Bullet For My Valentine Week: Forever and Always

antiMusic reports: Each day this week members of Bullet For My Valentine will tell a little bit about some of the tracks off of their new CD "Scream Aim Fire." Today they tell us about "Forever and Always".

Matt: This is the final track on the record, and musically it's probably the most epic thing we've ever done. Huge, huge instrumental, melodic outro, "Radio Ga Ga"-style, lots of drums…

Moose: The way it was written is weird – the end was written first, I can remember on the back of the tour bus…

Matt: Yeah, the song was written in reverse, which we'd never done before. We came up with a riff and then I got the end before the rest of the song. It's really anthemic, an arena-style kind of song. Lyrically it's just about love/hate relationship, of being on the road for a long time, about all the crap we go through, about all the good things we go through. No matter what we go through as a band and as individuals, it's just like the reference to the song title - I want to stay here forever and always, just be on the stage rocking out.

Moose: And when there's no one else, there's always music.

Matt: That's true, and that's a fitting way to end off.

Check out tracks from the CD, learn more about the band and grab tour dates (Europe and North America) and more - right here!

Flu Fighters

Contact Music reports: Rockers the FOO FIGHTERS were forced to postpone shows at the beginning of the week (beg28Jan08) after a mystery illness left band members floored.

Shows in Arkansas and Oklahoma were scrapped on Monday (28Jan08) and Tuesday (29Jan08) respectively.

[The good news is] the tour is expected to resume in Reno, Nevada tonight(01Feb08). - more on this story

Canada Block Rap Group

Wenn reports: Rap group BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY has been denied entry into Canada because their music is "too violent". The Crossroads four-piece were scheduled to play five sold-out dates in the country but were banned by customs officials on Wednesday (30Jan08).

Rapper Krayzie Bone admits he is surprised by the move - because the band toured Canada only last year (07). He tells BallerStatus.com, "We never had a problem going over there, but all of the sudden, they talking the music is too violent.

"I'm like 'Man, that's crazy because we doing the same music we've done every time we came over there and nothing never happened.' "I hear a lot of people is having problems with Canada now. - more on this story

Britney Looking At Long Mental Hospital Stay?

antiMusic reports: We ran a story from TMZ about Britney Spears being committed early Thursday morning. That was posted after Thurs report was published, and we will not include it in today's report because TMZ sent over the following updated story:

Sources at UCLA Medical Center tell TMZ Britney Spears has been classified as "G.D." - Greatly Disabled. That is a huge and dangerous deal. That means the patient is unable to take care of basic needs, such as the acquisition of food, clothing or shelter. Being G.D. is one of the criteria for involuntary commitment.

Several health care professionals tell us Britney has fallen into a "manic state" due to her bipolar disorder. We're also told, she arrived at the hospital this morning at around 2:15 AM but wasn't admitted until 4:15 AM, because she was causing such a scene in the hospital. - Read TMZ's blow by blow report of what went down Thurs morning.

Mayhem Fest Lineup

PR reports: SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED will lead the first ever MAYHEM FESTIVAL, a road show packed with some of hard music's most influential artists and a plethora of the genre's most exciting young voices.

Joining Slipknot and Disturbed on the main stage will be DRAGONFORCE and MASTODON. In addition, the tour will have two second stages: one featuring SEVENDUST, AIRBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, 36 CRAZY FISTS and the JÄGERMEISTER Battle of The Bands Winner. An additional second stage will feature MACHINE HEAD, BLACK TIDE, SUICIDE SILENCE, THE RED CHORD and WALLS OF JERICHO.

The tour is set to kick off July 9th at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle and will hit 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early July and late August - more on this story including initial list of cities

Death Cab For Spring

Gigwise reports: Those dance-loving indie-pop types Death Cab For Cutie have bestowed a name upon their seventh studio album and have even set a release date.

It's called 'Narrow Stairs' and it will be released through Atlantic Records in May. The record is the follow-up to 2005's critically acclaimed 'Plans.'

For those of you who are after an even bigger Death Cab fix, band guitarist and super producer Chris Walla is currently working on his solo album - more on this story

Eels To Do America

Filter reports: After giving their fans two amazing collections of hits and previously unreleased material, EELS are ready to take their show back on the road.

Their upcoming North American trek will kick off at the end of March and will wrap up mid-April.

