Billy Morrison Week: Day 4 "L.I.V."

The CD is out now digitally on iTunes and limited edition hard copy CD is available exclusively from - www.billymorrison.net

Mariah Carries The Charts

antiMusic reports: Mariah Carey carried the day by not only having the biggest sales week of the year but the biggest of her career after her new album, "E=MC2," sold 463,000 copies in the U.S. to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart.

Back in February Jack Jackson set the first week sales record with sales of 375,000 copies of his latest "Sleep Through the Static." While it was a big high this past week for Mariah, last week's No 1 took a 54% nosedive. Leona Lewis' "Spirit" dropped to No 2 with sales of 95,000 copies this past week.

Tween fever is still high as the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert sold 47,000 units to snag the No 3 spot. Lady Antebellum wasn't far behind with sales of 43,000 to claim No 4. Now 27 rounded out the top 5 with 39,000 units sold. So in other words, the charts weren't very rockin' this week as the fans got popped instead. -

Nine Inch Mystery

Metal Underground reports: Nine Inch Nails released a new track (with vocals) titled 'Discipline' to radio yesterday, April 22nd.

The track is available as a free download at http://dl.nin.com/discipline/nin and is also available on the bands remix site. http://remix.nin.com/

The band's website was also updated yesterday with the message "Two Weeks", creating speculation that the band may release yet another album soon. [our guess is it has to do with the new Guns N' Roses album. Robin is in both groups after all. Maybe they'll team up for a tour? See what kind of rumors can start by these cryptic messages!] - more metal news

Yoko Vs Ben Stein

antiMusic reports: Yoko's lawyers are working overtime these days. Yesterday we told you about a lawsuit she filed to stop a company from releasing rare footage of John Lennon discussing, among other things, dosing Richard Nixon with LSD. And now she's engaging in legal monkey business against a film staring one of Nixon's old speechwriters, who is also the man better known for uttering the famous lines, "Bueller, Bueller."

According to Reuters, Yoko has teamed up with Lennon's sons to file suit against the producers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" because they used Lennon's song "Imagine" in the film. The documentary film deals with academic and scientific discrimination from Darwinists against intelligent designers.

The filmmakers claim that the fair use doctrine comes into play since they were using the Lennon track for commentary. "We are disappointed therefore that Yoko Ono and others have decided to challenge our free speech right to comment on the song 'Imagine' in our documentary film," they said in a statement. - more on this story

Miley Cyrus' Memoirs of a Tween Pop Tart

Hecklerspray reports: Miley Cyrus has conquered every medium she's tried; TV, film, music, reputation-sullying internet underwear photos - she's queen of them all. But what about the world of autobiographies? Why, no. Of course not. Miley Cyrus is only 15 years old. For Miley Cyrus to write an autobiography at such a young age would be to insult the intelligence of her fans in just about the most unforgivable way possible. That's something we can all agree on.

Well, all of us except Miley Cyrus and the Disney Book Group, because it's been announced that the Miley Cyrus memoirs are coming out soon. We're especially looking forward to the chapter about how, by the age of 12, Miley Cyrus had more money than all of us would ever earn from a lifetime of backbreaking physical labour combined. Fun!

"I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me," said Cyrus. She said she hoped "to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams." - more on this story

More on Weiland's Stoned Temple Exit From Velvet Revolver

Metal Underground reports: Guitar World spoke exclusively with Slash in New York on April 17th, while he was in town to perform a benefit show with Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell and Perry Farrell.

The guitarist discussed VELVET REVOLVER's split with singer Scott Weiland: "We had gotten to that point where we were resigned to the fact that we weren't going to be working with Scott anymore, even before we left for the last leg of the tour," says Slash. "So when he said all that stuff onstage [at a gig in Scotland Weiland announced to fans that they were witnessing the group's last tour] we were sort of surprised. Because we had no intention of breaking the band up. It might have been the last show for him, but it wasn't the last show for Velvet Revolver."

On the fact that Weiland released a statement alleging "certain individuals" were singing along with him onstage: "Scott was under the impression that our drum tech was singing during the set, which was why he walked offstage at that show. We convinced him that wasn't happening, but then the next night he said that Matt [Sorum] was doing it. He was firmly convinced that was happening, which it wasn't." - more on this story

Scorpions and Sammy Hagar Mini Tour

antiMusic reports: 20 years ago they shared the bill on the Monsters Of Rock Tour and now it looks like Sammy Hagar and the Scorpions will once again team up for a sting of West Coast dates this summer.

The Scorps have a rigorous tour schedule this year, including their current run through Russia and then some stops in Spain, Dubai, Poland and their native Germany next month, but they are already looking ahead to US shores in August.

