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Cold Reunion

antiMusic reports: This is perhaps the biggest rock news of the year (right behind the hype surrounding the Cruefest!) That's right folks, Cold is back! Metal Underground has the story:

Cold frontman Scooter Ward has announced that the band will once again reunite and are planning to record a brand new studio album which expected to be released in the Fall of next year.

The band originally broke up in February of 2006 but reunited two months later only to disband in November of the same year. - more metal news

Would Johnny Depp Make A Good Tommy Lee?

Sleazeroxx reports: Tommy Lee wants Johnny Depp to play him in a film. The Motley Crue rocker insists the Oscar-nominated actor would be the perfect star to portray him.

He said: "Johnny Depp would be my choice to play me. He's the best ever." Tommy also revealed he is currently in talks with movie producers to start shooting the film, which will be based on the story of Motley Crue.

He added: "We're working on it. Trying to find the right producers and director and all that sort of stuff!" [Our vote goes for Ashton Kutcher. Is there really any difference between Tommy and Kelso?. If he's too big for the role, maybe Dustin Diamond would be into it? Pauly Shore isn't doing anything right now either] - more on this story

Universal Gets Stoned

House of Rock reports: After months of speculation, The Rolling Stones have left EMI for Universal Music Group. UMG said that the new deal with the Stones covers a portion of their back catalog and any future releases.

The agreement gives the Polydor imprint any new records from the band, along with full digital and physical rights to releases. The deal also puts the distribution rights for the entire Stones catalog in one place for the first time.

UMG already had distribution rights to the band's early catalog, up to 1970. The new agreement now includes everything from 1971's Sticky Fingers onward. - more on this story

Bon Jovi Scores In Another Arena

TMZ reports: Since we doubt many people follow it, here is some news about one of Jon Bon Jovi's investments (they have to overcharge fans for a reason).

TMZ has the scoop: Jon Bon Jovi may have seen a million faces and rocked them all, but, until now, he couldn't claim the most pointless title in footballdom: The Arena Football League Championship.

Bon Jovi is the proud co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul, who won the title game today by scoring more points than the other team. - If sarcasm flies right over your head, you can join the chorus of jeers for that last line and see a

Screeched By the Tell All

Hecklerspray reports: Poor old Dustin Diamond. His fellow Saved By The Bell alumni have all moved on - Elisabeth Berkley has her nudity and Mario Lopez has his gratuitous self-love, for example - but he hasn't.

But don't feel sorry for Dustin Diamond because he's doomed to spend the rest of his life stereotyped into a perpetual inescapable vacuum where he'll only be known as Screech from Saved By The Bell to everyone he ever meets all the time forever until he dies, because some good has come out of it.

Dustin Diamond, you see, has decided to use his notoriety to pen a no-holds-barred Saved By The Bell tell-all book that'll chronicle the cast's naughty shenanigans in a frank and shocking manner. Honestly? We're underwhelmed. Now, if there was a Hangin' With Mr Cooper tell-all book coming out - more on this story

Shocker: Loverboy Plan A Concert and No One Buys Tickets

Sleazeroxx reports: The City of Summerside, P.E.I. has cancelled a Loverboy concert scheduled for August after selling only about 200 tickets.

The band was scheduled to play Credit Union Place, which holds 5,000, on Aug. 6. The cancellation means the city loses the deposit the city paid to the band. Bill Schurman, director of community services for Summerside, refused to disclose how much the deposit was.

"We don't disclose what we pay our bands. That's something that's quite confidential," Schurman told CBC News Friday. The decision to cancel the concert was mutual, said Schurman. - more on this story

Roundup: Chiodos Suicide Attempt, 25 Years of Metallica, Miley Cyrus, AC/DC, Les Claypool, TI, Heaven & Hell, Sat Radio Monopoly OK'd and more

antiMusic reports: Welcome to the Roundup, a new weekend feature for the Day in Rock where we take a quick look at the top stories on some of the best music news sites.

