.
Todays Top Rock
News Stories From Across the Web
brought
to you today by
Click
Here To Bookmark DayInRock.com - Make
The DayInRock.com Your Homepage - RSS
feed
..
.
.
DiR 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 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. SHINE. The first song I have ever
written about a specific woman. Normally the girl in my head that I write
about is a combination of people in my life, past present or future. But
this song is about my wife, and how I feel about her. I have always been
somewhat of...whats the nice way of putting it?...a whore!! But meeting
my wife and getting married has been the single best experience of my life.
To find a soulmate in this life is a rare event, and she changed my world
in every way possible. She truly SHINES for me. Sickly sweet, but very
true. [grab a listen at the full story link and pick up the CD next Tuesday!
Also note the tour correction in the intro. Sorry, they are not touring
with QOTSA as we mentioned yesterday]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Circus Diablo - Circus
Diablo CDs - Circus
Diablo Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
PR reports: Bert McCracken has just been advised
to undergo surgery due to the fact that he has developed a node on one
of his vocal chords. Consequently, the band has been forced to cancel their
shows on all upcoming dates during June and July, including the Van's Warped
Tour. Doctors have recommended treatment as well as rest without singing
and are expecting a full recovery. He will be able to sing again in about
five weeks.
The band is incredibly disappointed but
promised to return to touring in the USA in early September with headlining
dates. "Kevin Lyman and the Van's Warped tour have been amazing supporters
of our band and we are truly saddened that we won't be able to perform
on this year's tour," states Quinn Allman, The Useds guitarist. We hope
to have new tour details ready for release shortly. -
Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Used - Used
CDs - Used
Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
Earvolution reports: Guns N' Roses concert
goers should come to expect late starts. But, it didn't stop one fan from
expressing a little anger over waiting for Axl in Australia. WENN reports
that a fan tossed a drink at Rose when the band got off to a late start
for a Brisbane gig.
Apparently the band didn't start until
nearly midnight and some fans who paid well over $100 dollars a ticket
weren't happy. The report says that not long into their classic "Welcome
To The Jungle" someone hurled a can at Axl. In response, Rose reportedly
challenged the audience, "Is that what you want? You want a battle. If
you're going to act like that, then you know I don't have to be here."
Despite some reported long disappearances during songs, Rose did finish
the show.[see full story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Guns N' Roses - Guns
N' Roses CDs - Guns
N' Roses Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
DiR reports: Rivers Cuomo has announced via
the official Weezer site that the band are back at it. Here is his message:
"Hey Party-People,
Weezer is just polishing up a batch of
songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of
July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which
we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having
good times.
Love,
R-dawg"- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Weezer - Weezer
CDs - Weezer
Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
PR reports: Going from hair rock to country
worked for Bon Jovi. The band's new album "Lost Highway" debuted a top
the Billboard album charts this week with sales of 292,000. The first No
1 for the band since the "hair metal" heyday of 1988.
The made of MTV band beat out The White
Stripes for the top spot with 50,000 more units sold. Jack Whites latest
"Icky Thump" moved 223,000 units for the No 2 spot. Country fans seemed
to have turned to Jovi spandex as last week's chart topper Toby Keith's
"Big Dog Daddy" suffered a 64% sales decline to land at No. 4 with 73,000.
Former chart toppers Linkin Park and Maroon
5 are hanging in there, remaining in the Top 10 another week.[see full
story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Bon Jovi - Bon
Jovi CDs - Bon
Jovi Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
punkbands reports: Coheed and Cambria has
recruited Taylor Hawkins of The Foo Fighters to play drums on their new
album; former drummer Josh Eppard parted ways with the band late last year.
The band is currently recording No World For Tomorrow with producer Nick
Raskulinecz.- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Coheed and Cambria - Coheed
and Cambria CDs - Coheed
and Cambria Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
Launch reports: Morrissey ended his show after
30 minutes at the Bank Of America Pavillion in Boston last night, having
played just seven songs.
The ex-Smiths man was suffering a throat
infection and despite making it through seven songs--including "The Queen
Is Dead" and "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys"--he couldn't
complete his planned set.[see full story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Morrissey - Morrissey
CDs - Morrissey
Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
AP reports: Al Gore will rock out at the Live
Earth concert at Giants Stadium on July 7, one of eight worldwide shows
designed to draw attention to global warming.
"Mr. Gore will be in New Jersey. He'll
be off and on (the stage), very involved," said Live Earth Founder and
Executive Producer Kevin Wall.[see full story for more - no word if Tipper
will be involved in censoring artists at the concerts]-
Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Live Earth - Live
Earth CDs - Live
Earth Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
AP reports: The creator of the Backstreet
Boys and 'N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges
he defrauded a bank out of $20 million.
