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antiMusic reports: Ill Nino are back with a new album on a new record label. The band are really fired up for this next chapter in their story and with their new album, 'Enigma,' hitting stores this week we asked frontman Cristian Machado to pick his five favorite tracks from the CD and tell us about each one. Here is Cristian with today's song "Compulsion of Virus and Fever":

"Compulsion of Virus and Fever" is about the human addiction to war and violence - the human obsession with death - and the human conquest for answers we will never have.

You can hear some tracks from the 'Enigma' CD, grab tour dates and more - right here

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Goth Murder

guardian.co.uk reports: A student was beaten to death by a drunken gang in a town park because she and her boyfriend were dressed as goths, a court heard yesterday. Sophie Lancaster, who was 20, died after she vainly tried to protect her boyfriend 21-year-old Robert Maltby from kicks and punches, a jury at Preston crown court was told.

The couple were targeted in Bacup, Lancashire, by five teenagers who behaved "like a pack of wild animals", Michael Shorrock QC told the court in his opening speech. The killers celebrated their attack on the goths - or "moshers" - by telling friends afterwards that they had "done summat good", and claiming: "There's two moshers nearly dead up Bacup park - you wanna see them -they're a right mess."

Police who arrived at the scene could not tell whether the young woman was male or female because of her horrendous injuries. Shorrock told the hearing: "Sophie and Robert were singled out not for anything they had said or done but because they looked and dressed differently. Kicks and stamps on their heads and body followed as the gang goaded each other on." - more on this story

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NIN Spark Revolution?

antiMusic reports: Later in today's Day in Rock report we will tell you how Alan Jackson will top the Billboard charts having sold 119,000 copies of his new CD last week. But Nine Inch Nails sold almost 7 times as many copies of their digital only instrumental album during the same week. This comes without any label support at all. Imagine how many copies they could sell this way if the album had vocals? Radiohead fought the first skirmish, but it looks like Nine Inch Nails may have just sparked the real revolution, where bands with dedicated fanbases can bypass the label system all together. Here is the announcement they sent out:

Nine Inch Nails' 36-track instrumental opus Ghosts I-IV, released March 2 via NIN.com, has amassed a first week total of 781,917 transactions (including free and paid downloads as well as orders for physical product), resulting in a take of $1,619,420 USD.

"These figures represent the most relevant and contemporary metric for measuring how Nine Inch Nails' music is reaching its fans," said NIN manager Jim Guerinot. NIN's label The Null Corporation will not be releasing traditional sale figures to soundscan. - more on this story

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Van Halen Rehab Denied

Reuters reports: Actress Valerie Bertinelli has said her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen is not in rehab, but she declined to say exactly what is ailing the rock guitarist, People.com reported on Wednesday.

"The reports about him being in rehab are wrong. Eddie is sober," Bertinelli said at a New York luncheon hosted by cable TV's Hallmark Channel, according to the Web site of celebrity magazine People.

This month rock band Van Halen, which Eddie co-founded with his brother Alex, canceled its tour dates until April 19 and said the 53 year-old guitarist is undergoing medical tests. But the band has not divulged details of his illness. - more on this story

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Ozzfest Going UK?

Blabbermouth reports: Kerrang.com reports that Ozzfest 2008 is strongly rumored to be coming to the UK with a one-off show at London's 02 Arena on July 19.

OZZY OSBOURNE, who begins a series a South American tour on March 30 with KORN and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, looks set to headline the one-day extravaganza.

Although promoters and agents involved with the show are remaining tight-lipped, Kerrang.com believes that other bands in the running are KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ALICE IN CHAINS, SERJ TANKIAN, DIMMU BORGIR and LACUNA COIL.

As previously reported, the U.S. version of Ozzfest is rumored to be morphing into a two-day "destination festival" in Dallas. - more on this story

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Coachella Lineup Expands

Billboard reports: Aphex Twin, Goldfrapp, Kate Nash, Serj Tankian, Redd Kross and Adele have joined the lineup for the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 25-27 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif.

As previously reported, Jack Johnson, Portishead and former Pink Floyd principal Roger Waters will headline this year's Coachella.

The Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs near the top of the bill. - more on this story

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Flaming iPods Batman!

Gigwise reports: An investigation has been launched into the safety of Apple's iPod Nano after one reportedly gave off sparks while being charged.

The incident took place in Kanagawa, a district of southwest Tokyo, in January but wasn't reported to the country's Trade and Economy Industry until this month.

An official at the Industry said they suspect that there may have been a defect with the Nano's lithium-ion battery. The iPod in question is an earlier edition of the Nano. - more on this story

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Jackson Beats Jackson and Johnson

Reuters reports: Country star Alan Jackson replaced Janet Jackson at the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, while rock bands Flogging Molly and the Black Crowes cracked the top five with their latest releases.

Jackson's "Good Time," the fourth No. 1 of his career, sold 119,000 copies during the week ended March 9, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Janet Jackson's "Discipline" slid to No. 3 with 57,000, while Jack Johnson's former chart-topper "Sleep Through the Static" rose one to No. 2 with 65,000.

Flogging Molly earned its highest charting album and its best sales week ever as "Float" started at No. 4 with 48,000. The Black Crowes achieved their highest charting album since 1992 as "Warpaint" debuted at No. 5 with 46,000. - more on this story

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The Lemonheads It's A Shame About Ray Reissue

PR reports: Rhino presents the Collector's Edition release of The Lemonheads It's A Shame About Ray on March 25th The Lemonheads' second album for Atlantic Records was an unforgettable gem. Powered by infectious melodic hooks and a mix of sweet and subversive lyrics, IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY helped put the band on the map in 1992.

