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PR reports: On Jun 1, 1967 a landmark album
was released that changed popular music forever. That album was The Beatles
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". What is even more astonishing
is that the album seems to be just as popular today as it was when it was
released. Don't just take our word for it; our friends at Gracenote have
the stats to back it up. Here is a little of what they told us:
The Beatles are the most accessed - or
"looked up" - artists in the Gracenote database, which has more than 200
million users worldwide and boasts more than 1.2 billion searches a month.
The legendary "Sgt. Pepper's" album is also the most accessed original
album by The Beatles on the database. More astonishingly for an album that
was released four decades ago, according to the Gracenote database, The
Beatles' signature album in just the last month has outranked albums by
hitmakers Christina Aguilera ("Stripped"), Gwen Stefani ("The Sweet Escape"),
The Killers ("Hot Fuss"), Coldplay ("X&Y"), and Eminem ("The Marshal
Mathers LP"), all of whom are considered some of today's most popular artists.
"The songs of 'Sgt. Pepper' continue to
speak to new generations of music fans, even those on the cutting edge
of digital technology," says Scott San Filippo, director of Gracenote's
content team. To emphasize the point, San Filippo notes that The Fab Four
ranking surpasses that of their '60s counterparts The Rolling Stones and
The Who, both of whom have continued to record and tour years after the
Beatles broke up in 1970. [see the full story to visit Gracenote and look
up the album that inspired Sgt Pepper, you'll find it under "Pet Sounds"
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Contact Music reports: Pop legend MICHAEL
JACKSON has bought publishing rights for rapper EMINEM's back catalogue.
The Thriller hitmaker, who also currently owns The Beatles copyright, has
purchased Famous Music LLC from Viacom for an undisclosed amount.
Jackson is now the owner of The Real Slim
Shady and Without Me but also owns the rights to songs by Shakira, Beck
and Bjork under the transaction.[see full story for more]-
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Rockdirt reports: An insider tells The New
York Post Ozzy Osbourne was confirmed to perform on last week's finale
of 'American Idol', but canceled at the last minute "when he learned he
would have to do a duet with Sanjaya [Malakar]. Ozz[y] said he didn't want
to be onstage with that idiot." Instead, Joe Perry of Aerosmith was somehow
talked into playing guitar as Sanjaya performed 'You Really Got Me'. [see
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Contact Music reports: BON JOVI, MARY J. BLIGE
and reformed rockers THE POLICE are among the acts billed to revive MTV's
UNPLUGGED series. The acts have been lined up for a series of acoustic
shows this summer (07), beginning with a Bon Jovi showcase next month (Jun07).
Insiders claim The Police will record their Unplugged show in Miami, Florida
in July (07), during a break in their current American tour. [see full
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Blabbermouth reports: GODSMACK will release
a 10th anniversary box set later this year.
The Boston band — currently on a theater
run continuing to promote its 2006 release "IV" — plan to commemorate the
10-year celebration of their first album with a package that gathers together
its four studio albums, the acoustic EP "The Other Side" and a DVD featuring
mini-documentaries about the making of each album. There will also be some
live footage and possibly the group's 2004 acoustic performance in Las
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Blabbermouth reports: IRON MAIDEN's performance
at this year's Download Festival will be shown around the world live.
2007 is IRON MAIDEN's record breaking fourth
headline appearance at Donington Park. Having first topped the bill in
1988, playing to over 100,000 fans, and then again in 1992 and 2003, their
30-year career has seen them sell in excess of 70 million albums, and become
one of the most important rock bands of all time.