Over at Billboard: Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) and Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville) continue their charge towards the No. 1 slot on next week's Billboard 200 tally. more

Primus principal Les Claypool has written the original theme track and four other themes for the Nintendo Wii "Mushroom Men" video games, due this fall. more

Heaven & Hell -- aka Black Sabbath Mk. 2, with Ronnie James Dio out front -- has started work on a new album. "We've got about six or seven new songs," Iommi reports. more

T.I.'s upcoming album, "Paper Trail," has changed release dates yet again. The Grand Hustle/Atlantic album will now arrive Sept. 30. more

Over at Blabbermouth: Chiodos frontman Craig Owens discusses his recent suicide attempt. more

Friday (July 25) marked the 25th anniversary of the release of METALLICA's debut album, "Kill 'Em All". more

AC/DC will travel to London, England in early August to shoot a video for the first single off their new album, "Black Ice". more

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, CIRCLE II CIRCLE and MANTICORA are finalizing details for the first leg of their upcoming U.S. tour. more

WALLS OF JERICHO's entire new album, "The American Dream", is currently available for streaming online. more

After DOKKEN's July 23 concert at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, the group's frontman Don Dokken decided to change drummers mid-tour. more

RUSH filmed its July 22, 2008 concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia for inclusion of several tracks as bonus material on the band's upcoming companion DVD to the "Snakes & Arrows Live" two-CD set. more

Over at NME: Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder retrial have filed a motion arguing that jurors should be able to hear testimony on blood evidence and the autopsy of the actress he is accused of killing. more

France's first lady Carla Bruni has knocked Coldplay off the top of the French pop charts, it was announced today (July 25) more

The Subways have announced a US release date for their forthcoming sophomore album. more

Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs has denied rumours that he is engaged to marry his girlfriend. more

Over at Punknews.org: Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness recently spoke with Synthesis.net about the band's future recording plans, a new solo album and a possible documentary on Social D. more

No Trigger frontman Tom Rheault dropped us a line denying recent break-up rumors, and to provide some updates on the band's recent happenings. more

Hopeless has announced the launch of a new imprint. Named P is for Panda, the label is the project of Chad Pearson who founded and ran The Militia Group for 12 years. more

Over at Yahoo Music: Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. more

After devoting himself to gospel on his recent recordings, Randy Travis is back with his first country album in eight years. more

That's it for this edition, for the very latest headlines from these sites and more - visit RockNews.info

Sober Realty Show Leads to GNR Drug Bust

TMZ reports: When Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler decided to try and kick his drug habit by joining the "Sober Living" house, he certainly couldn't have imagined it would land him in the klink.

Sources close to the production say after a "confrontation" in the house, a member of the "Sober" staff called the cops, who came and popped Adler on an outstanding warrant.

His own peeps tell us the staff called the fuz because Adler was allegedly doing drugs in the house. - more on this story

Arsis Find Another Beater

Lambgoat reports: Arsis has officially announced the addition of yet another drummer. Now joining the group is Shawn Priest of Idaho. Here's a statement from the band:

"Our new drummer is Shawn Priest from Idaho. All the best drummers are coming outta nowhere from the Midwest! We screened him through his video on YouTube, and when we hooked up, he learned 'We Are The Nightmare' in a day and a half.

"We're really excited about this. We're gonna have new drum parts in our songs off the new album. It's gonna be way thrashier, more in-your-face. 'Servants To The Night' has been added to the set list because of Shawn. We'd like to keep him on as full-time, so we'll see how he does on this tour. - more on this story

For Those That Care About BS: K-Fed and Britney Settle

TMZ reports: The Britney Spears trial is over. The case has officially settled. Under the terms of the settlement, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, before July 30, Brit must pay K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Kaplan, $250,000 for fees.

As for child support, K-Fed has scored. As we first reported, he's getting 5k a month more -- it's gone from $15,000 to $20,000 a month.

