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Buzznet reports: Wentz and the Fall Out Boy
crew were performing an acoustic show at Schuba's - on Monday hosted by
Spin magazine - when things went horribly wrong.
Shortly after taking the stage, "a man
in the audience started heckling Pete," a source tells PerezHilton.com
exclusively. "The man was making fun of Pete's hoody, mocking Ashlee Simpson
and calling Pete a sell-out."
After performing only a three song set,
the band got up and walked off stage, but before Wentz walked out the side
door he "he lunged for the heckler in the audience and punched him in the
side of the face. A few other guys got some shots in, including a bodyguard
and some random guy from the audience. [he's so punk rawk he should tour
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TMZ reports: Music producer Timbaland was
busted by German cops on Sunday who said he and members of his posse sent
a bar patron to the hospital.
TMZ obtained photos taken in Colonge, Germany,
where Timbaland and his friends allegedly attacked a man outside Hotel
Intercontinental late Sunday night after a Justin Timberlake concert. The
argument allegedly started when a man named Robert F became visibly upset
over his girlfriend talking to Timbaland. According to German reports,
Timbaland then attacked the patron, "Robert F," after Robert called him
the N word. The fight then moved moved from the lobby bar to the street
in front of the hotel.
Timbaland and two others allegedly beat
up Robert, which sent him to the hospital by ambulance, and sent Timba
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Contact Music reports: A roadie for U.S. band
GODSMACK has been hailed a hero after saving a woman from drowning in the
Milwaukee River.
Head carpenter John Jagielski was standing
outside The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday (12Jun07)
when he heard people shouting.
Brave Jagielski has experience as a lifeguard
so jumped into the river, and swam to the woman, who he remained with until
they were picked up by a boat. [see full story for more breaking news]
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| Monday |
Sleazeroxx.com reports: An investigation has
been launched into claims former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash broke the
law by smoking on stage during a concert in Cardiff.
Slash and singer Scott Weiland, members
of rock band Velvet Revolver, are said to have smoked cigarettes at Cardiff
International Arena.
Smoking in enclosed public spaces has been
banned in Wales since 2 April.
Cardiff Council said it was "disappointed"
to hear the claims and would be investigating.
Velvet Revolver - made up of three ex-Guns
N' Roses members and former Stone Temple Pilots singer Weiland - were performing
at the city centre venue as part of a tour of Europe and the Americas.[see
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Gigwise reports: My Chemical Romance have
laughed off Marilyn Manson’s recent accusations they have copied his sound.
Singer Gerard Way has accused Manson of
self-promotion after he revealed 'Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of
Flattery’ off his new album ‘Eat Me, Drink Me’ is an attack on MCR for
peddling a “sad, pitiful, shallow version” of his own work.
Way tells Rock Sound magazine, “If Elvis
Costello said we sucked we would think about it a bit but usually it is
comments from someone with a new record to promote so the remarks ring
hollow. [see full story for more]- Click
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Gigwise reports: A man has died at the Rockness
festival in Scotland this weekend.
Police report the 39-year-old – who will
not be named until his family is informed - was discovered unconscious
in a car park in the early hours of this morning, but passed away after
being moved to Inverness’ Raigmore Hospital.
A police statement says, “A full police
investigation is being carried out. There do not appear to be any suspicious
circumstances at this stage."
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SMN reports: Bay Area Thrashers EXODUS startrf
recording the new album at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland this weekend. It
is going to be produced with Andy Sneap and the release date has been set
for late 2007.
“Everyone always talks about how their
next record is the next this or that, all I’m going to say is this next
record is a crushing landmark in EXODUS history,” guitarist Gary Holt previously
said. [see full story for more]- Click
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Jam! reports: A British judge sentenced George
Michael on Friday to 100 hours of community service and banned him from
driving for two years for driving under the influence of drugs.
Michael, whose real name is George Panayiotou,
pleaded guilty May 8 to a charge of driving while unfit through drugs.
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Cold War Kids- Sounds of the Underground- QOTSA- A-Plus- Machine Head-
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| Tuesday |
Gigwise reports: A ballet based on the music
of Radiohead is set to premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival
this August.
The piece is titled ‘Ride The Beast’ and
has been forged out of choreographer Stephen Petronio’s love of Oxford’s
finest.
It will open with the unlikely choice of
OK Computer’s ‘Fitter Happier’ and will feature a further four Radiohead
tracks from their lengthy career.
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AP reports: The Farm Aid benefit concert is
planting itself in New York City later this year, organizers said Monday.