Download Festival and IRON MAIDEN have
teamed up for a live and exclusive streaming of IRON MAIDEN's fourth Donington
Park headline appearance on Sunday, June 10. Available FREE at www.dowloadfestival.co.uk,
and with direct links to www.ironmaiden.com, their performance will be
shown in full, and will attract a global audience to the festival. This
innovative move is the first time Live Nation have streamed from Download,
and we expect other acts to follow this shortly.[see full story for more]-
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PR reports: Prince, the legendary artist and
music icon, and Verizon Wireless announced they have joined forces to revolutionize
the consumer experience of digital music discovery, delivery and download,
starting with Prince’s new single, “Guitar.” Music fans can get the single
today – weeks before the highly-anticipated release of “Planet Earth,”
his new studio album release – when they use Verizon Wireless’ free new
V CAST Song ID to identify the single. The direct-to-mobile relationship
between Verizon Wireless and Prince, unprecedented in the music industry,
brings the best in mobile music innovation together with Prince’s musical
genius to deliver an entirely new way for fans to experience music. [see
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Tunelab reports: The Deftones have announced
the following Canadian tour dates with From First to Last and Die Mannequin:
July 9th in Victoria, BC @ Curling Club
July 11th in Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
Ballroom
July 12th in Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
Ballroom
July 14th in Edmonton, ALB @ Shaw Conference
Center
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TuneLab reports: Apple has recently launched
"iTunes Plus," which is the new, DRM-free music you can download from the
iTunes Music Store for 30 cents extra. The tracks come in a higher quality
format, and of course can be moved, played, or whatever without the restriction
associated with other versions. What they didn't publicly announce is that
each of those said tracks contains a digital watermark with your full name
and email address. Think twice before you go 'sharing' them.[see full story
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TuneLab reports: Daughtry will headline the
6th annual Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit Concert in Seattle on August
25th. The late Alice In Chains singer would have turned 40 on August 22nd.[see
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Contact Music reports: Rocker PERRY FARRELL
has blamed bandmate DAVE NAVARRO's reality TV talent contest ROCK STAR
for breaking up JANE'S ADDICTION. The frontman reveals the group fell apart
when guitarist Navarro started co-hosting the reality series, which found
singers for INXS and Tommy Lee supergroup Rock Star: Supernova. Farrell
admits he "just couldn't believe it" when Navarro announced he was fronting
a mainstream TV show.[see full story for more]- Click
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punkbands reports: According to recent rumors,
Zao have reportedly been rejoined by founding drummer Jesse Smith, who
exited the group back in 2004. The band parted ways with their latest drummer
Josh Walters earlier this year. - Click
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SMN reports: Leng Tch’e have posted the following
update:
“We are happy to announce that Peter Goemaere
(Aborted, ex-Emeth) will replace Geert on guitar. You can see him in action
starting next week on our trek with IMMOLATION, KRISIUN, and DAWN OF AZAZEL.”
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SMN reports: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have
lined up the following headlining dates with THE RED CHORD and CEPHALIC
CARNAGE:
July 27 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
w/ The End
July 28 - Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Icon w/
The End
July 29 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground
w/ Arise and Ruin
July 30 - St. Catherine, ON @ L3 w/ Arise
and Ruin
July 31 - London, ON @ Call The Office
w/ Arise and Ruin
August 1 - Ottawa, ON @ Babylon w/ Arise
and Ruin
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PR reports: Powerful. Mythical. Majestic.
Swedish sextet The Soundtrack of Our Lives is everything a self-respecting
psychrock band should be. With time-tested cues to the woozy, 60¹s
grit of Love, the grandiose dreaminess of 70¹s Pink Floyd, and a lush
modern pop sensibility, Soundtrack manages to allude to the past while
firmly planting themselves in the present.
Following the success of 2005’s Origins:
Vol. 1, Soundtrack is set to unveil the second installment in their planned
Origins series. As could be expected, the record cherry picks from the
classic rock cannon, re-contextualizing the monster riffs of the MC5, the
majesty and bombast of The Who, the shirtless intensity of the Stooges,
and the epic songwriting of the Beatles. End result is a bewildering mixture
of everything that ever made a kid want to pick up a guitar. No MP3s just
yet, but in the mean time let’s quench our thirsts with the video for Behind
The Music’s “Sister Surround.”
To celebrate the upcoming release of Origin
Vol. 2, Soundtrack will be playing three dates at Canada’s North By North
West festival this June.
06-07 Toronto @ Healey’s Roadhouse
06-08 Toronto @ Silver Dollar
06-09 Toronto @ Healey’s Roadhouse
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