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Rocker Killed By Drunk Driver |
According to The Tennessean, a Kentucky man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police said he drove into a concrete wall, killing Daum.
Daum died at the scene of the accident on an Interstate 40 on-ramp on George L. Davis Boulevard. According to police, the car was driven by Charles Wolford of Owensboro, Ky., who admitted at the scene that he had been drinking.
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The Black Lips Driven Out of India |
Unfortunately, we have had to flee the country of India due to having our whole tour canceled and having to escape being held by police for indecent exposure during our most rawkus set in Chennai at the Campus Rock Idol showcase.
After the fiasco, which the kids seemed to like, the financial backers of the event were furious and threw us off the tour. They tried to get security to restrain us until the Tamil police arrived. We locked the door while they were kicking and banging on it. Meanwhile, we slipped out the other emergency exit.
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Kanye West Takes Bad Taste To A New Low |
Speaking from a hotel room in Paris, West says that the new name came to him when he saw the shoes he designed for Louis Vuitton hit the runway last week:
"Who do you know with two thumbs and their own Louis shoe? This guy," West says pointing to himself. [A play on Martin Luther King Jr.'s name? Does this guy have no shame? Hey that's a better rhyme than anything Moosey Elliot has ever put out!]
- Enough from this bozo, if you must read more click here
Kooky Pearl Benefit Jam- Bullet For My Putintine- Jacko Musical- Consumers Agree: Zune Sucks!- M83 Orchestra- New Glam Supergroup and more |
Bullet For My Valentine have announced a one-off show in Russia, due to take place in Moscow at DS Luzhniki Hockey Arena on April 20th. more
Michael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking "Thriller" video into a musical theater production, producers said on Monday.more
Lil Wayne has announced a tentative April 7 release date for his next album, "Rebirth." The set's first single, "Prom Queen," will debut live Tuesday (January 27) on Wayne's MySpace page.more
Mastodon revealed a brand new song, "Divinations," from their new studio album, Crack The Skye, yesterday. The single is available digitally from iTunes and all other participating digital retailers.
Oasis, Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend lead the field of nominees at the NME pop music magazine awards this year. more
Janet Jackson has postponed the Japanese leg of her tour, blaming the slumping economy, the singer's representatives said on Monday.more
Contrary to rumors that Faith No More will reform to play the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April, the group's frontman Mike Patton will perform at the event in tandem with beatboxer Rahzel, Billboard.com has learnedmore
It seems that Microsoft's Zune just can't catch a break. Despite a holiday ad blitz and introduction of new services - including a feature that lets subscribers keep 10 free songs a week - revenue for the Zune division fell 54% in the fourth quarter from the year prior. more Standing in the story looking at the Zune and the iPod. Let's see both are the same price, one is the elegant device from the innovative company that created the market and the other comes from Microsoft. Wonder which one people went with? Had Microsoft offered their lesser device for a lesser price they might have done better. Xbox anyone?
M83 have announced a co-headlining performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Los Angeles in March. more
Harlots has announced that they're now on what they consider to be an indefinite hiatus. The group's the last album was released in 2007 via Lifeforce Records, though they had since written a handful of songs for a new release.more
Tune in to catch Americana/folk favorite James McMurtry in the latest webcast from online-concert-channel www.fabchannel.com. Today, January 27, McMurtry will take to the stage at the legendary Paradiso in Amsterdam as part of his highly anticipated European tour. Viewers from all over the world can join the audience at the venue, live at www.fabchannel.com/james_mcmurtry. The webcast will start at 19.00 (GMT).
Plushgun will release their debut full length, Pins & Panzers, on February 17th. To celebrate, they are throwing parties in NYC and Boston. 2/18 New York, NY @ Fontana's and 2/19 Boston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
Rumor has it that Paul McCartney may appear at Coachella. info on those rumors
Three 'secret' Lady Sovereign gigs in the US have been pushed back a week due to complications in securing the rapper's visa.more
Ontario metal/hardcore band Dead and Divine is currently preparing to record their next album, titled "The Machines We Are." The effort will be produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson (Rage Against the Machine) and Eric Ratz (Cancer Bats) and is expected to hit streets this summermore
American Beauty, the new band featuring members of Wild August, Alice Cooper, Ratt and Skid Row, have booked their debut performance at Club Loaded on Feb 27th 2009.
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There Will Be No Ziggy Stardust in the Desert |
However, according to a spokesperson for Bowie, the singer won't be assuming his early '70 glam-rock persona.
David Bowie is "not performing at Coachella this year," a representative from Isolar Managment told MusicRadar, putting to rest any performances, Ziggy Stardust or otherwise.
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Slash Doll Coming |
KISS became on of the first bands to tap into this market when they released dolls of their face-painted likeness in the 70s. They did have the intellectual honesty to call them dolls at the time, but strangely the TV ad jingle was performed by a studio band. The latest rocker to be immortalized in doll form is Slash. Oops, we mean action-figure.
McFarlane Toys have announced the pending release of the Slash guitar hero "action figure." Some the specs: "Figure measures 11 inches at top of hat. Articulated at neck, shoulders, biceps, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees and ankles. Includes guitar and 5 inch wide by 3 1/2-inch deep Guitar Hero logo base." The Slash doll is set to be released sometime next month.
- product page with photos
Grammys Finally Get Some Cred: McCartney and Radiohead Added |
Billboard is reporting that Paul McCartney and Radiohead have both signed on to perform. According to the report, McCartney will be joined by Foo Fighter Dave Grohl for his performance.
On the other hand, the Grammys had to stay true to their character and also added Justin Timberlake, T.I., Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. Guess they didn't get the memo that rap sales have dropped like a rock yet again this past year. At least there will be two performances worth watching, so set your TIVO so you can skip the crap.
- Billboard report
Death Cab for Cutie Spring Tour |
The dates then continue through a May 6th show at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. Cold War Kids will be direct support in April, with Matt Costa taking over direct support for dates in May. Ra Ra Riot will be opening all shows on the tour.
Exclusive fan club pre-sale begins January 28th and all other shows go on sale beginning the weekend of January 30th.
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Oasis Heading To China |
The UK rockers will play just three shows in April, held in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
After this trip, Oasis will then head out to South Africa and will later return to the UK to complete a stadium tour.
- dates
Anthrax Set Release |
The album marks the studio debut of new singer Dan Nelson who joins long-time members Scott Ian (rhythm guitar), Frank Bello (bass), Charlie Benante (drums), and Rob Caggiano (lead guitar). According to early reports, "Worship Music" is Anthrax's heaviest album to date.
In addition, 2009 marks the 25-year anniversary of the release of Anthrax' debut album, 1984's "Fistful of Metal." "I can't even process that it's been 25 years," said co-founding member Ian. "It's insane to me, because when you think about it, who does anything for that long, let alone in the same band? Start making a list of bands that are still around 25 years after their first album, and it's going to be a pretty short list."
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The English Beat 30th Anniversary |
Singled Out: Heartless Bastards |
"The Mountain" is about the shrinking middle class here in the US. So many of the good jobs are going overseas and the companies that are sending them over are ultimately going to destroy themselves. The middle class is a big part of the spending power of this country. A great deal of these businesses were already making good profits before they sent the jobs over, it's just greedy. I think we have a flawed system. Even if the companies were trying to answer to stockholders by increasing the profits of an already successful business, looking at the economy now, it hasn't done that much good in the long term. People are losing their retirements in the stock market. It's not because of the war either; this has been coming for a long time.
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