Midnight To Twelve Week: Day 5 "Good Morning Again"

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Metallica Pornographic Cover Art?, Replacements For Your Replacements, Enuff Z'nuff Feat. Jake E. Lee Preview, Hendrix for Gamers, Pantera Oven, Deep Purple Solo Tour Nixed and more

antiMusic reports: Death pornographic? It may or may not have been intentional, but Metallica revealed the artwork to their forthcoming album, Death Magnetic, and some may question if the image has a subliminal pornographic angle with an allusion to a part of the female anatomy. Either that or dirty minds read far too much into things. Check out the artwork for yourself right here. You can grab wallpapers, icons and avatars of the artwork while you are there.

Rhino will on Sept. 23 release expanded reissues of the Replacements' final four albums for Sire Records. Each album features a host of previously unreleased bonus tracks; the entire reissue catalog will also see digital release the same day. In related news, frontman Paul Westerberg is planning to release a host of new music for 49 cents via his Web site on Saturday (July 19). more

Jimi Hendrix is coming to "Guitar Hero." The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music and likeness for the latest "Guitar Hero" video game. more

We've seen some strange eBay auctions in our time but who wouldn't want to own a metal legend's oven? Tis true, you could very well be the proud owner of Vinnie Paul's oven. Details are all here

Wondering what Enuff Z'nuff with Jake E. Lee on lead guitar sounds like? Grab a listen to "High" here. The track comes from their forthcoming album which the band hopes to have by the end of the year.

Tune into your television next week as Mayday Parade takes over the MTV airwaves with their new music video for "Jamie All Over." Mayday Parade has been named Artist of the Week (beginning 7/21) by MTV and will be featured in their current programming on MTV2, MTVu, and MTV Hits.

Tweak Bird, will release their debut EP, Reservations, on September 9th on the Volcom Entertainment. Produced under the helm of the impressive production team, Deaf Nephews (Melvins' Dale Crover and Altamont/Big Business' Toshi Kasai), Tweak Bird's debut EP, Reservations, is a sweeping seven song introduction to a band exploring the depths of heavy experimental, progressive and psych-infused rock. http://www.tweakbird.com

Ageing rock stars and session musicians will keep receiving royalties for their old recordings for the rest of their lives under a European Union plan. Performers currently lose the rights to their recordings after 50 years. more

Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey's previously announced European tour in support of his recently released solo album, "A Light In The Sky", has been cancelled "due to Don's busy touring schedule with DEEP PURPLE," according to Airey's record label, Mascot Records. The trek will be rescheduled, says the label. more

A review that brings tears to your eyes? This is a first. We've published thousands of reviews over the past ten years but never have we received such a positive response from a single review. I'm talking about Tony K's recent write up on Keith Urban's live stop in Chicago. I'll admit that I'm no fan of country, but his review did make me want to at least see Urban live. But it appears that for Urban's diehard fans, Tony tapped into something that they feel deeply and very few "critics" have experienced. So if you normally skip over the reviews, you might want to read this one which we've heard from several people brought tears to their eyes. Maybe Tony is on to something here? Read it - here

Sugar Ray, No Doubt Member Added To Lit Benefit Show

antiMusic reports: In May we told you the sad news that Lit's drummer Allen Shellenberger had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. His bandmates and friends have put together a benefit concert for Allen at the House of Blues in Anaheim (Calif) on July 26th.

The band issued an update about additions to the lineup: Sugar Ray has been added to the bill at House Of Blues Anaheim, July 26th. The show is a benefit for our drummer Allen. Although we hope Allen will be up for playing a few songs, Adrian Young from No Doubt has generously offered to help out on drums for the night.

The bill now is: Lit, Sugar Ray, Handsome Devil/Wank, Burnin Groove, Mo Bigsley w/Adrian Young from No Doubt, Good Man Down. - More on Allen's illness

System of a Who? Scars on Broadway A Hit All On Their Own

HER reports: Quick update on Scars on Broadway, the post-System of a Down collaboration between guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan:

"They Say," the first track from the band's self-titled debut, is iTune's chosen Single of the Week for this week, inviting people to download the track for free. On the FIRST DAY ALONE, "They Say" was downloaded more than 100,000 times!

And bear in mind that "They Say" had previously been available on Scars' website and MySpace page and was played nearly 450,000 times! iTunes' "Song of the Week" features music by a new artist. - more on this story

November Reign For New GNR CD?

antiMusic reports: Today's Running Out of Patience Meter® reading: it has been 5,351 days since the last new Guns N' Roses album was released. Now today we have a new rumor about the alleged new GNR album "Chinese Democracy".

We've heard all the rumors before but this one involves the game Rock Band and says that Axl is planning to double the fans pleasure from the 'Use Your Illusion' double release. Of course, this was all supposedly "off the record".

