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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

Bon Jovi Accused of Ripping Off Song

antiMusic reports: Baseball fans are more than likely familiar with the Bon Jovi song "I Love This Town," from the overexposure it has received on behalf of the nation's pastime. But Boston musician Bart Steele says that Bon Jovi stole the tune from him and he's not happy about it. He tells us, "I got raped...my baseball anthem became the baseball promo song for the
world...except I got cut out of the deal!"

Boston Magazine recently ran a rather detailed feature story on the controversy, below are a few excepts hitting a few of the key points, followed by a link to read the full article. Before we get to that, listen and decide for yourself.Bon Jovi's song "I Love This Town" - Bart Steele's song "Man, I Really Love This Team".

Excerpts from the Boston Magazine feature: Bart Steele, struggling musician, former stockbroker, lifelong Red Sox fan, wanted a universal tune, one that reached well beyond Fenway Park. So, early in that September of 2004, he decided to distinguish his ditty from every other Sox tribute by giving it a Nashville sensibility and thus, he figured, even broader appeal.

When the Sox headed to St. Louis for the World Series, Channel 7 invited the duo (Bart and friend Peter Bellomo) to perform live. DJs at Boston Beer Works and the Cask 'n Flagon began encouraging regular "Man, I Really Love This Team" sing-alongs. Just after the Sox swept the Cardinals, Steele says, he found a clip on Major League Baseball's website of two polluted coeds slurring his chorus in the shadow of the Green Monster. Over at FenwayNation.com, where the song was available for free download, traffic had kicked up threefold to 180,000 daily visits. Like his Red Sox, Steele had made history.

But three seasons later, as the Sox muscled past the Angels and Indians to face the Rockies in the 2007 World Series, Steele couldn't bring himself to watch a single game. Instead, he stewed in his condo, plotting revenge against, of all people, Jon Bon Jovi. Unbelievably, blatantly—cruelly—the pretty rocker from Jersey had taken his song and repackaged it as his own. Steele was sure of it. Now he just had to get the world to see things his way. - get the full story, it gets a lot deeper than this

Stoned Temple Pilot Falls Into Drum Kit During Show

Blabbermouth reports: Jim Louvau of The Arizona Republic reviewed STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' July 29, 2008 concert at the the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. An excerpt from his review follows. "As lights went out and [Scott] Weiland [vocals] appeared in front of his microphone stand muttering something about VELVET REVOLVER and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS before the rest of the band had even made their way on stage. Part of the beauty of attending a Weiland event is that you never know exactly what version of the singer is going to show up and the singer's erratic behavior set the tone early on for what would be a rough night for the '90s alt-heroes.

"The lengthy set opened with 'Big Empty' from 'The Crow' soundtrack. Dressed in a grey suit Weiland stumbled around the stage and fell into drummer Eric Kretz's drum kit which confirmed he is now officially the Amy Winehouse of rock 'n' roll. When he did sing he often forgot words or changed them. 'Conversations Kill' quickly became 'Masturbation Kill'.

"The singer's incoherent rants in between songs were cut off by his band members starting the next song to stop the bleeding. Guitarist Dean DeLeo and his brother bassist Robert DeLeo looked humiliated as they ripped through classics like 'Wicked Garden', 'Big Bang Baby' and 'Vasoline'."
- Watch the video here

Hoax Alert: AC/DC To Delay New Album and Tour

antiMusic reports: We received another AC/DC "announcement" from someone claiming to be "sonymusic customer service management" but is using a Yahoo email account. Our contact at Sony never heard of this person and suggested they may be an intern but if that's the case it's a very informed intern and a quick search of Google finds that this person has been sending these "announcements" out for over a year.

We've passed on a few of this person's updates in the past as they seemed plausible and our contact at Sony didn't deny them. However, regular readers will remember that we also warned that the information came from a suspicious source (contrary to what a blogger claims, we never posted it a "official" news and always included the warning about its source). Now this person is spreading "news" that really stretches credibility, especially in light of the official announcement about the upcoming tour, so we thought we should warn you in case you read it as "real" news somewhere else. Here is what was sent to us today:

Due to the band's desire to start their new world tour not in 2009 but in 2010, on the 30th anniversary of "Back In Black" album, the new AC/DC album tentatively titled "Dirty Rhythm" will not be released until the end of the next year.Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd are extremely sorry for those disappointing news, but that was the decision they had to make. Be sure to check out acdc.com in a few days for more information regarding AC/DC's new album and world tour.