Lou Pearlman, 53, was indicted on three
counts of bank fraud, and single counts of mail and wire fraud for business
with Evansville, Ind.-based Integra Bank N.A., according to court documents.
Pearlman is most famous for forming boy
bands in the '90s, but was also involved in airplane charter, real estate,
model scouting and restaurant ventures.[see full story for more]-
Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Backstreet Boys - Backstreet
Boys CDs - Backstreet
Boys Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
Hecklerspray reports: Now, far be it for us
to suggest that all vegetarians are gaunt, lifeless, protein-deprived morons
who don't realise that chewing on bleeding lumps of dead animal is both
cool and sexy, but there's a definitely a lack of sexy vegetarians around.
Why do we say that? Because animal rights
group PETA has named its annual 'World's Sexiest Vegetarians' list - a
little like trying to find the world's tubbiest anorexic or the world's
most interesting envelope - and the results are so depressing that we're
planning to visit the winners' houses and frisbee lamb chops into their
mouths just to get them disqualified. Why? Because PETA has decided that
this year's World's Sexiest Vegetarians are Carrie Underwood from American
Idol - who was also the World's Sexiest Vegetarian two years ago - and
a bloke so startlingly anonymous that we're not even sure his mother knows
who he is.[see full story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Carrie Underwood - Carrie
Underwood CDs - Carrie
Underwood Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
Gigwise reports: 50 Cent is in the final stages
talks to star in a thriller alongside the legendary Robert de Niro and
Al Pacino.
The crime thriller Righteous Kill is
set to go into production this autumn and Fiddy is being eyed up for a
role of a drug dealer who helps cops De Niro and Pacino hunt for a killer.
The movie will be directed by Jon Avnet
and has a budget of $60 million, most of which youd suspect is going to
the high profile actors.[see full story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on 50 Cent - 50
Cent CDs - 50
Cent Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
BBC reports: The Spice Girls are widely expected
to announce they are reforming at a press conference in London on Thursday.
It will be the first official public appearance
by all five members since Geri Halliwell quit in May 1998.
Earlier this month Mel C, better known
as Sporty Spice, told the BBC that any reunion would be for "a very short
space of time... a final goodbye". [just what the world needs... see full
story for more]- Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Spice Girls - Spice
Girls CDs - Spice
Girls Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
CMJ reports: A number of Internet radio stations
will be joining together on July 1 in San Francisco venue Bottom Of The
Hill for a benefit to raise money for SaveNetRadio's final two-week campaign
against the upcoming July 15 ruling to increase royalties on all webcasters.
Organizers Corey Denis (who knows first hand how important Internet radio
is as VP of Integrated Marketing at San Francisco indie label Reapandsow)
and Internet stations Soma FM, Pandora, BAGel Radio, among others, will
also help increase awareness of the harsh realities should the ruling go
into effect, with information tables on hand to answer questions and promotional
material. A number of bands and DJs, as well as chili from indie label
Jackpine Social Club, alcohol from MyOpenBar.com, and a bake sale will
be included in the Sunday night event. [see full story for more]-
Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Clay Aiken - Clay
Aiken CDs - Clay
Aiken Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
Blabbermouth reports: ALL TIME HIGHS, the
new San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring DEATH ANGEL frontman Mark
Osegueda alongside members of LICA-STO, TRES PISTOLAS, THE SICK and OOZIES,
has issued the following update:
"During a recording session [Sunday] afternoon
[June 24] at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley CA, Mark Osegueda was rushed to
the emergency room after passing out in a vocal booth. While screaming
Mark fell forward into a microphone stand that had neither a mic or mic
clip on it. The pole went into his eye. He was rushed to the hospital shortly
after. The doctors did tests and the beautiful eye is going to make it.
No serious injuries occured.[see full story for more]-
Click
Here for the Full Story
More
on Death Angel - Death
Angel CDs - Death
Angel Tour Dates/Tickets - Comments
 Wait
there is more! |
Click
here for the second half of Today's Day in Rock Report and today's reviews
(To save on download
time, longer reports will now be spread over two pages)
Don't
wait until tomorrow! Click here for the latest Rock news and headlines
including The Day in Rock breaking stories
Read
Day In Rock Reports From Other Days
Submit
news or a press release to the Day In Rock report
tell
a friend about this article
know
of a news item we should cover?
antiMUSIC
News featured on RockNews.info
.
|
