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antiMusic reports: Billy Corgan's new Smashing
Pumpkins project wasn't strong enough to kick T.I. to curb, or rather from
the spot atop the Billboard 200 charts. The Smashing new CD 'Zeitgeist'
did attract 145,000 fans this past week to debut at No. 2. T.I.'s "T.I.
vs. T.I.P." took a sharp nosedive in sales (65%) but still managed to hold
on to the top of the chart with sales of 175,000.
Miley Cyrus' "Hannah Montana 2" dropped
one spot to No 2 on sales of 128,000 units proving once again that Tweens
with their mother's credit card can inflict damage. Interpol's major-label
debut "Our Love To Admire," debuts on the US charts at No. 4 with sales
of 73,000 while Kelly Clarkson assumed the No 5 position with her latest
"My December" which grabbed the attention of 59,000 more people last week
which helped her relegate Bon Jovi's "Lost Highway" to sixth place with
4,000 fewer copies of the country hair metal opus being sold last week.-
The
big question though: Is Velvet Revolver now firing blanks?
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antiMusic reports: It was a pretty dead day
for real music news but children's entertainment had some hefty headlines
with a reported leak of the ending to the final Harry Potter book (he falls
in love with Clay Aiken) and news of a Fall Out Baby.
Will the world soon welcome an eye shadow
wearing, lip-synching, emo love child? According to a host of always reliable
tabloids the answer is yes. Pete Wentz has reportedly proven his manhood
by knocking up Ashlee Simpson. Of course, this news comes from the sources
that give us UFO sightings and the adventures of rabbit boy.
The tabs took it one step further and reported
that Wentz will do the honorable thing and wed the lip-synching popstar.
The couple were reportedly engaged under of the romantic backdrop of New
Jersey during the Live Earth debacle. However, the mime's representatives
told USmagazine.com that the engagement story was "absolutely not true."
However, contrary to some reports, the pregnancy was not denied in the
USmagazine.com story, who also broke the ground breaking story today that
Tori Spelling lost 22 pounds. Yes, we were shocked too as soon as we remembered
who she was, shocked that they are still covering her.
- but
did they deny the bun in the oven? find out here
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antiMusic reports: Is your album not selling
as well as you hoped? Even after staging a heavily covered publicity stunt
in Hollywood to kick it off? Not to mention using planes, trains and other
vehicles to try and generate interest. What's a band to do? If you are
The White Stripes you trick some of your fans into attended a secret performance
and reward them with a single note.
It's being billed as the briefest White
Stripes gig ever by the more generous reporters. In fact, it was one of
the silliest publicity stunts thus far from Jack White and co. And that's
saying a lot.
Jack and Diane, oh wait... Meg, reportedly
had a stage set up Monday on George Street in St. John, Canada, where they
jumped up and played a single note before rushing off to their real concert
at Mile One Stadium. In case you were wondering, the note was a C-sharp
according to reports. - more
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antiMusic reports: Biomechanical is not having
a very good month. First they had a fire in the studio where they were
recording and they were then forced to pull out of a scheduled tour with
Sikth. The icing on the cake of their bad month is the departure of a member.
The band announced via their Myspace page
that Matt C has left the band. John K broke the news to fans with this
message: "Unfortunately Matt C has left Biomechanical for personal reasons.
He is one of the best drummers we had the fortune to work with and we wish
him all the best!
We are just about to finish our third album
but it seems the release will be delayed as a result of the live situation
plus the record label wants to make sure that the release will happen on
a time where it will get it's maximum support. Will announce the new release
date soon.''- more
on this story
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PR reports: Defiantly independent, Supersuckers
have successfully been releasing music through their own label, Mid-Fi,
since 2002. Since then, the band has sold over 100,000 CDs in an otherwise
dismal market, released a DVD, and have toured all over the world, playing
festivals like Reading & Leeds to honky tonk dives in the South.
They will be taking their show on the road
again starting August 4th in Park City, Ut and hitting the western US (and
a stop in TN for the Bent Fork Motorcycle Rally) before heading up to Canada
for a string of dates that kick off on September 25th in Vancouver and
conclude on October 2nd in Winnipeg.- grab
the dates here
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antiMusic reports: Hammerfall are not going
to let their 10th anniversary go by unnoticed. The band has issued an announcement
about their plans: In commemoration of Hammerfall's ten-year anniversary
as a record releasing artist, 'Steel Meets Steen - Ten Years of Glory'
will be released on October 12th.
"The best of-album also features a couple
of new songs ['Last Man Standing', 'Restless Soul' and 'HammerFall v1.07'],
as well as a rerecording of an old classic. The record will be followed
by a very special and intimate tour, beginning on the day of the release.
- dates
for those show including info on afterparties
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antiMusic reports: With all of the reunions
going on, Pete Way, Fin, Paul Haslin thought it might be a good idea to
reunite with Chris George for a new Waysted album and tour. The band announced
their regrouping via their official site on Wednesday. Here is what they
had to say:
Another year, another location... time
for another Waysted album! This time around the recent classic line-up
is back together. Yes, Chris George has returned and the band are currently
putting the finishing touches to a set of brand new songs before entering
the studio in 2 weeks time to record "THE HARSH REALITY" due for release
on UK's LIVEWIRE RECORDS in October this year followed by the announcement
of some live shows.
