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Gang Brutally Attack Band

Metal Underground reports: On Saturday night, February 16th, BURY YOUR DEAD guitarist Eric Ellis was a victim of a random attack by six individuals following the band's set at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Eric was held at gunpoint while the men hit him multiple times with a baseball bat and hammer.

Previous reports of a robbery are false, as the Milwaukee police department has classified it as a 'gang initiation.' 

Despite suffering what others would consider serious injuries, Eric and the rest of BURY YOUR DEAD will move forward and continue with their tour alongside HELLYEAH and take that into their headlining run with EMMURE, THE WARRIORS, and WITH BLOOD COMES CLEANSING.

Added the band: "It will take more than this to stop BURY YOUR DEAD. We'll see you soon."- more on this story

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Winehouse's Husband ODs in Jail

Newswatch50 reports: Amy Winehouse's jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil was rushed to the prison medical block this week after allegedly overdosing on drugs.

Fielder-Civil, who is currently behind bars in London's Pentonville Prison, was found vomiting violently and writhing in pain on the floor of his cell after reportedly taking a potentially lethal combination of heroin mixed with an unknown toxic substance with five other inmates.

A Prison Service spokesperson said, "A small number of prisoners were treated in health care following the consumption of an unknown substance."- more on this story

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Monday

Face Hits Diddy's Fist

TMZ reports: Puff Diddy Daddy is claiming that the man who sued him over a fight outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood is at fault -- and the explanation is the oldest one in the book.

TMZ has obtained a declaration by Combs filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, explaining the incident (in Diddy's classic words), alleging that Gerald Rechnitzer "continued moving toward me and, without warning, lunged at me. Instinctively, I outstretched one of my hands, which hand was not closed-fisted, to shield myself 

"... any contact between Mr.Rechnitzer and myself was caused by his forward motion against my stationary open hand." - Diddy'll smack flames out of your ass

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Van Halen Performing at Tiger Woods Benefit

Van Halen reports: The Tiger Woods Foundation announced yesterday that Tiger Jam XI, will take place this year on Saturday, April 19 at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Golf legend Tiger Woods will welcome VAN HALEN to Tiger Jam XI to help raise funds for the Tiger Woods Foundation and select Las Vegas-based charities.

Saturday evening's highlights will include top notch epicurean fare and exclusive live and silent auctions featuring unique items. Following the dinner and auctions, the celebration will progress to the Mandalay Bay Events Center stage, where Woods will introduce Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen for a rocking VAN HALEN concert.

"Tiger Jam XI will be incredible with VAN HALEN," Woods said. "I'm thrilled to have this amazing group of diverse musical talent coming together for such a great cause. VAN HALEN is one of my favorite bands, and I can't wait to see them perform on the Tiger Jam stage."- more on this story

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Beatle Snubs Ozzy

Contact Music reports: LATEST: SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has disappointed pal OZZY OSBOURNE by declining an opportunity to duet with the rocker at the 2008 Brit Awards. 

The former Black Sabbath singer - who will co-host the ceremony with his wife/manager Sharon - was ecstatic at the prospect of fulfilling his lifelong dream of sharing the stage with the former Beatle. 

But McCartney, 65, has since decided to perform a simple solo set instead. He says, "You can either go for something wow or just do a couple of hits - I've opted for the latter. "I'm quite happy to be just doing stuff that I hope the audience will like."- Paul probably heard Ozzy's cover of John's "In My Life"

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Idol Integrity Questioned

antiMusic reports: We do realize that the words "Idol" and "integrity" should never appear in the same sentence, but this is a fun story about the anger from some people that actually take the karaoke contest serious. Also of note, MCA Records used to be jokingly called Music Cemetery of America for their large number of "flops". e.g. a promising artist signs to the label and is never heard from again. Now here is the Reuters story: The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week. 

Dublin native Carly Smithson, who formerly recorded for MCA Records under her maiden name, Carly Hennessy, was one of the 24 "Idol" contestants who made it on Wednesday to the semifinal rounds voted on each week by the show's home TV audience.

