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Hannah Montana Does Something Naughty

Hecklerspray reports: Unlike Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus ha never taken a picture of her minge and put it on the internet. And unlike Jamie Lynn Spears, Miley Cyrus has never been knocked up by some bloke she met at church. But beneath that butter-wouldn't-melt smile there's a heart of darkness beating inside Miley Cyrus, if this new report is anything to go by.
Miley Cyrus didn't wear a seatbelt in a car once. We know, we're just as shocked as you. So shocked that we'll let USA Today fill you in on the rest of the details:

In a blog item posted Monday, Consumer Reports magazine says 15-year-old superstar Miley Cyrus, who plays Hannah Montana on television, is seen in her new movie riding without a seat belt in the back seat of a Range Rover. So is her father, country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, the Yonkers-based magazine says� The magazine says 65% of the 13-to-15-year-olds killed in auto accidents in 2006 were not wearing seat belts. "It seems to us that Miley, her father and Disney had a perfect opportunity to help influence teens and counteract � rather than encourage � this trend," the blog item says.- [But what percentage of those teens were too drunk to remember to buckle up? Yes folks the happy face fascism continues to rise in our country. more of this story here] 

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Mary Poppins Was Better Than the Beatles

antiMusic reports: Here is a fun one from our friends at Gibson about the punchline known as the Grammys, who have always showns their cluelessness: Whether you actually believe all the votes for Kanye West and Amy Winehouse canceled each other out or that the Grammy nominating committee is just woefully out of touch, there's no denying that giving Herbie Hancock the Album of the Year prize was divisive. Even the 67-year-old winner, who had his last major hit in 1983 with "Rockit," was stunned by the verdict, dropping all his thank-you notes as he took the stage. But we know it was just Grammy being Grammy, the capricious industry showcase with a history of colossal upsets. Here are some of the biggest.

5) Jethro Tull out rocks Metallica: In 1988, arguably one of the best vintage years ever for heavy metal, the Grammy committee had an easy opportunity to win over a previously untapped demographic simply by honoring Metallica in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category for its thrash masterpiece, And Justice for All. It was a total no-brainer, right? So how did flute playing, bandana-wearing folkies Jethro Tull sweep in and win the prize for their little-heard album, Crest of a Knave? It's a question philosophers are still pondering two decades later.

4) The Beatles get beat down by Mary Poppins: In 1964, with the British Invasion in full swing, the Recording Academy decided to shun the Beatles' soundtrack for A Hard Day's Night in the Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture category in favor of a bunch of songs sung by a fictional nanny with a bad accent and magical umbrella called Mary Poppins. Given a chance to correct its mistake two years later when the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" was up for Best Rock and Roll Recording�alongside the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville," the Association's "Cherish," and the Mamas and the Papas' "Monday Monday"�Grammy did the right thing. They awarded it to a long forgotten novelty single, "Winchester Cathedral." 
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Monday

Queen Guitarist Didn't Know Freddie Was Gay

Wenn reports: QUEEN guitarist BRIAN MAY insists he had no idea bandmate FREDDIE MERCURY was gay, assuming the parading frontman was just flamboyant. 

May met the late star in 1970 but claims it was not until the 1980s that he realised the frontman's sexuality - because Mercury began to bring men with "that particular Adonis look" backstage. He recalls, "When I shared a room with him on tour in the early days I can assure you it was girls who generally stayed overnight. 

"But he seemed to be what these days you would call metrosexual. He was into his hair, his clothes - he definitely led the way with regard to preening." - more on this story

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Idlewild Now Idle After Wild Injury

Gigwise reports: Idlewild have been forced to put their new album back after Allan Stewart managed to fracture his hand play fighting. 

The Scottish band have been writing new songs for a planned seventh studio album, but have now gone on hiatus whilst the guitarist recovers from his injury. 

Singer Roddy Woomble tells the Daily Record, "Song writing sessions with Allan were postponed after he fractured his right hand play fighting.- more on this story

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2008 Grammy Award Winners

antiMusic reports: For the five readers that might actually care about this, we have a list of who won what at the 50th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. (Most of the awards are included).

We know you're itching to find out who took the nod for best Polka Album and other assorted genres still celebrated by the antiquated music awards ceremony (they still call it "record of the year after all) but have been ignored by the masses for the past 40 years, but we can tell you that Amy Winhouse, Kanye West and Bruce Springsteen were the very predictable big winners on Sunday night. 

The strangest pick of the evening was the Album of the Year nod, which went to Herbie Hancock. Props to Herbie but the best album of the year? It's also interesting to see that the Foo Fighters are now "hard rock." Maybe they are hard to the geriatric "academy" voters, but at least they gave the metal award to a metal band this year (Slayer). Now with that said, here are the Grammy "winners":

Album of the Year: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock.

