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Deftones Member Still In A Coma?

Blabbermouth reports: Deftones singer Chino Moreno has issued an update on the band's bassist, Chi Cheng, who was seriously injured in a car accident in Santa Clara, California, on Monday (November 3).

According to HardDrive Radio, Cheng and his sister were apparently on their way back from a memorial service for their older brother when the accident occurred. Cheng's sister was driving their vehicle, but it remains unknown at this time what caused the crash. Cheng was reportedly in a coma in an Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital, with his condition listed as "serious but stable."

Moreno posted a message at the band's studio blog in which he wrote, "I am back from up north visiting our brother Cheng. His condition remains the same — serious but stable. - more on this story

AC/DC Out Sell The Beatles

Sony reports: 2008 is shaping up to be a year of firsts for AC/DC. With over 5.3 million copies of Black Ice shipped worldwide, combined with over 5.1 million in catalog sold this year, AC/DC have surpassed The Beatles as the no. 1 selling catalog artist in the US for 2008.

Additionally AC/DC are the first band to release an entire album for video game play with the release this week of The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack. Also sold exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club in the US, AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack, gives music fans a whole new way to experience rock's hardest hitting act with access to 18 live recordings from AC/DC's epic, live performance at Castle Donington. Columbia Records have partnered with Walmart and MTV to create "AC/DC Rock Band Stores" in New York's Times Square and in Los Angeles to give fans in the these cities fast access to all AC/DC music and merchandise.

AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack is available starting this Sunday, November 2, 2008, nationwide at all Walmart and Sam's Club locations for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation2 computer and entertainment system. AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack will start shipping in the U.S. on the Wii home video game console from Nintendo the week of November 16, 2008. - more on this story

T.I. Vs T.I., Weiland Deluxe, Warrant for Mos Def, Rock Band Expands, Serj Down Under, Rolling Scorsese?, Clinton Gone Country and more

antiMusic reports: Here at today's quick stories: Rapper T.I. again succeeded himself at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, as "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna moved up one notch to trade places with "Whatever You Like." A month ago, "Life" replaced "Like," making T.I. the ninth artist in the rock era to do this. more

Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland will issue a deluxe edition of his second solo album, "Happy In Galoshes", through Best Buy. The two-disc set will feature 19 songs and a total of 88 minutes of music, along with a 16-page color booklet, a redemption card for a free Scott Weiland T-shirt, and an immediate download of the first single, "Missing Cleveland". more

Authorities say rapper Mos Def is being sought on an arrest warrant in Las Vegas after allegedly scuffling with a photographer at a fashion trade show in August. more

Harmonix is releasing an expansion pack of new songs for the original game and the recently launched "Rock Band 2" in time for the holiday sales cycle. It includes 20 master track recordings from such acts as Blondie, Motley Crue, and Smashing Pumpkins more

Former System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has been confirmed for Australia's Big Day Out festival which is set to begin January of next year.more

The Answer, who are currently on tour with AC/DC, have announced an in-store appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square on Tuesday 11/11. Lucky 11/11 also happens to be the day their EP "Never Too Late" hits stores!! more on the band

Chat with People In Planes on MySpace this Friday, November 7th at 11:00 AM EST. Simply stop by People In Planes' MySpace page and join the band for a live video chat session. more

Pagan art for Christmas? Thanks Bill Gates! Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s end-to-end music and entertainment service, today added 46 new designs from leading artists to its customization Web site, http://www.ZuneOriginals.net, for the holiday season. For those looking to customize a Zune player for themselves or as a personalized gift this holiday season, the new Zune Originals designs include a Zodiac Series featuring exclusive artwork of Eastern and Western astrology from Catalina Estrada and Iosefatu Sua.

The latest video from Val Emmich for "Get on With It" shows off Val's supreme sense of humor and ability to laugh at himself as he battles and obstacle course of Ninja's, a slip n' slide, being mauled by dodge balls, running through tires as he tries to "Get on With It."

Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger are teaming up to produce a biopic. There's no word on whether the movie will focus on a music figure, but Jagger is said to be shopping for biographies to buy into right now. more

A police officer called by prosecutors to corroborate testimony of Phil Spector's ex-girlfriend Thursday wound up contradicting her account, saying he saw no injuries on her and never heard her say she was pistol-whipped by the music producer.more

CMT is bringing its singing competition series "Gone Country" back for a third season. Celebrities competing for country music stardom this time around include musicians George Clinton and Sheila E., former Miss USA Tara Conner, singer Taylor Dayne, Monkees lead vocalist/drummer Micky Dolenz, actor Richard Grieco and "American Idol" first-season runner-up Justin Guarini. more

Between tours in Australia and Europe, Bloc Party will be playing a handful of West Coast dates, starting Dec. 10th in Los Angeles.more

Swedish metallers Cult Of Luna has announced that they will be heading Down Under for a tour in February.more

Candlemass are the latest act to be confirmed for the 2009 edition of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival. The festival will be held from August 14th-16th next year at Catton Hall in Derbyshiremore

Taproot has announced several tour dates beginning at the end of the month.more

The Misfits have relaunched their beloved "Fiend Club" fan club. Originally founded in 1979 in the band's earlier period, the club was run by Glenn Danzig who ran the club and silk-screened t-shirts, assembled records, mailed out merchandise catalogs, booked gigs, and responded to fan mail.more

Apple's iPhone already had software to turn it into a synth, sequencer and drum machine – now Sonoma Wire Works has released a four-track audio recording application. Known, appropriately enough, as FourTrack, this lets you record tracks of unlimited length (the amount of memory you have left is the only restriction) and at 16-bit/44.1kHz quality. - more

George Michael Plans $2 Million Gold And Diamond Statue Of Himself?

Music Radar reports: George Michael is a man of wealth and taste. But a modest man? 'Fraid not. In fact, the singer is going to pay a reported $2 million for a 24 carat gold and diamond replica of his face. Oh yeah...that's normal.

Apparently, Michael thinks so, having seen other such sculptures on the British TV show The Dragons' Stories. A source revealed: "George is very keen on getting a gold and diamond-encrusted statue of himself. He loves the idea of something so permanent."

Laban Roomes, who creates the pieces, said, "These statues sparkle like you wouldn't believe. They are the perfect Christmas present." (Is everybody writing that down? Yes? Good.)
- more on this story

Michael Jackson Broadway Thriller

NME reports: Michael Jackson's legendary video 'Thriller' is reportedly to be made into a musical for Broadway.

The 14-minute video clip for the track, taken from the album of the same name, was directed by John Landis and made waves upon its release in 1983 due its length and cost, which at the time was $500,000.

The story centres on Jackson and his date, who are attacked by a mass of zombies after a night at the movies. - more on this story

Swift Country Leppard Show Airs Tonight

AP reports: A year ago, when the guys in Def Leppard heard that Taylor Swift wanted to do an episode of the Country Music Television show "Crossroads" with them, they had just one question: Who's Taylor Swift?

"There's always a first time when you discover a band, whether it's the Beatles or Taylor Swift," Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott said.

"So we Googled her and iTuned her and listened to it all and said 'Wow.'," he added glancing over at the 18-year-old Swift at a recent press conference.

The show, a popular series on CMT that pairs country artists with pop and rock acts, will air 9 p.m. EST Friday. - more on this story

Maneater Battle

AP reports: Daryl Hall and John Oates have filed a lawsuit saying their music publisher failed to protect their rights to their 1982 hit "Maneater."

The pop duo's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says they learned in April 2007 that an unidentified singer-songwriter had used "Maneater" in a 2006 recording.

The singers' court papers claim Warner/Chappell Music Inc. breached its publishing contract with them by refusing "in bad faith" to sue for copyright infringement. - more on this story

What? A Credible Artist Wins MTV Award

Reuters reports: Former Beatle Paul McCartney stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, accepting a one-off prize from the pop channel in his home city of Liverpool to deafening applause.

The 66-year-old was named Ultimate Legend at the 15th edition of the annual awards ceremony, one of pop music's biggest nights outside the United States.

