Mike Mangione Week: Day 2

Hearing is believing so preview some songs from the album, learn more about Mike, grab tour dates and more right - more on this story

More Naughty Miley Cyrus Photos Surface

antiMusic reports: The child soft porn keeps coming from Miley Cyrus. The person that reportedly hacked her cell phone has released a new batch of racy photos with more promised in the future.

According to 2Snaps.tv the hacker, TrainReq, " was smart and didn't leak all the Miley Cyrus pictures he stole from her e-mail at once. He knows how to build anticipation and suspense." The blogger was excited at the prospect of more child softporn pix of the Disney star, "I am guessing since these latest Miley candids feature new and improve positions, including a never before seen butt shot, that there are even more and better ones to come. Hopefully this becomes a regular two-week, Monday morning kind of thing" The full 2Snaps post

Fox News reports: Someone needs to keep Miley Cyrus away from the cameras... at least the personal cameras anyway. The "Hannah Montana" sensation is embroiled in yet another photo scandal, with the latest photos showing the 15-year-old pulling up her shirt to reveal her stomach and white underpants. But that's not all: The latest round of racy pics also features Cyrus showing-off her lil' bod in an itsy-bitsy bikini. - more

Will Fans Pay Anything To Their Favorite Bands?

punknews.org reports: Say Anything frontman Max Bemis recently launched a unique initiative, offering to write new acoustic songs for paying fans. The band explained:

In an effort to minimize the gap between music listeners and performers, take up time on warped tour, and find some solution for the fact that anyone can download any of his gosh-darn albums for free, Max came up with a predictably crazy idea in a haze of sleeping medication.

Max has decided to open the door for a limited time to Say Anything fans to submit ONE to TWO paragraphs about an issue they are having, a serious problem they are going through, or even something they just felt should be written about. Max will take two to three days to deliver an acoustic, full length actual Say Anything song based on your experiences and what you submitted! Each song is 100 percent written by Max for YOU, the buyer. - How much and what has the response been so far?

People Buying Tix For Fake U2 Shows

BBC reports: Irish rock band U2 have warned fans that concert tickets currently being advertised for sale are not real, as they have not confirmed any live shows.

"There are no tour dates for the band at the moment, so please don't buy tickets for U2 shows you see advertised," they said in a statement.

The group added that any future concert announcements will be made first on their official website. - more on this story

Metallica Release Date Clarified, Jimmy Page, Edge, and Jack White Film Premiere, Idol Audition Flops, Byrneing Up the Road, A Fashion Inside and more

antiMusic reports: Billboard clarified the release date for Metallica's new album. It is indeed set to be released on a Friday. Here is what they had to say: Like its predecessor "St. Anger," the new Metallica album, "Death Magnetic," will be released worldwide off-cycle on Friday Sept. 12 via Warner Bros. No reason was given for the switch from a traditional Monday/Tuesday release. more

The new documentary focusing on Led Zeppelin guitar player Jimmy Page, U2 guitarist The Edge and White Stripes axeman Jack White will premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival, according to Variety.more

As tipped by Billboard last month, David Byrne has revealed plans for a six-month tour celebrating his work with the Talking Heads and in collaboration with producer Brian Eno. more

If you are an enthusiast and heading to Hard Rock Park, the chances of long lines seem pretty slim these days. While that is good new for those waiting in lines, it may be a sign that all is not well at the world's first rock-and-roll theme park. more

The B-52s will perform "Hot Corner," a track from 'Funplex' (Astralwerks), on Late Night with Conan O'Brien Wednesday, August 6th.

