Light This City Week: Final Day

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Roots Bus Crash

NME reports: The Roots were involved in a serious tour bus crash en route to Paris Wednesday night (November 19).

The Philadelphia band, who were heading to the French capitol to perform at a gig with Kanye West tonight, reportedly came out of the accident with nothing more than minor injuries.

Blogging from the ambulance on the way to the hospital, Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson described what happened. Read that - here

Metal Guitarist Killed In Crash

Metal Underground reports: Mortal Sin has posted the following message online: "Our long time friend Greg Morelli, guitarist of Nazxul was tragically killed in the early hours of Thursday morning November 20th in a motorcycle accident.

"As many locals would know a huge storm hit Sydney last night and Greg was riding his motorbike home and hit a greasy wet patch on Parramatta road North Strathfield. Greg's death will be a huge loss to the Australian metal scene and of course the international black metal scene.

"The new Nazxul album had just been completed and Greg was really looking forward to getting back out on the road and we had also talked about the possibility of heading over to Europe for some shows next year. Greg explained to me that the new album was sounding like they finally wanted to sound like, and was really proud of what he had achieved." - more on this story

Bon Jovi and Roger Waters For Live Earth Concert

BBC reports: Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters are among the stars set to headline a Live Earth concert in India next month.

The concert takes place on 7 December in Mumbai - the sole venue for the event. Nine cities hosted the first Live Earth concerts in 2007.

Other stars attending include Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am.
- more on this story

New Coldplay CD Coming Early

PR reports: Capitol Records will release Coldplay's Viva La Vida - Prospekt's March edition a day early - on Monday, November 24th.

The two-disc deluxe package includes Viva La Vida, the band's fourth full-length album, plus a brand new EP entitled Prospekt's March.

The EP, which will also be for sale separately in CD, digital and 12" configurations, includes six recently-completed songs that the band had begun recording during the Viva La Vida sessions plus brand new versions of two album tracks - "Lost +" (with Jay-Z) and "Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun mix)." - more on this story

Guns N' Roses Release Means Free Dr Pepper For All

PR reports: Don't cry, Guns n' Roses fans. The agonizing wait for the 17 years-in-the-making masterpiece Chinese Democracy will finally be over (fingers crossed) on Nov. 23, 2008. Sure, there have been more rumored release dates than the 23 flavors of Dr Pepper, but if Chinese Democracy hits stores as announced, it's going to be so easy, easy for every American to get a free Dr Pepper as promised.

"We never thought this day would come," said Tony Jacobs, vice president of marketing for Dr Pepper. "But now that it's here all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us."

Dr Pepper is ready to give out free soda coupons to every American when the album releases on Nov. 23, 2008. If you're out to get a free Dr Pepper just follow these simple - steps

Taco Bell Claims 50 Cent's A Poser Gansta

NME reports: 50 Cent has been accused of embellishing his gangsta image by fast-food chain Taco Bell after filing a federal lawsuit in Manhattan.

The company responded in court documents to the suit filed by the star in June for trademark infringement. Taco Bell say that the rapper is trying to embellish "his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a bona fide, good faith offer".

They called him a "self-described former drug dealer and hustler" in notes to Manhattan Federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, reports the New York Daily News. - more on this story

New Order Fans Angry- Fall Out Boy Live CD Preview- Madonna Divorce Kickoff- Court OKs Music Theft- 2 Million Preview GNR CD- Radiohead 09 and more

antiMusic reports: Here is today's round-up of quick music news stories: Rhino Records reissued "collector's editions" of New Order's first five albums. But alert fans quickly complained of about 300 errors, mostly relating to poor sound quality on the bonus discs. The pops and crackles on many of the tracks suggest they were transferred directly from commercially available vinyl recordings rather than from the original master tapes. more

To celebrate the release of their new album Folie A Deux, Fall Out Boy will play the entire album at the Chicago Theatre in their hometown on December 2. more

A judge will likely grant Madonna and Guy Ritchie an initial divorce decree on Friday, according to the schedule for London's High Court.more

Guns N' Roses' new album, Chinese Democracy, is currently streaming at their official MySpace page - the album has seen nearly two million plays in less than 24 hours! Chinese Democracy will stream up until it's release. more

Radiohead have announced a handful of tour dates in 2009. The band are set to play shows in Latin America in March. more

Stop the presses! The most important news item of the day is here!!! Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up. If you give even half a damn, you can read all about it here.

Michael Jackson has agreed to appear in person at a London court to respond to a Bahraini sheik's $7 million lawsuit, the singer's lawyer said Thursday.more

Germany's highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright. Thursday's decision overturns a Hamburg state court ruling in Kraftwerk's favor that said reusing even the shortest bit of a song infringed on copyright. more

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Kenny Chesney and Miley Cyrus were among the big winners at the fifth annual Billboard Touring Awards, held last night (Nov. 20) at the Roosevelt Hotel ballroom in New York. more

Oh No Not Stereo are taking their live show to the United Kingdom this December, where they will open for Bayside and Hit The Lights during a week-long jaunt. The group has enlisted Airin Older of Sugarcult to play bass for the tour, and will perform as a four-piece with Jussi Karvinen on second guitar. more

Members of Bay Area thrash legends Testament plan to ring in the New Year with a special hometown show! The band will be performing at Fat City in San Francisco on December 31. The other bands will include Dublin Death Patrol, Dragonlord, and fellow local thrashers Laaz Rockit.

