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Woman Beater? |
TMZ reports: TMZ has learned that the Beverly
Hills Police Department is investigating rocker Joel Madden, after a female
photographer filed a "crime report" claiming he attacked her during a violent
confrontation Sunday night.
According to police sources, the woman
claimed Madden struck her on the left breast "with the heel of his hand"
as the rocker tried to escort his girlfriend, Nicole Richie, out of the
back door of Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills. The photographer told
TMZ that she has a welt to prove it, and had to see a doctor for treatment.
Madden can be seen throwing a forceful,
open-handed stiff-arm into the chest of another paparazzo, moments after
the alleged incident. Police reps also tell TMZ that they take every claim
seriously, and a crime report was taken on this incident.[see full story
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| New
Linkin Park CD in May |
PR reports: The anticipation and rumors about
multi-platinum Grammy® award-winning Linkin Park's third studio album
were finally answered today, with the announcement that the record, entitled
Minutes to Midnight, will hit stores May 15th on Warner Bros. Records/Machine
Shop Recordings. Co-produced by Mike Shinoda and 2007 Grammy Producer of
The Year Rick Rubin (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Run DMC), Minutes to Midnight
was recorded at the infamous Mansion at Laurel Canyon and is already being
touted by critics who have heard it as the band's best and most important
work to date.
The first single, "What I've Done," will
be released worldwide April 2, 2007.[see full story for more]-
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| Rock
on the Range |
Reuters reports: ZZ Top, Evanescence and Velvet
Revolver are among the acts scheduled to play the inaugural Rock on the
Range festival, set for May 19 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Also booked to appear are Hinder, Chevelle,
Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Buckcherry [and a few
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| Yoko
Blocks Lennon Film |
AP reports: The world premiere of "Three Days
in the Life," a documentary about John Lennon, was canceled after lawyers
for the slain Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, warned that she had not authorized
any public viewing of the film.
Ray Thomas, the documentary's executive
producer, culled raw footage that was shot inside Lennon's apartment down
to a two-hour film covering a pivotal time in Lennon's career. The footage
was shot by Ono's former husband, Tony Cox, over a three-day period in
February 1970, two months before the breakup of the Beatles. Thomas and
his partner, John Fallon, were unable to get an artist release from Ono,
whose lawyers contend has a copyright interest in the film. [see full story
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| Library
of Congress Stoned |
AP reports: They say a picture is worth a
thousand words. But what about an original sound recording?
Twenty-five culturally important recordings
— including an episode of "The Lone Ranger," President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
address to Congress the day after the Pearl Harbor attack and one of the
Rolling Stones' most famous songs — were selected Tuesday for preservation
in a special sound archive [at the Library of Congress - see full story
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| Bopper
Conspiracy Debunked |
AP reports: J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson
suffered massive fractures and likely died immediately in the 1959 plane
crash that also killed early rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens,
a forensic anthropologist said Tuesday after exhuming the body.
The performer's son, Jay Richardson, hired
Dr. Bill Bass, a well-known forensic anthropologist at the University of
Tennessee, to look at the remains in Beaumont, Texas.
There have been rumors a gun might have
been fired on board the plane and that the Big Bopper might have survived
the crash and died trying to get help.[see full story for more]-
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| Motley
Evanescence Download |
Blabbermouth reports: EVANESCENCE, MÖTLEY
CRÜE and MACHINE HEAD have been confirmed for the Download festival,
set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
BOWLING FOR SOUP
BRING ME THE HORIZON
DEVIL DRIVER
DIMMU BORGIR
DRAGONFORCE
ENTER SHIKARI
EVANESCENCE
GALLOWS
IRON MAIDEN (June 10 headliner)
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| Hammerfalls
on Magnus |
Blabbermouth reports: Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL
have parted ways with bassist Magnus Rosén. An official statement
is expected shortly.
HAMMERFALL recently extended its contract
with Nuclear Blast Records for another six albums. The signing took place
on January 31 before the band's concert at the Filharmonie in Filderstadt,
Germany.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Vital
Wacken Remains |
BW&BK reports: US extreme death metal
heroes VITAL REMAINS are the latest act confirmed for Wacken Open Air 2007.
scheduled for August 2nd - 4th in Wacken, Germany.
