Wednesday

Ozzy's Secret Pop Album

Zombie first met the former Black Sabbath singer in the mid 1990s, and he wasn't expecting Osbourne to invite him back to his Los Angeles home - and play him an uncharacteristic pop album. 

Zombie says, "You know, I'd always loved Ozzy, loved Black Sabbath, and it was just me and Ozzy in his house and he played me this entire album he had made with (producer/songwriter) Mark Hudson that was very Beatles-sounding. It's never been released, but it was fantastic."- more on this story

Gene Simmons Writing Hooker Book- Motley Thru with Tommy or Not?- Almost Acoustic Bands

The state of confusion in the Motley camp is up a bit at the moment with the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Nikki says Tommy is history and Vince says that's not true. Sixx told the London Paper recently: "He's out of the band, that's just the way it is. Tommy Lee kept f**king around and I said, 'You know what dude, you've got to knock it off'. He said, 'I f**king quit.' I said, 'fine. I still love you but I don't have time for this'." 

Vince Neil told MTV Canada an entirely different story: "Well, see what happens is, there's a press release saying that Tommy was out of the band and everybody jumped on that. But when Tommy issued his own press release saying that 'no', nobody paid attention to him. So, he was never out of the band and actually I just talked to him yesterday and I talked to Nikki a couple of days ago and we're going to go into the studio in January and hopefully have a single out by March and a tour in June."
- more on this story

Radiohead Snub Beatle

Paul McCartney has revealed that Thom Yorke turned him down when he asked him to collaborate on his latest album.

In an interview for T4 he said "My daughter was putting an album together and she put us in touch. I asked Thom to do a duet, but he said he couldn't because he only felt happy working on his own and Radiohead's material."- more on this story

Page Hints At More Zeppelin Shows

Page, frontman Robert Plant and John Paul Jones will reunite for the Ahmet Ertegun education fund benefit show at The O2 in London on December 10th. Led Zeppelin's late drummer John Bonham's son Jason will play in his father's place. Ertegun is the late president of Atlantic Records who signed Led Zeppelin. 

Those can't make the London show have a small glimmer of hope that more shows might be in the works. Page addressed the issue in the new issue of Guitar World which comes out next week. "It's a bit silly (for only one date) because there is such a massive demand. It is a bit selfish to do just one show. If that is it we probably shouldn't have taken the genie out of the bottle," Page told the magazine. 
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Boy George Kidnap Arrest

On April 28th Boy George, real name George O'Dowd, reportedly invited a male escort to his home and chaining the man to a wall. George was charged this week with the crime and released on bail, scheduled to appear in court on November 22nd.

George reportedly went online to the gay dating website Gaydar and invited Auden Carlsen, the 28-year-old male escort to his apartment in Shoreditch, east London, for a midnight photo shoot for George's fashion boutique. However, things took a strange twist when Auden was left "handcuffed to a hook on the wall shortly after George returned to the flat after nipping out at 5am to buy a pint of milk," according to the Scotsman. Apparently Auden didn't like George's version of hanging out and went to authorities.- more on this story

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Thursday

Jay-Z Tops Charts, Britney Nose Dives

Gigwise reports: Jay-Z has landed his 10th number one album on the Billboard Top-200 in America. The US rappers new album, 'American Gangster,' sold 425,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 

Last week's number one, the Eagles, fell to number two in this weeks charts with their album, 'Long Road To Ruin.'

Meanwhile, Britney Spears first album for three years, 'Blackout,' fell five places to number seven after suffering a 70% drop in sales compared to the first week.- more on this story

Oasis Want Full Price For Their New CD

But Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher is strongly opposed to the idea and claims it would only ever happen "over my dead body". 

He adds of their new project, "There's lots of cool parts. Really, we're throwing everything at it. "Hopefully our kid's (Noel Gallagher) learned his lesson (about over-tweaking things in the studio).- more on this story

Yoko Whores Lennon Track to JC Penney's

Supporters of the group have criticised Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, for approving J.C. Penney's use of the song in its forthcoming advertising campaign - as the late star would've told the corporate world to "f**k off". 

Pete Nash, chairman of the British Beatles Fan Club, says, "Obviously you can't ask Lennon himself if you can use his song, but if you could, I'm 100 per cent sure his answer would be to tell J.C. Penney to f**k off.- more on this story

Urban and Underwood To Tour

Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood will hit the road together beginning January 31 in a city to be announced. The outing will play 24 dates to be announced; tickets go on sale December 1.

