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DiR reports: Silverstein's new CD ' Arrivals
and Departures' hits stores this week and to celebrate we asked Shane to
pick his favorite five songs from the disc and tell us a little bit about
each. We'll be giving you Shane's picks all week. We continue today with
"If You Could See Into My Soul," here is Shane!
"Neil had the intro riff around for awhile
but wasn't sure if he liked it. We were all stoked on it and tried to convince
him how sick it was. Putting this song together was one of the most stressful
times in our bands history. We just could not agree on the structure and
there were a lot of arguments. I think this song came out super awesome
though, and I think all the fighting was worth it."
Listen to the song, learn more about the
group and grab their latest tour dates at the following link. And don't
forget to pick up a copy of "Arrivals and Departures"!
- http://www.myspace.com/silverstein
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Gigwise reports: Amy Winehouse has cancelled
tonight’s (July 4) gig at Liverpool Summer Pops, amid fears the singer
has been hospitalised.
There is no official word from Winehouse’s
camp on the reason for the cancellation, but Gigwise has learnt from sources
at the Summer Pops site that it’s because she is in hospital. The exact
condition is not known.
Many of the thousands of fans arrived at
the Summer Pops tent for the show, only to be told that it had been cancelled.
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: After 14 failed attempts
at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals,
Taiwan is turning to a local goth-style rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne
in its quest for membership to the world body.
The band, named ChthoniC, will travel to
at least 80 cities in four countries by the end of the year, supported
in part by the Taiwan government, which is providing pro-U.N. literature
and a slogan-painted truck.
ChthoniC has also recorded a song urging
the United Nations to let Taiwan join, even though its bid for membership
keeps getting knocked down because of objections from Beijing.
Ozzy Osbourne, a satanic-theme rocker known
for biting heads off bats on stage, is helping set up 20 of the U.S. gigs,
paying some transport costs and letting the Taiwan band promote U.N. membership
as it wishes, Lim said. He said the band hooked up with Osbourne through
personal connections. [gotta love the researchers for that comic satanic
line]
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Jam! reports: Canadian [poser]punk princess
Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters who claim that her smash
hit "Girlfriend" sounds suspiciously like a single they released in the
1970s.
Lavigne's manager, Terry McBride, says
the pop starlet is one of several people named in a lawsuit filed July
2 that alleges striking similarities to the Rubinoos song "I Wanna Be Your
Boyfriend."
McBride, also CEO of Nettwerk Music Group,
dismissed the suit Wednesday as baseless, calling it a "case of legal blackmail."
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: It was only a matter
of time before Ted Nugent decided to rain on the Summer of Love's anniversary
parade. In an article from today's Wall Street Journal titled "The Summer
of Drugs," the notoriously opinionated guitar god took some time off his
busy hunting schedule to blame "stoned, dirty, stinky hippies" for "rising
rates of divorce, high school drop-outs, drug use, abortion, sexual diseases
and crime, not to mention the exponential expansion of government and taxes."
Highlights:
On Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison
and Mama Cass: "I often wonder what musical peaks they could have climbed
had they not gagged to death on their own vomit."
On the hippie movement: "Turned off by
the work ethic and productive American Dream values of their parents, hippies
instead opted for a cowardly, irresponsible lifestyle of random sex, life-destroying
drugs and mostly soulless rock music that flourished in San Francisco."
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Reuters reports: Brazilian organizers of the
Rio de Janeiro leg of the Live Earth global concerts were trying to convince
authorities on Wednesday not to cancel the Saturday show due to security
concerns.
The Rio state prosecutor's office said
earlier there were not enough police to safeguard the climate change awareness
concert on Copacabana beach as all security efforts would be concentrated
on preparations for the Pan American Games, starting July 13.
Last month, Istanbul was dropped from the
list cities set to hold the concerts because of a lack of interest and
security concerns. Ticket sales have been slow for most Live Earth shows
and organizers had to shift venues in Johannesburg in a bid to improve
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BBC reports: Global CD sales have slumped
"more in 2006 than had been expected", according to an industry report.
The International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry (IFPI) said sales last year dropped to 1.7bn, compared with 1.9bn
in 2005.
Although digital music sales doubled last
year, they failed to compensate for the overall fall in music sales. [what
generic emo bands don't sell cds?]- more
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CMJ reports: Tired of the newly reformed Smashing
Pumpkins already? Billy Corgan and company beg to differ, as the band has
confirmed a sweeping North American tour to support the July 10 release
of Zeitgeist (Martha's Music/Reprise).
Taking to the road September 8 in Montreal,
the Smashing Pumpkins will embark on coast-to-coast trek, with stops in
Las Vegas, Boston, Philadelphia and Atlanta confirmed thus far.
Currently underway with their first of
two residency sets in Ashville, North Carolina, the seminal '90s radio
dominators will head to San Francisco for an 11-night run at the Fillmore
before venturing to Europe for 10 headlining festival slots.
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Contact Music reports: Morrissey has been
forced to cancel more shows on his US tour due to a continued viral infection.
After performing at a gig in Virginia,
the former Smiths singer saw a throat specialist in Washington DC and was
told he could not perform before July 7th at the earliest.
This means that concerts scheduled in Atlantic
City and Holmdel have now been postponed.
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Blabbermouth reports: Ray Waddell of Billboard.com
reports that a proposed summer amphitheater tour by a reunited VAN HALEN
that was derailed when guitarist Eddie Van Halen checked into rehab now
looks like it may be resurrected as a fall arena run. Several arena holds
are in place in major markets for potential VAN HALEN dates, Billboard.com
has learned.
The tour would feature David Lee Roth,
Eddie and Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen's teenage son Wolfgang on
bass. [Rolling Stone also talked to a "source" that hinted that this might
be happening]- more
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Gigwise reports: The lyricist who wrote the
words for the timeless ‘Unchained Melody’ has died at the ripe old age
of 99.
Hy Zaret was just one month off his 100th
birthday when he died at his Connecticut home.
The song was originally written alongside
composer Alex North and appeared in the movie Unchained back in 1955.
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Jam! reports: After 25 years, Sly Stone speaks.
The famously reclusive funkster broke his
silence by granting his first interview since the '80s to Vanity Fair.
In the magazine's August issue, the frontman of the late-'60s band Sly
and the Family Stone talks about his music, his disappearance from public
view and his long-awaited return.
Stone, 64, who made a brief, blond Mohawked
appearance at the 2006 Grammys, says he plans to start work on a new album
in the fall.
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KNAC reports: In an interview today (July
3rd) with BW&BK's Mitch Lafon, Queensrÿche's Geoff Tate revealed
that the band will be releasing a new "all-covers" album in December.
Among the tracks to be covered by Queensrÿche
for the release are Pink Floyd's 'Welcome To The Machine', Queen's 'Innuendo'
and the band's take on the opera classic 'Odessa'.
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