The agreement does not mention visitation, but we know Brit has three days and one night a week with the kiddies and that will increase as time goes on. We're told by Fall, she'll have a second overnight a week. - More on this BS

Mellencamp Gets Sirius For New Album

PR reports: SIRIUS Satellite Radio will launch an exclusive limited engagement channel dedicated to John Mellencamp. The Spectrum of John Mellencamp debuted on Friday, July 25 on SIRIUS channel 18 to mark the release of John Mellencamp's latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom.

The Spectrum of John Mellencamp will feature four decades of Mellencamp's music, including rare performances hand-picked from his personal archives and some of the artists who have influenced his career.

The veteran musician will share stories and personal insights about the many classic songs that have defined his 30-year career in music, as well as give a personal introduction to select tracks off his latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom, which debuted this week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. - more on this story

Inside Track Week: Keaton Simons

antiMusic reports: One of our main goals here is turn people on to music and we've found that the best people to tell you about the music is the musicians themselves, so this week we are giving you the inside track on three promising up and coming artists. Today we feature Keaton Simons who tells us about the songs on his new album "Can You Hear Me," which echoes his varied influences ranging from Hendrix, Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell to Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Robert Johnson. Stylistically he is just as varied, immersed himself in all forms of music, from Rock to Jazz, Blues to Bluegrass. Here is Keaton to tell us about the songs on the album:

1. WITHOUT YOUR SKIN - I'm fascinated with dichotomy. One of my favorites is the global and possibly even universal connection between all things and the complete individuality and autonomy of all things. That's the grand answer. The more down to earth one is the connection between two people who are so close that one may actually feel "naked" without the other.

2. NOBODY KNOWS - I wrote this song with The Matrix (an amazingly talented and successful writing and production team). The song is basically about an affair I had many years ago. It sheds light on some of the less popular perspectives about infidelity. It also shows the tendency for people to think they know what's "really going on" in a situation that they may actually know very little about. This song doesn't condone cheating. It just realizes the entire reality of it.

- the rest of the song stories

MegaTalking Ellefson

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host John Ostronomy conducted with legendary former Megadeth bassist, David Ellefson of F5.

Topics include F5's forthcoming album, "The Reckoning," Jimmy DeGrasso, Montrose, The Alien Blakk, and Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp.

Additional podcast topics covered by Ostronomy and Mark Strigl include Hammerfall and Jersey City, NJ. Photos as well as the podcast can be downloaded at this - location

Bigelf Set the Date For Their New Album

PR reports: Psychedelic progressive rock band Bigelf has completed work on its long-awaited new album, entitled Cheat the Gallows. The follow up to the band's acclaimed full-length Hex; Cheat the Gallows will see an August 12 release via the Custard label.

Cheat the Gallows was recorded at Kung Fu Gardens studios in North Hollywood and produced by Bigelf frontman Damon Fox. The album features 10 diverse tracks of hallucinatory hard rock, showcasing the band's multi-layered arrangements, rich, sophisticated vocal harmonies and Fox's spectacular dual-Mellotron / Hammond organ / Moog synthesizer saturations.

On Cheat the Gallows, Bigelf's "new classic" sound blends strong post-Hendrix ferocity with a potent post-Beatles tunefulness, resulting in diabolically-heavy pop rife with epic guitars, infectious hooks and unforgettably refined melody patterns that will undoubtedly find appeal with classic hard rock fans, vintage prog-heads and heavy metal enthusiasts alike. - more on this story

Snooty Martha's Vineyard People Need A Festival Too!

PR reports: Festival Network (FN) is proud to announce the line-up for the second annual Martha's Vineyard Festival, taking place on August 10 at Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs, MA.

The legendary seven-time GRAMMY® winning vocalist Gladys Knight is set to headline this year's festival with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.

The island's must-see event also features performances by The Neville Brothers, Steel Pulse, Willy Mason, Kate Taylor, Entrain with Phil DaRosa plus piano sensation Minami Morita with her quartet. - more on this story

The Boy Will Drown of an Earache

Our Caps Lock Key Is Like A Hit of Crack To Us Records reports: EARACHE is proud to announce the signing of British technical metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN to a multi-album, worldwide recording deal.