The Jacksons will be honored as this year's BMI Icons. The brothers will be feted during the organization's eighth annual Urban Awards on Sept. 4. more

Stereophonics have announced a tour of the US and Canada to coincide with the release of their sixth studio album 'Pull The Pin'. Slated for release on September 9, the record was produced by singer Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe. more

Davey Havok, frontman for Southern California's AFI, has launched a new fashion line featuring limited edition t-shirts. Named Zu Boutique, the fashion line will only print 100 of each t-shirt design, with each shirt hand numbered zero to 99. more

Arch Enemy frontwoman Angela Gossow joined reactivated British extreme metal pioneers Carcass on stage during their performance this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. more including video footage

UK epic doom metallers Solstice will release "Only the Strong", a two-LP collection of more than 90 minutes of unreleased material, demo recordings (among others the legendary "Drunken Dungeon Sessions") and a couple of rare songs recorded between 1991 and 2001 on September 1 via Iron Kodex Records. more

David Lander, the father of Kittie's Morgan Lander (guitar, vocals) and Mercedes Lander (drums), reportedly died of a heart attack over the weekend. David Lander managed Kittie. more

Judas Priest have announced more dates for Mexico and South America. Grab the dates here

On Saturday, American Idol held one of their typical open call auditions in San Juan, Puerto Rico and instead of the usual capacity crowds lined up practicing their awful renditions of tired Whitney Houston standards, according to El Nuevo Dia, only around 300 fools turned out. - more on this story

Major Reissue Planned For Black Sabbath's Paranoid

UMe reports: On September 29th, Universal Music are issuing Black Sabbath Paranoid on Double Vinyl and a Deluxe 3CD Set.

Paranoid is the second album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It was released in the United Kingdom during September 1970, and contains some of their most famous work, including the songs 'Iron Man', 'War Pigs' and the title track. The album is regarded as a classic of the heavy metal genre and one of the most influental heavy metal albums. It has been certified 4x Platinum, having sold over four million copies in the US alone, making it Black Sabbath's best-selling album.

The 'Paranoid' single, released before the album, reached number four in the UK. Pushed by its success, the album hit number one in the UK, and is the only Black Sabbath album to have done so. The US release was held until January 1971, as the Black Sabbath album was still on the charts at the time of Paranoid's UK release. The album broke into the top ten in the US in March 1971, and would go on to sell four million copies in the US alone, with virtually no radio airplay. - more on this story

Misheard Lyrics of the Day: Britney Spears

antiMusic reports: Who hasn't misheard a song lyrics. We thought it might be fun to feature some favorites here for you to enjoy.

Here's today's from Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby, One More Time" has been misheard as "Hit It, Baby, From Behind."

Check out more funny misheard song lyrics like this one - here

Bleeding Through New Countries on Tour

PR reports: Bleeding Through will perform in two territories for the first time this year: Mexico and Russia. They will headline four shows in Russia in December and will perform in Mexico City this month as part of the "Warped Tour Pre-Fiesta" with Underoath and MxPx.

"These are two places we have always wanted to go," says singer Brandan Schieppati. "Earlier this year, we went to Indonesia, Malaysia and Alaska for the first time. We want to go and play anywhere people want to hear us."

The band is on tour in the US right now on the No Fear Music Tour with Bullet For My Valentine and will continue to support them throughout Europe with Lacuna coil in November and December. They will also take part in the first ever "Liskfest" in Orange County, California, together with bands like Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits and more. And there are a few dates that Bleeding Through is headlining with special guests in the US. - more on this story

Widespread Panic Plan Summer Tour This Fall

Press Here reports: Still invigorated from a sterling run of Summer tour triumphs which included the Rothbury Music Festival, All Good Music Festival, a closing headline spot at Bonnaroo and even some Canadian dates that saw the band venture up to the Great White North for the first time in over a decade, Widespread Panic also found time to brake the record for the number of sold out performances at Red Rocks Amphitheater, AZ.

On September 20th Widespread Panic will also be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. With their sights set on the Mid-West and South-East regions of the country, Widespread Panic have announced an exciting run of Fall dates which include their first Halloween shows in New Orleans for 6 years! - more on this story

Dokken Reunion Hopes Lynched

Blabbermouth reports: Co-host Red and intern Jim Bob of the "Rockin Metal Revival" show recently conducted an interview with former Dokken lead guitarist George Lynch.

When asked about the possibility of a Dokken reunion with him on guitar, Lynch said, "I did an interview yesterday with Metal Hammer [magazine] in Europe and the guy had just spoken to Don [Dokken]. And Don's response to that same question was the interviewer told me was that this is all coming from George, nobody else has any interest. Now that is absolutely not true.

