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(Yahoo) Zsa Zsa Gabor's publicist says the actress has developed an infection that will keep the 93-year-old hospitalized indefinitely as she recovers from a broken hip. more - more on this story

3OH!3 and Hellogoodbye Tour

3OH!3 will have announced a North American headline tour this fall which will feature support from Hellogoodbye.

The dates will kick off on October 14th at Sunset Station in San Antonio, Texas, and then traverse the continent through late November (see attached itinerary).

In the meantime, 3OH!3 has just embarked on a international excursion, including headline tours of Australia and Germany as well as high-profile festival appearances at the annual Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan on August 7th and 8th; Belgium's Pukkelpop on August 20th; and the UK's Reading/Leeds Festival on August 27th and 28th. A full-scale UK headline tour is also currently slated for mid-September. - more on this story

Justin Bieber Now A Zit Spokesboy

It was inevitable if you really think about it. Proactiv has named Justin Bieber their "spokesperson." Here is part of the exciting announcement:

Bieber will talk to teens about being proactive about acne and skin care to prevent breakouts as part of the brand's unique Be Proactiv marketing campaign.

The Canadian-born YouTube sensation was the first recording artist to have seven songs from a debut album on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, with My World, which was released in November 2009 on Island Def Jam. Rocketed into the spotlight, Bieber credits his devoted loyal fan base for discovering him, saying, "I owe everything to my fans. They found me on YouTube and they make this whole thing fun." - more on this story

Truth About Women And Hip Hop Documentary for BET

BET Networks first original music documentary special, 'My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women And Hip Hop', will premiere Monday, August 30th at 10:00 PM EDT on BET. Here is the announcement:

The documentary is an appealing, inside look at how women have affected rap music, and in turn how rap music affects female MCs of past and present. Artists such as MC Lyte, Missy Elliott, and Queen Latifah contributed significantly to the shaping of hip hop music, bringing new sounds to the record labels.

With the emergence of a younger generation of women in hip-hop including Nicki Minaj and Diamond, My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women And Hip Hop serves as a commentary for how hip hop music is influenced by women and vice versa. This documentary examines gender-specific differences in artistry, marketing, promotion and economics, explores why there are far fewer female than male MCs, and discusses whether there's still a place for women in hip-hop. - more on this story

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster Expecting

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster are expecting their second child. Here is the announcement from RCA: Rod and Penny were lucky enough to be celebrating more than just their 3rd wedding anniversary in June.

The couple said" "We were thrilled and delighted to be able to tell Alastair that he was going to be the big brother to a little baby, expected just before Mummy's 40th Birthday."

Stewart is the Grammy-Award winning Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his wife is model/photographer Penny Lancaster. - more on this story

Jamey Johnson Playing the Part

Jamey Johnson has announced the release of the first single from his forthcoming 25-song double album, The Guitar Song, which is due in stores September 14.

The single, "Playing the Part," was released to country radio yesterday and the song will available for purchase on iTunes August 24th.

The Guitar Song is a 25-song double album with thematically linked sets of songs dubbed the Black Album and the White Album. "The original idea was always to do a double album," says Johnson. "It is an album that is a tale. The first part is a very dark and sordid story. Then everything after that is progressively more positive, reassuring and redemptive." - more on this story

NPR Leak New Ray Lamontagne and Esperanza Spalding Albums

NPR Music are offering advance album streams of new albums by Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs and Esperanza Spalding. Both are available for free, on-demand listening now until their release on August 17 at www.npr.org/music as part of the site's "First Listen" series.

Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs: The fourth album, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, from the Grammy nominated artist was recorded at his home in western Massachusetts, and finds Lamontagne handling production duties for the first time. The four bandmates that make up the newly-coined Pariah Dogs join Lamontagne on the record and also on tour this summer (when they hit the road with David Gray). The album's lead single, "Beg Steal or Borrow," currently sits in the Top 5 on the Adult Alternative airplay chart, but fans can finally get a preview of the entire album beginning today at NPR Music here

Esperanza Spalding: After beginning her musical career with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at age five, Spalding expanded her musical repertoire by experimenting with hip hop and funk. In 2008, the artist released her debut album, Esperanza, which showcased her ability to seamlessly merge musical genres. She continues to blend elements of jazz, folk and world on her latest album, Chamber Music Society, which draws its inspiration from her childhood training and love of classical. - Listen here

Kermit Ruffins Going Big Band

Kermit Ruffins will release of his latest album, Happy Talk on October 26 via Basin Street Records.

Produced by GRAMMY Award Winner Tracey Freeman (Harry Connick, Jr., Jeremy Davenport), Happy Talk is Kermit's first collection of big band music.

For Kermit, Happy Talk has been a long time coming. Throughout his career, he has made no secret of his love of big band music and his admiration for legendary bandleaders like Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie.
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The Jesus Lizard Frontman's Art Show Kicks Off This Week

Reminder: David Yow, legendary front man for The Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid, makes his art exhibition debut with "SOLO: the first ever one-man exhibition of paintings, collage and digital drawings by David Yow" running Aug. 14 to Sept. 11 at DIY Gallery in Echo Park, Calif.

