U2 Accused of CD Art Theft

Both covers are based on a photograph by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. [One NME reader brings up an interesting accusation about how U2 sued a band in the past. Read more of this story and that comment - here]

Weiland's Stone Temple Rags

Blabbermouth reports: Scott Weiland, legendary[???] lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Christopher Wicks, designer and owner Rock & Roll Religion, have announced the launch of their much anticipated [????] contemporary men's collection: Weiland for English Laundry. This inaugural collection will debut at Magic Las Vegas on February 17, 2009.

Christopher Wicks, designer and owner of English Laundry, Fender: The Clothing Collection, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, has teamed with Scott Weiland to create a collection that embodies the iconic style [??] of the fashionable [???] STP front man.

"From early on, I was inspired by rock icons like David Bowie and Keith Richards who helped in molding my personal sense of style," said Weiland. "I am really looking forward to launching this line with Christopher Wicks and English Laundry." - [as one Blabbermouth reader put it 'THATS SO COOL!! GO SCOTT WEILEND!! YOU GO GIRL!!' - read more]

Flea Joins The Reunited Faces

MusicRadar reports: Back in their day - the early '70s, to be exact - The Faces were a sticky, sweaty blues-rock band. 'Funky' they were not. But that's likely to change, with Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea now set to record and tour with the reunited group.

When it was announced last November that Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood were reforming the much-loved outfit - count Oasis and The Black Crowes as huge fans - speculation ran wild as to who would step in to fill the slot left by original Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, who died in 1997.

Rumors began to surface late last year that Flea had rehearsed with the band, and yesterday Ronnie Wood confirmed that the LA-based funkmeister was a lock. - more on this story

Britney Boycott

Reuters reports: The Parents Television Council is warning parents about the Britney Spears song "If U Seek Amy" and urging radio stations not to broadcast it because the nonprofit organization believes it "would violate the broadcast indecency law" if aired between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Not to nitpick but can any of Britney's "music" be considered decent?)

Saying the title phrase quickly out loud produces a sound akin to spelling out the F-word, said PTC president Tim Winter. "There is no misinterpreting the lyrics to this song, and it's certainly not about a girl named Amy," he said of the track, the third single from Spears' new Jive album, "Circus."

"It's one thing for a song with these lyrics to be included on a CD so that fans who wish to hear it can do so, but it's an entirely different matter when this song is played over the publicly-owned airwaves, especially at a time when children are likely to be in the listening audience," Winter says. - more on this story

Miley Cyrus Metal Head?

Blabbermouth reports: 16-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus has posted a new video for all her fans in which she claims that she is not "a poser" because she was recently photographed wearing an Iron Maiden shirt.

She says in the clip, which can be seen at the full story link, "I'm sure you all have seen me rocking an Iron Maiden shirt lately and I know there's been some people saying, 'Oh, she's a poser,' and 'The only reason she's wearing Iron Maiden is because she wants to be a rock star.' . . .

"So, Iron Maiden — 'Run To The Hills', 'Fear of the Dark', 'Running Free', [all] good song(s), check it out. So thank you, guys. I actually do like Iron Maiden."
- Think of all the tweens who will soon be sporting Eddie T-shirts and rocking out to real music! Watch the video here

Singer Discusses Led Zeppelin Audition

Launch reports: Singer Myles Kennedy, who recently auditioned to be Robert Plant's replacement in Led Zeppelin, has said he is "grateful" for the chance to impress--despite not getting the gig in the end.

Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham had auditioned singers for a potential tour after Plant said he wouldn't be involved with the permanent reunion.

However, Page's manager Peter Mensch said a suitable singer was not found and the band would not continue in any form. - more on this story

Simpsons Fall Out Boy- Springsteen Stadium Tour- Yeah Yeah Yeahs Blitz- Tween Twang Pop Still Tops- AgeKon- DMB Get Festive and more

antiMusic reports: Fall Out Boy will be all over television in the near future, as the band has recorded a version of The Simpsons theme song that will rock this Sunday's episode on Fox. Also, the band will perform Wednesday on Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Thursday on Live With Regis and Kelly. Ah but they will appear in a hit prime time show too more

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a first set of tour dates in support of their new album, "Working on a Dream." The rock outfit will play stadiums in Europe during May, June and July. more

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have named their new album, which the band say is due out in the spring. A cartoon post on the band's MySpace reveals that the follow up to 2006's Show Your Bones will be called It's Blitz. more

The wait continues for Neil Young fans. Young's oft-delayed "The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972" box set has been pushed back again until later this year with no firm date for its release more

Taylor Swift's "Fearlessbegins a seventh week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since Usher's "Confessions" spent nine at the top in 2004. "Fearless" sold 63,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. more

Sounds like a PR con: Even though Akon has a birth certificate, he says his age is still a mystery — and he'd rather keep it that way. more

Former "American Idol" champ Taylor Hicks returns March 10 with a new album, "The Distance," the follow-up to his lone major-label release. more

Dave Matthews Band, Wilco and Widespread Panic will headline the seventh 10,000 Lakes Festival, to be held July 22-25 at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minn more

Woe Of Tyrants has issued the following update about their new guitar player: Everybody welcome John Hehman to the lineup! Past bands include: "Year of Desolation"(Prosthetic Records) & "Perfect Nothing"(Mallcore Records). more