THE BOY WILL DROWN are a four-piece band based in Norwich/Colchester in the UK who formed in late 2006. Currently regarded as one of the most flamboyant and intense bands in the UK, they play a vicious blend of technical and experimental music based around grindcore and death metal.

Refusing to play "sugar-coated" metal like so many other bands, THE BOY WILL DROWN do everything in their power to mesmerise and pulverise the listener, whilst simultaneously injecting an element of humour, fun and youth into the otherwise serious face of the extreme metal genre. Drawing influence from such bands as DECAPITATED, NECROPHAGIST and PSYOPUS, THE BOY WILL DROWN create music that's technically breathtaking, with punishing metal riffage, yet still retains that "groove" factor. - more on this story

Level-C Hints That All Female Metal Bands Before Them Weren't Real

PR reports: July 29 is the date that will change the way metal fans view all-female metal bands, with the release of Level-C's debut album on Locomotive Music/Ryko Distribution.

A hard-hitting slab of music with a modern edge, Level-C's self-titled release is journey into the minds of this long-standing, hard-working Cleveland-based band.

"Level-C is real," said vocalist Christine Maynard. "The lyrics were written about real experiences. The music was constructed with real emotion. When I listen to the songs, it's like opening a diary of my life." - more on this story

Women Make A Deal

PR reports: Jagjaguwar has just announced the signing of Women, and will release the band's self-titled debut full length on October 7th, 2008 throughout the world (January, 2009 release in the UK, and Canadian label Flemish Eye is releasing the record in Canada.)

The band will tour the U.S., Canada and Europe in support of the album throughout 2008, and tour dates will be announced soon.

The band's debut was recorded by Sub Pop and Flemish Eye artist Chad VanGaalen over 4 months on ghettoblasters and old tape machines in his basement, an outdoor culvert and a crawlspace. Sometimes light and spacious, at other times eerie and dense with an ominous weight, Women hint at the Velvet Underground, Swell Maps or This Heat; a lo-fi masterpiece cloaked in layers of vibrato and guitar wash. - more on this story

Paul van Dyk After Party

PR reports: Made Event and Paul van Dyk announced today that they will be adding a special Ibiza-style afterparty at Webster Hall immediately following his performance at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 (Saturday, August 16th). Coinciding with his summer residency at Cream at Amnesia in Ibiza, Paul van Dyk has just released a special double CD mix compilation which is available at stores nationwide and on iTunes.

Shift over to Webster Hall for a completely different Paul van Dyk experience as he brings his own Ibiza summer spectacle "This DJ's F**king Crazy" to New York City. This is the first time Paul van Dyk has brought this exhibition to North America. If fans thought the first five hours at the pier were crazy, they can get F**king Crazier at Webster Hall.

For the first time ever in his long run of outdoor New York City summer concerts, Paul van Dyk will be DJing at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 for an extended set of five hours. Additionally, Made Event will bring in acclaimed sound design company Integral Sound to ensure that Paul van Dyk's music resonates at a level never heard before. Beyond the custom designed sound, we promise a stunning light and laser show that will fire up the sky like the fourth of July. - more on this story

Satan's Favorite DVD?

MVD reports: Black Metal Satanica is an in depth documentary capturing the dark, mystical and evil history of the Black Metal genre. The DVD will escape the depths of hell and arrive on store shelves 09/02/2008.

Based on Scandinavian Viking lore, Black Metal borrows from ancient Viking melodies, lyrics and mythology dating back to the 11th century.

The new wave of Black Metal heroes give their take on the current state of the genre as well as on the founding fathers of Black Metal like Mayhem, Bathory and Immortal and the extreme, almost inhuman acts that surround this controversial subculture. - more on this story

Temujin Delay Tour To Record New Songs

Renaissance Records reports: Temujin wish to announce that the North American live dates originally planned for late 2008 have been rescheduled to 2009. Instead, the band will be bringing forward plans to record new material, which should begin sometime in August.

The change in schedule has been brought about because lead vocalist Kelly is expecting her second child in mid November.