Why someone would feel the need to spread such rumors is anyone's guess but there you have it. We'll keep posted on real AC/DC developments as we know a lot of you are excited about the new album and tour! - In the meantime, Blabbermouth has posted what are suggested to be clips from the new album. Check em out.

Be Your Own Pet Split, Queens of the Nine Inch Tool, Morrissey Years of Delay, Wolfmother RIP?, Blow Me Up Scotty, Joss Stone and more

antiMusic reports: Indie-punk foursome Be Your Own Pet have reluctantly announced a parting of ways. Reasons for the split are unknown. more

Today's "Duh!" moment comes to us from an Angry Ape report: Sharon Osbourne has slammed socialite turned singer Paris Hilton, saying that the heiress is talentless. "She has no talent! I'm sure Paris would tell you that herself." more. On the other hand, Sharon should think of glasshouses when making such statements as her daughter Kelly isn't exactly a chip off the ol' Ozzy block in the talent department.

Originally due in September, Morrissey's next album, "Years of Refusal," has been postponed until early 2009 more

A newly discovered tape of the Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000. more

Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, has won an auction to publish the autobiography of rock legend Steven Tyler, according to publishing sources. more

Singer Joss Stone is to play Anne of Cleves in the third season of The Tudors, the BBC has confirmed. It will be the first TV acting role for the 22-year-old

"Blow Me Up Scotty?" Some of the ashes of actor James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek have gone missing. The remains were being sent into orbit by a company that offers a space burial service when the rocket carrying them malfunctioned minutes after take-off. more

Iron Maiden's official website has been updated with the following: "(Guitarist) Adrian Smith's new Jackson guitar was stolen after the show in Athens (Greece) on Saturday night (August 2nd)." more

Walt Disney Records will release "Nightmare Revisited," a collection of covers and new recordings inspired by the 1993 film "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," on Sept. 30. Danny Elfman re-recorded "Opening" and "Closing" from the film's score, and Korn, Amy Lee, Plain White T's, Rise Against, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Flyleaf contribute their versions of songs from the soundtrack. more

Hatebreed will release their all-covers album entitled "For the Lions" on October 28 via Koch. The CD is expected to include Hatebreed's renditions of songs by Misfits, Metallica, Judge, Cro-Mags, D.R.I., Negative Approach, Agnostic Front, Madball, Sheer Terror and Obituary, among others. more

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has recorded the vocals for the song "I Don't Have an Excuse, I Just Need a Little Help" from the new band JUBILEE, featuring Aaron North of Nine Inch Nails/The Icarus Line fame and Michael Shuman of Queens Of The Stone Age. Footage of the recording sessions can be viewed here

Suicidal Tendencies has been confirmed for the We The People festival, set to take place September 27 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Find out who else is set to play the fest here

A split has occurred between Wolfmother singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale and the other two founding members of the Australian hard rock band, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett. more

At All Cost has posted a lengthy description of their recent hardships, including being dropped by Century Media Records this past spring. Long story short: they are on hiatus. Read the full statement here

Heavy Heavy Low Low has announced the amicable departure of guitarist Ryan "Chip" Madden. - more

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Velvet Revolver Close To Picking New Singer

Blabbermouth reports: Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan has told UK's JournalLive that the band should hopefully have a new singer by the end of next month.

The new vocalist's identity may still be a closely guarded secret but McKagan explained: "We have a guy who we've been working with who's a really good singer and a great guy. I really hope he's the one.

"The question is, does he have that extra thing? It's just really hard to tell until you do a gig. There's a lot of expectation. In truth, he has to be killer to front Velvet Revolver. We're writing amazing material and I really think the new record will be the best thing that we've done as a band. So do we have the right singer to do that music justice?" - more on this story

Shooting At Dupri Party

TMZ reports: Several huge stars were sent running for their lives when a gunshot was fired at Jermaine Dupri's afterparty in an Atlanta nightclub, this according to a source inside the club.