Dokken ('member them?)have announced US west coast tour dates in support of their latest release, Lightning Strikes Again. more

Peter Gander (drums), Mitch Koontz (bass) and Steve Papacharitos (lead guitar) have announced their departure from Swiss rockers Godiva due to "musical" and "personal" differences, as well as undisclosed management issues.more

Counting Crows have added more dates to their forthcoming UK and Ireland tour - plus they've announced The Hold Steady will be supporting.more

Brutal Truth recently completed work on their brand-new album, and first full-length in 10 years. The album, titled Evolution Through Revolution, is currently scheduled for an April 14th North American release datemore

Apple Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street's estimates, and gave an outlook that cheered investors, who sent its shares up 10 percent. Good Jobs… ok that was a really bad pun. more

Grand Ole Opry star "Little" Jimmy Dickens has been moved from a Nashville-area hospital to a rehabilitation center to recuperate from brain surgery. more

Veteran manager Angela Becker of Becker Brown has been confirmed as the Pet Shop Boys' new manager, effective immediately.more
A FREE wiki site for musicians. We see a lot of sites and services that claim to help musicians but usually they just help the would be rockers empty their wallets. But we came across an interesting new site that's totally free and better allows musicians to share information with one another. Here is a little blurb that site put out: Musowiki.net is a FREE global directory of music-industry services. It helps Musos who want to grow their music to connect with people offering help. Whether you need to write better songs, learn to play or to book your next tour of Europe, Musowiki contains services that bring your goals within reach. People offering services that help Musos can List Themselves Free (instructions are here:). Just copy, paste and fill in the blanks. - This one looks promising and we thought we should mention it. - Main site link here

No Doubt Add Paramore To Upcoming Tour

Billboard reports: No Doubt has enlisted Paramore as the opening act on its first tour in five years, which will begin in May.

The Sounds, Janelle Monae and Bedouin Soundclash will rotate as the third band on the bill.

Dates have yet to be announced for the Live Nation-promoted tour, which will play outdoor amphitheatres and arenas in North America. - more on this story

Guns N' Metallica Video: Lars Embraces Axl

MusicRadar reports: On 30 December, an associate of an associate of Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose, Fernando Lebeis, said that the video for the song "Better," was ready to go but was being held up because Metallica's Lars Ulrich, who appears briefly in the clip, needed to sign a release. OK, so it's almost a month later - where's the video?

"I have heard about this, yes," Ulrich told Rolling Stone. "There was a couple of clips of me in the video and they asked if I would sign off on it. When it got to me, I signed off on the one clip. I don't know where [the rumor] came from. I'd love to be in a Guns N' Roses video. It's my favorite song on the record - I think it's a great song.

"I can't wait for the video to come out," added Ulrich. "There's a shot of me and Axl embracing backstage at some concert, and I signed off that, and hopefully it'll make it in the final cut." - more on this story

Alanis Morissette Goes South

PR reports: Alanis Morissette is kicking off 2009 with the announcement of a headlining tour of both Latin and South America in support of her celebrated new album Flavors Of Entanglement.

The highly anticipated 15-city tour commenced yesterday at Studio 5 in Manaus, Brazil [nothing like waiting until the last minute to make an announcement!] and will include dates in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. The outing marks Morissette's first tour dates in these regions since 2003.

Alanis Morissette released Flavors Of Entanglement in June 2008 and has been playing to ecstatic packed-house crowds all across North America and Europe ever since. The release, which debuted in the US in the top ten on Billboard's Top 200 album chart, was co-written and produced by Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Imogen Heap) and is Morissette's first studio album of original material in four years. - more on this story

Metal Brits

Sleazeroxx reports: The resurgence of heavy metal music was underlined yesterday when AC/DC and Iron Maiden received three nominations between them in the shortlists for the 2009 Brit Awards. [Hello? metal never went anywhere, it just hasn't been on MTV.]

The two bands, which were at the peak of their fame 25 years ago, were nominated alongside contemporary acts such as the Killers, the Verve and Kings of Leon.

Iron Maiden, whose first British No 1 album, The Number of the Beast, topped the charts in 1982, feature in the British Live Act category. AC/DC are nominated in the International Group and International Album categories, winning recognition for their latest album, Black Ice, which topped the charts in October. - more on this story

Hoobastank Release Interactive New Video

PR reports: More than two decades after the music video explosion of the early 1980s, Hoobastank are taking the medium to the next level with their groundbreaking "My Turn" video.
Helmed by Grammy nominated director P.R. Brown and programmed by Daniel Kim from Deep Fried Productions—, the innovative "My Turn" music video is interactive, allowing viewers to control the on-screen action.

Designed to be viewed online the eye-popping video has the look and feel of a video game, complete with different characters and varying scenarios. Wearing different costumes and swapping instruments, each member of Hoobastank (lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin and drummer Chris Hesse) performed and was shot individually against a green screen. Together with a gaggle of guests (bikini models, senior citizens, Robb's mother and father-in-law, among others), the band created a video that's truly unique—one that offers fans a new experience with each viewing.

"You have the option to create any version of it that you want," says Robb. "You can have Chris sing while I play guitar in drag with an old lady on drums. And you can keep switching it up as the video goes along. Create an all Dan band. An all dog band. Whatever you want. The options are endless. It's very cool and I think that the fans are gonna have fun with it." - more on this story

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