KISS and Queen? Simmons said KISS is currently working out future tour details. "We've been talking with [manager Doc McGhee] about Europe and then doing a year-long tour maybe this coming summer, but we'll see," Simmons said. "Kiss and Queen, that would be a smash. That would kill. So far (it's) 50/50." But it won't come cheap, Gene spoke against not overcharging fans for tix and our very own Tony K spoke out against Gene. Read "Dear Gene Simmons: Pull Your Head Out Of Your Ass" Didn't they retire almost a decade ago?

The Japanese edition of Peace, Love, And Total F*cking Destruction, the new album by Total F*cking Destruction, was released today by Ritual Records and contains 25 exclusive bonus tracks from a live concert in Paris. Go here for it

Zune today announced that their subscribers will also get to select 10 tracks per month to keep and add them to their permanent collection. Zune Pass subscription service gives consumers on-demand access to millions of tracks for $14.99 per month, the downloads are an added service. Try it out here.

Sabbath Basse Sabbath: Willie Basse has his first headlining performance on Friday December 5th, 2008 in Farmington, New Mexico at GATORS. This KRWN Radio sponsored event, where Willie's single, "(Love So) Far Away" is in heavy rotation) will be the debut live performance of Basse's touring line-up featuring former Black Sabbath members Geoff Nicholls (Keyboards) and Bobby Rondinelli (Drums), along with guitarist Mitch Perry (M.S.G.). The band will be touring throughout 2009 in support of Willie Basse's debut album "The Money Grind". more

Green Label Sound is launching a mini-college tour featuring Matt and Kim and the Cool Kids in early December. Tickets for the shows are only $5. You can download free Mp3s and check out videos and more from both artists at GreenLabelSound.com

The Bee Gees' 1969 double album "Odessa" has been expanded for a 40th anniversary reissue, due Jan. 13 via Reprise. The three-disc set includes stereo and mono mixes of the project plus 22 unreleased tracks from the period.more

Dance Club Massacre has announced the departure of bassist Christopher Mrozek.more

Music show Top of the Pops is to return to the BBC over the Christmas period - despite earlier promises it would not be brought back.more

Due to personal and personnel issues, Devastation has dropped off the rest of the Soulfly tour effective immediately. Until all the issues are resolved, any and all future Devastation shows are cancelled until further notice. more

Crash Music announces that they will reissue Biohazard's 2000 release Tales From The B-Side. The new version will feature new cover art, plus a never before seen bonus DVDmore

The Cro-Mags will be playing a few shows in the Northeast directly following Christmas. more

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has confirmed that the 2009 edition of the popular event will take place through April 17, 18 and 19.more

Good Charlotte's Joel Madden warns that his boyband's next album might sounds a bit like Blink-182. Is that supposed to be a change? Read his words here

After The Burial has added singer Anthony Notarmaso to their line-up. Notarmaso replaces Grant Luoma, with whom the group parted ways this summer. - more

Thrice, The Get Up Kids, Saves The Day and Bayside Frontmen Team Up For Tour

PR reports: Where's The Band? is a tour featuring solo acoustic performances by the frontmen of four successful groups.

Dustin Kensue (of Thrice), Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids), Chris Conley (of Saves The Day) and Anthony Raneri (of Bayside) will cross the country for a run of headline shows, sharing the van and, perhaps, sharing the stage with each other for a uniquely intimate evening. - more on this story

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Set Release for New CD

EMI reports: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have completed recording their sophomore album, Lonely Road, at the Valley Village, CA, studio of super-producer Howard Benson (Hoobastank, P.O.D., Less Than Jake, Daughtry, Seether, All-American Rejects), the follow-up to the Don't You Fake It.

The new album, Lonely Road, streets on Feb. 3, 2009, and is preceded digitally by the current hit track, "You Better Pray," as well as a fan's only studio demo for "Pen & Paper," available at the band's RedJumpSuitAlliance.com website, and now on MySpace. To mark the release, RJA will embark on a headlining, international tour, starting Dec. 6 at the 97X Next Big Thing 8 in Tampa, FL, then heading to a number of South East Asian countries in late February and March including Australian dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. - more on this story

Tom Morello TV

PR reports: This week on maniaTV's live performance show, Wrigley's Stage 5, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Tom Morello gives an exclusive live performance as his folk alter-ego, The Nighwatchman.

Morello, who is best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave performs three songs off his newest album, The Fabled City, including "Midnight in the City of Destruction", "The Fabled City", and "The King of Hell".

Morello has compared The Nightwatchman to Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. His newest album, The Fabled City, was released on September 30th , 2008 by Epic Records.

To watch the exclusive footage and more, go to - maniaTV.com

Snow Patrol Could Care Less About Success?

PR reports: In its first week of release, Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns landed in the top ten in the United States, number two in the United Kingdom, and continues to sit at number 1 in their beloved homeland Ireland.

Awed, singer Gary Lightbody offered his thanks: "We care little about chart positions, but I have to admit feeling very proud. It is a great privilege to do what we do and be rewarded for it by the love and success we've had around the world over the last few years. This album means everything to us and we are delighted you have taken to it."

Before being immersed in a sold out U.K. arena tour, the band will tour stateside with a special show at New York's Bowery Ballroom, radio shows in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and Denver, and wrap up with three FREE shows in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Diego. - more on this story

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