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Won Grammys? |
antiMusic reports: It felt a little like 1983
when the Police opened the Grammy telecast with their classic "Roxanne".
That was the highlight as most of the night showed how far music has fallen
in the 20+ years since they scored that hit. There were a few exceptions
but that definitely didn't include Mary J. Blige's insanely long ramblings
where she thanked everyone on earth and heaven. Like the energizer bunny
she kept going and going even after the producers brought on the music
to get her off the stage. Milk those 15 minutes! It's also great to see
the Academy ignoring music sales trends with an overabundance of rap/R&B
awards to help try to bolster the sagging genres, while only giving cursory
recognition to genres that sell more (e.g. rock, alternative and metal
see full story for those numbers). Here is the complete list of winners
for those that follow such things or need to be told what to listen to.
Hard Rock Performance: "Woman" - Wolfmother.
Metal Performance: "Eyes of the Insane"
- Slayer.
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Someday Baby"
- Bob Dylan.
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With
Vocal: "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Rock Instrumental Performance: "The Wizard
Turns On ... " - the Flaming Lips.
Rock Song: "Dani California" - Flea, John
Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) [see
full story for the rest of the list]
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| Travis
Barker Broke |
TuneLab reports: +44 Travis Barker has been
forced to delay his return to the band after doctors expressed fears for
his brittle bones. Travis fractured his arm on the set of a music video
in September, but his recovery has been hindered after doctors diagnosed
the bone weakness.
According to a post on the bands MySpace
page, Barker must wear a bone simulator on his forearm to encourage the
limb to heal, but has been given the go-ahead from medical experts to undertake
some light drumming.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Motley
Reality TV |
Blabbermouth reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE
frontman Vince Neil is working on the pilot for a new A&E reality-TV
show. According to Vince, the program will follow the singer and his family
after his parents have moved in with him. Neil told Eddie Trunk of the
"Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM last night (February
9), "My wife [Lia] hasn't talked to my mom since the wedding," which took
place January 9, 2005 in Las Vegas.[see full story for more]-
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| Fun
With Urine and Razorblades |
Blabbermouth reports: According to the Swedish
newspaper Aftonbladet, Swedish black metallers SHINING performed a "scandalous"
concert at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden last Saturday (February 3). During
the show, SHINING singer Niklas Kvarforth drank urine out of a bottle,
was physically assaulted by a Norwegian fan, and cut himself with razorblades.
"Stage antics are not supposed to represent
normal behavior," Kvarforth told Aftonbladet. The bloody razors were later
handed out to the crowd, which consisted mostly of teenagers.[see full
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| Timberlake
TV Network |
pr-inside reports: Pop superstar, actor and
clothing designer JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE can add TV mogul to his impressive
resume after signing a new partnership deal with US communication giant
Verizon to launch JT TV.
The new network will feature movies, music
and fashion programming.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Idlewild
Instores |
Gigwise reports: Idlewild have announced a
couple of in-store performances and signings for later this month.
The band will be playing at HMV stores
in Edinburgh on February 26th and Leeds on February 27th.
The mini in-store tour coincides with the
release of their new single, No Emotion.[see full story for more]-
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| Free
Genesis Show |
Gigwise reports: Newly reformed Genesis have
announced they will play a massive free concert for 400,000 fans in Rome
this summer.
Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford
will end their first tour in 15 years by playing the Circo Massimo on 14
July.[see full story for more]- Click
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| St.
Zakk |
TuneLab reports: Black Label Society frontman
/ Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde is in the process of donating a million-dollar
lab to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital over a five-to-ten-year period.
The foundation is in the process of becoming established and there have
already been sizeable donations. [see full story for more]-
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| Guns
N' Roses World Tour |
TuneLab reports: Guns N' Roses will launch
their "Chinese Democracy World Tour 2007" in April with shows in South
Africa, Japan, Thailand, South America, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.[see
full story for more music news]- Click
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| Metallica:
Lars Breaking Out the Pots and Pans Next Month |
KNAC reports: Metallica reveals their recording
and touring plans in this update:
We are finishing up the last couple weeks
of pre-production on the album and... really... seriously... (drumroll)...
we're going to start recording on March 12th. We're pretty f**kin' psyched
about it and pretty f**kin' psyched to be sharing this experience with
Rick.
But wait... there's more. We kinda sorta
figured that by the time June rolled around, we would be ready for a break
from recording (escape??) and since we had so much fun in Europe last summer,
we thought "why not go back for some more fun and games?" We're planning
to share the summer love with our friends in some different countries we
didn't get to last year[see full story for more]- Click
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| Iggy
Pop & The Stooges Tour |
punkbands reports: Iggy Pop & The Stooges
are hitting the road for a scattered line up of gigs to promote their first
album in 33 years. Mike Watt from Firehose and the Minutemen will be playing
bass. The album, which will be titled The Weirdness, hits stores March
20th. Dates are below...
3/17, Austin, TX (SXSW)
4/7, Boston, MA (Orpheum Boston)
4/9, New York, NY (United Palace)
4/13, Detroit, MI (Fox Theatre) [see full
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| Nidge
Miller RIP |
punkbands reports: According to the SOS Records
MySpace page Nidge Miller, founding member and guitarist for the legnedary
UK punk/Oi! band Blitz was struck and killed by a car following his band's
show on Friday night (February 9th) in Austin Texas -
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| Anti-Flag
Cancel Tour |
punkbands reports: Anti-Flag has been forced
to cancel the remaining dates on their Canadian tour with Billy Talent.
The band explained: Due to a death in the family, we will not be playing
tonights show in Waterloo and also the show in London. We send our apologies
and hope to be back to Canada sometime later this year.
Many thanks and unconditional love, and
gratitude to Billy Talent and their awesome staff, and also to our friends,
Rise Against and Moneen. The shows have been fantastic[see full story for
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| Skinlab
Return |
SMN reports: Oakland, California. Bay Area
Metal favorites SKINLAB have announced that they will officially hit the
road in May following a three year hiatus, including a stop at Milwaukee
Metalfest XIX, May 11 and 12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in Waukesha, WI.
Bassist/Vocalist Steev Esquivel says Weve
played the Metalfest several times, and its always been a great experience.
Were stoked for the chance to come back and tear it up again for our fans
and friends in Milwaukee.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Type
O Negative, Celtic Frost, Brand New Sin Tour? |
SMN reports: TYPE O NEGATIVE, CELTIC FROST,
and BRAND NEW SIN appear to be teaming up for a North American tour. The
initial tour dates released are as follows:
March 28 - Providence, RI @ Lupos*
March 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero*
March 31 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*
April 3 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music
Hall*
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| Hell
Freezes Over, Slayer Wins Grammy |
PR reports: Slayer, the undisputed kings of
thrash/punk/metal have been awarded their first-ever Grammy Award. The
track, "Eyes of the Insane," from the band's most recent album, "Christ
Illusion," took the Grammy in the category of Best Metal Performance. Fellow
category nominees included Lamb of God, Mastodon, Ministry and Stone Sour.
This was Slayer's second Grammy nomination,
the first being in 2002 for the track "Disciple" (from "God Hates Us All"),
also in the Best Metal Performance category. Slayer, currently headlining
a North American tour, did not attend the Grammy's presentation, but vocalist/bassist
Tom Araya had this to say about the win from his hotel room in Columbus,
OH: " Jeff [Hanneman] and I put a lot into 'Eyes of the Insane' so we're
thrilled that the Grammy voters took the time to listen to it, and then
vote for it. We're out here on the road and we're all really, really happy."-
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