According to law enforcement sources, things got violent when club patrons heard private security hired to work inside the club were double charging people to get into the VIP area -- where stars like Usher, Diddy and Nelly were partying.

Cops say pushing and shoving broke out, and as the masses were being thrown outside, that's when a shot rang out. A security guard was treated for a shot in the arm, but has already been released from the hospital.

TMZ has obtained exclusive photos of Diddy's bodyguards rushing the mogul out of Club Dream after allegedly fired a round inside the club. Diddy didn't even have time to put his champagne down before his hired muscle ran him out the back door. - Watch Diddy Run!

Metallica Release Dates

Blabbermouth reports: Metallica has officially set Friday, September 12 as the "worldwide" release date for its new album, "Death Magnetic".

Assuming that the band has yet to announce separate release dates for the different parts of the world (since physical CDs are virtually never released on the same day "worldwide"), the September 12 date in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (where albums are traditionally issued on Fridays) would indicate that the album would arrive in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 16, with most of continental Europe getting the CD one day earlier on September 15.

METALLICA's new CD will be available to download for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock on the same day the album arrives in stores.Confused? Blabbermouth has some clarifications as well as the tracklisting and video footage
- right here.

Rage Against Lollapalooza

Blabbermouth reports: According to MTV News, the crowd surge during Rage Against The Machine's set on Saturday (August 2) at Lollapalooza in Chicago got so bad that the group's frontman Zack de la Rocha "stopped the show on three separate occasions, pleading with fans to take a step back to avoid crushing the audience members up front.

At another point during the set, Lollapalooza's head of security conferred with the members of the band and their team at the front of the stage."

MTV News also states, "The relentless fury of the music, combined with the sense of chaos in the crowd, made for some tense moments. Concertgoers trying to go up a set of cement steps were pushed backwards or blocked from exiting as a bull rush of male fans barreled down the steps, knocking people over like dominoes."
- more on this story

Misheard Lyrics of the Day: AC/DC's Back in Black

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 AC/DC's 'Back in Black' where the lyric "Forget the hearse cause I'll never die." has been misheard as "I've got a purse but I'm still a guy."

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

Coldplay Not Match For Abba

NME reports: ABBA have made chart history today (August 3) with the return of their album 'Gold – Greatest Hits' to the number one spot in the UK.

The Swedish legends knock Coldplay to number two with the compilation, which was first released in 1992.

It is the oldest album ever to reach number one. Today marks the fifth time the album has topped the chart, the last occasion being in 1999. - more on this story

Cavalera Conspiracy Barred From Priest Tour

Blabbermouth reports: "Cavalera Conspiracy has been deemed an 'inappropriate' band to perform with Judas Priest on their Priest Feast 2008 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand, and have thusly been forced to cancel their appearance at the previously announced tour dates in the southern Pacific.

"Although Cavalera Conspiracy (featuring Max and Iggor of the legendary Sepultura) had several amazing and successful dates with their brothers in Priest throughout Eastern Europe, apparently the band has been deemed too inflammatory to open for Priest in Australia and NZ.

"So, with that said, this post is an apology to the fans in the Australia and New Zealand for the cancellations." - more on this story

Shin Kodachi of The Lucky Stiffs (1979-2008)

punknews.org reports: Now defunct San Francisco punk rock band The Lucky Stiffs recently announced the death of their former guitarist Shin "Shinister" Kodachi. The band announced:

It sadden us to write this, but our former guitarist and family member Shin took his own life on the night of the 23rd in Japan. He was a great human being, loved music and friends. We are honored to have shared a stage, home and laughs with him.

"This is a rough time for us all, and we thank you all for the support. Please keep his family in mind as well, this is such a hard thing to go through. You will be missed Shin, hope the pain is gone now."
- more on this story

Best of Sarah McLachlan Coming

PR reports: On October 7th, 2008, multi-platinum Arista recording artist Sarah McLachlan will release the first best-of collection of her long and illustrious career.

Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan contains 14 classic tracks personally selected by the artist from her award-winning catalog, as well as two newly recorded and previously unreleased songs, "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up On Us," working with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand. Additionally, a deluxe 2-CD version will be available, which will include the 16 song album plus a bonus disc of additional songs from Sarah's discography. - more on this story

Great White Fire Victims May Get Settlements By Year's End

projo.com reports: Lawyers for the victims of The Station nightclub fire are hoping to distribute the large pool of settlement money that has been offered to their clients by the end of this year, according to letters some of the victims have received in recent weeks.

Although some of the parties that lawyers consider most culpable have yet to enter into settlements, attorneys for those killed and injured as a result of the fire are anticipating that the civil lawsuits pending in U.S. District Court can be wrapped up during the next several months, without a trial. They've told clients that their "goal" is to distribute the proceeds by the end of December.

There are still claims against the State of Rhode Island and the Town of West Warwick that would need to be resolved before the victims' lawsuits can be terminated –– claims that, if settled, might require General Assembly and/or voter approval.
- more on this story

Hey It's Yet Another Entertainment Awards Announcement

antiMusic reports: Festivals and music awards. Seems that there is a new one every weekend. While festivals can always be cool, the awards shows have gotten old real fast as it's sort of like watching those people you didn't like in high school attempt to revalidate themselves every chance they get. Is there anyone that doesn't have an awards show? Just wait, Viagra will be out with one real soon! We can't wait for the Monistat Music Awards!

We're sure some awards are worthy of attention, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's just getting old. And an awards show that actually goes out and gets corporate sponsors for individual awards? That's worth just a little contempt. It's no wonder we have so few great albums to talk about these days. The suits have taken over and the real musicians are left behind because they didn't have the right haircut. Here is the announcement about another music awards that you can ignore:

The third Vodafone Live Music Awards will take place on 18th September at the Carling Academy Brixton, London and will bring together the music industry and fans alike to celebrate the booming UK live music scene. - more on this story

A Static Lullaby and Maylene and The Sons of Disaster Team Up For Tour

PR reports: A Static Lullaby and Maylene and The Sons of Disaster will be hitting the road together this fall to tour nationwide. The tour will also include Showbread, Confide, and Attack Attack! The tour kicks off on September 26th in Memphis, TN and ends on November 15, 2008.

A Static Lullaby will be playing tracks off their upcoming album, "Rattlesnake!", which drops in retail stores nationwide on September 9th. If you can't wait until September for the fourth album from A Static Lullaby, jump online and listen to the Rattlesnake! sampler, now playing on their Myspace page.

The sampler plays clips from every track off their upcoming album. The band is really excited about Rattlesnake!, as vocalist Joe Brown explains, "This is the best thing I've ever been a part of, hands down...I truly am 100% happy with how the songs came out." - dates

 
 

Top Reviews of the Week

. John Mellencamp: No American Fool

A John Mellencamp tour in the midst of summer is about as American as apple pie, cotton candy and hot dogs, yet six-years ago this month, I swore off ever seeing John Mellencamp again. However, I'm happy to say that John Mellencamp has given me a reason to believe once again. - Read the full John Mellencamp: No American Fool review

. Overkill - The Years of Decay

Basically, The Years of Decay is like the cliché pull-the-rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick. At first glance, it's innovative and intriguing, but it's tepid in comparison to the more advanced magic tricks coming out. - Read the full Overkill - The Years of Decay review

.... Road Trip: Island of Music - The Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival 2008

"A speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to be interesting." With those amusing words the Lt. Governor of Bonaire officially opened the 2008 Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival - Read the full Island of Music: The Bonaire Heineken Jazz Festival 2008 Road Trip article

. Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things

Seeing Things is the record people have probably been expecting for years. He is Bob Dylan's son after all, right? This should be a pleasant surprise to many. This is not an attempt to fill his dad's shoes, but just a natural progression that fits like a glove. (4 stars) - Read the full Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things review

. Moneen - It All Started With A Red Stripe DVD

If nothing else, Vagrant sure hasn't skimped in the portions for its Moneen DVD. For a band with only three full-length CD releases to date, It All Started with a Red Stripe will tell you everything you always wanted to know about Moneen - and then some. (3.5 stars) - Read the full Moneen - It All Started With A Red Stripe DVD review


 

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