Right now it looks like they'll join the former Van Halen frontman for four stops- one in Arizona and three in California, including a show at the Pacific Amphitheatre where part of their "World Wide Live" album was recorded. - more on this story

Quicks: Clear Channel 66 Million Poorer, Korny Game, Head Roll At EMI, Mike Patton

antiMusic reports: A federal court jury in Lufkin, Texas, has hit Clear Channel Communications with a $66 million judgment for patent infringement. Oops. Read all about it at Billboard

"Haze," the original song inspired by Ubisoft's upcoming Haze video game and composed by Korn, is now available for purchase via online music download sites. The single "Haze" is also included on the enhanced CD version of the KORN untitled album released on April 21st in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

EMI Music restructured its U.S. radio promotion efforts today and cut staffers at the Capitol Music Group including some big promo folks at Virgin. Get all the gory details here

Hello Kitty, eats eel for lunch, Suicide Girls and a film with two poker players arguing over what to do with a dead body. It's all in a day's work for Mike Patton. Suicide Girl's managing editor Erin Broadley recently caught up with Mike to talk about the score he did for the film 'A Perfect Place.' And Mike being Mike the talk turned in other directs as well. - Check out the interview and video here

Billy Joel Revisits The Stranger

SonyBMG reports: Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Billy Joel's breakout album "The Stranger" with the release of two special editions -- a 2 CD Legacy Edition and a Deluxe Limited Edition including 2 CDs plus a bonus DVD. Each of the 30th Anniversary editions of "The Stranger" will be available online and in stores on Tuesday, July 8, 2008.

Originally released in September 1977, Billy Joel's fifth studio album, "The Stranger," marked the first of Joel's highly successful collaborations with producer Phil Ramone, whose mastery of the recording studio provided a sublime sonic context for Joel's timeless songs and classic performances. "I was very happy that we chose Phil Ramone," said Billy Joel in a recent interview for the 30th Anniversary edition of "The Stranger." "He got it right away."

The resulting collection became one of the top-selling albums of the year (peaking at #2 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart); won two Grammys (Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Just The Way You Are," "The Stranger" was nominated for Album of the Year); overtook Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as Columbia Records Top Selling Album of the time, and generated four indelible singles -- "Just The Way You Are (#1 Adult Contemporary, #3 Pop Singles); "Only The Good Die Young" (#24 Pop Singles); "She's Always A Woman" (#2 Adult Contemporary, #17 Pop Singles); and "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" (#17 Pop Singles) -- that remain radio staples to this day. The Stranger" has earned the coveted RIAA Diamond Album certification (presented in recognition of US sales of more than 10 million copies). - more on this story

The Strokes Plot New Album

Gigwise reports: The Strokes have revealed that they are on the verge of beginning work on their fourth album.

Writing on the band's official website, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said: "I'd like to say that I'm still looking very forward to a fourth album release.

"We just need to work out a few technical kinks." In his message, Fraiture added that the band's long break since the last tour had been "much needed for us to remain together as a productive band". - more on this story

The Illusion Of Lewis As Staind Now A Nickelback Opener

Metal Underground reports: Staind have announced that their upcoming new album will be titled "The Illusion Of Progress," with a summer release date expected.

The band will hit the road for a tour this summer with 3 Doors Down and Hinder.

Staind will also open for Nickelback on their fall European tour which kicks off on September 8th in Cologne. - more on this story

Duran Duran Kicking Off US Tour

PR PR reports: Now on the road, with their Red Carpet Massacre World Tour well underway, Duran Duran are returning to US shores for a 22-date run with a spectacular new production that will showcase their latest record alongside all of the hits from their extensive catalogue.

These shows will be the band's first in America since their unprecedented two week run on Broadway last November, when they played the new album in its entirety prior to its global launch.

On their current studio album, Red Carpet Massacre (Epic Records) they have collaborated with top producers Timbaland and Nate 'Danja' Hills, as well as long-time Duran fan Justin Timberlake, creating a record that has garnered them some of the best reviews of their career. - more on this story

Rush to Judgment

Blabbermouth reports: The Associated Press reports that RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson has won a round in a lawsuit claiming that he and his son were roughed up by deputies while being ejected from a black-tie New Year's Eve party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, Fla.

A federal appeals court says a lower court judge in Florida was wrong to dismiss a negligence claim by Lifeson's son against the hotel and the security manager on duty at the time of the Dec. 31, 2003 altercation.

However, an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld the dismissal of the rest of the claims by Lifeson and his son — including the contention that the Collier County deputies violated their civil rights by using excessive force. - more on this story

Arctic Monkeys Planning 3rd CD

Gigwise reports: Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has revealed that the band will spend this summer working on tracks for their third album.

Speaking to the BBC 6 Music, Turner said that the group had already recorded six songs in January that they had "been playing on tour".

"We're going to take it easy and start practicing over the summer and doing new stuff," Turner said. - more on this story

The Chronicles of Switchfoot

PR reports: Switchfoot has recorded a new original song, "This Is Home," for the highly anticipated Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media May 16 theatrical release, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The song will be featured during the end credits of the film, and will appear on the Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack CD releasing on May 13.

Switchfoot recently taped a companion music video for "This Is Home" in Los Angeles with director Brandon Dickerson who filmed Switchfoot's most recent video, "Awakening," from its current, acclaimed studio album, Oh! Gravity..

"We are so honored to be a part of the Prince Caspian film with 'This Is Home,'" says Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman. "The Narnia stories have a really special place in my brother Tim and my lives. Our dad used to read these to us at bedtime when we were boys. Our imaginations were shaped on these amazing novels. - more on this story

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