Meet the EELS and Useless Trinkets are out now, courtesy of Dreamworks/Geffen. Stay tuned for the announcement of opening acts. But you can grab the dates - here

Pirate Bay Facing Criminal Charges

BBC reports: Four men who run one of the most popular file-sharing sites in the world have been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden.

The Pirate Bay's servers do not store copyrighted material but offer links to the download location of films, TV programmes, albums and software.

The website is said to have between 10 and 15 million users around the world and is supported by online advertising. - more on this story

Jake E. Lee and Steven Adler Appear on New Enuff Z'nuff CD

antiMusic reports: Enuff Z'nuff are close to finishing their 12th studio album, and The Beatles inspired hard rockers are getting a little help from their friends on the effort.

Chip Z'nuff tells antiMusic that the CD will feature rare appearances from former Ozzy Osbourne/Badlands guitarist Jake E. Lee and original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler. Both have already laid down their tracks for the CD.

The disc has been dubbed "Lost in Vegas" and the band hope to have the production wrapped up soon for a release later this year. Most of the tracks were recorded in Sin City with some additional tracking in Chicago. - more on this story

McGraw Loses Faith This Summer

Reuters reports: Tim McGraw will return to the road this summer as a solo headliner after two years co-headlining with his wife, Faith Hill.

The Live Your Voice outing begins May 9 in Tampa, Florida, and will feature support from Jason Aldean and Halfway to Hazard.

Before the tour, McGraw will play headlining dates at several festivals - more on this story

My Chemical Romance is Dead

Gigwise reports: My Chemical Romance are set to release a three-disc live album this spring titled 'The Black Parade Is Dead.'

According to MTV, the package will hit the shelves in the States on April 22, and that's about all the information we get.

There's no word yet on a European release date or whether it will be a CD/DVD combo package, but it expected to contain footage from their 2007 world tour. - more on this story

Beatles Going Across The Universe

Contact Music reports: The BEATLES' peace anthem ACROSS THE UNIVERSE has been selected as the first song to be beamed into deep space. The tune will celebrate it's 40th anniversary with a blast-off on Monday (04Feb08).

Experts at US space agency NASA will aim the sonic blast to go further than any orbiting spacecraft. It will reach Polaris (The North Star) in 431 years.

To commemorate the event, NASA bosses have declared 4 February (08) Across The Universe Day, and they are asking the world's Beatles fans to celebrate the historic moment by playing the song at the same time across the globe - more on this story

6th annual Snoop Bowl

PR reports: Music and TV superstar Snoop Dogg announced today that the 6th annual Snoop Bowl will be taking place on February 2, 2008. The annual game, hosted by Snoop Dogg himself, will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Matt Leinart Foundation. The game will be held at Hamilton High School in Chandler, AZ.

Snoop Bowl VI will feature the Snoop Dogg All-Stars, a youth football team from California coached by Snoop Dogg, against local Arizona youth football players. The game will be held the day before Super Bowl XXII, and is expected to draw many fans. Matt Leinart, Heisman Trophy Winner and Arizona Cardinals Quarterback, will be in attendance, representing his charitable foundation. The Hamilton High School band will be performing at halftime. - more on this story

U2 To Take Over 02?

Gigwise reports: U2 are reportedly set to sign up for a record run of gigs at the O2 Arena this autumn.

It's thought that the Irish rockers, who are currently promoting their film U23D, will outdo Prince's run of 21 gigs with an even longer residency at the most popular music venue on planet earth.

Rumours have been rife for months that the band will play the O2 Arena, but now their manager Paul McGuiness has added fuel to the speculation. - more on this story

ASHES dIVIDE YouTubed

PR reports: The first cluster of interviews between Matt Pinfield and ASHES dIVIDE leader Billy Howerdel are now available on the ASHES dIVIDE YouTube channel.

Howerdel goes into detail about his musical upbringing, recording with A Perfect Circle, the formation of his touring band, working with drummer extraordinaire Josh Freese and the inspiration behind the song "Enemies."

The guitarist/vocalist is best known as a co-founder of A Perfect Circle along with Maynard Keenan of Tool. ASHES dIVIDE will continue to add clips from the Pinfield interview in the coming weeks. Their debut album, Keep Telling Myself It's Alright, will now be released on April 8th through Island Records. - Video is here

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