"The actual truth is that, yes, my management company has been instrumental in encouraging this to happen, and I'm all for it. But everybody else has agreed in principle at three different occasions over the past few years at looking into doing this to try to put it together and have it make sense. And for various reasons it has not happened. But to characterize this as I'm the one that is pounding the table, and everyone else is reluctant astronauts is completely false. - more on this story

Quiet Talk About Hookers and Blow

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Hookers and Blow and former Quiet Riot guitarist, Alex Grossi.

Topics include Hookers and Blow, Dizzy Reed, Bumblefoot, Steven Adler, Kevin Dubrow, Alex Grossi's School of Rock, Beautiful Creatures, Richie Scarlet, and Frank Stallone.

The 30-minute podcast can be downloaded at this - location

More Predictable MTV VMA Nominations

MTV reports: And the nominations continue… Last week on FNMTV viewers found out the nominees for "Best Male Video" and "Best Female Video." This week, artists nominated for "Best Pop Video" and "Best Hip Hop" were revealed and there were some recognizable names like Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears as well as a few "soon to be household names" like Flo Rida, Tokio Hotel and Danity Kane.

In Addition, the always charming southern rapper and critical darling Lil Wayne has just been confirmed to perform at this year's VMAs. As previously announced, MTV's 25th annual Video Music Awards will be hosted by comedian/actor Russell Brand and will air live and only one time in its original incarnation, on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT). Pop phenomenon the Jonas Brothers have already been confirmed to perform. Presenters and additional performers for the 2008 Video Music Awards will be announced at a later date.

Artists nominated for "Best Pop Video" include Britney Spears for her video "Piece of Me," which is already up for "Best Female Video," Panic at the Disco, Tokio Hotel, Danity Kane and Teen Pop sensation, who are sure to knock the VMAs audience off their feet with their upcoming performance, the Jonas Brothers. Nominees vying for a "Best Hip Hop" MoonMan are Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida, Lupe Fiasco and the "Queen of Hip Hop Soul" Mary J. Blige. Beginning on Friday, July 18th, MTV viewers began voting on FNMTV to help choose nominees for the 2008 Video Music Awards. Each Friday night at 8pm ET/PT on "FNMTV," two new categories will be announced and opened for viewers to vote for their favorite artists and videos at vma.mtv.com or from their Verizon Wireless mobile phone by texting the name of the artist to 23882. Categories currently open for viewers voting are "Best New Artist" Video and "Best Dancing in a Video." - more on this story

Idol Producer Loses Interest and Quits

TMZ reports: Nigel Lythgoe is off "American Idol." TMZ has learned Lythgoe, who has executive produced the show for seven seasons, has just taken himself off the program and will not return. No replacement has been named.

We're told Lythgoe felt it was time for someone else to step in. Sources say he's said privately he is "not passionate about it anymore." "A.I.'s" ratings slipped last season, and the show was getting a little boring.

We're also told Lythgoe is working on some kind of a joint venture with Simon Fuller, who created "Idol." Lythgoe wants to spend his time on "So You Think You Can Dance." [wow, even more vapid!] - more on this story

Mayhem On the Road with Five Finger Death Punch Part II

antiMusic reports: This summer we're taking you on tour vicariously with some of today's best bands. We continue with the Mayhem Festival with this entry from Five Finger Death Punch's Matt Snell:

The last few weeks on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour have been nothing short of amazing. >From the kiln like temperatures of Phoenix, to the Monsoon weather in Albuquerque, this tour rages on. Denver remains in my mind as the most memorable thus far. Maybe it was the altitude or the people, but that place truly rocked.

We managed to get in and out of florida without being rained on. Much better for us than last year. We were fortunate enough to spend 6 hours at the bus repair shop since they didn't have OIL!!!! Wonder what would happen if all the bands showed up and didn't have instruments.....hmmmm... Ok , I'm wandering a bit... The tour continues to draw huge crowds and we haven't even hit the Midwest yet!!! Today is Pittsburgh. We had a lot of fun here last year, so as I'm drinking my bus brewed starbucks with half and half.... I can only imagine the devastation that is in store for this place.

Five Finger Death Punch are on the Mayhem Festival supporting their latest release "The Way of the Fist". Now go grab dates and hear why you should grab tix to this tour - right here!

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