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Alice Cooper Halloween Tour Plans

PR reports: Alice Cooper guitarist Keri Kelly sent us over a quick update and reports that "Everything is well oiled and chugging away out here on the road. The last few weeks on the Heaven and Hell/Queensryche tour have truly been killer!" But more importantly he kicked down some dates the Alice Cooper Halloween tour as well as their trip to Europe in November. 

The Heaven and Hell tour will soon come to an end but Alice can't let the Halloween season go by without playing for his fans. They'll kick off those festivities with an appearance at the Scream Awards on October 19th and then head directly to Birmingham, Al to kick off the Halloween tour with Phoenix fans getting the coveted Halloween show! But other locals along the way will also be treated by Alice this Halloween season.

Then the band head over to Europe and Russia for a string of dates in late November. That tour kicks off with a two night stand in Moscow on Nov 20th and 21st. They'll then travel to Finland for three dates, and one offs in Sweden, Denmark, Latvia and Estonia. - dates

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Paul Rodgers Surprise Wedding and Possible Queen Album

PR reports: The Soul of Rock Paul Rodgers married former Miss Canada, Exercise Physiologist and Artist Cynthia Kereluk in a surprise outdoor wedding ceremony on their 10th anniversary. The guests were invited to a garden party at their country home and were informed that the entertainment would begin at 7 pm - at which time it was announced by Paul that the guests were actually attending their wedding. 

So, under a rising moonlit sky of shooting stars, in Canada's Okanagan Valley, Rodgers and Kereluk exchanged vows before 70 of their closest friends and family. The most humorous moment occurred when Cynthia was asked do you take this man to be your husband and she responded with, "Absolutely!" and then added, "I do." "There is magic on earth." said Paul

In October, Paul will be going into the studio with Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor writing and recording new songs for a potential Queen + Paul Rodgers album. - more on this story

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They Might Be Giants Double Video Release

PR reports: The always creative, They Might Be Giants have not one, but two amazing new videos from their latest release The Else. Below you can check out both "The Shadow Government" and "I'm Impressed". 

"'The Shadow Government' is about waking up from a nightmare only to find yourself in the same bad dream...It's really a mad scramble of all a bunch of different events in these frightening, manic times in which we live," Explains Giant's co-frontman John Flansburg. "I'm Impressed" features animated Gladiator style robots dueling to the death.- video links and some tour dates

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Rooney and The Polyphonic Spree Coheadlining dates

antiMusic reports: We got a bit more info on this tour. Here is the update: Los Angeles quintet Rooney and Dallas symphonic pop group The Polyphonic Spree will co-headline more than a month of U.S. tour dates in October and November. 

The 26-date run begins October 14 in Pontiac, Michigan, and will cover the entire U.S. before wrapping in Baltimore on November 17. The Redwalls will support all dates.

The Polyphonic Spree will be touring in support of their third album, The Fragile Army and Rooney will be supporting their Calling The World.- dates

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Talking Showdown

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted at Ozzfest 2007 with David Bunton of The Showdown. 

Topics include their latest album "Temptation Come My Way," Ozzfest, Stryper, Van Halen, and old school metal. 

Additional podcasts topics include Slayer, Ted Nugent, Jersey City, NJ, AntiMusic's boycott of Disney, listener letters, and Rhino's "Heavy Metal Box." The 50-minute podcast can be downloaded at this- location

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Seven Witches Set Release

PR reports: That Jack Frost is one hard working gentleman, and he continues to shred n' roll on the forthcoming Seven Witches release, 'Deadly Sins.' With a release date of November 20th, the completed album and artwork will also be released as a digital download - at midnight Oct 31st (Halloween) to be exact � exclusively at 
www.groovejunctionone.com. 

In addition to Frost's impressive six string skills, the album features two other metal giants in their respective fields � ex-Hades/Watchtower vocalist Alan Tecchio (who also appeared on Seven Witches' 'Amped' release), as well as Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Anthrax bassist Joey Vera. 'Deadly Sins' turned out to be one of the trickiest Seven Witches releases to complete � a solid year in the making � due to the fact that it is a concept record (based on the "7 Sins of Mahatma Gandhi"). Additionally, other musicians lent a hand, including bassists Clint Arent (of Pain Museum), Kevin Bolembach (ex Non Fiction), and a drummer who goes by the nom de plum of 'Troll.'- more on this story

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Bside Killers

PR reports: Killers are hard at work collecting B-sides, rarities and one-off sides for a compilation album to be released later this year, entitled SAWDUST, out November 13th. The band is hunkered down at a recording studio in New York's Hell's Kitchen, completing the album with Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Lou Reed.

In England alone, the Killers' Brandon Flowers told Billboard.com last week, "We have a lot of B-sides that people in America would never know about because we don't have singles here. So we have about 15 of these songs that people have never heard, and we wanted to stick them on something for people to get to have them all together."

The website went on to mention a handful of titles- those are here as well as tour dates

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Fall of Troy Added to Coheed and Clutch Tour

PR reports: Seattle's progressive youth group, The Fall of Troy will be traveling the country with their Equal Vision labelmates Coheed and Cambria on a North American tour this fall. Sandwiched between the two prog-punk bands on the tour is Maryland's blue-collar rock band, Clutch.

The summer of 2007 has been a whirlwind for The Fall of Troy who kicked it off by releasing their third album, Manipulator to astonishing praise. Alternative Press calls Manipulator, "an outstanding and remarkably diverse effort," while the more aggressive publication Decibel singles out the album as being "hyper-caffeinated and wonderfully unusual."- dates

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Jay Baumgardner Gets B'z

PR reports: Mega-producer, Jay Baumgardner, is currently mixing and producing another album with B'z, Japan's most successful music group. Working with Baumgardner at his famed NRG Recording Studidos are Engineer Sergio Chavez along with Assistant Engineer's Dave Colvin and Casey Lewis. 