You can take a look at some photos from
the rehearsal session- right
here
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Blabbermouth reports: Locomotive Records has
confirmed an August 14 release date for the two-DVD/CD set "Live: One Hot
Night" by longtime rock 'n' roll survivors Y&T, a group that has been
lighting up stages since their 1973 San Francisco inception.
This Netherlands show, recorded in October
of 2006, comes complete with a bonus DVD containing backstage aftershow
"meet-and-greet" segments. You also get to go to the pre-show soundcheck
as well as view the outtakes from the concert itself.-
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Blabbermouth reports: Veteran British female
hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL have posted the following message on their official
web site:
"Well, as you can imagine things aren't
exactly 'cheery' in the GIRLSCHOOL camp right now with the loss of our
beautiful and talented friend Kelly Johnson. For anyone planning to come
along to the two gigs we're doing in Germany this weekend we will still
be performing as Kelly would have wanted it that way, although you may
see that we'll be giving waterproof mascara its toughest workout to date."
Kelly Johnson, original member of Girlschool
passed away on Sunday the 15th of July after fighting a 6 year battle with
cancer of the spine.- more
on this story
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TuneLab reports: Revelation Theory have signed
with Interscope Records for the release of their sophomore album. The as-yet-untitled
album was produced by Brian Howes (Hinder, Puddle of Mudd) and Josh Abraham
(Velvet Revolver, Staind) and should hit stores later this year.-
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PR reports: BBC Three will be 'Singing With
The Enemy' this Fall. This according to a press release we received. It
actually sounds like an interesting primus for a show far better than the
"Celeb reality" crap we are feed here in the States. No word on when this
will debut but here is the PR with info on the show: Imagine a wholesome
all-girl pop band forced to collaborate with a misogynistic death metal
group. Or a sleazy, sex-obsessed punk band sharing a house with an evangelical
Christian group. They come from radically different tribes and now they're
going to have to live with their worst enemy while they attempt to write,
record and perform a genre-defying song. It's an opportunity to break through
for talented unsigned bands desperate for recognition. But is it a recipe
for musical and moral meltdown?
Each episode of Singing with the Enemy
brings together two bands with nothing in common other than a passion for
music and a desire to expand their musical horizons. Under the guidance
of top record producer Tommy D the bands will have just one week to dream
up and record a brand new track and then perform a surprise gig in front
of their die-hard fans. The challenges extend far beyond trying to unite
two opposing musical styles. Living together in an intense pressure cooker
of creativity, the bands must struggle to reconcile their differences -
whether cultural, religious or ideological as well as musical - if they
want to stand a hope of meeting the tight studio deadline and impressing
Tommy D.- more
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PR reports: Comic book guru STAN LEE is working
with PARIS HILTON on a new cartoon series for MTV. Details are sketchy
at present but the Marvel comics superhero creator admits he's delighted
with the project so far.
He tells TV Guide magazine, "She won't
be your typical superhero."
[instead of fighting crime she'll be seen
shopping in Beverly Hills, partying at Losers Lounge (a.k.a Hyde), fighting
her evil nemesis (TMZ) by getting loaded and running them over with her
overpriced car. But she'll be good in the sex scenes. Must see TV indeed.]-
Lee
had more to say on this ridiculous development, read that here.
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PR reports: The much anticipated and critically
acclaimed major label debut by New York City's own Interpol has debuted
at #4 on this week's Billboard Top 200 chart; their highest debut in the
US to date. The band's third album and first for Capitol Records scored
an astounding 15 top 20 chart positions around the world including two
#1 album entries in Ireland & Mexico, #2 in the UK, top 5 in the US,
Canada, Belgium, & Holland. The album also landed at #2 on the itunes
digital chart.
The US tour which kicks off in Rochester,
NY on July 19th will include a hometown appearance at Madison Square Garden
and wrap up the first leg on August 5th at the V Festival before the head
to Japan then Australia and then Europe before returning to North America
on September 8th in Toronto for the major leg which concludes in Los Angeles
on October 23rd before they head out once again for Europe. -
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PR reports: A month since the US release of
the critically acclaimed DATAROCK DATAROCK and a sold out headline club
tour, Norwegian duo DATAROCK will join the Kaiser Chiefs on an 8-city trek,
beginning Tuesday, September 19 in Dallas and ending in New York City on
Saturday, September 29.
With their matching red tracksuits and
vintage Porsche wraparound sunglasses, Datarock are as visually arousing
as they are sonically booty shaking, but there is more going than meets
the eye (or the bum). - Check
out Datarock on tour with the Kaiser Chiefs
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antiMusic reports: Your favorite 80s bands
never die, their members just regroup with members of other bands of the
era. The latest example is a new project featuring former Ratt-man Juan
Croucier and the axeman that helped take Quiet Riot to the top of the charts
in the early 80s. No not Randy Rhoads, Carlos Cavazo.
Juan announce the formation of the new
group on Tuesday. He writes: Rehearsals have been underway and the band
is now ready to play shows throughout the US and abroad. "John and I have
been searching a long time for the right ingredient to this band. Being
a three-piece band, the guitar player was critical. To cut the field even
more, you had to be able to sing really well too.
Over the course of the last six months
we auditioned quite a few guitar players. While doing that, I developed
a very short list of exceptional professional musicians that I believed
held truly unique and special talents. Among others on that list was Carlos
Cavazo. I contacted him and we hit if off right away, we then played together
for the first time and presto! The band was indeed complete. I know band
chemistry and I know when something is special, this is special; an absolute
musical paradigm shift! We're looking forward to bringing the music to
the people." - Juan
Croucier
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