The opening reception for SOLO, with Yow on hand as well as a celebratory evening featuring music and drinks, is Aug. 14 from 7:00 to 11:00 pm.

The works created for this show are rooted in Yow's personal and psychological history, and feature a broad spectrum of mediums. From acrylic, pencil, charcoal, crayon, hair, bugs, collage, and tar on wood, to line drawings digitally combined with photographic textures, Yow reveals an uncommon artistic perspective.
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Zane One Refuses To Sell Out

Zane One is back with another track from her debut album L.A. Woman entitled, "Kingdom".

This time, she exposes the flaws of hip-hop over a dub-influenced beat, filled with crispy drums and a thick riding bass line. With "Kingdom", Zane One continues to set herself apart from the masses, as her verses aggressively confirm the current state of hip-hop.

Despite the troubles she reveals, Zane also expresses her efforts to stay true, with lines like, "According to the underground you're exploiting / The thing I'm restoring, you're not supporting / Hip-hop's been limpin' along like she on morphine / And I'm not affording 'cause I'm not conforming." - more on this story

Hee-Haw's Roy Clark Ready With New Team

Roy Clark, Virginia born, multi-award winning virtuoso, actor, vocalist, philanthropist and all 'round great human being, has reunited with his long-time manager Jim Halsey of The Halsey Company and booking agent Paul Moore of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment for exclusive representation. In addition, Clark has added Webster & Associates Public Relations & Marketing for publicity representation in association with The Brokaw Company.

Best known as the country funny man who co-hosted HEE-HAW – one of the most successful and longest running syndicated shows in the history of TV – Roy is also a gifted entertainer and instrumentalist. His concert dates run the gamut from hysterical slapstick comedy to virtuoso performances on guitar, banjo and fiddle.

"He has headlined every major venue in the USA many times, as well as making multiple appearances at major festivals overseas," says WME's Paul Moore. "A long time member of the Grand Ole Opry, last year, Roy was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. He is a true living legend, and we're delighted to have him back in our fold as a treasured client." - more on this story

Da SuperFans Bash

Calling all Superfans...Tired of watching games surrounded by amateurs at the same old sports bars? Here's your chance to experience one of the most anticipated road games of 2010 with other Superfans at the best football venue in the city – Soldier Field! "Da SuperFans Bash" on Sunday, September 19th from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm is your opportunity to hold down the fort when the Beloved play in Dallas.

Party like it's 1985 in the luxurious Soldier Field Skyline Suite while Chicago invades Dallas in a week two showdown! Wall-to-wall high def flat screens will broadcast the big game as Superfans overlook the sacred playing field. Private bars and a buffet feast fit for a "bear" will help set the mood! As a capper, all Superfans are welcome to run out of the tunnel and partake in a guided half-time tour and photo session near the field. Tickets are only $65 per person and benefit co-hosts Variety Children's Charity of Illinois and the National Sports Center for the Disabled. The proceeds will help both organizations provide free sports camps and mobility sporting equipment for kids with disabilities in the Chicago area.

Overlooking Lake Michigan and the stadium field, the Skyline Suite offers breathtaking views. The glass enclosed luxury suite is over 7,000 square feet and seats 125 people in plush leather chairs. Open to the general public for home games, individual tickets to the Skyline Suite are approximately $855 per game (making the $65 fee for this event a steal – the only main difference being the game is viewed on HDTVs rather than through glass!). - tix

Big Gigantic Announce New Album and Tour

STS9's boutique record label, 1320 Records, have announced a September 1st release date for Big Gigantic's new album, A Place Behind the Moon.

A Place Behind The Moon explores a unique mixture of electronic and acoustic styles, clearly defining the vision that brainchild and saxophonist/producer, Dominic Lalli, and drummer, Jeremy Salken both conceived and mastered. This sophomore effort is the strongest statement to date by Big Gigantic and it effortlessly combines saxophone and syncopated drum rhythms with intoxicating, intertwining electronic undertones, truly bringing a unique sound to the evolving, electronic genre. A Place Behind The Moon demonstrates how Big Gigantic successfully delves deep into the future of electronic music, while staying in touch with their own musical roots, to ultimately create a history all their own.

A Place Behing the Moon will be available for free download September 1st on www.1320records.com. In addition, APBTM will also be available for purchase on iTunes, with purchased copies including higher quality mp3's, as well as a bonus track featuring a first-time studio collaboration with STS9. - more on this story

Leland Sundries Set EP Release

Leland Sundries have announced the release of 'The Apothecary EP' October 5 on upstart label L'Echiquier Records.

Leland Sundries is lead by resonator and harmonica-playing songwriter Nick Loss-Eaton. Leland Sundries has been compared to James McMurtry, Richard Buckner, AA Bondy, Elvis Perkins, Son Volt, and Silver Jews. Chuck Prophet has called Leland Sundries' music "great wordsmith stuff."

'The Apothecary EP' was recorded at the Creamery studio, under the Pulaski Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border and instrumentation includes resonator guitar, banjo, accordion, vintage synthesizer, slide guitar, and Rhodes. Laura Minor, who xlr8r compared to Lucinda Williams, appears on guest vocals on the EP's wistful closing waltz. - more on this story