Online critics immediately seized on her initial success, and her professional recording background, as further evidence that "the fix" might be in for the top-rated show on U.S. television. - more on this story

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Eddie Vedder April Fools Solo Tour

Pearl Jam reports: Eddie Vedder will embark on a small, West Coast, solo tour beginning April 2nd in Vancouver, BC and ending April 15th in San Diego. New Zealand singer-songwriter Liam Finn will open these shows.

Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at 10am* PST through Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. (*Note: Santa Barbara goes on sale Friday, February 29th at 10am PST).

The base ticket price for all shows is $65 plus additional venue, service and handling fees. There is a four-ticket limit for the public on sale. - more on this story

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Tuesday

Prince Vs Pirate Bay

Gigwise reports: Prince and the Village People are to sue representatives of a Swedish download site after it emerged that their songs were available for users to download without consent. 

They claim that the owners of Pirate Bay, which is already facing legal action from a British law firm, had not been granted permission to use their music. 

Lawyer Lars Sandberg, who has been hired on behalf of the musicians, said it had not yet been decided whom the legal action would be directed against.- more on this story

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R.Kelly Involved with Older Woman And Still Catches Hell

Idolator reports: George Daniels, husband of recently dismissed R. Kelly publicist Regina Daniels and longtime Chicago music scene fixture, is attempting to shame a clearly unshamable man, raising a stink that Kelly "crossed a line," this one moral, when he engaged in an affair with the Daniels' daughter. 

Turns out those "ROCK SOLID" rumors about the relationship from November were actually true, except for the part about Daniels' daughter being 19, as the alleged affair occurred after Maxine Daniels was old enough to buy her own wine coolers. 

Jeez, the R.'s publicists should know better than anyone that the man only starts sweating if his transgressions involve possible jail time.- more on this story

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American Idol Team Up with iTunes To Sell Karaoke Performances

PR reports: [All the assorted corps behind American Idol] and Apple, for the first time, have partnered to bring music fans all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of television's most popular show exclusively on the iTunes Store. 

Kicking off with the "American Idol" Top 24 semifinalists this week, customers can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song, and viewers will be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99, starting March 11. 

In addition, beginning today, fans can pre-order performances of their favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will be automatically downloaded the day after the show airs.- more on this story

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Hundreds Gather For Fifth Anniversary Of Great White Fire

AP reports: Survivors and relatives of the 100 people killed in one of the nation's deadliest nightclub fires marked the fifth anniversary of the disaster yesterday with a somber service at the fire site, where they received a first look at design plans for a proposed permanent memorial.

Hundreds of people huddled next to the makeshift memorial of crosses and photographs assembled on the grounds of The Station nightclub, with some crying softly as the names of each victim was slowly read aloud.

The Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick began when the tour manager for the 1980s rock band GREAT WHITE set off pyrotechnics at the start of a concert. The fire left 100 people dead and more than 200 injured.- more on this story

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$100K To See Billy Joel?

Idolator reports: Billy Joel's July concert at Shea Stadium--the final musical event at the crumbling concrete behemoth--sold out in one hour on Saturday morning, although the ticketing system used to handle the show's ticket sales was apparently experiencing massive gridlock. 

(Shea's overlords eschewed Ticketmaster for in-house site 507tixx.com, which is named after the Mets' ticketing hotline.) 

As you might expect, the "secondary market" for these tickets is thriving, despite the tech snafus and speedy sellout; at present, there are 441 listings for tickets on the semi-legitimate scalping site StubHub, with the highest single-seat price $99,215.- more on this story

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Spice Girls Help Nab Carjacker

Yahoo reports: A 911 call from the driver of a Spice Girls' tour bus about a possible drunken driver led to the arrest of a suspected carjacker. 

The Flint Journal reports the bus was heading south on Interstate 75 on Saturday night when its driver noticed a man weaving in and out of traffic. Police in suburban Detroit later arrested a 36-year-old man from Burton, Mich.

He was turned over to police in the community about 80 kilometres northwest of Detroit in connection with a carjacking at a gas station.- more on this story

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