for more breaking music news]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Battle of the Claymates

Idolator.com reports: Long known for shutting out those who disagree with them, Clay Aiken's fans, no doubt because of their insularity, have now turned on each other:

[NY Post reports] Clay Aiken's rabid fans - who call themselves "Claymates" and say they live in "Claynation" - are at odds with each other over their former Idol. An insider said, "The war is between the batty members that are still clinging to their heterosexual fantasies of him and others that don't harbor such illusions." Aiken's sexuality has been a subject of speculation ever since several men came out publicly and said they'd met him in gay chat rooms and had relations with him.

The [Clayonline] board was shut down on Thursday and it's remaining closed "until further notice.[see full story for more. Everyone knows that the Bush Administration started the gay rumors. Or was it Rosie?]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Rapper Murdered

Contact Music reports: Rapper STACK BUNDLES has been murdered outside his New York home after he was shot by unknown assailants early this morning (11Jun07). Details surrounding Bundles' death are currently unclear, although the rapper was last seen alive at Stereo nightclub in New York last night (10Jun07), where he enjoyed an incident-free evening, reports AllHipHop.com. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Wednesday

Motley Injury

Contact Music reports: THE MOTLEY CRUE drummer TOMMY LEE was forced to pull out of a concert after injuring his shoulder onstage. The rocker was expected to headline at a gig at London club Chinawhite on Monday night (11Jun07) but was forced to cancel after hurting his shoulder drumming at the Hammersmith Apollo the night before (10Jun07). [see full story for more.] - Click Here for the Full Story

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Cat Power Shortlisted

Jam! reports: Mercurial singer-songwriter Cat Power has become the first woman to win the Shortlist Music Prize, beating out finalists that included Tom Waits and Regina Spektor.

The Shortlist, now in its sixth year, honours acts who have made sterling albums but have not hit the mainstream.
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Beastie Boys Plot Tour

SMN reports: As expected, the BEASTIE BOYS will play a handful of live dates this summer, alternating between more traditional hip-hop shows and an instrumental set along the lines of the trio's new Capitol album, "The Mix-Up."

The hip-hop shows will begin Aug. 1 in Philadelphia and run through Aug. 25 in Berkeley, Calif. Pre-sale tickets will be available Thursday (Aug. 14). Dates for the instrumental performances have yet to be announced.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Tool The Movie?

TuneLab reports: In a recent interview with Billboard, Tool guitarist Adam Jones stated that the band is "tossing around ideas for a band movie". Jones said,

"We all have ideas about it. If I had my way, it would be a narrative story in a surreal fashion with as much money and special effects we could throw at it. I think some of the other guys would like to do pockets of all of that or something that's live or we're playing. It's just talk right now."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Soto and Journey Go Separate Ways

PR reports: Journey has parted ways with their recently named lead singer Jeff Scott Soto. Jeff's first appearance with Journey was July 7, 2006 in Bristow, VA. He had been filling in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the tour shortly after it began on June 23 due to illness. Jeff's last performance was May 12, 2007 in Leesburg, VA.

According to guitarist Neal Schon, "We appreciate all of Jeff's hard work and we can't thank him enough for stepping in when Steve Augeri got sick last year. He did a tremendous job for us and we wish him the best. We've just decided to go our separate ways, no pun intended. We're plotting our next move now."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Good Charlotte / Justin Timberlake Team for Tour

PR reports: GOOD CHARLOTTE have announced they'll join headliner Justin Timberlake for an arena tour in the U.S. this summer beginning Monday, August 6 in Memphis, TN. The dates will include a two-night engagement at New York City's Madison Square Garden (August 15 and 16) and culminate with two shows at Los Angeles' Staples Center on September 16 and 17.

8/6 Memphis, TN Fed Ex Forum
8/7 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center
8/10 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
8/13 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
8/15 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
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Thursday

The Game Rejects Plea

AP reports: West Coast rapper The Game, who was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer last year, rejected a Manhattan prosecutor's offer Wednesday of a guilty plea for a sentence of time already served.

A guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge in exchange for the time he spent waiting to go to court would have ended the case against The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, said his lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman.[see full story for the explaination of why he rejected the plea.]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Sambora Out of Rehab

Contact Music reports: LATEST: BON JOVI rocker RICHIE SAMBORA has checked out of the Los Angeles rehab clinic he entered last week (ends08Jun07).

