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Redman Tour

PR reports: Back on the front-line where he belongs after a six year break with Red Gone Wild - Thee Album, chronic Def Jam Recordings core artist Redman will return to the stage for a 17-city headlining tour of the Midwest and West Coast. 

The 3-week trip opens September 17th in Ann Arbor at the Blind Pig, and concludes at Cane's in San Diego on October 10th.

RED GONE WILD - THEE ALBUM (released March 27th) features productions by Timbaland, Scott Storch, Eminem, and Rockwilder; and special appearances by Red's cousin Method Man (of the Wu-Tang Clan), Erick Sermon and Keith Murray (with whom Redman performs in the group Def Squad), Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Biz Markie.- more on this story

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Ministry of Film

PR reports: Ministry front man Al Jourgensen has been confirmed to score, music supervise and create the soundtrack for the upcoming horror feature film "Wicked Lake," according to the film's executive producers Carl Morano and John Carchietta of Fever Dreams, the feature's production company.

"Wicked Lake," which Jourgensen described as "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill gone very, very bad," is the sordid supernatural tale of a group of four co-ed girls on a weekend getaway tailed by two clans of deranged male predatory perverts. Jourgensen is also set to perform a small role in the film as a perverted art professor. "Not exactly a stretch for me," states Jourgensen.

Tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2008 release, "Wicked Lake" is directed by Jourgensen's good friend, filmmaker Zach Passero.- more on this story

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Punk Icons Sign on to Teen Comedy

PR reports: Los Angeles punk rock icons Lee Ving and Keith Morris will be featured in Lighthouse Entertainment's upcoming teen comedy, Endless Bummer, currently in production. Circle Jerks lead vocalist Morris (formerly of Black Flag) and Ving, who is perhaps best known as the frontman for the infamous early punk band Fear, will be featured in cameo roles. 

Ving has multiple acting credits under his belt, including film and television appearances in Clue, Flashdance, and Who's the Boss. Morris has appeared in small roles in films including Sid and Nancy and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Morris and Ving join Joan Jett on the roster of rock veterans appearing in the production.- more on this story

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Maps US Tour

PR reports: Maps is coming to the US for his first ever US shows. Beginning with a headline appearance at KEXP's "John In The Morning" benefit on 9/22, Maps'll end the mini-tour six days later by putting the double-whammy on NYC. 

He's playing back-to-back shows at the Mercury Lounge (9/28) and Brooklyn's Luna Lounge (9/29) and stopping by SF and LA in between.

Maps is UK native James Chapman and he made a little album called "We Can Create" in his bedroom using a 16-track recorder (no pro tools ya'll). Mute released it in the US 6/19/07.- more on this story

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New Mellencamp songs at Farm Aid

PR reports: John Mellencamp previewed a couple new tracks during his Farm Aid set. His publicist was nice enough to give us a heads up about the new tracks and some additional info on the performance. Here it is! The first song in his set of eight was "Troubled Land," one of 18 new songs he just recorded with T Bone Burnett co-producing in Bloomington, IN and Los Angeles. There was another new one that's part of those sessions: "If I Die Sudden," third in the Farm Aid set, with Derek Trucks sitting in. 

Full set list: Troubled Land - Rain On The Scarecrow - If I Die Sudden (with Derek Trucks) - Paper In Fire - Our Country (solo acoustic) - To Washington (solo acoustic) - Small Town - Pink Houses (with Susan Tedeschi).- more on this story

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Runnin' Down A Dream Premier

PR reports: On October 14 the hotly anticipated Warner Brothers Records film Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will have its first public screening. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show), Runnin' Down A Dream has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival. 

Runnin' Down A Dream tells a great American story, that of a band that came from the middle of nowhere to win the hearts of millions. The film focuses not only on the Heartbreakers' inspiring ride to the top but the story of what they did when they got there, as artists, as a band, as people. Bogdanovich's film explores many of the underlying reasons for the band's unparalleled capacity not only to endure but to thrive. Gritty, exuberant, infectious: Runnin' Down A Dream tells the Heartbreakers' story as never before. The New York Film Festival screening will take place at the legendary Walter Reade Theater on October 14. Beginning October 15, Runnin' Down A Dream will be screened at select theaters nationwide. A list of cities and participating theaters will be announced shortly.- more on this story

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Black Francis Tour

PR reports: In support of his brand-new solo album Bluefinger which is released tomorrow, September 11 (Cooking Vinyl), BLACK FRANCIS, formerly known as Frank Black, formerly lead singer of the iconic Pixies, will do a very special 14-concert west coast run beginning on Monday, October 1 with two nights in Portland, OR at the Fir Lounge. The tour will also include multiple nights in Los Angeles, Vancouver and San Francisco. Black Francis will be joined on this trek by the talented group of musicians who recorded Bluefinger - Violet Clark/vocals, Dan Schmid/bass, and Jason Carter/drums, and of course Black Francis on guitar, harmonica and vocals.

