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Contact Music reports: Officials at LIVE EARTH
Johannesburg have blamed the effects of climate change for poor audience
attendance at Saturday's (07Jul07) South African event.
Organiser John Langford believes extremely
cold weather in the region - it snowed last week (ends06Jul07) for the
first time in a quarter of a century - kept people away from the concert,
which starred Joss Stone, UB40, Angelique Kidjo and Baaba Maal. -
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KNAC reports: Guitarist Todd Kerns (recently
in Brent Muscat's Faster Pussycat, has posted the following update via
his MySpace page:
"Now on to the Faster Pussycat topic. It's
starting to circulate over the net so let me just stick in my 2 cents.
Brent Muscat has decided to forgoe the
entire headache of the legalities involved in fighting for the name Faster
Pussycat. After much soul searching he decided after the European tour
and the couple dates this summer that he's decided to let the other parties
carry on with the name.
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punkbands reports: The Misfits "30th Anniverscary
Tour" is about to begin worldwide with 25 dates already announced and many
more to come. In August, Jerry, Robo & Dez, will make a few stops in
honor of the 30th especially for Fiends in Mexico. In September the Fits
will tour throughout Europe and the UK with stops in Italy, the Netherlands,
Germany, Switzerland, England, Wales, Ireland & Scotland.
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Aug.
08/02/07 Aguacaliente, Mexico @ Salon
Del Alva
08/03/07 Monterey, Mexico @ Café
Iguana
08/04/07 Mexico City, Mexico @ Hard Rock
Live
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Lambgoat reports: Agnostic Front has announced
a handful of fall shows. Here are the confirmed dates:
10/25 Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
10/26 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
10/27 Dayton, OH @ 180 Skatepark
10/28 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
10/29 Nashville, TN @ The Muse
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Lambgoat reports: After seven years together,
and just a few weeks after the release of a new album, Canadian metal band
A Perfect Murder has called it quits. The group has issued the following
statement:
"A Perfect Murder is officially breaking
up. There are a lot of things that could be discussed about but we don't
wanna go that way. We'd like to think about all the good things music has
bring to us over the last 7 years. We've met a lot of people, made a lot
friends, traveled to places that we thought we would never go.
1 Demo, 2 Ep's and 4 LPs later we are very
proud to say that we, A Perfect Murder, has achieved something truly remarkable.
We'd like to thanks the Quebec hardcore/Metal scene for all the support
since we've started. - more
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: Back to the Rhythm
is scheduled to release July 17th 2007 which also marks GREAT WHITES 25th
Anniversary. Original members Jack Russell (vocals), Mark Kendall (lead
Guitar), Audie Desbrow (drums), Michael Lardie (Guitar/keyboards) and Sean
McNabb (bass) have created their first albums in 8 years. "It's just like
old times," states lead singer, Jack Russell. "There's a bond that forms
between people that is very special. I've missed my friends."
"Back To The Rhythm" was mixed, produced,
and engineered by band member Michael Lardie while collectively all are
adding their sounds to the mix. "The new songs sound fresh to me, very
GREAT WHITE, but with an approach of what we sound like in a live performance
situation," explains Michael Lardie. "Kendall and I are having fun channeling
our Stones roots and playing off each other in the Richards/Woods tradition."
With it being their anniversary year and
a new album in tow, GREAT WHITE is once again ready to rock all summer
long. - grab
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TuneLab reports: The Foo Fighters will release
their new studio album tentatively titled 'Echoes, Silence, Patience and
Grace' on September 25th.
The band will tour the U.S. this fall with
dates in the U.K scheduled for November, Australia in December and a full
scale tour of North America expected in early 2008.
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PR reports: What made your favorite artists
who they are today? What music did they listen to? What are their favorite
songs? Who influenced them the most? Today's artists are the sum total
of everything they've ever heard, ever enjoyed and ever played and 180
Music's Spotlight Influences Series gives them the chance to tell their
story.
Music has the power to inspire, influence,
and impress and now Target customers will get the chance to listen to songs
that have done just that for Joss Stone & Avril Lavigne On July 17,
2007. Each CD is a collection of tracks from their favorite artists highlighting
the songs that had a significant impact on their own songwriting and career.
Each artist has handpicked an album's worth of specific songs that they
have a strong connection with as well as liner notes written by the artist
about why they chose their particular selections. - find
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PR reports: JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE welcomes the
following musical acts:
July 11 Flight of the Concords
July 12 Velvet Revolver**
July 13 Maroon 5**
July 17 As Tall As Lions
July 18 Jason Aldean
July 19 Kalai
July 25 Editors**
July 27 Sum 41**
July 31 Common**
August 2 Sean Kingston
August 3 Rooney**
August 28 The Almost**-
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PR reports: Rock music legend Ken Hensley,
who is best known for his work with classic rock groups Uriah Heep and
Blackfoot, has just unveiled possibly his most important work to date -
the rock opus Blood On The Highway. Germany's Politur Rock Records has
just released the critically acclaimed masterpiece in which Hensley, who
has recorded 13 studio albums and one highly acclaimed live 2-LP set with
one of Britain's hardest rocking ensembles Uriah Heep, could not be more
excited!
