Widespread Panic 3 Disc Live Release

As the second release this year on Widespread Records, Carbondale 2000 is preceded by Free Somehow, which was released in February 2008 and is Widespread Panic's 10th studio album and their first studio album with legendary guitarist Jimmy Herring. - more on this story

Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour Preview

antiMusic reports: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd are planning to hit the road together this August for a North American tour but New York fans will get a sneak peak of the tour when the pair play Madison Square Garden on May 15th. This will be the first time that Skynyrd has played the garden.

Here is most of the PR we were sent: Kid Rock's "Rock ˜N Roll Jesus" debuted at #1 and continues to dominate the charts as his new single "All Summer Long" is the leading contender for standout smash of the season. The companion video for the track is expected to premier in the coming weeks. Kid Rock, featuring his expanded 11-piece Twisted Brown Trucker Band, will perform the song on "The Late Show" with David Letterman on May 14th, the eve of the pair's show at New York's famed Madison Square Garden.

May 15th will mark an historic first in the legendary career of Rock ˜N Roll Hall of Fame members Lynyrd Skynyrd - their first appearance at Madison Square Garden. Lynyrd Skynyrd has been together since the seventies and has played shows around the world. With their induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006 the band has proved that after all those years they are stilling going strong. Now after all this time people will get a chance to sing along to their classics at the "World's Most Famous Arena." - more on this story

Cannibal Corpse DVD Box

PR reports: Legendary death metal band Cannibal Corpse has been busy working on the follow-up to 2006's victorious release Kill. The new album isn't expected until the fall or winter, so until then fans will be able to get their Cannibal fix with the bands first-ever career retrospective 3-disc DVD, Centuries of Torment The First 20 Years, due out July 2008 via Metal Blade Records.

Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years contains live and rare footage, interviews with members past and present, and loads of bonus material. Documentary and bonus footage directed and produced by Denise Korycki - tracklisting

Paper Rival Set Release

PR reports: Photo Finish Records has announced "Dialog," the eagerly anticipated first album from Paper Rival. The new rock outfit's full-length debut – which includes the single, "Cassandra" – will be available in stores and via all online retailers on June 3rd.

Formed in late 2005, The Nashville-based quartet Paper Rival has slowly gained recognition across the country while touring with such like-minded artists as Manchester Orchestra and Circa Survive. July 2007 saw the release of the band's self-titled debut EP, which including a bracing cover of Bruce Cockburn's "Pacing the Cage." In December, Paper Rival began unveiling new songs from "Dialog" with a special acoustic in-studio performance at Q101, Chicago's #1 alternative rock station.

Paper Rival has already drawn national attention for its evocative and expansive take on classic rock, with Alternative Press declaring it to be one of the "100 Bands You Need To Know" in its recent annual round-up. In December 2007, Paper Rival was named Spin.com's "Artist of the Day," which praised the band for its "cascading, dreamy guitar pop," and "lush tunes that don't fall into the usual trappings of overacted melodrama." - Grab a preview and tour dates

Wind-up Goes Country

PR reports: Wind-up Records has entered into an innovative, strategic partnership with Porter-Gentry Productions, a Nashville based artist development company, to introduce Wind-up's flagship country recording artist, Eric Durrance.

Under the unique business alliance between Wind-up and Porter-Gentry, Bernard Porter and Teddy Gentry will work towards developing and executing the marketing and promotions campaign to introduce Durrance and his new single and album entitled "Angels Fly Away," to the country music industry and radio.

Wind-up Records is set to release Durrance's country single entitled "Angels Fly Away." (June 9, 2008) Written by Craig Wiseman (Billboard's "Songwriter of the Year"—2006) and Dallas Davidson ("Honky Tonk Badonkadonk") of Big Loud Shirt, Nashville's premier independent publisher, "Angels Fly Away" is a tune Eric says he wished he had written. Eric had just endured the untimely death of his long-time manager and close personal friend, Dan Godwin, and just weeks later; the song was pitched to him. - more on this story

Double Dragon Reissues

PR reports: Metal Mind Productions presents two remastered albums by the pioneers of death metal in Poland: Dragon. Two albums, "Fallen Angel" from 1990 and "Scream Of Death" from 1991, originally released by the UK label Music For Nations, will be available again in a digipak edition, limited to numerated 2000 copies, digitally remastered using 24-bit process will be released on 19th May in Europe and 8th July in USA (via MVD)..

Both titles feature bonus masterial. "Fallen Angel" includes 5 bonus tracks taken from the Polish language version of the album while "Scream of Death" includes 5 bonus tracks recorded live at the Jarocin Festival '92. This classic material will be released on 19th May in Europe and 8th July in USA (via MVD). - more on this story

Korny Book Plans

Rockdirt reports: Korn bassist Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu spoke with Australia's Beat magazine about the band's plans to work on solo projects after wrapping up their world tour and before beginning work on their ninth album.

"I'm working on a project right now called StillWell, and I'm playing bass and guitar and producing, that will be coming out in less than a year," Fieldly tells Rod Yates. "I'm also putting out a bass solo album, it's like a jazz-fusion type of album."

