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Armed Forces Week: Day 2 "The Runaways"
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I had been working on this song for about two years by the time I finally put it to tape. It's a pretty straightforward number I wrote for my friend Annelise Dekker- a lovely young lady who let me sleep on the floor of her USC dorm room when I was homeless in Los Angeles a couple years ago. We would ride around all night looking for action and I found myself developing a distaste for all the industry-types in Hollywood, everybody thinking they were so much better than us.
It reached the breaking point when I watched her offer up her heart to this singer who really couldn't care less and used her for what he could. What started as a love song ended up as a statement of disgust with this society that didn't see what I did in this girl...thus the line "they don't want you but, I do."
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5th Beatle Dies
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According to Transworldnews "Aspinall's involvement with the Beatles dated from 1960 when the group's original drummer, Pete Best, asked him to become their driver. After Best, Aspinall's best friend, was replaced by Ringo Starr, Aspinall stayed with the band.
AFP adds, "In 1968, he became manager of Apple Corps, reportedly on the condition that he would only do it until they found someone else. He only left the job last year."
- Read the AFP report
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Violent Pet Censorship
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The three tracks "Blow Yr Mind", "Black Hole", and "Becky" were on the original promos released by the label and are widely available in the UK and Europe.
Lyrics in question include "We'll wait with knives after class!" and "Eating pizza is really great / So is destroying everything you hate." There are also some songs about zombies which may be offensive to bloodthirsty corpses hungering for brains.
- more on this story
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The Game Gets Real on Final CD?
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During his performance last Saturday, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Game announced to the crowd that his third and possibly final album will be released on June 24th the first day of summer.
"I have a highly controversial album coming this summer," states The Game, "and not the typical controversy you are used to in rap. On LAX I'm addressing real issues that other artists might be scared to talk about on record; issues that need to be heard."
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Radiohead Tap Liars for Support
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New York Times, describing the Liars' Madison Square Garden show with Interpol, said Liars "worked the Garden stage like rock stars... with [singer] Angus Andrew strutting and gesticulating in a white suit and a big, relentless beat, Liars sounded at home as arena-rock."
Liars also recently won the PLUG Independent Music Award for Avant Album of The Year!
Mon 5/5 West Palm Beach, FL � Cruzan Amphitheatre
Tue 5/6 Tampa, FL � Ford Amphitheater
Thu 5/8 Atlanta, GA � Lakewood Amphitheatre
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Shadows Fall Deny Split Rumor
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"Since returning home [from our crazy Australian-Asian tour], we have been made aware of some rumors involving ourselves and our record label. Let me make this very clear ... we have no intention of splitting with our label. Atlantic Records and Roadrunner worldwide have been amazing to us throughout the release of 'Threads Of Life' and we look forward to continuing our working relationship with both on our next release.
"It appears that some people out there don't know the difference between 'rumors' and actual 'news.' Somehow we were linked to a blind news item that mentioned neither us or our label and a few people decided to assume it was us. Well, we all know what happens when you ASSume�"
- Blabbermouth story
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Aerosmith Star Has Shiny New Knee
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The surgery was performed last Tuesday morning (March 18) by Dr. Arnie Shiller and Perry spent a few days in ICU where doctors were able to stabilize his pain.
Perry has since been moved to a private room where he will spend a few more days before heading home to continue his recovery
- more on this story
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iLike R.E.M. Listening Party
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A first for the company, the iLike Worldwide Listening Party will continue through March 26th, six days before the album's North American release on April 1st, 2008. Additionally, R.E.M. will record an exclusive video message introducing and discussing the album that will be available via iLike for distribution across the Web.
