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AFP reports: Led Zeppelin could get together
again for more projects after next week's long-awaited reunion gig, members
of the iconic British rock band hinted in newly-published comments.
Guitarist Jimmy Page recounted his excitement
when they first played together in preparation for their reunion next Monday,
and warned that the group should not wait too long or they will "need Zimmer
frames."
"I would like to keep this moving," he
told Q music magazine's January edition, when asked if he would like to
record some new material after the "one-off" concert at London's O2 Arena
on Monday, December 10th. "I must say that after our initial get-together
it was so exhilarating and fun that I did feel I would like to do more,"
he added.
Bassist John Paul Jones added: "I guess
the door has been left slightly ajar. We'll have to see how we feel about
it afterwards. Everybody's got to really want to do it." [Before the link
for more on this story we have an update to yesterday's story: The organizers
of the Bonnaroo Festival have denied that Led Zeppelin and Metallica will
headline the 2008 summer event.]- more
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CMJ reports: Pimp C, who was one half of the
influential Southern rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room in Hollywood
[on Tuesday]. He was 33.
According to TMZ.com, the rapper, born
Chad Butler, was found unresponsive by the L.A. County Fire Department
in his bed at the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip.
One of the more distinctive voices in hip-hop
over the past decade, Pimp C started UGK with partner Bun B in his hometown
of Port Arthur, Texas in 1987. - more
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antiMusic reports: We now have an idea of
the "health issue" that caused Velvet Revolver to pull the plug on their
tour Down Under. Seems their frontman had a bit of a run in with the law.
Here is the report from the Metal Underground: According to TMZ.com, VELVET
REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland was arrested for DUI (Driving Under the Influence)
late last month.
The former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman
was driving on an L.A. highway around 6:15 PM on November 21 when he crashed
his car. While the California Highway Patrol was investigating the non-injury
wreck, they noticed Weiland appeared to be impaired.
According to the police report, Weiland
failed sobriety tests and refused to take a blood or urine test. He was
booked for "driving under the influence of a drug." He was released on
$40,000 bail and will be back in court on December 13. [According to AP
Weiland's publicist says the singer was involved in a "minor accident,"
but denies he was impaired at the time of the crash.]-
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SleazeRoxx.com reports: Rudy Sarzo and Kevin
DuBrow's musical relationship stretched across four decades in Quiet Riot.
With the news of DuBrow's passing still only a few days old, Sarzo offered
some insight into the singer who many consider responsible for setting
off the '80s pop metal movement.
Sarzo and DuBrow first met in the '70s,
and played together with late guitarist Randy Rhoads in an early version
of Quiet Riot. "He started as a photographer. He had a massive mid-'70's
rock'n'roll photo collection," Sarzo tells Billboard.com. "He started out
by taking a lot of pictures of people like Humble Pie."
But it will undoubtedly be DuBrow's work
with Quiet Riot, namely their chart-topping 1983 U.S. debut, "Metal Health,"
for which the singer will be best remembered. In fact, the album's success
awarded DuBrow an opportunity to meet his hero. "He was a huge Steve Marriott
fan. If there was anybody that Kevin would say 'I try to sing like,' it
would be Steve Marriott," Sarzo says. "As a matter of fact, one of the
highlights for him, back in 1983 I believe, we did a show in El Paso, Texas.
The promoter said, 'Who do you want to be on the bill with you guys?' And
he requested Humble Pie. So we got Humble Pie on the bill, and Steve Marriott
jammed with us. It was a dream come true for Kevin. There was a party after
the show; Steve Marriott actually had an even louder, bigger personality
than Kevin."- more
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Reuters reports: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
will play the coveted halftime slot at the Super Bowl in Arizona on February
3, organizers of the year's No. 1 television event said on Sunday.
This year, nearly 140 million Americans
watched Prince play at the football extravaganza.
Other recent acts have included the Rolling
Stones, Paul McCartney and U2. The most infamous performer was Janet Jackson,
who bared her breast during the 2004 event, triggering a bipartisan political
crackdown on televised smut.- more
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Gigwise reports: Radiohead have admitted their
split with record label with EMI was due to a personal disagreement rather
than ideological reasons.
Ed O'Brien tells The Observer in an interview
to be published next week that the band did want to renue their contract
with EMI, but found it impossible to strike a deal with the label's new
owner Guy Hands, head of private equity company Terra Firma.
He explains, "It was really sad to leave
all the people. But he wouldn't give us what we wanted. He didn't know
what to offer us. Terra Firma doesn't understand the music industry."-
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PR reports: Epic/Legacy Recordings proudly
celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's
biggest-selling album of all time, with a newly expanded deluxe edition
of the phenomenal record-breaking pop culture touchstone, available in
the U.S. on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. The album will be available worldwide
the week of February 11, 2008.
The Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition
will include the original album in its entirety as well as eight bonus
tracks and a DVD featuring Michael Jackson's groundbreaking short films
from Thriller ("Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean") and the artist's
Emmy-nominated breakout performance of "Billie Jean" from the legendary
"Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" television special (first broadcast
on NBC on May 16, 1983).
The newly expanded version of Thriller
premieres five tracks previously unreleased in any form-
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Metal Underground reports: A crusade is looming
as church groups prepare to take on heavy metal heavyweights poised to
play in Wellington [New Zealand] over Easter. Wellington Pentecostal church
Lifepoint says the lineup of bands including former bat-biter OZZY OSBOURNE
and KISS are "not appropriate" and will have "negative influences" on
the city during the two-day Rock2Wgtn festival on March 22 and 23.
They plan to lobby other church groups
and will look at taking their concerns to Wellington City Council. "It's
not appropriate from our angle of things," said pastor Karen Crawshaw.
"I don't think we can force our views on
others but at the same time we think it's a very negative influence on
our city. [Would they be acceptable if Ozzy and KISS played with snakes
in the middle of their shows, spoke in tongues and drank poison? Gene has
the tongue thing handled.
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Jam! reports: Hip-hop star Akon pleaded not
guilty Monday to criminal charges filed after he tossed a fan off the stage
at a concert earlier this year.
The 34-year-old singer was released on
his own recognizance following his brief court appearance... He was charged
with misdemeanour endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree
harassment, a violation.
Akon was charged after a fan said she suffered
a concussion when a teenage boy Akon threw off the stage fell on her during
the June 3 concert at the local minor league baseball stadium.-
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Launch reports: Bono has warned U2 fans they
will "feel the difference" with the material they are working on for their
next album. The singer explained that the band are currently working in
the south of France on the follow-up to 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic
Bomb. Following demo sessions in Africa earlier in the year, the singer
reckons the new record will surprise people.
The singer said the band is now working
through those demos during the French sessions and that while the new record
is not world music, he promised fans would "feel the difference."
"U2 in dancefloor shock!" joked Bono. "Normally
when you play a U2 tune, it clears the dancefloor. And that may not be
true of this. There's some trance influences. But there's some very hardcore
guitar coming out of the Edge. Real molten metal. It's not like anything
we've ever done before, and we don't think it sounds like anything anyone
else has done either."- more
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antiMusic reports: Avril apparently pulled
an Axl Rose and showed up late for a show. Of course, Axl plays arenas
not department stores (guess they aren't punk rawk enough for him.). Contact
Music has the report: Rocker Avril Lavigne angered concert-goers by turning
up over an hour late to a free gig in her native Canada - leaving scores
of young fans waiting in the snow.
The 23-year-old was due to take the stage
at 1pm for an outdoor concert to celebrate the opening of a Best Buy store
in Burnaby, Canada, but didn't show up until after 2pm, according to reports.
The audience began to walk out after the
singer left them waiting for over an hour in the freezing weather conditions.-
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Punknews.org reports: According to Green Day
Authority, a popular Green Day fan site, the band will be hitting the studio
in January to begin work on their next album: We got an update this week
from Green Day's manager about what the band is up to now. He let us know
that Green Day will be going back to the studio in January, and that we
should look forward to a new greenday.com and perhaps some new photos around
that time.
He mentioned that the band was going to
begin stepping away from all American Idiot themes, and that the new site
wasn't going to be themed around the new album. I asked about the progress
of the new album, and it didn't sound like we should expect anything too
soon. Lets hope we'll get a full update about what kind of stuff they're
working on early next year.
In related news, the band was recently
named as the "Best Grammy Performance." You can check out the band's winning
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Contact Music reports: Former American Idol
contestant Jessica Sierra begged police officers not to arrest her following
a drunken bar brawl in Florida at the weekend (01-02Dec07) - and offered
oral sex in exchange for the favour.
The disgraced star, 22, was taken into
custody by local authorities on Saturday morning (01Dec07) after refusing
to leave Florida's Full Moon Saloon in Ybor City on cops' orders following
a disturbance. She was charged with felony counts of possession of cocaine
and battery, in addition to two misdemeanours: disorderly intoxication
and obstructing or opposing an officer.
But according to the police report obtained
by TMZ.com, Sierra tried to bribe the arresting officers, saying, "I'll
suck your d**k if you don't take me to jail." When her offer was refused,
she launched into a racist rant, shouting, "F**k you n**ger!" Sierra is
currently being held at the Orient Road Jail, after a judge refused to
grant her bail. [They reportedly have celebrity rehab for both alcohol
and racism now so she's in luck!] - more
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