Also on the recovering alcoholic's plate is a new book. "It's like an inspirational autobiography," he said. "It's going to have pictures from my childhood through my teens until now, and people's jaws are going to be on the ground when they read some of the stories, people are not going to believe I'm still alive. I've led the craziest life ever." - More Rockdirt

Gang of Four Now Duo of Two

Pampelmoose reports: The original and best-loved line-up of famed post-punk icons Gang of Four reunited in 2005 to great acclaim and success - unfortunately all good things must come to an end. Bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham are moving on, although singer Jon King and guitar-player Andy Gill will continue, focusing on writing and recording new music as Gang of Four.

Allen says, "At the beginning of April, I decided that I could no longer continue to be a member of Gang of Four. My ability to give 100% to the band is limited and I feel that if I can't do so, then I shouldn't continue. As I expand my research and thinking about contemporary music distribution on Pampelmoose.com, and as I focus on online technology and social networking at Nemo Design here in Portland, I find myself conflicted about how the band's new music should be released. To retain any credibility for Pampelmoose.com about what the future of music distribution will look like, I have to move on and not hold back Jon and Andy's music plans.

"I have had a side project for a while now with John Askew of Tracker and Menomena's drummer Danny Seim called Faux Hoax (pronounced Folks), and I look forward to fun times finding ways to get our music into peoples' hands in unique ways." - more on this story

Top 5 Leppard, Hippiefest, Jesse Michaels Solo Tour, Jam Cruise 7, Carol King, Olehole,

antiMusic reports: The quickie stories are rolling in, so here are some more quicks! Def Leppard's new album, "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge", sold 55,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart. Earning Def Leppard their highest-charting debut since their 1992 album Adrenalize. more

Jack Bruce of Cream, Eric Burdon and the Animals, and the Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie will lead the lineup of the third installment of Hippiefest. The traveling festival kicks off July 11 at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix and wraps August 10 at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre in Pompano Beach, Fla. more

Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Common Rider) has announced him plans to do a solo tour in support of a dozen and a half songs that he is currently in the process of writing. Although no dates have been finalized yet, they will be starting in the month of August kicking off in Los Angeles. more

Carole King's most highly acclaimed release, Tapestry, was re-released on April 15th as the Tapestry: Legacy Edition. Some of the most recognizable songs of our time is on the record including, "You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)", "I Fee The Earth Move" and "You've Got A Friend". The deluxe release also includes a previously unreleased live album. This video is from that live performance, of King singing "You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)".

Olehole (ex-members of The Ghost, Burial Year, Takaru, Quest For Quintanaroo) has posted two tracks off of their upcoming full length release. The album, entitled 'Holemole', will be released this summer on LP/CD format via Underground Communique in the U.S. and in the fall via Go Kart in Europe and Japan. The band is planning a partial U.S. tour for the fall (which will include a performance at The Fest in Gainesville) and a full European tour shortly thereafter. Find the songs here

On January 4, 2009, Jam Cruise 7 will depart from Fort Lauderdale for five days and head to Belize City, Belize and Costa Maya, Mexico on the elegant MSC Orchestra . Performing artists include Les Claypool, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Michael Franti featuring Jay Bowman, Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe, Galactic Cruise Crewe (featuring Big Sam, Walter "Wolfman" Washington & Trombone Shorty), Leftover Salmon, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Martin Sexton, the New Deal, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Garage A Trois, Lettuce, Porter, Batiste & Stoltz, New Mastersounds, Emmitt-Nershi Band, Bonerama, The Lee Boys, The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, Brock Butler,and DJ Rekha, with others still to be announced. Following the strongest pre-booking in Jam Cruise history, all remaining cabins became available for sale to the public on June 4 on - www.jamcruise.com

Beatles Reunion?

antiMusic reports: Could Fab Four fans get what they have always dreamed of with the surviving members of the Beatles reuniting on stage? Of course, if they do, it would be the Fab Two. Macca Central has the buzz on this rumored reunion: Beatles fans have been sent into a frenzy over rumours Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are set to reunite on stage in an historic performance.

To celebrate the city being named 2008's Capital of Culture, the Fab Four's hometown of Liverpool, England is hosting the Sound City music festival, where McCartney is set to take to the stage.

And after Liverpool City Council granted McCartney's production company $3.4m (€2.1m) to stage the event, fans are now speculating the singer is secretly planning a special gig - with his former bandmate Starr. - more on this story

Sebastian Bach Discusses Joining Velvet Revolver

Blabbermouth reports: Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach was interviewed yesterday (Tuesday, May 6) on "The Buckethead Show" on Tampa's 98 Rock radio station. During the interview, Bach was asked if there is any truth to the rumors that he is being considered for the lead-singer position in Velvet Revolver following that group's recent split with Scott Weiland.

"I've talked to Slash [Velvet Revolver/ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist] recently," Sebastian revealed. "I think it'd be really awkward for me to join that band. Number one, my new record, 'Angel Down', I like it more than Velvet Revolver records. That's just being totally honest. I love Guns N' Roses material, but I've got my own old songs — Skid Row — so for me, it would all depend on music.

"I wouldn't just join the band just to join the band. If we came up with some incredible new songs, then maybe I'd think about it, but honestly, I'm very close friends with Axl [Rose, Guns N' Roses singer], and he sings three songs on my new record. I think Dr. Pepper owes me a case of free soda. [Laughs] [Referring to the Dr. Pepper soft drink company's announcement that it will offer a free can of its signature soda to 'everyone in America' if GN'R releases its long-delayed new album, 'Chinese Democracy', in 2008 — Ed.] Axl's been so nice to me — he's helped me out my whole career. - More on the story plus a link to audio of the full interview

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