The show will be held at Randalls Island
on September 9.
Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson and
John Mellencamp made the announcement with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Union
Square... The lineup will include Nelson, Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave
Matthews.[see full story for more]- Click
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TuneLab reports: One of the countdown timers
at ratm82407.com has ended and has revealed that Rage Against the Machine
will perform at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI on August 24th.
Tickets go on sale June 16th at livenation.com.
A second timer on the site continues to count down the days until the concert.[see
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Idolator.com reports: Long known for shutting
out those who disagree with them, Clay Aiken's fans, no doubt because of
their insularity, have now turned on each other:
[NY Post reports] Clay Aiken's rabid fans
- who call themselves "Claymates" and say they live in "Claynation" - are
at odds with each other over their former Idol. An insider said, "The war
is between the batty members that are still clinging to their heterosexual
fantasies of him and others that don't harbor such illusions." Aiken's
sexuality has been a subject of speculation ever since several men came
out publicly and said they'd met him in gay chat rooms and had relations
with him.
The [Clayonline] board was shut down on
Thursday and it's remaining closed "until further notice.[see full story
for more. Everyone knows that the Bush Administration started the gay rumors.
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Contact Music reports: Rapper STACK BUNDLES
has been murdered outside his New York home after he was shot by unknown
assailants early this morning (11Jun07). Details surrounding Bundles' death
are currently unclear, although the rapper was last seen alive at Stereo
nightclub in New York last night (10Jun07), where he enjoyed an incident-free
evening, reports AllHipHop.com. [see full story for more]-
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Murdered- Unhappy Mondays- Bootsy N Buckethead- RATM- SOiL- Skyfire- Smoke
Em If You Got Em- Live Earth- Robbers On High Street- Underoath- Benji
Cossa- Wonderlove Reunion- Kiko Loureiro- The Bedroom Trio- Mae- Paul van
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| Wednesday |
Contact Music reports: THE MOTLEY CRUE drummer
TOMMY LEE was forced to pull out of a concert after injuring his shoulder
onstage. The rocker was expected to headline at a gig at London club Chinawhite
on Monday night (11Jun07) but was forced to cancel after hurting his shoulder
drumming at the Hammersmith Apollo the night before (10Jun07). [see full
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Jam! reports: Mercurial singer-songwriter
Cat Power has become the first woman to win the Shortlist Music Prize,
beating out finalists that included Tom Waits and Regina Spektor.
The Shortlist, now in its sixth year, honours
acts who have made sterling albums but have not hit the mainstream.
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SMN reports: As expected, the BEASTIE BOYS
will play a handful of live dates this summer, alternating between more
traditional hip-hop shows and an instrumental set along the lines of the
trio’s new Capitol album, “The Mix-Up.”
The hip-hop shows will begin Aug. 1 in
Philadelphia and run through Aug. 25 in Berkeley, Calif. Pre-sale tickets
will be available Thursday (Aug. 14). Dates for the instrumental performances
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TuneLab reports: In a recent interview with
Billboard, Tool guitarist Adam Jones stated that the band is "tossing around
ideas for a band movie". Jones said,
"We all have ideas about it. If I had my
way, it would be a narrative story in a surreal fashion with as much money
and special effects we could throw at it. I think some of the other guys
would like to do pockets of all of that or something that's live or we're
playing. It's just talk right now."[see full story for more]-
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PR reports: Journey has parted ways with their
recently named lead singer Jeff Scott Soto. Jeff's first appearance with
Journey was July 7, 2006 in Bristow, VA. He had been filling in for Steve
Augeri, who had to leave the tour shortly after it began on June 23 due
to illness. Jeff's last performance was May 12, 2007 in Leesburg, VA.
According to guitarist Neal Schon, "We
appreciate all of Jeff's hard work and we can't thank him enough for stepping
in when Steve Augeri got sick last year. He did a tremendous job for us
and we wish him the best. We've just decided to go our separate ways, no
pun intended. We're plotting our next move now."[see full story for more]-
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PR reports: GOOD CHARLOTTE have announced
they’ll join headliner Justin Timberlake for an arena tour in the U.S.
this summer beginning Monday, August 6 in Memphis, TN. The dates will include
a two-night engagement at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (August
15 and 16) and culminate with two shows at Los Angeles’ Staples Center
on September 16 and 17.
8/6 Memphis, TN Fed Ex Forum
8/7 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Center
8/10 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
8/13 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines
Arena
8/15 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
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AP reports: West Coast rapper The Game, who
was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer last year, rejected
a Manhattan prosecutor's offer Wednesday of a guilty plea for a sentence
of time already served.
A guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge
in exchange for the time he spent waiting to go to court would have ended
the case against The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, said his
lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman.[see full story for the explaination of why he
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Contact Music reports: LATEST: BON JOVI rocker
RICHIE SAMBORA has checked out of the Los Angeles rehab clinic he entered
last week (ends08Jun07).
The 47-year-old guitarist sought help to
treat an undisclosed problem. Sambora's spokesperson tells website People.com,
"Richie Sambora has completed a program at the UCLA Medical Center. He
is doing well and continues to receive outside support." [see full story
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TuneLab reports: Marilyn Manson's latest album
'Eat Me, Drink Me' moved 88,000 units debuting at No. 8 on this weeks Billboard
Top 200 chart. Chris Cornell's second solo album 'Carry On' sold 37,000
copies debuting at No. 17. Dream Theater's 'Systematic Chaos' holds the
No. 19 slot with 36,000 units scanned.
Other notables include:
No. 5 Maroon 5 'It Won't Be Soon Before
Long' - 112,000
No. 7 Linkin Park 'Minutes to Midnight'
- 96,000
No. 12 Daughtry 'Daughtry' - 54,000
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Contact Music reports: British band MADNESS
and the organisers of England's Glastonbury Festival hope to break the
world record for the number of people kissing at the same time. The It
Must Be Love group will halt their Glastonbury set at 1.30am on 24 June
(07) when singer Suggs will instruct everyone to start smooching. Organisers
hope up to 30,000 people will then start kissing the person next to them[so
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SMN reports: THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have
posted the following update regarding the rumors of drummer Chris Pennie’s
departure from the band:
“6pm EST Friday we will make a major announcement
concerning our band, it’s members, and our future. Also, various music
fansites have been reporting information and speculation about our band.
None of these or some of these or all of these may be true. Regardless,
DO NOT believe what anyone tells you unless you hear it here. Having said
that, believe whatever you want. Some people will be wrong and some people
will be right.”- Click
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Jam! reports: Boy-band mogul Lou Pearlman
was forced out of hiding Thursday after being expelled by Indonesian authorities
and turned over to the FBI to face criminal charges for bank fraud.
He was flown to Guam to appear before a
judge, officials said.
Pearlman's arrest on one felony count of
bank fraud ended several months of hiding for Pearlman, who created the
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Contact Music reports: British band THE EDITORS'
gig in Germany last night (13Jun07) was cut short after armed police stormed
the venue demanding they stopped playing. The rising guitar stars were
performing an encore at the Kulturkirche venue in Cologne, when armed officers
stormed the stage "due to them being excessively loud".
Bassist Russell Leetch says, "The venue
was an old church over the road from a load of houses and, during our set,
they called the police to complain about the noise.[see full story for
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: A fourth day has been
added to Rocklahoma to kick off the largest '80's rock festival of its
kind ever to be organized. The evening of Thursday, July 12, has been added
and includes Tiger Tailz, one of Great Britain 's greatest glam rock bands,
Hollywood Roses, a tribute band to Guns & Roses, KISS Army, the only
KISS tribute band personally endorsed by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
In addition there will be a special jam performance by some of the '80's
greatest musicians.
Three-day ticket holders will now include
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Jam! reports: Just two days after parting
ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her upcoming summer
tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she
prepares to release her third album, "My December."
In a statement on her website, Clarkson
said: "In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look
forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have
to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is
that touring is just too much too soon.
[see full story for more but in another
story from Contact Music, Kelly climbs high in the credibility scale for
this "American Idol winner KELLY CLARKSON refused a $10 million (GBP5 million)
offer from her record label boss CLIVE DAVIS to remove five songs from
her forthcoming album. Clarkson recently admitted executives at RCA and
Sony BMG had put pressure on her to record songs previously offered to
other artists, but she was determined to contribute more songwriting to
My December than her previous discs. "]- Click
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punkbands reports: House & Parish is a
new band with some legendary members. It features artists from last decade's
most influential emo/post hardcore bands, a time when emo wasn't a hairstyle
or a threatening report on the 6 o'clock news. With Jason Gnewikow of The
Promise Ring, Brian Malone from The Gloria Record, John Herguth from The
Love Scene, and Scott Winegard of Texas is the Reason, House and Parish
shows major potential to re-insert some hardcore feeling into an otherwise
fashion-concious indie rock scene.
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