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PR reports: Tomorrow, June 26, thousands of
webcasters / Internet radio stations will be observing a day of silence
in protest of the Copyright Royalty Board's outrageous royalty rate hike.
While we do not webcast and the royalty hike does not hit us directly we
are joining the webcasters in this protest, many of which will have to
shutdown if the rates take effect because the rates will exceed 100% of
their profit. To add insult to injury, these rates will be retroactive
and only hurt online radio as over-the-air radio does not have to pay these
specific royalties. So tomorrow the Day in Rock will not be published but
will return on Wednesday.
You can help stop this from happening by
contacting your members of Congress and asking them to support the The
Internet Radio Equality Act, which will stop this unfair tax on Internet
radio while insuring the stations pay their FAIR share of royalties (the
same as Satellite radio). See the full story link for more information
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Day in Rock reports: Circus Diablo, the band
fronted by The Cult's Billy Morrison and also features Billy Duffy (The
Cult), Ricky Warwick (Almighty), and Brett Scallions (Fuel) are releasing
their self-titled debut album next week. The album features a guest appearance
by Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, The Cult, Velvet Revolver) who played the
drums on all of the tracks. Slut's Charles Ruggiero will be drumming on
the upcoming tour with Mondo Generator (QOTSA) and on Ozzfest.
To celebrate the release, we asked frontman
Billy Morrison to give us the lowdown on his top five favorite tracks from
the CD. Here's Billy will today's song and the first single LOADED. The
obvious choice for our first single. Its the age old juxtaposition between
a woman and a drug. Having had much experience with both, its a subject
that was close to my heart! "My temptation gets me every time"...obvious,
but true. How many times do you find yourself calling the girl at 3:00am
because you know she'll tell you to come over, but when you're done, you
just wanna get the f*ck out?!!! [grab a listen at the full story link and
pick up the CD next Tuesday!] - Click
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Reuters reports: The Istanbul edition of the
July 7 global Live Earth concerts has been cancelled. Organizers are now
seeking a site to erect giant screens in the Turkish city to take TV feeds
from the remaining eight shows around the world.
Reports in the Turkish press pointed to
the non-appearance of promised government support and a failure to attract
sponsorship from big business as the reasons for the concert being nixed.
No tickets went on sale, so the public
will not be out of pocket.[see full story for more]- Click
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Lambgoat reports: California metal band Name
was involved in a serious van accident this weekend. Here's an account
of incident from the band:
"We were heading out on tour and our back
left tire blew out and sent us rolling our van and all our equipment 7
times from the freeway down the hill. We lost our van and a lot of merch
and equipment and were all hospitalized. We still look to tour and make
some major announcements regarding members and tour plans in the band.
But about the crash, we are left with nothing and we need to buy new equipment,
a new van, and medical bills.[see full story for more]-
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AP reports: Rapper Foxy Brown who's on probation
for assault and facing a battery charge in a separate case had another
brush with violence over the weekend. But this time, she was the victim,
police said.
Four people teamed up to rob the racy rapper
of a Louis Vuitton bag, $500 in cash and credit cards around 5:30 a.m.
Saturday in the East New York section of Brooklyn, police said.
Roshawn Anthony, 23, was arraigned Sunday
on charges of robbery, assault and grand larceny [see full story for more]-
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TuneLab reports: Rage Against the Machine
and The Smashing Pumpkins are among the acts confirmed for the 2007 Voodoo
Music Experience. The event will take place from October 26th through the
28th at City Park in New Orleans.[see full story for more]-
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Reuters reports: British rock band the Cure
will tour North America for the first time since 2004, kicking off its
monthlong trek on September 13 in Tampa, Fla., its label said Friday.
The tour will promote the group's as-yet-untitled
new album, which will be released in the fall through Universal Music's
Geffen Records label, a year later than initially envisaged.[see full story
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BBC reports: Ex-Beatle George Harrison, comic
book creator Stan Lee and actress Cate Blanchett are to have their own
stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2008.
