Slash Duped By Realtor

SleazeRoxx.com reports: Saul Hudson -- or as he's better known, "Slash" of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver -- and his wife have filed suit over a house they say they were duped into buying.

TMZ obtained the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, against real estate agent Gregory Holcomb and Sotheby's International Realty, in which the Hudsons claim they "thought they had found their dream house," but say it turned out to be a nightmare.

The suit says, among other things, they were told the house was on a private, gated street. The house, they allege, turned out to be on a public street with very little parking. They also say it was much smaller than the 7800 sq. ft. in the listing, and there were issues with the home's title. - more on this story

Morrissey Sets London Dates

BBC reports: Singer Morrissey has announced he will play six shows at London's Roundhouse venue in January.

The former Smiths frontman, who has just completed a US tour, will play his first UK dates in 13 months on 21-23 and 25-27 January. - more on this story

Celeb Justice For Lohan

BBC reports: Actress [and wanna be pop singer] Lindsay Lohan has spent 84 minutes in jail after admitting to drunken driving and cocaine possession.

The 21-year-old, who was sentenced in August to one day in jail, was searched before being put in a holding cell at the Los Angeles County jail.

The charges stemmed from arrests following an alleged car chase in July, and a crash in Beverley Hills in May. The Sheriff's spokesman said Ms Lohan was "cooperative". Jail sentences are often shortened due to overcrowding.
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The Fiery Furnaces Expand Tour Plans

Filter reports: The Friedberger brother-sister combo, better known as The Fiery Furnaces, have announced additional North American dates. The mini jaunt will find the opening slot filled by New York upstarts, MGMT.

Sebadoh's Jason Loewenstein and longtime drummer Robert D'Amico will also be joining the siblings on the road.

It all begins at Brooklyn's newest venue, Music Hall of Williamsburg and will conclude at Thrill Jockey's 15th Anniversary extravaganza in Chicago. - more on this story

My Bloody Valentine Add Dates

Filter reports: My Bloody Valentine is the gift that keeps on giving. In the span of a month, not only did they announce their reunion, new album in the works and three initial tour dates, but the band has now added four more.

Tack two more in London and one extra show each in Manchester and Glasgow for a grand total of seven.

Now can we get some U.S. dates? - dates

Battle of the Virtual Bands

PR reports: Music fans in MTV Networks' Virtual Worlds can also put their powers of persuasion to the test this month as they become promoters for six up and coming bands competing in MTV Networks' Virtual Worlds' "Virtual Worlds Battle of the Bands" contest.

Fans will ultimately determine which band and promoter will come out on top by campaigning for their favorite competing band and duke it out with other promoters in promo missions to see who can get the most fans out to their favorite band's party, and vie for a slew of prizes including MTV virtual bucks and bragging rights.

The competing bands include: "The Hot Toddies" vs. "Sick of Sarah"; "Carmen and Camille" vs. "Lovers Electric"; "Valora" vs. "Waiting 4 Wyatt". - more on this story

WFUV Benefit

PR reports: Loudon Wainwright III, Madeleine Peyroux, Dan Wilson and very special guests will perform at the third annual Holiday Cheer For 'FUV Concert, a benefit for noncommercial radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org).

Taking place on Thursday, December 13 at 8:00 PM at The Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64th Street at Central Park West).
- more on this story

Zombie Talks Turkey

PR reports: Forget Halloween. Thanksgiving is the scariest time of year─if you're a turkey. So peta2 looked no further than Rob Zombie to narrate the message on its new holiday hotline, 1-888-VEG-FOOD, where callers can hear the Halloween and House of 1000 Corpses director warn that eating turkey supports misery that even the horror king can't stomach.

"Every year, Butterball's Turkey Talk Line answers questions about how to boil, broil, roast, and toast the bodies of these gentle, smart, and social birds," begins Zombie's message. "What Butterball doesn't tell you is that it, like other meat companies, tortures turkeys before they end up in grocery stores."

Zombie went vegetarian while in high school after seeing a documentary about slaughterhouses. "It freaked me out, and I found it so disgusting that I stopped eating meat," he says. - more on this story

Cover Dylan To Win

Filter reports: Are you inspired by the plethora of musicians taking on Bob Dylan's back catalogue, or the array of actors taking on his enigmatic persona for I'm Not There and its soundtrack? Well here's your chance to put your own unique talents to the test by entering the official Bob Dylan Covers Contest.

Inspired by the music from the soundtrack to the new Todd Haynes biopic I'm Not There, Sony BMG and MySpace are on a hunt to find the best ever Bob Dylan cover - show us what Bob Dylan means to you by interpreting his music and sharing with the world!!

You Can Win ...
* $2500 gift certificate from Guitar Center * Dylan print from Icon Collectibles * Customized Dylan 2GB ipod nano * Dylan CD Deluxe Box Set * Bob Dylan - The Other Side of the Mirror DVD * I'm Not There Soundtrack CD

All you need to do is… 1. Pick and record your favorite Bob Dylan song. 2. Read and agree to the Terms and Conditions. 3. Complete the submission form with your contact information. 4. Upload the mp3 of your song to this site.
- enter here

Mars Volta Playing Games

PR reports: Beginning the first week of January, visitors to the Amazon.com music page (http://amazon.com/music) will be the first to experience "Goliath The Soothsayer," an online game based on The Mars Volta's forthcoming The Bedlam In Goliath. The game will be available exclusively via Amazon.com from January 2nd through January 29th, the official street date for the new record. Pre-order is not necessary to play to the game.

