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10 Years Week: Beautiful
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Here he is with today's song: Beautiful - This song was one of the first ideas that came up when we first started the DIVISION writing process and probably the last song to get finished! The "just as beautiful as you are, it's so pitiful what you are" lyric came about from me catching a glimpse of some random reality T.V show and seeing some amazingly beautiful girls showcasing their shallowness and ignorance. The song is basically our stance on the A-typical Hollywood bimbo type.
This was a song that was almost thrown away early on in the writing process because the rest of the band just simply did not like it. Somehow it stuck around and the more everyone lived with it, the more everyone began to like it. Luckily for us we never followed our original impulse and canned this tune.
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Led Zeppelin World Tour
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Yesterday (May 9th), David Coverdale, the frontman of Whitesnake and a long-term friend of the band, said the tour was "very likely".
"I'm expecting a call from Jimmy any day asking my band Whitesnake to support them on their world tour. Am I on board? You bet. Probably worth billions," he said.
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Suge Knocked Out in Bar Fight
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Lowdown: A TMZ source was there last night [Sat], and witnessed Suge talking to a guy -- and the convo was friendly enough at first. Then it turned. Suge shouted, "I want my money!" Suge then rushed the guy with the help of his posse, and began hitting and kicking him. Get this -- during the fight, Suge put a random guy in a headlock, demanding his cellphone.
People outside the club broke up the fight, and as the beatee got up, he landed a right hook to Suge's face, knocking him out cold. We're told Knight was out for nearly three minutes.
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Poison Rape Response
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In the video, available at www.tmz.com, Rikki states that he will hold a press conference "hopefully Monday" to discuss the rape charge filed against him. Rikki also says the he doesn't know who the girl is and says that he is "doing a press conference next week, this whole thing is going to be over. It will be the end of it."
In March Rikki was arrested on a rape warrant out of Mississippi as he got off a flight from New Zealand at LAX. 46-year-old Rikki Rockett was busted by the Airport Division of the LAPD as he was going through customs.
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Gnarls Barkley Get Festive
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Gnarls has confirmed 20 dates so far, including: the Roots Picnic in Philly; the Soco Music Experience in Denver; the Quart Festival in Norway; the Roskilde Festival in Denmark; Rock Werchter in Belgium; Eurockness in France; the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland; the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam; the Benicassim Festival in Spain; Lollapalooza in Chicago; and the ACL Festival in Austin.
More will be announced as soon as the band is allowed to disclose. "Summer is a time to get outside, meet new people, try new things, and dance, in whatever way you dance," said a spokesperson for the band. "If anyone can coax the people outside, Gnarls can. Any excuse for a righteous throwdown."
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John Mellencamp Set For Life, Death, Love and Freedom
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Mellencamp has characterized the album as a collection of "modern electric folk songs." With backing from his legendary touring band, the album's 14 tracks were recorded at his studio in Bloomington, Indiana and mixed in Los Angeles with Burnett behind the boards for all of the sessions. Mellencamp cites Burnett's production as key to "finding the soul of each song." As far as singing to Hear Music is concerned, he noted, "In today's business environment, each artist needs to pursue his own path and determine what works best. For me, Hear is the right way to go for this album. I'm glad to be working with a team of open minded people who seem to be interested in what the music is about and what it sounds like."
The album will be the first ever release in the ΧΟΔΕ (CODE) format. T Bone Burnett and his team of engineers developed CODE, a proprietary audio technology that creates high-definition audio files that are virtually indistinguishable from the original master tapes. The resonance, warmth and presence that has been realized with CODE is unprecedented in the digital era. The CODE version of "Life, Death, Love and Freedom" is a DVD that will come packaged with a standard CD version of the album, available at all retail outlets, at no additional cost to the consumer. The CODE disc is playable on virtually all DVD machines including stand-alone players and drives integrated into computer systems. The DVD's content can be copied into most computer music software including iTunes and can, then, be downloaded onto personal music players such as the iPod. The standard CD is included to answer all possible compatibility questions. Mellencamp commented, "When T Bone introduced me to CODE, it was a remarkable experience. I could hear the music the way it was intended to be heard. I'm very happy the people are going to be able to share this experience in a way that's so true to our original intent."
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Muse EP For Gamers
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The 'track pack' � which contains 'Supermassive Black Hole', 'Exo-Politics' and 'Stockholm Syndrome' for PS3 and Xbox 360 users.
Muse are the latest group to offer extra examples of their music to players of the game.
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Echo & The Bunnymen Orchestra
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Get Blitzed With Sweet
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Popular rock band Sweet led by bassist /vocalist Steve Priest will begin their "Are You Ready Steve?" 2008 tour their first in many years, it was announced today. The original Sweet was formed by Priest along with vocalist Brian Connolly, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey (later replaced by Andy Scott) in the UK and rose to fame with such hits as Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Love is Like Oxygen, Little Willy, Hellraiser, Teenage Rampage, Blockbuster, Action and many others. The 2008 Sweet tour will be a tribute to Connolly and Tucker whose tragic deaths were terribly pre-mature.
According to Edna Gundersen's story on the cover of the Life section in USA Today on May 2, 2008: "A blitz may be coming to your local ballroom. Bassist Steve Priest, a founding member of Sweet, has reconstituted the glittery fuzz-rock band that ignited U.K. and U.S. charts with such '70s hits as Ballroom Blitz, Little Willy, Fox on the Run and Love Is Like Oxygen. The Are you Ready Steve? Tour kicks off June 12 at The Whisky in Hollywood, with guitarist Stuart Smith, singer Joe Retta, drummer Richie Onori and keyboardist Stevie Stewart�Priest's reconfiguration plans to revisit all the historic Sweet spots, including Blockbuster, Action, Hellraiser and Teenage Rampage."
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Gorerotted Lose The Gore
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Says frontman Ben McCrow: "The motives behind what we were doing with Gorerotted have changed over the years, and as a mark of respect for what we achieved, for previous band members and for fans, we didn't feel it was right to continue under our previous monicker. This album is gonna blow people away, I couldn't even classify it for you if I tried, all I can say is its heavy as ----, catchy as hell and a piece of work we're all incredibly proud of. People have been affectionately referring to us as THE ROTTED for some time now, so it seemed like a decent change to us."
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Clash, Sonic Youth, Blondie For Rock Band
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"Hanging On The Telephone" first appeared on Blondie's third�and arguably best�album, 1978's Parallel Lines. "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" is from the album many critics refer to as one of the greatest rock records ever recorded, The Clash's 1979 blockbuster London Calling, and "Kool Thing," featuring Public Enemy's Chuck D, was from 1990's Goo, Sonic Youth's first major label album.
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