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8 Failed |
AP reports: The world's biggest industrial
countries are failing to keep up with financial promises they made to Africa,
rocker-activist Bono said Tuesday, calling a new progress report "a cold
shower" for the Group of Eight.
G-8 members in 2004-2006 contributed less
than half the amount needed to make good on promises to double Africa aid
to $50 billion by 2010, according to a report released by DATA — Debt,
AIDS, Trade, Africa — an advocacy group founded by Bono, the 47-year-old
frontman for Irish band U2.[see full story for more - gee a free global
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| Kanye
Coldplay Bling Song Leak |
Gigiwise reports: Kanye West is set to release
his third Def Jam album, ‘Graduation,’ this September. As previously reported
Chris Martin will feature on the long player.
The Coldplay front man appears on the
album’s title track and the song, ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing,’ a small sample
of which has leaked online.
The songs lyrics are as follows: "I had
a dream I could buy my way to heaven/When I woke I spent that on a necklace/I
told God I'd be back in a second/ Man, it's so hard not to act reckless."[see
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| Black
Eyed Drug Charges |
Gigwise reports: Black Eyed Peas rapper Taboo
has been charged with two misdemeanour drugs charges in Los Angeles.
Taboo, real name Jaime Luis Gomez, was
arrested in March following a minor car crash in Los Angeles where he was
found to be in possession of marijuana, prescribed medication and driving
under the influence. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Live
Earth Istanbul |
PR reports: Organizers today announced that
the City of Istanbul will host an official Live Earth concert event on
July 7, 2007. Live Earth is the 24-hour, 7-continent concert series to
combat global warming. Istanbul joins London, New York, Sydney, Shanghai,
Tokyo, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and Hamburg as official Live Earth
host cities.
Live Earth Istanbul will be broadcasted
on local television and as part of a global feed to as many as 120 television
channels worldwide. Live Earth Istanbul will feature both international
and local Turkish acts on 7/7/07. Additional concert details will be announced
at a later date.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Bob
Zilla Joins Hellyeah |
PR reports: HELLYEAH vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists
Greg Tribbett and Tom Maxwell and drummer Vinnie Paul have added Bob Zilla
for bass duties on the band's upcoming tour dates.
HELLYEAH begins a summer-long tour schedule
this Sunday, May 20, 2007 in Baltimore. Dates, cities and venues for the
band’s headline “FIRE IT UP” tour.
HELLYEAH will be featured on the main stage
at the Download Festival in Donington Park in North West Leicestershire,
U.K. on June 9, followed by the 30-city Family Values Tour back in the
States. Dates at the full story link- Click
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| Dream
Concert For King Memorial |
AP reports: Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons
and Tommy Hilfiger are among those spearheading a concert to raise money
to build a memorial to The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National
Mall.
The Dream Concert will be held Sept. 18
at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the memorial fund announced
Tuesday. Performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
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| Maiden
Symphony |
Blabbermouth reports: Former IRON MAIDEN vocalist
Paul Di'Anno will perform with the Swedish heavy metal act BLOODBOUND at
the Bollnäs Festival in Sweden on July 21, 2007. The band will perform
both BLOODBOUND and IRON MAIDEN songs together with the Southern Hälsingland
orchestra association. This will be the first time ever IRON MAIDEN songs
are backed by a symphony orchestra.[see full story for more]-
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| Otep
Officially Dropped |
TuneLab reports: The saga of whether or not
Otep were still signed to Capitol Records is over. In a recent blog, the
band revealed that they are now "free agents" and are exploring other possibilities.
No word on if their new album 'The Ascension' will be released or remain
on a shelf for eternity.[see full story for more music news]-
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| Chevelle
Resume Tour Following Theft |
TuneLab reports: Chevelle will restart their
tour this Thursday, May 17th in Urbana, Illinois. The band was forced to
cancel shows starting last week after their gear was stolen in Dallas on
May 9th. The cancelled shows will be rescheduled for later this year.[see
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| Dire
Straits Better Than The Beatles, Nirvana but not the Boss |
Gigwise reports: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born
In The USA’ has been voted the greatest rock album of all time in a new
poll. The 1984 album beat off competition from bands including Nirvana
and The Clash to top the survey, which was carried out in conjunction with
a new BBC rock documentary.
[for some very strange reason] Dire Straits
1985 album ‘Brothers In Arms,’ came in at number two in the poll, just
ahead of Nirvana’s seminal 1991 album, ‘Nevermind,’ which was described
as a “snapshot of those times.”
Other notable bands to make the top ten
included The Clash with ‘London Calling,’ and the ‘White Album’ by The
Beatles. [see the full story for the full questionable Top 10 where Vanilla
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| Blacklisted
and This Is Hell Tour |
Lambgoat reports: Blacklisted and This Is
Hell have lined up a two week tour for late-June and early-July. Here's
the latest:
6/21 Pittsburgh, PA @ Lawrenceville Moose
Lodge
6/22 Evansville, IN @ 1123 Club
6/23 Kansas City, MO @ TBA
6/24 Denver, CO @ Sox Place
6/25 Ogden, UT @ Country Club Theatre
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| Sinn
Fired From Angels & Airwaves |
punkbands reports: According to another site,
Angels & Airwaves have suffered their first casualty. Ryan Sinn is
apparently no longer with the band. In a long statement posted on Absolutepunk,
he says "I recieved a phone call the evening of April 19th that concluded
my relationship with Angels And Airwaves. I could go into an entire novel
about my opinions of the whole matter and why I was given the axe, but
to me, throwing dirt just seems desperate and tabloidial.
"All I'll say as to why I was kicked out,
the reasons I was given weren't at all honest, and severely hippocritical
to the point of abhorrent disgust."[see full story for more]-
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| H2O
in Hotel Fire |
punkbands reports: So I wake up this morning
and get ready for work. While getting dressed, I'm watching the New York
City Fox affilliate. There's a report about a hotel fire in Midtown. No
big deal, sh*t happens. Then they play a soundbite from Toby Morse from
H2O. What the f**k? I had to do a double take. He had to be evacuated and
moved to a new hotel but otherwise ok. They even called him a tourist...
in NYC. Crack reporting at it's best.- Click
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| Panic!
At The Studio |
punkbands reports: According to MTV.com, upstart
Las Vegas dance-pop band Panic! At The Disco have already written eight
songs so far for their upcoming sophomore album, the follow-up to 2005's
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, which has sold over one million copies to
date. The band begun writing for the album in March. Tracking for LP2 is
slated to begin on June 1.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Weezer
Album Six in the Works? |
Rolling Stone reports: We were curious/ suspicious
when we got a tip that the url albumsix.com rerouted to the official Weezer
web site, Weezer.com. As many of you know, the band famously went on hiatus
following the release of their fifth album, Make Believe.[the mystery deepens
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| Feds
Ignore Real Issues and Target Copyright Violations |
tinfoil.music reports: The Justice Department
is pledging to get even tougher on copyright violators and other intellectual
property thieves, saying it has already boosted convictions and lengthened
prison sentences.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said
Monday he was sending a bill to Congress--the Intellectual Property Protection
Act of 2007--that would toughen penalties for repeat offenders. He also
said he would "hit criminals in their wallets" by boosting restitution
and ensuring all ill-gotten gains are forfeited, as well as any property
used to commit the crimes.[this is unless they are undocumented infringers,
they get a free pass because they are stealing material Americans won't
steal. see full story for more news]- Click
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