The 47-year-old guitarist sought help to treat an undisclosed problem. Sambora's spokesperson tells website People.com, "Richie Sambora has completed a program at the UCLA Medical Center. He is doing well and continues to receive outside support." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Rock Charts

TuneLab reports: Marilyn Manson's latest album 'Eat Me, Drink Me' moved 88,000 units debuting at No. 8 on this weeks Billboard Top 200 chart. Chris Cornell's second solo album 'Carry On' sold 37,000 copies debuting at No. 17. Dream Theater's 'Systematic Chaos' holds the No. 19 slot with 36,000 units scanned.

Other notables include:

No. 5 Maroon 5 'It Won't Be Soon Before Long' - 112,000
No. 7 Linkin Park 'Minutes to Midnight' - 96,000
No. 12 Daughtry 'Daughtry' - 54,000
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Mass Kissing Madness

Contact Music reports: British band MADNESS and the organisers of England's Glastonbury Festival hope to break the world record for the number of people kissing at the same time. The It Must Be Love group will halt their Glastonbury set at 1.30am on 24 June (07) when singer Suggs will instruct everyone to start smooching. Organisers hope up to 30,000 people will then start kissing the person next to them[so be sure to stand next to someone hot! see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Major Dillinger Escape Plan Announcement Coming

SMN reports: THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have posted the following update regarding the rumors of drummer Chris Pennie's departure from the band:

"6pm EST Friday we will make a major announcement concerning our band, it's members, and our future. Also, various music fansites have been reporting information and speculation about our band. None of these or some of these or all of these may be true. Regardless, DO NOT believe what anyone tells you unless you hear it here. Having said that, believe whatever you want. Some people will be wrong and some people will be right."- Click Here for the Full Story

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Friday

Boyband Arrest

Jam! reports: Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman was forced out of hiding Thursday after being expelled by Indonesian authorities and turned over to the FBI to face criminal charges for bank fraud.

He was flown to Guam to appear before a judge, officials said.

Pearlman's arrest on one felony count of bank fraud ended several months of hiding for Pearlman, who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Cops Storm Concert

Contact Music reports: British band THE EDITORS' gig in Germany last night (13Jun07) was cut short after armed police stormed the venue demanding they stopped playing. The rising guitar stars were performing an encore at the Kulturkirche venue in Cologne, when armed officers stormed the stage "due to them being excessively loud".

Bassist Russell Leetch says, "The venue was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set, they called the police to complain about the noise.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Rocklahoma Adds 4th Day

Sleazeroxx.com reports: A fourth day has been added to Rocklahoma to kick off the largest '80's rock festival of its kind ever to be organized. The evening of Thursday, July 12, has been added and includes Tiger Tailz, one of Great Britain 's greatest glam rock bands, Hollywood Roses, a tribute band to Guns & Roses, KISS Army, the only KISS tribute band personally endorsed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. In addition there will be a special jam performance by some of the '80's greatest musicians.

Three-day ticket holders will now include Thursday evening's performance.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Clarkson Cancels Tour

Jam! reports: Just two days after parting ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her upcoming summer tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she prepares to release her third album, "My December."

In a statement on her website, Clarkson said: "In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.

[see full story for more but in another story from Contact Music, Kelly climbs high in the credibility scale for this "American Idol winner KELLY CLARKSON refused a $10 million (GBP5 million) offer from her record label boss CLIVE DAVIS to remove five songs from her forthcoming album. Clarkson recently admitted executives at RCA and Sony BMG had put pressure on her to record songs previously offered to other artists, but she was determined to contribute more songwriting to My December than her previous discs. "]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Emo Supergroup

punkbands reports: House & Parish is a new band with some legendary members. It features artists from last decade's most influential emo/post hardcore bands, a time when emo wasn't a hairstyle or a threatening report on the 6 o'clock news. With Jason Gnewikow of The Promise Ring, Brian Malone from The Gloria Record, John Herguth from The Love Scene, and Scott Winegard of Texas is the Reason, House and Parish shows major potential to re-insert some hardcore feeling into an otherwise fashion-concious indie rock scene.
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