Idolator had this report: Last night I got a tip about a video purporting to be footage of someone who works for Rock Band maker Harmonix talking about Chinese Democracy "off the record" at the E3 conference; during the chat, he made outsized claims like a) the album is not only coming out this year, it's going to be made up of not one, but four (?!) CDs; and b) September's Video Music Awards are going to go the big Axl appearance route again, what with MTV being part of the braintrust behind the game. - read more and watch the video

Phishy Orchestra

PR reports: On September 27, 2008, Orchestra Nashville and Trey Anastasio will give Time Turns Elastic its debut performance at the orchestra's 2008-2009 season opener at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium.

Co-composed by Anastasio and Orchestra Nashville Composer-in-Residence Don Hart (who also orchestrated the piece) and conducted by Music Director Paul Gambill, Time Turns Elastic is a groundbreaking work for vocals, electric guitar and orchestra.

Known for his role as Phish's lead guitarist/frontman and for his adventurous solo works, Anastasio first teamed with Hart and Orchestra Nashville (then known as the Nashville Chamber Orchestra) for his June 2004 performance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Conducting them through a special set of material from his album Seis De Mayo, they gave the crowd of 80,000 rock fans a riveting introduction to "new classical" music. - more on this story

U2 Hotel Legal Victory

Jam! reports: U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark - a decision that appeared to fly in the face of Ireland's conservative planning laws.

Ireland's planning board approved a $235-million plan produced by British architect Lord Norman Foster to gut and drastically expand the riverside hotel.

The new complex would more than triple the number of its rooms to 166 and would feature a massive, floodlit glass roof atrium - dubbed "the flying saucer." - [I'll take the repetitive guitar chord suite please! read more here]

Beck Debuts At No. 4

PR reports: Beck's Modern Guilt has entered the U.S. album chart at #4 with first week sales of nearly 85,000.

Produced by Beck and Danger Mouse, Modern Guilt is Beck's eighth studio album and has been generating some of the best critical notices of Beck's career to date. TIME called the record "a joySgiddy retro-futurism," USA Today lauded it as "retro-contemporary fusion for the ages," ROLLING STONE's 4-star lead review hailed it as "among Beck's strongest work... dazzling," and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's lead review calls it "a simmering cauldron of postmillennial tension."

The vinyl edition of Modern Guilt, in stores July 22, includes download codes for high-fidelity (320 kbps) MP3s produced from a playback of the vinyl master. In other words, the first MP3 starts with a needle drop, and the ten MP3s will sound like a vinyl playback. Leave it to Beck to invent the first mobile turntable. - more on this story

Bjork Screws It Up For Everyone

NME reports: China has announced that it will impose severe restrictions on foreign performers following Bjork's 'outburst' at her concert there earlier this year.

In a statement posted on its website today (July 17), the Chinese government said that it will ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty."

This comes after Bjork's recent performance in Beijing at which she made a vocal show of support for freedom in Tibet, a subject considered taboo in China. - more on this story

$10 Concert Tix Anyone?

idolator reports: The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that Live Nation is cutting prices for 40 shows in southern California to $10 during a 14-hour window Friday, although anyone who buys those $10 tickets will still be forced to pony up for the various surcharges and "convenience fees" that are always tacked on to ducats purchased online.

Trying to put a happy face on the whole thing Live Nation Southern California president Nick Masters told the U-T that the experiment "would be a fun thing to do for our fans"—you know, all the people who are really into everything the pink-and-white concert behemoth does—and not just a way to respond to a sagging economy and a growing wariness about throwing every frivolous expense on a credit card.

According to the Union-Tribune, tickets to these shows originally ranged between $59.75 and $178.75. The U-T-compiled full list of the 11 San Diego-area shows that are involved in this "fun" fire sale - here

Barenaked Coke Denial

Reuters reports: The lead singer of the popular Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies will fight a recent cocaine charge in the United States, the band said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday.

Steven Page was arrested last Friday in an apartment in Fayetteville, New York, and charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Court documents show Page allegedly told police "Yeah, it's cocaine," when asked about a white powdery substance in his possession. - more on this story

Taj Mahal 40th Anniversary Tour

PR reports: Composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time GRAMMY winner and one of the most influential American blues and roots artists of the past half-century, will embark on a nationwide tour in the final months of 2008 in support of Maestro (HUCD 3164), his September 30th release on Heads Up International.

Maestro, Taj's first U.S. recording in five years, marks the 40th anniversary of his rich and diverse recording career by mixing original material with chestnuts from vintage sources and newcomers alike. Guests on this anniversary gala include Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley and others – many of whom have been directly influenced by Taj's music and guidance. - more on this story

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