"This is the man who invented my job," said U2 lead singer Bono, introducing McCartney. "On the way here Paul McCartney, who was driving the car, was pointing out every place in Liverpool. It was like being in the Pope-mobile with the Pope driving. In the universe of rock and roll bands, the Beatles were the big bang." - more on this story

Borat's Brother Releasing Hanakkah CD

PR reports: Erran Baron Cohen (brother of Sacha Baron Cohen and composer of the original music for Borat and Da Ali G Show) is releasing a Hanukkah CD on November 18 called Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah (New Line Records.) On the record, Baron Cohen updates, remixes and expands the music associated with Hanukkah.

Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah is a collection of songs that brings the ancient music of Hanukkah into the 21st Century. The songs combine klezmer, reggae, electronica, hip hop, tango, pop and other genres, all fluently woven into something uniquely Baron Cohen's. The album contains five reinterpretations of classic favorites as well as five original tunes created exclusively for this project, all sung in English, Hebrew or Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish).

The songs are performed by some world-class Jewish singers, including Israeli superstar Idan Raichel, world-music diva Yasmin Levy and New York City-based rapper Y-Love (who actually rhymes in Yiddish). The result is a record that is both meaningful and fun. - songsinthekeyofhanukkah.com

Pop Tart Circus Songs

PR reports: Britney Spears will be celebrating her twenty seventh birthday this year with the release of her sixth studio album, Circus.

The album set for a December 2nd release features the # 1 hit "Womanizer" as well as collaborations with Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Danja, Guy Sigsworth (Madonna, Alanis Morissette) and more.

Circus Track Listing: 1. Womanizer 2. Circus 3. Out From Under 4. Kill The Lights 5. Shattered Glass 6. If U Seek Amy 7. Unusual You 8. Blur 9. Mmm Papi 10. Mannequin 11. Lace and Leather 12. My Baby 13. Radar (Bonus Track) - Watch the Womanizer video here - you can turn the sounds off

Jamie Foxx Goes Soph

PR reports: Jamie Foxx will release his J Records sophomore album Intuition on December 16. The first single, "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., will impact multiple radio formats on November 10 and will be available via all digital music providers on November 11.

"Just Like Me" was co-written and co-produced by The Dream and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, the same duo responsible for such hit songs as Rihanna's "Umbrella," Mary J. Blige's "Just Fine," and Beyonce's latest hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)."

The follow-up to his RIAA-certified double platinum release Unpredictable, Intuition is slated to feature additional production by Timbaland, Ne-Yo, Sean Garrett, Salaam Remy, Carlos McKinney and more. - more on this story

Rare Letters To Cleo

PR reports: Letters To Cleo will release a compilation of rarities, demos and unreleased tracks in conjunction with their reunion tour this fall.

The twelve-song set, titled When Did We Do That?, will feature the band's covers of The Cars' "Dangerous Type" (from The Craft movie soundtrack), Nick Lowe's "Cruel To Be Kind" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me" (both from the 10 Things I Hate About You movie soundtrack), as well as original demos of their songs "I'm A Fool" and "Disappear," and several songs recorded shortly before their 2000 breakup and never released.

When Did We Do That? will be released on the band's own Dot Rat Records - more on this story

Singled Out: InnerPartySystem

antiMusic reports: Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Jared from InnerPartySystem tells us about "Don't Stop" from their brand new album. We now turn it over to Jared for the story:

"Don't Stop" is an important song to us. It was the first song we wrote together as a full band. It's also our favorite song to play live as well. The song stemmed from our mutual concern with how the rest of the world sometimes perceives pop culture. Some people look at mainstream entertainment as a source to worship, watching every move stars make, buying tabloids to dig further into their personal lives, etc.

In reality most of what we hear or see about celebrities is entirely fake, all fabricated to keep us, the general public, completely involved and interested in what's going on. From fake "beef" between hip hop artists' to promote album sales, to your favorite actress once again found cheating on her 3rd husband, most of it is made up or exaggerated. It is after all, entertainment. And we can't seem to get enough of it.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

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