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 Relient
K Bus Fire |
Most of the band members were awoken when the bus driver yelled for them to get off the burning bus. Frontman Matt Thiessen first spotted the flames and alerted the driver. No one was injured but there was extensive damage to the bus and the group lost personal property as well as instruments, sound equipment and merch. Thiessen told the local press that he lost a laptop computer that contained approximately 100 unfinished songs. - more on this story
| Deadly
Aerosmith Ride |
The Spanish teenager's friends noticed she was unconscious when the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ride had stopped. Medical teams at the theme park tried to revive her but by the time an ambulance arrived, the girl had died.
A preliminary inspection of the roller coaster found no machinery malfunction, but the ride remains closed.- more on this story
| Monday |
| Kenny
G Assault |
The incident happened June 23 when Brooke Porter was at the beach with her family and she was hit in the head, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives. She needed four stitches to close her wound.
Sheriff's officials said they believe two
teens on the musician's property - neither related to him - threw the objects
that hit Brooke more than 15 metres below.
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| Linkin
Stalker Plea |
Devon Townsend, 28, appeared Friday before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Scott and pleaded guilty to charges including
stalking and unlawful access to stored communications.
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| Rod
Stewart Injured |
The 62-year-old needed 10 stitches in his leg after he fell on a step at the beginning of his City Of Manchester Stadium gig.
Despite the slip, the singer carried on
performing before he was eventually treated by a doctor today (June 29).
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| Sony
Drop Prince CD Because of Giveaway |
The singer-songwriter has agreed to give
away copies of �Planet Earth' with the Mail On Sunday, with ticket holders
for one of his upcoming 21 gigs at London's O2 Arena also receiving a CD.
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| Slayer
Fan Hospitalized After Fall |
The Göta-Älv bridge is located just opposite the main stage and a lot of people stand on the bridge and watch the performances from a distance.
SLAYER was about an hour into its show when the 22-year-old man and a friend stripped down to their underwear. As the crowd cheered on, the two counted down and were about to jump off when one of them decided not to go through with the "joke" and watched as his friend hurled himself from the 30-meter-high bridge. When the jumper didn't resurface, his friend screamed that someone should call the emergency number 112. The jumper was later found unconcious in the water and medical personnel performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him. He was rushed to the emergency room and is currently in critical condition.- more on this story
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| Tuesday |
| Timbaland
Retiring |
The superproducer, who has masterminded hits by Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado and released a solo album earlier this year, said in a recent interview that he is "about to throw in the towel" because he is bored with the current state of affairs in the music industry.
"Music is boring right now. I'm too innovative
for the world," he told Gigwise.
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| Heaven
and Hell Fall Tour Dates |
The tour is set to kick off on September 5th in Binghamton, New York and conclude on October 6th in Irvine, Ca. Heaven and Hell features Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice.
09/5 - Binghamton, NY - Broom County Arena
09/7 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
09/8 - Long Island, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheatre
09/9 - Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center
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| Net
Radio Royalty Cap |
Payments would be capped at $2,500 per service instead of the $500 minimum fee per station or channel which is set to go into effect on July 15th.
Negotiations are currently taking place with small commercial and non-commercial webcasters who provide below-market rates under the terms of the Small Webcaster Settlement Act.- more rock news
| Metallica
Eye Early 08 Release for New CD |
Lars said the backing tracks were done in May and will start vocals and overdubs in August hoping to finish in October or November.
Lars predicted the album will drop in February 2008. He said, "It doesn't sound like 'St. Anger' to me. It's a little early to kind of put in a soundbite exactly. But it doesn't sound anything like 'St. Anger'. It's probably a little more dynamic, and a little more varied, and it has lots of different nutty Metallica stuff on it. I don't know."- more on this story
| Family
Values Add Second Stage |
The second stage will also include the largest national competition for the nation's hottest electronic game, "Guitar Hero" to date. A "face-off" competition between eight "Guitar Hero II" finalists in each market, winners from earlier Radio Station sponsored events will play "Guitar Hero II" on stage between sets and compete for an autographed Korn guitar, band access passes and a chance to play Jonathan Davis backstage after the show. - more on this story
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| Thursday |
| Winehouse
Hospitalized |
There is no official word from Winehouse's camp on the reason for the cancellation, but Gigwise has learnt from sources at the Summer Pops site that it's because she is in hospital. The exact condition is not known.
Many of the thousands of fans arrived at
the Summer Pops tent for the show, only to be told that it had been cancelled.
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| Fans
Not Buying It |
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said sales last year dropped to 1.7bn, compared with 1.9bn in 2005.
Although digital music sales doubled last year, they failed to compensate for the overall fall in music sales. [what generic emo bands don't sell cds?]- more on this story
| Smashing
US Tour |
Taking to the road September 8 in Montreal, the Smashing Pumpkins will embark on coast-to-coast trek, with stops in Las Vegas, Boston, Philadelphia and Atlanta confirmed thus far.
Currently underway with their first of
two residency sets in Ashville, North Carolina, the seminal '90s radio
dominators will head to San Francisco for an 11-night run at the Fillmore
before venturing to Europe for 10 headlining festival slots.
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| Morrissey
Cancels More Shows |
After performing at a gig in Virginia, the former Smiths singer saw a throat specialist in Washington DC and was told he could not perform before July 7th at the earliest.
This means that concerts scheduled in Atlantic
City and Holmdel have now been postponed.
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| Hy
Zaret RIP |
Hy Zaret was just one month off his 100th birthday when he died at his Connecticut home.
The song was originally written alongside
composer Alex North and appeared in the movie Unchained back in 1955.
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| Friday |
| Avril
Song Theft Expands |
The suit, Dunbar, et al. v. Gottwald, et al., filed in the Federal District Court in San Francisco, and amended today to add new allegations and parties, charged Lavigne, her co-writer Luke Gottwald and others with copyright infringement and seeks damages for copying the plaintiffs' song without permission. United States Magistrate Judge Wayne Brazil has set a first court date in the case for August 28th in Oakland.- a lot more on this story
| Clive
Free Clarkson Outsells Past CD, But Still No 2 |
The confusingly titled double album "Hannah
Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus" sold 326,000 units during the
week ended July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Clarkson's "My December"
opened at No. 2 with 291,000, an improvement upon her previous release
[250,000. Bon Jovi dropped to 3rd place with sales of 125K].
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| Timberlake
To Perform with Duran Duran |
The Sexy Back singer is already in the UK promoting FutureSex/Loveshow, his arena tour which seems to be never-ending. But he is due to take a short break from his gruelling schedule so he is able to perform.
The tabloids report that Justin and his producer Timbaland will come on-stage with fantabulous Duran Duran to showcase some new songs they have collaborated on. - more on this story
| Dillinger
Recording Plan |
Dillinger Escape Plan are teamed with long-time engineer Steve Evetts at Omen Room Studios in Los Angeles, CA to begin tracking songs. The band will remain in LA through July to complete work on the record. - more on this story
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| Wild
Vedder Soundtrack |
The Pearl Jam frontman wrote almost an entire album's worth of songs for Into The Wild, which also features contributions from Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), reports The Playlist.- more on this story
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