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Recap of top stories for the week of 7/23/07

Top 3 stories for this week

Fugazi Reunion?

DiR reports: Punkbands ran the following report: According to the Fugazi Wikipedia* entry: As of July 23, 2007 the members of Fugazi have finalized a deal for a one-off show at Fort Reno Park in Washington, DC to take place Monday, September 3, 2007. This show coincides with the release of Glen Friedman's book as well as the 20th anniversary of Fugazi's first show. *Keep in mind that Wikipedia isn't exactly known for being factual. 

[The venue website has nothing about this, but we did find an interesting article on DCist.com about another show on July 2nd at the venue which mentioned a reunion. But it would be hard to read into an article saying a reunion isn't likely to say that it is gonna happen on a specific date. We'll have to wait and see if it happens. 

Here was the DCist mention "We're probably never gonna get a full-blown Fugazi reunion at Fort Reno, but tonight is the closest you could ask for. Tonight's show includes Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina's band The Evens along with Joe Lally."- DCist

Geldof Runs Over Biker

The Live 8 founder told the Sun newspaper he was "very shaken", although no one in Sir Bob's car was injured. 

The biker suffered bruises after the minor collision and Sir Bob reportedly rushed to help the man following the knock. 

Sir Bob was pulling out a parking space when it happened with his daughters Pixie and Tiger Lily Hutchence.
- more on this story

Punk Legend Brutally Attacked

To help deal with the mounting medical bills and lost wages, friends of Stabb have pulled together a benefit effort. A benefit concert and auction are planned, with details to be announced soon 
- You can find more info on the cause here 

Monday

New Order To Continue Sans Hook

Sumner and Morris were a bit surprised to learn via the interview that the band had split. According to the BBC, they issued a statement about Peter Hook's Xfm radio announcement. "We would have hoped he could have approached us personally first," they said. 

"Whatever happens musically or otherwise, New Order have not split up, they continue to exist," they assured fans
- Need to know more, here is the BBC report. 

Sgt Pepper Gets Cheap Tribute

The event is set to take place at the Hollywood Bowl on August 10th and 11th to mark the 40th anniversary of the landmark album. Cheap Trick will be making a "special appearance" at the venue and will joined by Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Aimee Mann, Joan Osborne and other unannounced special guests. Will Beatle Paul show up? 

Cheap Trick will also reportedly go beyond Pepper and include some additional covers of their favorite Beatles songs like "Magical Mystery Tour," "Norwegian Wood" and "Eleanor Rigby." While we're talking about honors it might be well to mention that the Illinois legislature is considering naming April 1st Cheap Trick day. That is not an April Fools joke. And it won't be a one off event, the bill calls for April 1st to forever be Cheap Trick day. The bill was referred to committee back in June so we'll see if they get off their legislative asses in time for next year. 
- read the bill

Only Fiddy Can Profit from Being Shot

In court papers filed in New York, the star claims viewers are encouraged to target him, with a successful shot resulting in a cloud of red. 

His lawyer Peter Raymond said the advert does not use 50 Cent's name, but "the character is intended to be him". - more on this story

more stories including: Punk Legend Brutally Attacked- Country Star Arrested- Jackass Rapper- Yardbirds Reunion- Scissor Sisters- 50 Cent- Seether- Posers and Punks- Underground Fest Left Underwater- Slayer- Madonna- Macca Settles With Mills- DC4- Iron and Wine- Talking Lars and Ringo- As I Lay Dying- Unearth- Cellador- Chuck Ragan- Testament- more

Tuesday

Hopesfall Singer Sacks Entire Band

Lambgoat reports: Hopesfall has recently undergone some major line-up changes. This time, most of those who contributed to their latest album, "Magnetic North," are gone. 

It appears that the only remaining member is singer Jay Forrest, which means that the following have departed: Joshua Brigham (guitar), Dustin Nadler (guitar), Jason Trabue (drums), and Mike Tyson (bass). 

According to the group's Myspace, the current line-up now consists of Forrest in addition to Cory (guitar), Paul (guitar), Joe (drums), and Rob (bass).- 
- more on this story

Slash Returns Stolen Guitar

The ex-Guns N' Roses rocker's career was celebrated at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on July 14, and Slash surprised officials by handing back a long-lost instrument he took without asking years before. 

He says, "The guitar has the best story. I stole that from the Hard Rock in Orlando (in Florida). It was in the dressing room. I didn't know what it was doing there, so I took it.- 
- more on this story

Tori Amos Sets US Tour

Amos will also be announcing a series of official live bootlegs recorded during her Fall Tour. This is a follow up with a twist to her successful series of six live double-CD bootlegs released in 2005 featuring concerts in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denver, London and Manchester. 