The B'z are set to release the album on their own label, Vermillion, and have sold over 42 million albums since the bands formation in 1988. They currently hold the record for the most consecutive #1 hits in Japan, with an astonishing 39 singles from 1990 to 2007. Baumgardner is known for his uber-production skills and mixing talent, displayed with such artists as Evanescence, Helmet, Orgy, Seether, Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm and Godsmack. - more on this story

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Mike Doughty Question Jar Tour

PR reports: Singer/songwriter Mike Doughty will get close to fans and preview new material with The Question Jar Show, a November duo tour of small East Coast clubs. In addition to taking requests from the audience and introducing new songs, Doughty will answer questions that fans place in a jar at the venue -- no question too weird, no topic taboo. 

Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Livingston will join Doughty on the 12-date run, which kicks off November 2 in South Padre Island, Texas, and continues through November 19 in Philadelphia, including two-night stands in Minneapolis and New York.

Mike Doughty's new album, Golden Delicious, is complete and planned for an early 2008 release by ATO Records. The album was produced by Grammy Winner Dan Wilson, who previously helmed Doughty's 2005 album Haughty Melodic- more on this story

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The Almost, The Starting Line and Paramore Tour

PR reports: Label mates The Almost and The Starting Line will tour with Paramore this fall. Both bands have been touring relentlessly since the release of their respective albums - Southern Weather and Direction - earlier this year, including slots on the Vans Warped tour, which Paramore played as well. 

After wrapping up its current series of dates, The Starting Line will head to Sayerville, NJ for the tour's launch on October 23rd. The Almost will join the tour on November 11th after lead vocalist Aaron Gillespie completes a tour with his other band, Underoath.

10/23 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/25 Utica, NY Utica Memorial Auditorium
10/26 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/27 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargos
10/29 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
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Artists Defend Chickens

PR reports: If overwhelmingly more chickens are raised and killed for food than all other land animals combined, why are they not protected by the Humane Slaughter Act? That's exactly what peta2-the world's largest youth animal rights organization-and members from numerous bands would like to know. 

Members of Chiodos, Boys Like Girls, Rise Against, Silverstein, Scenes From a Movie, Mustard Plug, The Dollyrots and Bandcamp along with Dave Melillo (who played with Cute Is What We Aim For all summer) have signed peta2's "I Am Not A Nugget!" petition calling for chickens�who make up 98% of all land animals slaughtered for food�to be protected by the Humane Slaughter Act.

Why are so many top bands sounding a sour note against cruelty to chickens? In factory farms, chickens�who are known to be as smart as cats and dogs and have the same capacity to feel pain�are crammed into dark, filthy sheds, where each bird is confined to a space about the size of a sheet of paper.- more on this story

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Beverly Hills Get Classically Rocked Speakeasy Style

antiMusic reports: Our friend Stuart Smith (Heaven and Earth/Sweet) sent us over an update on a cool new jam night he's taking part in. Thought we'd pass this along for those in the LA area as this looks like a really good time. Here is the message: We have started a regular Wednesday night blues/rock jam at The Aqua Lounge in Beverly Hills under the name "Pandora's Electric Box." It harkens back to the days of the old Speakeasy in London which was a classy club in the center of town with a killer house band and everyone from Hendrix to The Beatles, The Who, Deep Purple, Zeppelin, etc, would go and hang out and sometimes get up and jam. Last week was a great success with a packed house and Howard Leese, guitarist from Heart/Paul Rodgers, joined us onstage along with a few other guests. We will be having great players join us on a weekly basis.

"Pandora's Electric Box" consists of Stuart Smith/guitar, Joe Retta/vocals, Richie Onori/drums, Mark Meadows/bass and Stu Simone/keyboards. We will be playing everything from blues to rock and will be having some amazing guests come down to jam so please come down and join us for an evening of great entertainment as we want to make this a regular hang for musicians and lovers of great music. Showtime begins at 9.30 and we'll be playing all night but feel free to come earlier for dinner. 

The Aqua Lounge has a really cool vibe with a great restaurant, 2 bars and a brand new sound system and is located at 424 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. 90210, one block south of Santa Monica Blvd. For an inside look check out www.aqualoungebh.com Please call (310) 275-8511 if you'd care to reserve a table.- crave more info? Get it here

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....Tegan And Sara - The Con

Tegan And Sara music leaves the impression of many questions being asked, with few answers forthcoming. This is a smart and confrontational act, much like that Jack and Meg White couplet. (3 stars) - Read the full Tegan And Sara - The Con review
 

....Johnny Thunders - Who's Been Talking?

This film was shot in Osaka, Japan over the course of three nights in April, 1991. It is the last footage ever captured of Thunders- the guitarist would be found dead in a New Orleans hotel room three weeks later. (3 stars) - Read the full Johnny Thunders - Who's Been Talking? review
 

....Wormburner Interview

Wormburner is one of the great sounds rooted in New York City. Steve "Hank" Henry, lead singer, interacted with antiMusic to complete a spirited interview about the band and A Hero's Welcome, their first release. - Read the full Wormburner Interview
 

....The Absence - Riders of the Plague

Riders of the Plague is basically a trophy in modern melodic death metal, it displays everything done right, and the way it should be: beautiful and poetic albeit heavy all around.- Read the full The Absence - Riders of the Plague review

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