"Goliath The Soothsayer" is based on the true story that inspired the narrative laid out on The Bedlam In Goliath. Like previous Mars Volta efforts De-Loused In The Comatorium and Frances The Mute, the album is a thematically linked whole, the songs chapters in a bigger story, inspired by real people, places and events.

The Bedlam In Goliath chronicles The Mars Volta's time with the "Soothsayer" a/k/a the Ouija board owned by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and its mutation from a source of amusement during the tour supporting the band's Amputechture album into a malevolent psycho-spiritual force that nearly tore the group apart, collectively and individually. - A trailer for the game can be viewed here

Jawbox on Cello: A Benefit for Cal Robbins

PR reports: Jawbox was one of the DC post-punk scene's most influential, yet under-appreciated bands. After breaking up in the late 90's following a string of four amazing albums, their influence and notoriety has only grown with the passing years. When Jawbox founder J. Robbins and his wife Janet learned in late 2006 that their infant son, Callum, had the debilitating neuromuscular disease Type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy, musicians and fans from all over the world asked how they could help. Some held benefit shows, made benefit compilations, or simply donated at the page that fellow ex-Jawbox members Kim Coletta and Bill Barbot set up at the Desoto Records website.

Longtime fan and cellist Gordon Withers, of Boston indie rockers Betwixt fame, realized that now was the time to dust off the Jawbox cello arrangements he'd written for a college project back in 2000. Earlier this year, he hooked up with producer/songwriter Alex Nelson (Frenjen) and headed into Alex's Ft. Lauderdale studio. The result is Jawbox on Cello: A Benefit for Cal Robbins, a collection of twelve Jawbox songs, several from each of their four albums, arranged for cello ensemble that will be released digitally on December 18 through Ioda. Withers played all the parts on the album, using the wide dynamic range of the cello to highlight Jawbox's amazing melodies and song-craft, which were formerly often hidden behind their walls of guitar distortion.

After a few successful small shows in Florida playing against a backing tape, Withers has moved north to the Washington, DC area, and hopes to hold a series of shows with a full cello quartet throughout the northeast as logistics permit. He has already performed in Brooklyn and will be booking more shows in the near future. Jawbox on Cello will be available for purchase at all shows, and all proceeds benefit the Cal Robbins Care Fund. The album is also available from Withers' - Myspace page

Lou Reed War Songs

PR reports: Lou Reed has been known to be intensely moved by historical and international events and conflicts. Just recently, Reed composed and recorded two brand new songs -- "Gravity" and "Safety Zone" -- both inspired by the soon-to-be released film NANKING--a powerful and relevant documentary that tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II. It is an emotional reminder of the heartbreaking toll that war takes on the innocent, and a testament to the courage and conviction of a few individuals determined to act in the face of evil.

The events of the film are told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries as performed by Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Jurgen Prochnow, and Stephen Dorff, among others.

Presented by THINKfilm, directed by the Academy-Award-winning team of Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman and marking the producing debut of AOL Vice Chairman Emeritus Ted Leonsis, Nanking premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and was the winner of the 2007 Sundance Documentary Editing Award. The film will be released on December 12 in New York City at The Film Forum followed by a national release in January 2008. - more on this story

2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

PR reports: The 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell will feature an expanded and emotional return to its pre-Katrina self, Festival organizers announced today.

For the first time since 2005, Jazz Fest will occur for seven days, April 25-27 and May 1-4, as the event brings back the opening Thursday of its second weekend with a special advanced ticket price of only $25. And The Neville Brothers, the iconic band of New Orleans, a.k.a. The First Family of Funk, are coming home for their first post-Katrina performance in the city, appearing in their traditional spot as the Festival's closing act on Sunday, May 4.

The Festival also announced that Tim McGraw, the country music superstar and Louisiana native, will make his Jazz Fest debut on Sunday, April 27. - more on this story

Goodell And Haze Team Up for 60s on Fire

PR reports: Michael Goodell (Trilogy, American Rockers) and Leonard Haze (Y&T, Ian Gillan) are recording studio tracks for a new album titled "60s On Fire" to be released on Steel Canyon Records (Valley Springs CA) in February '08. 10 songs picked from the 1960's hit parade will be produced and performed as hard-hitting rock along the lines of early Y&T & Van Halen.

"60s On Fire" Track List
1. Bend Me Shape Me - The American Breed
2. Mr. Soul - Buffalo Springfield
3. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
4. Treat Her Right - Roy Head
5. The Way I Love You - The Bee Gees
6. Hungry - Paul Revere and The Raiders
7. Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful
8. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone - Paul Revere and The Raiders
9. So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star - The Byrds
10. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - The Beatles

- label site

.... Review: Bigelf - Hex

If you're tired of all the tired packaged rock that's on the radio, you should definitely give Bigelf a listen. Especially if you're a fan of classic Sabbath, Floyd, or Deep Purple. "Hex" shot to the Top 10 of the charts in Europe for a reason. Forget 5 Stars, this one goes to 11! (5 stars) - Read the full Bigelf - Hex review

.... Review: Marduk - Rom 5:12

After pointlessly hitting notes for over a decade, Marduk has finally decided to take a new musical direction with Rom 5:12, but it comes with a price of several costly inconsistencies. - Read the full Marduk - Rom 5:12 review

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