10/9 Albany, NY Palace Theatre 
10/11 New York, NY Theatre at Madison Square Garden 
10/12 New York, NY Theatre at Madison Square Garden 
10/13 Syracuse, NY Landmark Theatre
- more on this story

Ja Rule Busted

Rule, whose real name is Jeff Atkins, was stopped for speeding when a weapon was discovered in his car, police said. 

Officers also found a pistol when detaining Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, for smoking marijuana.-
- more on this story

more stories including: Ja Rule Busted- GNR Anniversary Reunion- Underwood Goes Metal- Pop Stars Can't Write?- UB40 Almost Framed By Cops- Lordi- Ministry Added to Sgt Pepper Tribute Show- Slash Returns Stolen Guitar- Hopesfall Singer Sacks Entire Band- RushCon- Once The Tour- Paolo Nutini- Colbie Caillat- Rory Gallagher- Gettoe Juice- more

Wednesday

Original Sabbath Manager Don Arden Dies

BBC reports: Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father Don Arden has died at the age of 81. 

Arden died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He is survived by his daughter, Sharon, and son, David. His wife, Hope, died in 1998.

Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered acts like ELO, The Small Faces and Black Sabbath to stardom. Osbourne became estranged from her father after fighting him for control of husband Ozzy Osbourne's career. 
- more on this story

Inane Lyrics Land Sum 41 in Trouble

And one writer went to extreme lengths to have the band removed from the country over the controversial words - by calling on politicians to exercise their power against Sum 41. 

Whibley explains, "He (the reporter) went to the House minority leader in the States (a Republican), who tried to have me deported, trying to say I'm threatening the president." [what no name for this reporter?] 
- more on this story

Tupac Vs Death Row

The injunction sought to restrain the sale of certain assets belonging to the Tupac Estate which are being touted as part of the Death Row Records bankruptcy assets. With closed bidding ending today, lawyers for the Tupac Estate sought full disclosure by the Bankruptcy Trustee's counsel that the unreleased master recordings in question were not part of the sale. In actuality, the recordings should have been turned over to the Tupac Shakur Estate in 1997, pursuant to a settlement agreement reached with Death Row Records.- more on this story

Beer Saves Band

Long story short, we were driving from an amazing show in Regina to Calgary . We started to smell brakes burning and assumed it was the semi truck in front of us. As we were coming down the hill going about 70+ mph our driver mentioned that he felt we were losing power and not more than 30 seconds after that our van slammed to the pavement and we started to fish-tale with a full trailer. Everybody was scared to death just from the slamming down. We thought our tire blew. That's when we looked out the window, still skidding 150 yards towards a revine/stream and light pole, and we saw OUR tire on FIRE rolling past us. We finally came to a stop and our breakwell completely burst into flames and the majority of the dudes took off. Our tour manager and I grabbed the cooler which contained melted ice, 5 Pabst Blue Ribbons and a bottle of water.- more on this story

more stories including: Beer Saves Band- Lyrics Land Sum 41 in Trouble- Sabbath Manager Dies- Coheed and Cambria- Victory Vinyl- UK Royalty Blow- Rogue Wave- Rough Trade Sold- Lohan's DUI Sequel- Pearl Jam- Klaxons Injury- Britney Knocked Up- Ben Folds- Suicidal Underground- Tribute Led Zeppelin- HIM- Ron Miller RIP- Vegoose 2007- more

Thursday

Rapper Leaves Metal Tour

SMN reports: Brooklyn-based "death rapper" NECRO has issued the following update: 

"I decided to leave the tour collectively with my manager and booking agent (both tour organizers) because we felt the tour's demographic was not receiving hip hop well. I was facing hostile, disrespectful crowds and was returning the same energy back ten-fold by being more aggressive than them. It was making a lot of people in the tour crew nervous and there was concern someone might get hurt (NOT ME). It was also being suggested that maybe I tone down my live show and not antagonize the already antagonistic crowd. I couldn't roll with that as it's not my style. I was holding back enough as it is but there is a line. All the bands on the tour loved us and everyone behind the scenes knew we displayed major heart and never once got phased by the hostility. We finished every show with middle fingers up and a big ‘f*** You' to the crowd. 

I will make one thing clear for the haters: we NEVER got booed OFF the stage. Not once. Yes a ton of emo kids booed us at every show, but we had a twenty-five minute set every night and we stayed on stage for every minute of it, and we represented. 
- more on this story

Now Tops The Charts

Now 25 sold 223,000 copies in its opening week to displace rapper T.I's T.I. VS T.I.P, which spent two weeks at number one and now falls to three. 