Ken Hensley still has his dreams: for example
to perform Blood On The Highway on stage. "One of my dreams is to perform
the album with my band, the guest vocalists and a 25-piece string section
in as many big cities as possible, not only in England and America, but
also all over Europe, Australia and Japan." The idea doesn't seem far-fetched
as Ken Hensley performed his fascinating rock opera, Blood On The Highway,
in Hamburg, Germany on May 22, 2007. Likewise, his autobiography (under
the same title) is to be released on July 20th and a live DVD is scheduled
for release later this year.
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PR reports: So They Say has posted a new track
entitled "Wake Me Up" from their upcoming album Life In Surveillance. The
album was produced by Matt Hyde (No Doubt, Sum-41, Hatebreed) and will
be hitting stores this fall. Behind the scenes footage is also available
on their Myspace page
You can catch the band on this summer's
Vans Warped Tour from July 28th to August 25th.- Get
the dates and check out the preview by clicking here.
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PR reports: Austin's The Octopus Project will
release its third proper full-length on Peek-a-Boo Records October 9th,
2007. The as-yet-untitled record is the follow-up to the band's collaborative
album with Pittsburgh's Black Moth Super Rainbow, The House of Apples and
Eyeballs, released last year on Graveface Records.
The band's new album, was recorded and
co-produced by The Octopus Project and Ryan Hadlock (Blonde Redhead, The
Gossip) at Bear Creek Studio in Seattle during February, 2007 and was mixed
by Erik Wofford (Voxtrot, Explosions In The Sky). Guest musicians include
Stacy Meshbane (Cue) on Violin, Jherick Bischoff (The Dead Science) on
upright Bass and Violin, and Nick Smith (Nick and The Six Sick Sticks)
on Trombone. The band will kick-off three months of touring in Huntsville,
Alabama in mid-August.- tracklisting
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PR reports: San Francisco's All Teeth And
Knuckles take on post-electro-kraut-punk-who-knows-what delivers with the
type of intensity that infects listeners with the relentless to desire
shatter unsuspecting dance floors while also beckoning them to insinuate
bar fights, thieve away coupled beauties, and indulge in excess.
Sure, there's solid amounts of straight
up pump n' clap, synth-thick, sex-ready party jams to be had, but it's
the prominent demeanor of spite, humor, and recklessness that adds in that
special flavor that breaks the formula, flips up the script, and keeps
the band on razor's edge status.
On August 7th, the duo of Sick Face Fallon
and Gio Fo Rio are releasing their Lujo Records debut full length, "Club
Hits To Hit The Clubs With" - check
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PR reports: SUN AKA GEISHA and Wyclef Jean
announced today the official release of their first single off SUN's debut
North American album, executive produced by Wyclef Jean. SUN, a four time
platinum music artist and singing sensation in Asia , has an overall production
deal with Wyclef Jean, and "China Wine" is their first collaborative effort.
The single was co- written by SUN and Wyclef who also sings and appears
in the single's music video.
"China Wine" was penned by SUN and Wyclef
Jean at Wyclef's Platinum Sound Recording Studio in New York . It was an
immediate hit with both SUN and Wyclef's creative teams. "China Wine" is
the follow-up to the very popular Caribbean urban/reggae single, "Dutty
Wine," which swept through the U.S. and the U.K. last year. Tony Matt erhorn,
writer and recording artist behind "Durty Wine," was so impressed with
"China Wine" after receiving an early edit from Wyclef Jean that he asked
if he could record on "China Wine" as well. Soon after the outrageous talents
of reggae artist Elephant Man were added to the single as well. Elephant
Man is currently signed with VP Music Group Inc. and is releasing his next
record on [P.Shiddy's] Bad Boy Records. - more
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PR reports: Drowning Pool recently launched
a create-your-own video contest with www.fliptrack.com for a chance to
win an iPod and other gifts from the band. The contest runs from July 1st,
2007 to July 20th, 2007.
The contest is in support of 15 year-old
YouTube video producer Lizzie Palmer's recent video she made for the band
and the recent launch of the 'This Is For the Soldiers' campaign that is
asking Americans to support legislation currently before congress which
addresses the urgent need to get better mental health care for veterans.
The campaign includes a website www.thisisforthesoldiers.org
which hosts a petition urging congress to support the Lane Evans Mental
Health Care Reform bill along with a powerful music video created by Palmer.
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