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 Dark
New Day for Evanescence Line-up |
PR reports: Continuing the multi-platinum
success of their sophomore album, The Open Door, Evanescence (Windup Records)
welcomes drummer Will Hunt and guitarist Troy McLawhorn—both from Dark
New Day (Warner Bros. Records)—to the band this week. “I am a big fan of
Dark New Day and can’t wait for the fans to see what the guys bring to
our live show,” says front woman Amy Lee.
Evanescence will debut their new formation
on Saturday, May 19th at Columbus’ sold out Rock On the Range Festival,
along with ZZ Top, Hinder, Velvet Revolver and Buckcherry. Following this
performance, Evanescence will perform at WMMR (Philadelphia) on Sunday,
May 20th at Camden’s Tweeter Center, along with Velvet Revolver, Buckcherry
and Chevelle. The group will then embark on a one-month European tour making
stops in Belgium, France and Russia at select festivals and headline dates.
Beginning July 20th in St. Louis, Missouri, Evanescence will co-headline
the U.S. leg of The Family Values Tour with Korn.[see full story for more]-
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| Interpol
Vs YouTube |
Gigwise reports: Interpol have spoken extensively
about how youtube has taken away the anticipation of waiting for a new
album.
Speaking exclusively to Gigwise, their
comments about the video site came the day after they teased fans with
just three new songs off their eagerly anticipated third album, ‘Our Love
To Admire,’ at a London show, on May 15th.
The bands drummer, Sam Fogarino said: “The
advent of youtube, to have your record portrayed in such a low fidelity
medium is awful. I mean it’s flattering that somebody feels the need to
get the live performances up of these songs right away, but the thought
of having our whole album on a DV cassette through some broadband wire
is ridiculous.”[see full story for more]- Click
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| Velvet
Revolver Cancel Tour, Offer Download |
Blabbermouth reports: VELVET REVOLVER's new
single, "She Builds Quick Machines", is available for download in its entirety
at FMQB. The song comes off VELVET REVOLVER's second RCA album, "Libertad",
due on July 3.
In other news, all of VELVET REVOLVER's
previously announced tour dates in Europe after June 17 have been cancelled
because of scheduling conflicts with promotional activities for the release
of "Libertad".
It is expected that the band will come
back to Europe later this year to make good on these cancelled shows.[see
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| Plant
To Play Live Earth? |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Mediafax.ro,
former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant will perform at Romexpo in Bucharest,
Romania on July 8 as part of the Live Earth series of concerts which will
be staged at various locations around the world starting on July 7. [see
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| Beyonce
a Sure BET? |
Reuters reports: With six nominations, Beyonce
heads the field for the 2007 BET Awards.
The nominations were announced Wednesday
(May 16) by rappers T.I. and 50 Cent, R&B newcomer Robin Thicke and
"Everybody Loves Chris" cast member Tichina Arnold during a press conference
at Hollywood's Renaissance Hotel.
This year's ceremony will be televised
live June 26 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.[see full story
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| Ozzy
Plans Two Night Stand On Kimmel |
Blabbermouth reports: In celebration of OZZY
OSBOURNE's first album of all new studio material in six years, "Black
Rain", the rock legend will perform for two consecutive evenings on ABC's
fast-growing late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
On Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22,
the two-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
will perform his new single, "I Don't Want To Stop", along with many others
on The Pontiac Garage outdoor stage in the middle of Hollywood.
"Nobody rocks harder than Ozzy. I would
like to apologize to our neighbors in advance," host Jimmy Kimmel said.[see
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| Global
McCartney Listening Party |
PR reports: On June 5, Starbucks will make
history by hosting an unprecedented Global Listening Event to celebrate
the release of Paul McCartney’s “Memory Almost Full,” the first album ever
released by Hear Music. More than 10,000 Starbucks stores in 29 countries
and territories worldwide will participate in the event by playing the
album in stores, all day, across all time zones. Beginning with New Zealand’s
47 stores, the Global Listening Event will roll-out in every Company-operated
Starbucks in the world allowing an estimated six million people to discover
the new album in a single day.
“Customers from Taipei to Topeka have the
opportunity to experience this extraordinary album all within a span of
24 hours,” said Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment who oversees
the day-to-day operations of Hear Music. “The Global Listening Event is
one example of how we are bringing back the sense of event surrounding
new releases, allowing fans to discover new music in a very personal way.”