Imbued by the spirit of the late eccentric Dutch painter/musician Herman Brood, Frank Black donned his decades-old moniker of Black Francis and recorded eleven songs - ten by Black Francis, one a Brood cover - for Bluefinger. "I privately went back to the old stage name, if that even makes any sense, almost as a joke," explains Black Francis. "I couldn't get the Pixies back into a studio, but I would transform into my alter ego of yesteryear." - dates

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ChthoniC Go Euro

PR reports: Taiwanese extreme metalists ChthoniC -- fresh from a tour of duty with Ozzfest and currently in the midst of their first-ever North American headline shows, which precede a brief tour with Cradle of Filth -- have confirmed their first batch of fall European tour dates. 

All concerts in continental Europe will see ChthoniC play alongside Finnish "heroic folk metal" warriors Ensiferum (Spinefarm Records). Additional performances -- including the band's first-ever U.K. tour -- will be announced shortly.- more on this story

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Russian Rapper Ivan Ives Plots US Tour

PR reports: LA-based Russian rapper Ivan Ives has announced an east coast tour in support of the release of his newest album Iconoclast. The tour will kick off following a CD release party in Ives' home base of Los Angeles on September 14th. 

Iconoclast is a particularly important album for Ives personally, as it gave him the chance to work with other hip hop luminaries that he has been a long-time fan of including Cappadonna of Wu-Tang Clan, Vast Aire and 2MEX. 

Ives comments, "Working with all the artists featured on Iconoclast was a trip, because they are all emcees that I have been listening to for a long time -- to actually be able to work with them was an honor."- dates da dates

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Tokio Hotel Plot US Invasion

PR reports: Meet the biggest band to come out of Germany in 20 years, Tokio Hotel. With over 6 million albums sold in Europe, four number one singles, two number one albums and countless certified gold and platinum records, the guys from Tokio Hotel are set to conquer North America. 

With Scream, their US debut, ready for release, listeners will get a chance to hear how Tokio Hotel's melodic brand of rock easily navigates between headbanging guitars and power-packed anthems to mid-tempo pop tracks, and softer, more introspective ballads. From rock anthem "Scream" to rock ballad "Monsoon", Scream has something for everyone.

To tide fans over until Scream arrives in the U.S., Tokio Hotel will release a 2 song EP of anthemic rock tracks "Scream" and "Ready Set Go." The $0.99 EP hits Hot Topic shelves exclusively September 11th.- eCard

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Eoto Tour

PR reports: EOTO is proud to announce the tourdates of their upcoming national fall tour. Michael Travis (String Cheese Incident) and Jason Hann (String Cheese Incident; Isaac Hayes; Loreena McKennitt) will be bringing their high energy, dance-rock duo to venues nationwide in September and October. 

Fresh off of the summer dates which included many high profile festival appearances and club dates interspersed between String Cheese Incident's farewell tour, Jason and Michael are turning right around and hitting the ground running with a string of 35+ dates. 

The House/Breakbeat/Trip-Hop style of EOTO is also currently available on the debut album Elephants Only Talk Occasionally. - more on this story

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The Echo Project Additions

PR reports: The Echo Project, a three day eco-responsible music and arts festival coming this October 12-14 to Atlanta, Georgia, has added even more artists to its eclectic performer lineup. New artists include: Spoon, Rabbit in The Moon, GZA and Slick Rick with Fire Department, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Butch Walker, Bassnectar, Snowden, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dubconscious, Scissors for Lefty, Little Birdy, God Is An Astronaut, RAQ, and Benzos.

The Echo Project will be held on 350 acres of scenic Chattahoochee river front property on a privately owned 1250 acre farm just south of metropolitan Atlanta. The festival has a mission to revolutionize how music and arts events affect our environment through eco-friendly event production by ways of carbon emissions, power consumption and creation, alternative energy sources, waste management, and recycling initiatives. Along with Sustainable Waves and Rivers Alive, The Echo Project is also launching a major Chattahoochee river clean up prior to the festival.- full lineup

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Onesidezero Join KROQ Invasion

PR reports: Los Angeles based Onesidezero have been added to KROQ's LA Invasion featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock and Chris Cornell at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles on September 15th, 2007.

Onesidezero will headline the Bud Light sponsored second stage, which starts at 11am and admission is free. "We're honored that KROQ would consider adding our band to such a huge festival," says Onesidezero guitarist Levon Sultanian. "KROQ has been one of the biggest supporters of our new self-titled album and we cannot thank them enough for all their support. We've had such a great reaction to our new album from the fans and we cannot wait to get out on the road and share it with everyone in early 2008."- more on this story

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