Miley Cyrus' Disney double-disc set Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus climbs up a spot from three to two.- 
- more on this story

Cobain Movie This Fall

AJ Schnack's documentary film Kurt Cobain: About A Son is set to come to cinemas in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle in early October. 

The film sets impressionistic images of Washington state cities Seattle, Aberdeen, and Olympia to audiotape interviews of Cobain conducted by journalist Michael Azerrad for his book Come As You Are: The Story Of Nirvana., An original score for the film has been composed by Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
- more on this story

John Mayer Vs Drunk Kids

In a message on his official blog, Mayer had a typically irreverent message for those arrested. "First, to the 46 people accused of underage drinking; what were you thinking? You have your whole life to engage in underage drinking. What's the hurry? I didn't start underage drinking until I was 26. Underage drinking is not an function of age, but of style. And you kids are way too young to truly appreciate the nuances of true underage drinking. 

"Though the names of the arrested were not released to the public, I was able to obtain them by way of my well-placed source in the Hershey police department. Upon first glance, I find it interesting that of the 63 arrested, 55 were named Kyle. 
- Find out his teabagging solution 

more stories including: John Mayer Vs Drunk Kids- Akon Emo- Cobain Movie- Duff Snubs Kid- John Stabb- Metallica- Now Tops The Charts- Alicia Keys- Coldplay- Jay-Z To Depart Def Jam?- Rapper Leaves Metal Tour- Izzy on GNR Reunion- Dimmu Borgir Injury- Velvet Revolver- Ryan Adams- Clutch- Godsmack- Joni Mitchell- Mustard Plug- Bob Mould- more

Friday

Mondo Generator Drops Off Ozzfest

PR reports: Mondo Generator has been forced to drop off this year's Ozzfest due to matters beyond the band's control. A statement from band frontman Nick Oliveri reads as follows:

"It's very disappointing but Mondo Generator has been forced to cancel the remaining dates we have booked with Ozzfest and Circus Diablo. We tried everything in our power to make things work so that we could remain on tour, but unfortunately due to matters out of my control, it is impossible for us to continue touring at this time," says Oliveri."We're very sorry to all the fans that will not be able to see us on these remaining dates and promise that we will be back soon. We would like to thank Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, as well as the entire Ozzfest crew for giving us the chance to play Ozzfest 2007 .We'd also like to thank the fans that came out to show their support at the shows."- more on this story

Warped Founder Vs Ozzfest

"It allowed Ozzy Osbourne to get one more paycheck out of (Ozzfest), to be 100 percent honest," said Kevin Lyman, organizer of the Warped tour. "Sharon's a smart person, but basically that's what it is. It's a ploy, straight up. 

"Ozzy's getting paid to do that show. She was struggling to put (together a bill) because she keeps charging more and more and selling less and less tickets. The attendance of that tour has been dropping for many years, and she keeps having to spend more on the talent to get people to the shows."- They continue with the Ozzy side of the argument, read that here. 

Beyonce Faceplant

Here is part of the Hecklerspray starting with the witness statement: "We saw that she was pumping her hair around and really into (it) with her trench coat and high heels and as she proceeded to come down the stairs, she tripped on her coat and it seems like she fell on her collarbone and face, sliding down about 12 stairs." 

There are conflicting reports as to whether the singer was hurt or not - one claim is that blood was seen. Other claims have it Beyonce was completely protected in the fall by her robot-like outer shell which she replaced her skin with at the age of six. Yet other reports depict Knowles saving herself by wrapping her 15' lizard tongue around a light-rig real quick. Personally we believe the latter. 

Whatever happened, we may never know for sure. Unless you watch it. Better click play - looks like Sony's smiting the footage from off the web. 
- more on this story

Happenin' B Day Bash

As if that wasn't enough, Ours frontman Jimmy Gnecco will be making a rare solo performance. He always brings the house down! Enuff Z'nuff's Donnie Vie is also schedule to perform and bookies have odds at 3 to 1 that he may show up this time. Then again he may come down with the plague or another mystery illness 30 minutes before he's set to go on. But plenty of star power will be on hand to step in if he drops the ball. - Grab all the show info and see who else will be popping by! 

more stories including:Beyonce Faceplant- Warped Founder Vs Ozzfest- Fugazi Reunion?- Geldof Hits Biker- Sex Pistols- Mom Sues Label- Battle Over Boston Singer's Estate- Great White- Etta James Hospitalized- Interpol- McCready Jailed- Collective Soul- Wilco- Bad Brains- Hate Eternal- Sea Wolf- The Raveonettes- Abacus No More- Deep Purple- more

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