In addition to the Global Listening Event,
McCartney fans are also invited to make history by participating in a unique
video tribute honoring McCartney’s 65th birthday. [see full story for details
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| Madonna
Releases Live Earth Song |
PR reports: Inspired by the upcoming July
7th Live Earth series of concerts, Madonna has written a new song, “Hey
You,” which will be available to be downloaded in the MP3 format on Microsoft’s
home page, www.msn.com, on May 16. The first million downloads of “Hey
You” will be free as Microsoft has pledged to donate $0.25 per download
to the Alliance for Climate Protection for the first million downloads.
Madonna is scheduled to perform “Hey You”
live at the Wembley Stadium Live Earth concert in London, it was confirmed
by her record label, Warner Bros. Records, who have also announced that
they will be releasing a live CD/DVD of the Live Earth Concert Series.
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| Early
Axl Songs To Be Released |
Contact Music reports: GUNS N' ROSES frontman
AXL ROSE has lost his bid to keep early recordings he made with his first
band RAPIDFIRE from hitting record stores. Rose's former bandmate Kevin
Lawrence tells Blabbermouth.com he has been trying to work out a deal with
the singer's attorneys, but insists he's going ahead with release plans
with or without his former frontman's approval. Guitarist Lawrence says,
"My attorney has been working with Axl's attorney for some time now trying
to come out with a way to release these demos which is acceptable to Axl.[see
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| What
Song Represents Hillary |
Gigwise reports: Hillary Clinton is going
all American Idol on our asses by polling the public over what should be
her official election song when running for the 2008 Presidency.
Bill’s other half has posted nine songs
on her website and is asking Democrat supporters to have their say.
U2 have two songs in the list, while also
up for nomination are KT Tunstall, Dixie Chick, The Temptations, Smash
Mouth, Shania Twain, Jesus Jones and The Staple Singers.
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although if they were it would be fun to watch Obama decide between the
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| Ike
Turner Jailed By Mistake |
Jam! reports: Musician Ike Turner spent a
night in jail this week after he was arrested on a 1989 drug warrant that
turned out to be invalid, police said.
The 75-year-old ex-husband of singer Tina
Turner was stopped after police saw him driving at more than 80 mph (128
km/h) and straddling lanes, Officer April Harding said Thursday.
Officers ran a routine check for warrants
and found Turner had an old felony drug warrant[see full story for more]-
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| Bo
Diddley Recovering |
Jam! reports: Four days after suffering a
stroke, Bo Diddley walked around the intensive-care unit at a Nebraska
hospital and doctors were encouraged that the singer-songwriter-guitarist
would be able to perform again, his manager said.
The 78-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
told his audience he was not feeling well during a show in Iowa on Saturday.
Diddley's manager, Margo Lewis, said she
had Diddley taken to the hospital by ambulance when he appeared disoriented
Sunday. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Blessthefall
Singer Loses Teeth in Video Shoot |
SMN reports: Arizona’s BLESSTHEFALL have been
forced to cancel the five remaining dates of their tour with FOUR LETTER
LIE after front man Craig Mabbitt was injured on the set of the band’s
new music video earlier this week.
While shooting the first scene in Pennsyvania
on Monday, Mabbitt was accidentally hit in the face by band mate Eric Lambert’s
guitar, resulting in several broken teeth and injuries to his face.
BLESSTHEFALL’s upcoming dates with PROTEST
THE HERO and their summer stint on the Smartpunk Stage at Vans Warped Tour
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| Peter
Leaves Opeth |
SMN reports: Peter Lindgren has stepped down
from his guitar wielding duties after 16 years in OPETH. Below is an open
letter from Peter addressing the issue:
“It is with sadness I announce that OPETH
and I are going separate ways after almost 16 years. The decision has been
the toughest I’ve ever made but it is the right one to make at this point
in my life.
The reason behind this is that I feel that
I simply have lost some of the enthusiasm and inspiration needed to participate
in a band that has grown from a few guys playing the music we love to a
world-wide industry. The love of music has always been, and still is, our
motive, but I personally have lost something along the way. [see full story
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| Offfest
Dates for Lamb of God, Hatebreed |
SMN reports: LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, BEHEMOTH,
and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD have lined up the following off-dates from this year’s
Ozzfest:
July 13 - Vancouver, BC @ Croatian Cultural
Center
July 15 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
July 16 - Sparks, NV @ New Oasis
July 20 - Bakersfield, CA @ Stramler Park
(outdoors)
July 22 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
July 23 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
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