Acts on the Wacken bill now include:
1349, All That Remains, Amorphis, Belphegor, Benedictum, The Black Dahlia
Murder, Black Majesty, Blind Guardian, Bullet For My Valentine, Cannibal
Corpse, Chthonic, Communic, Destruction, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Dimmu
Borgir, Dir En Grey, Disillusion, Enslaved, Falconer, Grave Digger, Haggard,
Heaven Shall Burn, Iced Earth, Immortal, In Flames, J.B.O., Kampfar, Lacuna
Coil [see full story for more]- Click
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| Radio
will still suck |
Idolator.com reports: Yesterday's settlement
between four major radio-broadcasting groups and the Federal government,
in which radio stations will be required to pay out fines and give chunks
of time over to indie labels, is being hailed as an historic moment by
the more optimistic members of the media. But Jerry Del Colliano, a USC
professor, isn't so sure:
These four major "angels" will give up
a collective 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime for indie record
labels and local artists according to the AP report. I'll bet these half-hours
will be in morning drive at about 7:20 am, right? I was talking to an old
PD friend of mine and we were kidding about how early Sunday morning these
half hours of freshness will run. Hell, 8,400 half hours is only a pimple
on the program director's butt -- an insignificant amount of time.[see
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| Nickelback
Walk of Fame |
Jam! reports: Canada’s Walk of Fame organizers
pushed ahead in their mandate to promote the country’s cultural history
Tuesday as they announced a new list of inductees that includes a veteran
newsman, a former wheelchair athlete, several actors, a rock band and a
hockey legend.
“It reflects everything about the Canadian
cultural fabric,” Walk of Fame founder Peter Soumalias said of the list,
which features Alberta rockers Nickelback, “SCTV” alum Catherine O’Hara,
“Crossing Jordan” star Jill Hennessey and veteran actor Gordon Pinsent.
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| Mastodon
Against Me! Tour |
Lambgoat reports: Mastodon will co-headline
a tour with Against Me! in May. The trek will also feature Cursive in addition
to support stints from Planes Mistaken For Stars and These Arms Are Snakes.
Here's the schedule:
dates w/ Planes Mistaken For Stars
5/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern LG
5/2 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
5/4 Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
5/5 Seattle, WA @ The Fenix
5/6 Boise, ID @ Big Easy
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| Whining
Chiefs |
Gigwise reports: Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson
has hit back at journalists who have slammed the band’s new album calling
them “wrong” and “liars.”
The band’s second effort has received a
damning response from many quarters, with Gigwise labeling it “the sound
of a band hitting a creative brick wall.”
But Wilson is defiant in the face of adversity,
saying that the band believe they have made “a great record.”
He told 6music: “I don’t want to sound
big-headed, but anyone who says they don’t like the new album is just lying.
It’s weird, we know it’s good.” [denial = don't even notice I am lying..
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| Randy
Rhoads Documentary |
Blabbermouth reports: With the blessings of
the family of late OZZY OSBOURNE/QUIET RIOT guitarist Randy Rhoads, Dakota
Pictures and director Peter Margolis will begin filming the "Randy Rhoads
Documentary" on March 19, 2007 at the Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino,
CA between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. In hopes to fully capture the significance
of the 25th anniversary of Randy's passing, the filmmakers will be interviewing
as many of Randy's fans as possible. [see full story for more details]-
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| CMJ
Music Marathon |
CMJ reports: Clear your calendars! The 27th
Annual CMJ Music Marathon will take place from Tuesday, October 16 to Saturday,
October 20 in New York City. And for the first time in over a decade, the
headquarters have moved downtown. Together with NYU, the world famous Puck
building, and dozens of legendary venues, this year's Marathon will continue
to feature performances from the best of the best new artists from around
the world.
Join 12,000 music professionals and over
100,000 music fans in New York this October. CMJ Music Marathon has helped
thousands of artists gain worldwide success including the Shins, Arcade
Fire, Black Eyed Peas, Modest Mouse, the Killers, and Wilco, just to name
a few. The five-day festival also features panels, keynote speeches, film
premieres, mentoring sessions, and tutorials.[see full story for more]-
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