In addition to being available on iLike's website, the iLike Worldwide Accelerate Listening Party and exclusive R.E.M. video message will debut through the iLike Sidebar desktop plugin for iTunes and Windows Media Player, as well as across the Web via iLike's leading applications on Facebook, Bebo, hi5, and for the iPhone. To listen to R.E.M's Accelerate and watch the band's exclusive video message, please visit
- www.iLike.com/R.E.M
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Diddy Settles Punch Suit
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In the lawsuit filed last year, Gerard Rechnitzer says he and his girlfriend were leaving an event at Teddy's at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel around 2:00 AM when Combs punched him without warning while the rapper was talking to his girlfriend.
The suit also alleged that Combs pushed Rechnitzer's girlfriend and tried to spit on another woman in the parking lot. As he left, Rechnitzer says Combs climbed halfway out of a car window and stared him down.
- more on this story
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Pennywise Tour
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The iconic group--whose new single "The Western World" is on track to be the biggest song of their career--will preface this upcoming national tour with two sold-out intimate club shows on March 26 (The Casbah, San Diego) and March 27 (The Key Club, Los Angeles).
Fans can also catch a PENNYWISE television performance on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit" April 4 before they head overseas. The Hermosa Beach, CA band returns to the U.S. for a special April 17 performance at the Long Beach Grand Prix, followed by their headlining tour launch May 6 in Salt Lake City, UT.
- more on this story
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Soldier's Letter Inspires Filter
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The album's first single "Soldiers of Misfortune" will be available digitally on April 15. Patrick describes the soaring anthem--with its U2/Bowie flavor and stacked backdrop of buzzing electric guitars--as a "sardonic anti-war/pro-troops song." The first-person narrative was inspired by a letter from a Filter fan who had enlisted in the Army reserves to get his college tuition paid; in his final year of college, he was shipped off to Iraq where he died from a rocket attack and small arms fire after just a few days of duty.
Most recently, former Filter bassist--now Army Sergeant--Frank Cavanagh traveled to Kuwait to join his former band on Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot" for the Operation MySpace concert. Cavanagh--who is due to begin his tour of duty later this month--was authorized by the U.S. Army to join the band so that he could be a part of this memorable performance.
- more on this and tour dates
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Steve Miller Band DVD and CD
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Directed and produced by Daniel E Catullo III (Godsmack, Rush, Dave Matthews Band) and produced by Jack Gulick (Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Godsmack), the DVD, shot at Chicago's prestigious Ravinia Festival in July 2007, captures the Steve Miller Band's incredible sold-out, two-night stand. With 5.1 Surround Sound and state-of-the-art high definition from 17 cameras, disc one of Live From Chicago is packed with powerful performances of 20 of the band's most beloved songs � including "Fly Like An Eagle," "Living in the USA," "Jet Airliner," "Abracadabra," "Rockin' Me," "The Joker," "Take the Money and Run," "Swingtown" and "Jungle Love."
- more on this story
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George Michael Books First American Tour in 17 Years
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The new record, titled Twenty-Five, will be released April 1st and is a 29-song, 2-CD set featuring several new songs (including duets with superstars Paul McCartney and Mary J. Blige) in addition to many of Michael's iconic songs from both his solo and WHAM! career. In addition, a companion 2-disc DVD of 40 videos will also be made available.
The North American leg of the 25 LIVE tour will kick off in San Diego on June 17th and will continue through San Jose, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York and several other major cities. The tour will incorporate 22 shows over the course of seven weeks and Michael will perform material taken from the entire span of his career, including some classic Wham! tracks.
- more on this story
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Black Rebel Duke Spirit
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The band will be celebrating their album release in New York on April 8th with a show at the Bowery, and a few East Coast shows before hitting the road supporting Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on their US tour.
The Duke Spirit will be supporting their new album ' Neptune' which hits stores on April 8th via Shangri-La Music
- dates
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Lacuna Coil Working on New Album
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Co- singer of the band Cristina Scabbia recently stated about the new album: "[the album] will leave you with your mouths open.
"We want to experiment, we want to try something completely different, something that will rock your faces more than ever while still being Lacuna Coil
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