"We are disappointed that we won't be able to bring our music to the US as planned ... but very excited about the arrival of a new child. We'll now focus on writing and recording in the lead up to the birth, and then launch into 2009 with new material and a return to live work. Nothing is cancelled - just rearranged! And a new child means that 2009 will be a fantastic year both personally and professionally - we can't wait." - more on this story

Marrow Sets Depressing Release

PR reports: Marrow's debut CD, 'Quiet Desperation,' is scheduled for release on September 16, 2008, with regional east and west coast US tours in August through September 2008 already scheduled.

The launch of 'Quiet Desperation' will be backed by an aggressive viral video internet campaign touting Marrow's endorsement from a fictitious, and ludicrous, 'foundation for unhappiness enhancement,' "The Society for the Advancement of Despair," (SAD), whose tagline is 'Bliss is Ignorance.'

In an endeavor to skewer the notion that all people must adopt and maintain a constant state of forced happiness and serenity to lead fulfilling lives, 'The Society for the Advancement of Despair' wants you to be left alone to wallow in your sadness in order to explore the depths of your discontentment, because it feels good to feel bad. Marrow's 'Quiet Desperation,' already the self-proclaimed 'feel bad album of the year,' is "the prescription for your pain", that will help the listener embrace their well-earned sadness. - more on this story

Jim Boggia's Misadventures In Stereo

PR reports: Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and pop craftsman who's closely acquainted with music's capacity for transcendent uplift.

His confessional, deeply personal lyrics tap into the deepest and most universal of human emotions. Born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Boggia grew up an only child with an acutely developed ear for music.

His early fascination for such iconoclastic pop classics as the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, Nilsson Sings Newman and Stevie Wonder's Innervisons helped to inform an aesthetic sensibility that would push him to create album-length listening "experiences" on his own releases. - more on this story

AntiTainment Celebutard Watch: Lohan Ran Over By A Bike

TMZ reports: Sources tell TMZ Lindsay Lohan was out in NYC last night with gal pal Samantha Ronson, and as they were leaving, Lilo got hit by a someone on a bike.

We're told her driver took her to Beth Israel Hospital in Midtown Manhattan and she checked herself out at 4:00 AM.

Didn't your momma tell you to look both ways before crossing the street!
- more on this story

AntiTainment Celebutard Watch: Shia LaDrunk Smashup

TMZ reports: TMZ has learned Shia LaBeouf has been arrested for DUI. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ LaBeouf was involved in a car accident at about 3:00 AM at the corner of La Brea and Fountain in Hollywood. Paramedics were called to the scene and both parties were taken to a local hospital.

LaBeouf was placed under arrest on suspicion of DUI after we're told he exhibited "outward signs" of intoxication at the scene.

Law enforcement tell TMZ, Shia LaBeouf will not be booked on felony DUI charges -- but he's not out of the woods. We're told Shia is in surgery right now to fix his messed up left hand that was injured after he rolled his car at 3 AM today. Law enforcement says he'll be cited and released on suspicion of DUI misdemeanor. - TMZ posted a blow by blow account of LaBeouf LaDrunken Smach Up

Ernie Halter Week: Day 1

antiMusic reports: It's hard to find a unique "singer/songwriter" in this day and age. The mere mention of the "genre" is enough to put most people to sleep, but there are a few exceptions and Ernie Halter is one of them with his unique mix of rock, soul and pop. Ernie's new album "Starting Over" debuted on the top 25 of the iTunes rock charts earlier this month and with the physical CD hitting stores next week we asked Ernie to tell us a little bit about the songs. Here is Ernie with today's song:

"Count the days": I wrote this song quickly in L.A. This song was about finding love again. There is a part in this song that is actually an inside joke with my girlfriend. The part "I miss you like children miss summer" was part of a little testing game that we would do while I was out on the road.

We would text each other little "I miss you texts like.....". A good example is "I miss you like Jenna Jameson misses her virginity" or something funny like that.

Hearing is believing, so go grab a listen and learn more about Ernie and his new album right - here

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