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Jam! reports: Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman
was forced out of hiding Thursday after being expelled by Indonesian authorities
and turned over to the FBI to face criminal charges for bank fraud.
He was flown to Guam to appear before a
judge, officials said.
Pearlman's arrest on one felony count of
bank fraud ended several months of hiding for Pearlman, who created the
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Contact Music reports: British band THE EDITORS'
gig in Germany last night (13Jun07) was cut short after armed police stormed
the venue demanding they stopped playing. The rising guitar stars were
performing an encore at the Kulturkirche venue in Cologne, when armed officers
stormed the stage "due to them being excessively loud".
Bassist Russell Leetch says, "The venue
was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set,
they called the police to complain about the noise.[see full story for
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Jam! reports: Just two days after parting
ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her upcoming summer
tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she
prepares to release her third album, "My December."
In a statement on her website, Clarkson
said: "In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look
forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have
to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is
that touring is just too much too soon.
[see full story for more but in another
story from Contact Music, Kelly climbs high in the credibility scale for
this "American Idol winner KELLY CLARKSON refused a $10 million (GBP5 million)
offer from her record label boss CLIVE DAVIS to remove five songs from
her forthcoming album. Clarkson recently admitted executives at RCA and
Sony BMG had put pressure on her to record songs previously offered to
other artists, but she was determined to contribute more songwriting to
My December than her previous discs. "]- Click
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Contact Music reports: A roadie for U.S. band
GODSMACK has been hailed a hero after saving a woman from drowning in the
Milwaukee River.
Head carpenter John Jagielski was standing
outside The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday (12Jun07)
when he heard people shouting.
Brave Jagielski has experience as a lifeguard
so jumped into the river, and swam to the woman, who he remained with until
they were picked up by a boat. [see full story for more breaking news]
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Launch reports: A series of vibrators inspired
by Gorillaz are in the pipeline, it has been announced.
The expensive sex toys have been designed
by Jamie Hewlett, the artistic force behind the international pop phenomenon.
He is working with the vibrator company
Jimmy Jane on what is said to be the "Ultimate Member" collection, which
is due for release soon.[talk about building buzz.. see full story for
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E! reports: A Manhattan judge formally dropped
illegal weapons charges against Fabolous stemming from an incident last
fall in which the hip-hopster was ambushed and shot in the leg. En route
to the hospital, he wound up in police custody after officers found two
loaded, unlicensed pistols in the car he was riding in.
"I wish I could tell you we're so happy,
but the fact of the matter is these charges should never have been brought
in the first place," the rapper's attorney, Alberto Ebanks, told E! Online.
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Reuters reports: Tower Records may be dead,
but its flagship outlet in Los Angeles still has some relevance to the
music industry.
Rock duo the White Stripes will perform
a free show for about 200 fans next Wednesday at an "Icky Thump Records"
store specially built on the landmark Sunset Strip site, a spokeswoman
said on Wednesday.
Tickets for the 7 p.m. PDT show will be
made available to the first 200 people who buy the album at the store after
midnight on Monday. A handful of tickets will also be given away this weekend
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CMJ reports: After almost a two-year break,
Garbage are back with their first best-of collection, Absolute Garbage
(Almo/Geffen), for a July 17 release. The 17 tracks featured span from
the band's 1994 inception to their most recent release, 2005's Bleed Like
Me. Complete with a DVD of music videos, tour footage and interviews, as
well as a bonus disc of remixes from Felix Da Housecat, the Crystal Method
and U.N.K.L.E., Absolute Garbage additionally hosts "Tell Me Where It Hurts,"
the newest song in the Garbage catalog.
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punkbands reports: House & Parish is a
new band with some legendary members. It features artists from last decade's
most influential emo/post hardcore bands, a time when emo wasn't a hairstyle
or a threatening report on the 6 o'clock news. With Jason Gnewikow of The
Promise Ring, Brian Malone from The Gloria Record, John Herguth from The
Love Scene, and Scott Winegard of Texas is the Reason, House and Parish
shows major potential to re-insert some hardcore feeling into an otherwise
fashion-concious indie rock scene.
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punkbands reports: After the ego party otherwise
known as Tom Delonge's Angles & Airwaves got stale, bassist Ryan Sinn
is now a full fledged member of Fat Wreck's Love Equals Death. The band
has been looking for a replacement since their previous bass played was
apparently arrested on rape charges. Interesting. LED had this to say...
"We are very happy to announce that Ryan
Sinn will be playing bass for Love Equals Death. Ryan is best known [from]
The Distillers and most recently Angels and Airwaves. [see full story for
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Lambgoat reports: Imperial has dropped off
their current tour with Kingston Falls and Bringing Down Broadway. The
group has issued the following statement:
"Our van started acting up early in the
week and due to a few shows being cancelled we had very long drives to
make that our van was not pleased to be making. Long story short we all
have really bad headaches now and a broken van that we cannot seem to completely
fix. All shows from here until the Florida dates will be cancelled and
we will not be able to make them.[see full story for more]-
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SMN reports: Hardcore/punk/crust legends DROPDEAD
have announced the following upcoming U.S. Summer tour dates:
August 8 - Providence, RI @ AS220
August 9 - Boston, MA @ T.B.A.
August 10 - Albany, NY @ Valentines (downstairs)
August 11 - Buffalo, NY @ T.B.A.
August 12 - Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats
Class
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SMN reports: HIGH ON FIRE have announced the
details for their first North American headlining tour in support of their
highly-anticipated new album Death Is This Communion. Death Is This Communion
will see its North American release on September 18th.
The Death Is This Communion North American
Tour kicks off on September 20th in San Diego, CA and will travel across
North America for five weeks. Joining HIGH ON FIRE for the entirety of
the tour are special guests MONO, PANTHERS, and COLISEUM. [see full story
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: A fourth day has been
added to Rocklahoma to kick off the largest '80's rock festival of its
kind ever to be organized. The evening of Thursday, July 12, has been added
and includes Tiger Tailz, one of Great Britain 's greatest glam rock bands,
Hollywood Roses, a tribute band to Guns & Roses, KISS Army, the only
KISS tribute band personally endorsed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
In addition there will be a special jam performance by some of the '80's
greatest musicians.
Three-day ticket holders will now include
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