First, Urban will cap a hard-touring 2007 with North American dates through mid-December. On Tuesday, he will release the compilation "Greatest Hits: 18 Kids." - 

Quicks: Digital Beatles in 08- My Chemical Romance Lose Member For Tour- Initial US Foo

Punknews.org reports that My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Lero has had to return home from the tour to tend to a family illness. This leaves the band short two members as drummer Bob Bryar recently had to stand aside to allow a wrist injury to heal. Guitar tech Matt Cortez will fill in for lero while he is gone. Cortez has some experience on stage with the band already. He filled in for bassist Mikey Way while he took time off to enjoy life as a newlywed.

A handful of the U.S. dates for the Foo Fighters have come to light. They are thus: 

01/23 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
01/25 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
01/26 - Nashville, TN - Municipal Auditorium
02/18 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
02/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum
02/25 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena- more on this story

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Friday

KISS Thinks Downloaders Should Be Sued Off The Face of the Earth

antiMusic reports: Gene Simmons had some strong words about downloaders when speaking with Billboard recently. We'll let Gene speak for himself: "The record industry is in such a mess. I called for what it was when college kids first started download music for free -- that they were crooks. I told every record label I spoke with that they just lit the fuse to their own bomb that was going to explode from under them and put them on the street. 

"There is nothing in me that wants to go in there and do new music. How are you going to deliver it? How are you going to get paid for it if people can just get it for free? 

"The record industry doesn't have a f*cking clue how to make money. It's only their fault for letting foxes get into the henhouse and then wondering why there's no eggs or chickens. Every little college kid, every freshly-scrubbed little kid's face should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars and nipped it right there in the beginning. Those kids are putting 100,000 to a million people out of work."- he's not done

Regina Spektor Collapses

The songbird was released later that night and is said to be comfortably resting. 

Its unclear what the outcome will be in terms of the final 5 dates remaining on her Begin to Hope tour, but Spektor will make her return to Nashville on December 6th - more on this story

Zeppelin Pondered Festival Appearance

The rock legends have apparently been in talks with Glastonbury head Michael Eavis about the mouth-watering prospect. They have even give the Worthy Farm owner a price for performing at the June event. 

Despite the early talks, the NME claims that the negotiations have broken down after the rock outfit's representatives named too high a price, prompting Eavis to pull out.- more on this story

Britney Runs Over Photographer

The troubled pop star was leaving the parking lot of the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California when she accidentally rolled her Mercedes-Benz over a photographer's foot, causing a ruckus among the paparazzi. 

In video footage of the incident posted on TMZ.com, Spears can be seen trying to make her way out of the car park as a hotel valet tells the photographers to "back off the driveway". Seconds later, a man can be heard screaming and the other snappers shout out to Spears, saying, "Whoa! Stop! Stop!" The valet then says, "Back off the drive gentlemen, this won't happen if you back off."- more on this story

Van Halen Add Dates

The new dates include stops in Oklahoma City, Houston and Omaha. And with the spacing of the dates it looks like there is a possibility of more on tap but nothing official has been announced yet. 

Here are the new dates: 01/22 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center * 01/28 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center * 02/4 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center Omaha * Feb. 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. * 03/30 - Saint Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
- more on this story

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Top Reviews

....Landmark Albums: Green Day - Dookie

We continue our look at Landmark Albums. Today Mike Rapin looks at Green Day's Dookie he calls "that breath of fresh air that you get after staying under water too long, that slap in the face you need to give to a person freaking out during an earthquake." - Read the full Landmark Albums: Green Day - Dookie review
 

....The Go! Team - Proof of Youth

As inviting as Proof of Youth may seem, there's something wrong here. Musical direction has changed heavily now that everyone is contributing. Unfortunately, the direction now taken is something most listeners are going to have to get used to. (3 stars) - Read the full The Go! Team - Proof of Youth review
 

....Hurt - Vol. II

J. Loren and crew are back at it, dishing out song after song of exploration in dynamics from acoustic to electric to heavy breakdowns. Which is all to say, if you liked the first CD, you'll dig this one too. (4 stars) - Read the full Hurt - Vol. II review
 
 

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