Celebrities are chosen by a committee,
which each year sifts through several hundred nominations from the worlds
of film, TV, theatre and music.
Musical acts to be recognised include Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin. [see who else is
getting stars this year and will join the ranks of Ryan Seacrest and Britney
Spears who purchased stars in years past] - Click
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Blabbermouth reports: The publicity firm representing
the family of the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
has issued the following statement:
"The family of the late Dimebag Darrell
Abbott has not authorized nor co-operated with Zac Crain on his upcoming
book on Dimebag, scheduled for release on Perseus Books in November of
2007. In addition, Mr. Crain did not know Dimebag personally.
"Mr. Crain's request to the family was
denied. Among other reasons, during his tenure as music editor of the Dallas
Observer, Mr. Crain wrote nothing but negative reviews about PANTERA's
music."[see full story for some of the insulting crap that he wrote about
Pantera]- Click
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Blabbermouth reports: KORN was forced to cancel
its appearance at Hellfest in Clisson, France. The group's frontman Jonathan
Davis has issued the following statement on the matter:
"On behalf of KORN, I'd like to apologize
to the French fans who came out to Hellfest today [Friday, June 22] and
didn't get to see us play. Due to severe weather and a negligent promoter
who didn't provide adequate cover for our gear, we were advised to cancel
the show for risk of the band being electrocuted.[see full story for more]-
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Gigwise reports: This years Glastonbury Festival
has had its first fatality with police confirming the death of a 26-year-old
man.
The unnamed male from the Midlands was
found unconscious by festival staff in the early hours of yesterday morning
having suffered a suspected drugs overdose, as we reported earlier this
morning.
Over 1,000 people have now been treated
for injuries, most of these were very minor and related to slips in the
mud. [see full story for more a story about the chaos Iggy caused during
his headlining set]- Click
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Idolator.com reports: So remember that payola
settlement from a few months ago, the one that was supposed to give indie
labels a leg up on the radio by mandating that a certain amount of programming
had to be on those labels? Well, we thought that the intent of the program
would be torpedoed by the shows airing during "public affairs" hours (also
known as "7 a.m. Sunday"), but Clear Channel's version of the program,
which is called Discover NEW! Artists and somehow includes the Universal-signed
Sick Puppies among its ranks, is somehow worse, and not just because it
includes that very crummy Australian band. The wrinkle is this: Bands and
labels that agree to the deal agree to sign away their royalty rights in
perpetuity[see full story for more]- Click
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KNAC reports: Forget birthday candles, Rock
'n' Roll Hall of Famer and former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar will
celebrate his birthday in unique rock 'n' roll fashion. Hagar has announced
plans to launch an upcoming cross-country tour to include 60 stops starting
at his annual birthday bash at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico. Hagar's 60-stop tour will conclude in St. Louis at Busch Stadium
on July 12th, 2008 and will include performances by a number of special
celebrity friends. Hagar will also release a single on Cabo Wabo Music
called 'Open', which will be released to rock and classic rock radio stations
on July 2nd and will also be available to fans for download via iTunes.
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punkbands reports: Green Day have designed
a limited-edition T-shirt to benefit Amnesty International. The shirt
which will be sold exclusively at Hard Rock Cafe locations around the world
starting Monday features frontman Billie Joe Armstrong shredding on the
front, the signatures of the three members of the band on the back, and
incorporates the words "Working Class Hero," the John Lennon tune the band
covered for the Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save
Darfur album.[see full story for more]- Click
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Punkbands reports: Taking Back Sunday are
joining the blockbuster line-up of performers who will be playing Live
Earth New York at Giants Stadium on 7/7/07, Live Earth organizers announced
today.[see full story for more]- Click
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Punkbands reports: Apples iTunes Store is
continuing its rise in popularity as it moves up the list of the most popular
places for consumers to purchase music. A recent report from market research
firm NPD places iTunes in third place among all music retailers.[see full
story for more]- Click
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