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 Jesus
Vs 50 Cent |
Gigwise reports: 50 Cent has been feeling
the wrath of a Christian organisation calling for him to stop wearing crosses.
The rapper, famous for his bling attire,
is being targeted by the group – named The Resistance - because of his
provocative lyrics and actions and what they claim are the negative connotations
tied to wearing the jewellery.
Group founder Mark Dice said: “50 Cent
is not Christian and if you listen to his lyrics it becomes clear that
he is more of a Satanist than anything. He is defaming the cross and committing
blasphemy by wearing it while he raps about killing people for no reason...I
think a large diamond studded platinum satanic pentagram would be a little
more fitting." [see the full story for the Fiddy response]
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| Go
Away Paris Hilton |
PR reports: "Go Away Paris Hilton," the song
everyone in America is talking about (save one...or maybe two if you include
her sister), is now available for download at iTunes. Written by Mr. Smith
and recorded by Citizens for a Better America, the song is the centerpiece
of a campaign to collect over 100,000 signatures for the "Go Away Paris
Hilton" initiative.
Once the PAC (Paris Action Committee) has
attained the target number of signatures, the initiative will NOT be included
on any upcoming ballot but will be delivered to the editors at US Weekly,
People Magazine, The Star, The Globe, The Enquirer and anyone else who
pays for photos of the...uh...[celebutard]. [see full story to get the
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| OutKast
Ballet |
Launch reports: OutKast's Big Boi is set to
perform an onstage collaboration with the Atlanta Ballet Company.
The rapper will perform at the opening
of the ballet's new season between April 10-13, 2008.
Although only a few details are forthcoming,
it is understood that Boi will collaborate with choreographer Lauri Stallings
and performers from Purple Ribbon Entertainment.[see full story for more]-
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| Jack
White Gets Hives |
Launch reports: The Raconteurs have collaborated
with the Hives on their new album. As previously reported, the band have
written 12 songs for the follow up to their 2006 debut Broken Boy Soldiers,
and are currently holed up in Blackbird Studio in Nashville.
Posting on Hivesmusic.com, the Swedes'
frontman Pele Almqvist explained in his online diary he had collaborated
with Jack White and company.
He wrote: "April 21: Had breakfast with
Jack White. Recorded footsteps for the new Raconteurs album. Those are
some great guys."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Bon
Jovi to open The Rock |
AP reports: New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will
be the first act to rock "The Rock," the state's newest arena, officials
announced Wednesday.
The band will play several shows at the
Prudential Center starting Oct. 26, said Pat Smith, a spokesman for AEG
New York/New Jersey, part of Anschutz Entertainment Group, which is booking
concerts and special events for the arena.
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| Lap
Dancing Britney Lip Syncs at Comeback Show |
TMZ reports: A stripped down Britney Spears
showed up to her first mini-concert at the San Diego House of Blues last
night, performing "Breathe on Me," while writhing in a sparkly bra and
mini-mini-skirt around a lucky guy plucked from the audience. The Britster
appeared to lip-sync the number, as four other skimpily-clad dancers surrounded
the seated man. [see full story for more BS about BS]-
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| Enuff
Dokken |
Blabbermouth reports: DOKKEN will enlist drummer
Vik Foxx (ex-ENUFF Z'NUFF, Veronicas) to fill in for regular skinsman Mick
Brown for several live shows that Mick is unable to play this summer.[see
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| One
Less Drive-By Trucker |
Contact Music reports: Guitarist JASON ISBELL
has left cult rockers DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS to pursue a solo career. Isbell,
one of three singer/songwriters in the US band, joined Drive-By Truckers
in 2001 and played on their last three albums. He releases his solo debut
Sirens Of The Ditch in July (07). Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson
Hood says, "It's with a wide range of emotions and feelings that I'm announcing
that we have parted ways with Jason. "The split, which I consider extremely
amicable is the result of a period of personal and artistic growth from
all sides which has left us with differing dreams and goals.[see full story
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| Web
Radio Bilking Delayed |
Idolator.com reports: Kurt Hanson's Radio
And Internet Newsletter is reporting that the due date for online radio
stations to pay higher royalties for streamed music has been pushed back
from May 15 to July 15 by the Copyright Royalty Board. While the fate of
the Internet Radio Equality Act, a law that would overturn the new royalty
rates, is still up for debate, Hanson sees the push-back on the due date
as a good sign for webcasters[see full story for more]-
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| Blackie
Lawless Rushed to the Hospital |
KNAC reports: W.A.S.P. had to abort their
concert in Karlskrona, Sweden on Saturday, April 28th, after 50 minutes
when frontman Blackie Lawless had pain in his chest.