Rhino honors the album with the label's special Collector's Edition treatment, remastering and expanding the original for a CD/DVD set that includes unreleased demos along with the DVD debut of the 1993 video Two Weeks In Australia. IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY will be available March 25 at all physical retail outlets and www.rhino.com for a suggested list price $24.98. A digital version that includes all the CD content will also be available the same day for $10.99 from all digital retailers.

The 10 bonus tracks feature "Shaky Ground," which was originally released as the B-side to "My Drug Buddy." The remaining nine songs are unreleased demos that Dando recorded in 1991, including early renditions of album tracks "Confetti," "Rockin Stroll" and "Hannah & Gabi," plus "Bit Part," which includes vocals from Hatfield. - more details including a link to an online listening party

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Kraftwerk Book US Shows

Filter reports: German electro trailblazers Kraftwerk have announced a tinge of US shows leading up to their anticipated second appearance at this year's Coachella.

With a career spanning over 35 years and a sound incessantly sampled in popular music, these Euro-techno automatons are still in high demand.

These are the first US shows for the futuristic group since 2004 following the release of their first ever official live DVD Minimum-Maximum. - dates

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Hatebreed and Type O Negative Jager Tour

Metal Underground reports: Running twice a year for six years straight, this Spring Jagermeister Music Tour continues the momentum with a co-headlining bill featuring Hatebreed and Type O Negative. Support will come from the Canadian metallers 3 Inches of Blood.

Hatebreed have been touring non-stop in support of their 2006 release "Supremacy" and look forward to another up-close encounter with J�germeister. "Having the opportunity to headline the J�germeister Music Tour like our friends from Slayer and Slipknot is a tremendous honor." says frontman, Jamey Jasta. "J�germeister has supported heavy music in so many different ways and they continue to bring together the best of the best in metal. The Spring Tour will be no different and co-headlining with our friends from Type O Negative makes it that much sweeter."

New Yorkers, Type O Negative hit the metal scene in 1991. Many of today's rockers have acknowledged the measure of Type O Negative's influence in their own work. The band is fired up to tour with their SPV Records debut, "Dead Again.". Peter Steele of Type O Negative says, "We've always had serious respect for everything J�germeister does in music and headlining their Tour has been a long-time goal of ours. It's an even greater accomplishment to have a co-headlining band like Hatebreed along for the ride with us." - more on this story

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Sevendust Tour

Blabbermouth reports: SEVENDUST will hit the road this spring with SALIVA and NEVERSET. Blabbermouth has posted the initial dates for the outing.

SEVENDUST recently pulled out of its participation in this summer's inaugural Mayhem Tour, indicating in a statement that it canceled its involvement "due to changes in (the group's) touring schedule."

The Mayhem Tour, featuring headliners DISTURBED and SLIPKNOT, is scheduled to kick off on July 9 in Seattle and will hit 30 North American cities. SEVENDUST will release its new album, "Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow", on April 1. - Grab the dates here

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Billie Jean Busted at Neverland

Gigwise reports: A woman who claimed to be the wife of Michael Jackson was arrested on Monday for trespassing at his Neverland ranch.

Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies were called after security guards at the property detained Billie Jean Jackson.

Sgt. Martin Eberling told AP that the 60-year-old woman had claimed that the ranch was lawfully hers. Jackson has not lived at the property since he was acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005. - more on this story

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Classic Struggle Injury

Lambgoat reports: The Classic Struggle has cancelled a few shows following an injury to vocalist Tim Zlinksky, who recently shattered his wrist. Zlinsky has surgery earlier this week to "rebuild his wrist with a metal plate and some screws." The group comments:

"To make sure the surgery went well and everything in his wrist is adjusting well, we have to be back home for a follow-up appointment. As a result, we have to cancel the dates March 23rd - 27th.

"We deeply appologize to everyone in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota who was looking forward to seeing us on those dates. We absolutely hate canceling shows, but we must in order to make sure that we are able to continue with the rest of our scheduled shows this spring/summer. - more on this story

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Trade Sperm for Tickets

antiMusic reports: Today's silly story comes courtesy of Hecklerspray: If you've missed out on tickets to this year's festivals like T In The Park, V and Glastonbury, you can still get a chance to go. All you have to do is wank! Yes simply place your man sap in a jar, send it off and you could be experiencing the joys of festivals around Europe. Sorry ladies, it's a no go for you. But why not try and water some mayonnaise down and pass it off as your own reproductive bodily fluid anyway?

Honestly, this doesn't appear to be an offer from some sort of mad fetishist who wants samples of sperm delivered to his home so he can bath in it or something. It's quite the opposite of that actually. Whilst Ireland is full of leprechauns, Guinness, pikeys and rubbish preaching rock stars, it is short on one thing. Sperm. And this essential ingredient that is needed for everyone to reproduce is in short supply.

Everyone loves the Irish. Without them we wouldn't have a pointless excuse to neck countless pints of Guinness for a novelty hat. Would we really want to see them disappear off the face of the planet? As the NME reports: "Sperm donors are to be offered free tickets to any music festival in Europe under a new initiative. Irish stocks are apparently dwindling, with demand far higher than is sustainable, and donations down by 40% over the last four years." - more on this story

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