Record of the Year - "Rehab," Amy Winehouse

Song of the Year - "Rehab," Amy Winehouse

New Artist - Amy Winehouse.

Alternative Music Album - "Icky Thump," The White Stripes.

Rock Song - "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen).

Solo Rock Vocal Performance - "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen.

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals - "Icky Thump," The White Stripes.

Hard Rock Performance - "The Pretender," Foo Fighters.

Metal Performance - "Final Six," Slayer.
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10 Killed At Punk Show

thejakartapost.com reports: A stampede at an Indonesian punk rock concert killed 10 people and injured dozens of others, most of them teenagers, police said Sunday. 

The crush happened Saturday night at a small cultural center hall in West Java provincial capital of Bandung, after a show by a local band called Beside. Hundreds of people tried to leave the overcrowded venue at the same time, causing a panic, said Bandung City Police chief, Sr. Comr. Bambang Suparsono. 

The concert hall had been about 30 percent over its capacity of 700, Bambang said, adding that investigators were questioning 15 concert organizers.- more on this story

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Tuesday

James Blunt Auctioning His Sister

Contact Music reports: Singer-songwriter JAMES BLUNT had so much success finding his sister a date on auction website eBay.com he's offering to do the same for his younger sibling. 

The You're Beautiful hitmaker "auctioned off" one sister, partly because she needed transport to a funeral in Ireland, and that little bit of matchmaking really paid off - last year (07) his sister wed the guy who flew her to the funeral in his helicopter. 

So now Blunt is hoping for the same success as another desperate sister looks for love.- more on this story

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Motley Crue Deny Jumping on Live Nation Bandwagon

antiMusic reports: Nikki "Dude! I Died! Dude!" Sixx issued a statement refuting a story that appeared online that claimed that Motley Crue has signed a deal $100 million with Live Nation. We thought that number was about $98 million too high too. It's too bad this isn't true. We wanted to see Tommy's excitement over jumping on the Live Nation bandwagon, since he hasn't had a new bandwagon to jump on lately. 

Here is what Nikki had to say: "MOTLEY CRUE HAS NOT SIGNED ANY DEALS TO TOUR OR RECORD WHATSOEVER. ANY INFORMATION TO THE CONTRARY IS 100 PERCENT INCORRECT." He obviously likes his caps lock key. 

Blabbermouth carried the following story which prompted the Nikki statement: Robin Leach reports on his blog "Vegas Luxe Life with Robin Leach" that Motley Crue (Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars) signed a $100-million-plus mega-deal last week to produce three albums and perform three world tours for the giant Live Nation entertainment conglomerate.- read more of the Blabbermouth story

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Blind Melon Return with CD and Tour

PR reports: In recent years, the tale of Blind Melon has taken a dramatic turn � from an abrupt and tragic end, to a rebirth and reconnection with their legion of fans. No matter how you slice it, the group was responsible for some of the most memorable and pure-sounding rock music of the '90s. 

And with their reformation in 2007 with singer Travis Warren, Blind Melon are poised to pick up exactly where they left off a decade earlier � as evidenced by their forthcoming CD entitled For My Friends set for release on April 22, 2008.

On February 28th Blind Melon are set to embark on a five month U.S. tour - more on this story

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MTV Loses Its Head

antiMusic reports: As we sit here and ponder how one antiquated and clueless organization bestowed their highest honor upon an album that sold under 60,000 copies in the U.S., another institution of music cluelessness has lost their head. We're pretty sure that most Grammy voters haven't even heard said album but voted because they knew Herbie's name from his hit way back in MTVs heyday in the early 80s. Actually from around the same era that the Grammys gave Lionel Richie the nod over Prince's "Purple Rain" and Springsteen's "Born in the USA". Let's not forget how they made the flutey Jethro Tull into a metal band. 

Now we learn that woman that has presided over the recent downfall of MTV and Vh1 is calling it a day. Wonder if she voted for Herbie? Canadian Press has the report: Christina Norman, who rose from a freelance production manager to become president of MTV, is quitting at the end of the month.

During a period in charge of VH1, she helped transform the network into a pop culture channel dominated by celebrity reality. [Big thanks for the Celebretardity. How about a Behind the Music about the fall of MTV?] - more on this story

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The Game Going To Jail

TMZ reports: The Game has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of possession of a firearm in a school zone. 

After he entered his plea, a Los Angeles County judge immediately sentenced him to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service and three years probation.

The rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, faced three felony counts for making criminal threats and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a peace officer. Two counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.- more on this story

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