According to HardRickInfo, the band came
back on stage after about 10 minutes and did a final song, 'Blind In Texas',
but after that Blackie was immediately taken to the hospital. He was released
from the hospital after a few hours of observation and stood on stage in
Lund, Sweden the following day. [see full story for more]-
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| Zakk
To Induct Dime |
KNAC reports: May 17th marks the day of Dimebag
Darrell Abbott’s induction to the Hollywood RockWalk. Many of rock’s top
players will be in attendance to honor Dime.
At the induction, Zakk Wylde (Black Label
Society, Ozzy) will perform live on Sunset Boulevard in tribute to his
friend and brother. Wylde will play “In This River” - a song forever dedicated
to Dimebag Darrell – According to Wylde, the song will never leave the
set list for Black Label Society.[see full story for more]-
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| Drag
the River No More |
punkbands reports: Good news and bad news.
I'll let the Jon Snodgrass say it: Drag the River for now and perhaps forever
is over. Chad and I are still buddies. That was never the issue. We do
have different releases including that DVD to finish and will work on those
together but we won’t be touring. Sorry. Yes. Dave is in Rocky Votolato’s
band and I wish him well with that.
The Aug./Sept. Armchair Martian tour that
had been suggested will now actually happen. The “Good Guys, Bad Band.”
retrospective and the “Who Wants to Play Bass?” re-release will surface
simultaneously from Suburban Home Records/Mars Motors. [see full story
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| More
Downloads |
SMN reports: More dates have been released
for the U.S. version of the annual Download Festival:
August 18 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
for the Performing Arts
August 25 - George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre
September 1 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley
Music Theatre
October 6 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline
Amphitheatre at Mountain View
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| CODC
Singer Hospitalized |
SMN reports: Pennsylvania-based grinders Circle
Of Dead Children have posted the following update: "CODC founder &
vocalist, Joe Horvath, ran into complications following a surgery he had
to have done about a month ago. He was re-hospitalized last week after
developing a very serious and potentially fatal staph infection which has
rapidly traveled into his body and bones. He’s undergone another surgery
recently and is due to be under the knife again for at least three more
surgeries in the near future. He is currently out of the Intensive Care
Unit but has to remain hospitalized for undetermined time after which he
will be under the care of home health nurses, etc. [see full story for
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| The
Almost, Bayside, The Starting Line Secret Show |
PR reports: Free Myspace Show featuring The
Almost, Bayside, The Starting Line.
The Stone Pony in New Jersey - All Ages
913 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ
Friday May 4th - Doors 7pm
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| Bush
Idol |
Gigwise reports: American president George
[Dubya] Bush found time to make a taped appearance on last night's episode
of American Idol, and thanked viewers for their donations.
He and his wife Laura were acknowledging
the $70million raised by viewers, who voted during last week's charity
special which featured the likes of Bono from U2.
George Bush said the money raised for impoverished
children in Africa and the United States showed "the good heart of America".
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| Paul
Rodgers on Queen and Solo Touring Plans |
Day in Rock reports: Morley got to speak with
legendary frontman Paul Rodgers. Here are a couple of excerpts from his
interview with a bit out the future plans for Queen as well as his touring
plans with his solo band to promote the new 'Live in Glasgow' CD and DVD.
antiMUSIC: What is the status of you
and Queen. Will there be a record of original material at some point or
are you simply planning on doing the live thing with both your catalogues?
Paul Rodgers: Well it's a kind of
a go with the flow situation. We haven't a plan. We didn't really plan
a world tour. It just kinda grew into that. Since then…the relationship
is great. We've been in the studio and recorded some things, just to kind
of suck it and see as they say, kinda situation and see what we put together,
cause we've been around the world playing basically our hits, you know.
And we did do one new song in North America, a song I wrote called "Take
Love" and so it remains to be seen what we can create, and it's exciting
too because we don't really know. We go in there and say okay, what do
you got? (laughs) We just kick something around and see where it takes
us. We're just the three of us in the studio and we're kinda sharing the
bass honors. Brian's doing some and I'm doing some, and it turns out actually
Roger is a, I mean a great drummer. This we know. A great singer. This
we know. He's a great songwriter. This we know. And he's also a fantastic
guitar player.
antiMUSIC: With several new songs on
here(the new live CD/DVD), can we look forward to another solo record in
the near future?
Paul Rodgers: Well, yeah, I'd love
to do one. Yes I would love to do a solo album. I'm writing all the time.
My focus at the moment though is going to be the dates that I'm doing with
the solo band. And then I'll go out to Holland for a show out there, and
stay over and go to England and meet up with Bryan and Roger and we'll
go into the studio again and take that next level. I'm just doing 10 U.S.
spring dates. That's all I'm doing this year, solo wise. So I'm kinda moving
forward on two fronts with the solo band and with Queen, but I'm keeping…I'm
not doing too many shows so that they're pretty exclusive then I guess.
So that's going to be my focus. When I get to the other side of that ---
(laughs) --- I will look at doing a solo album I guess. [read the full
interview at the full story link]
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