ILL EQUIPPED: AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIXES TWO GIGS!
Avenged Sevenfold was forced to cancel last night's planned concert in Quebec City and tonight's in Montreal due to "artist illness." As was previously reported, last Sunday's show in Baltimore was also cancelled. Last month, the band announced it was scrapping a series of UK dates because of singer Matt Shadow's throat problems. The two Canadian shows are expected to be rescheduled.
GOING NOWHERE: ARREST MADE IN OASIS ASSAULT!
An arrest has been made stemming from Sunday's onstage attack of Oasis guitarist/singer Noel Gallagher while he was performing as part of the Virgin Festival in Toronto. Local police have arrested Daniel Sullivan and charged him with assault. His unprovoked attack on Gallagher resulted in the rock star suffering ligament damage and a possible fractured rib and forced the group to cancel last night's planned show in London, Ontario, Canada.
NO BULL: SONIC YOUTH INKS MATADOR DEAL!
Sonic Youth will release its next studio album (due next year) through indie label Matador Records, frontman Thurston Moore tells Billboard magazine. "Matador is a super strong, high-profile label with an indie distribution system that is exactly what a band like us in this current climate needs more than anything," he said. The band's last album with Geffen Records was 2006's Rather Ripped.
SOUL OF A MAN: AMOS LEE BARES, SHARES HIS!
Singer/songwriter/soul man Amos Lee's voice harkens back to the unforgettable vocals of some of music's most important and potent names: Curtis Mayfield, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Green, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, and on and on and on. Throughout his brilliant set Monday at the Music Box in the heart of Hollywood, Lee, whose third album, Last Days at the Lodge is in stores now, displayed a range of emotion via his emotive tunes generally reserved for the top-shelf talent mentioned above. Relationship-driven songs such as "What's Been Going On" and socially conscious cuts like "Jails and Bombs" from Last Days build a bridge to Gaye's classic What's Going On album, while Lee's current classic, "Won't Let Me Go," deals with crossing that classic friends-to-lovers bridge. With apologies to Fenway Park's giant left field wall, the real green monster – jealousy – rears its ugly head a few times throughout Last Days at the Lodge, especially in "Truth" and "What's Been Going On." Catch Lee performing September 26 on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Lee's tour continues Friday in Reno, NV and Sunday in Tucson, AZ. Be sure to visit www.amoslee.com for a full list of tour dates and be sure to spend days, weeks, months and years with Last Days at the Lodge.
PUSH-PULL: STEREOPHONICS' 'UPLIFTING' SONG BLASTS!
Despite its grenade-influenced titled Pull the Pin album having just arrived in stores, Stereophonics frontman Kelley Jones says the band has already demoed "about six or eight songs" for its next album. "The songs are very, very kind of big melodies and have that euphoric kind of sound," Jones tells Billboard. "I don't know where that comes from, but they're very uplifting kinds of songs. The band's in a good place right now." The band is also in several good places – literally – right now, having recently launched a U.S. tour, which stops tomorrow in Washington, DC and runs through a September 21 show in Seattle.
CORE BUSINESS: APPLE UNVEILS, UPGRADES NEW IPODS!
Singer/songwriter Jack Johnson helped Apple chief Steve Jobs introduce the latest line of beefed up iPods by treating Apple's assembled audience to a brief performance. But clearly the star of the show, dubbed "Let's Rock," was the new line of iPods, which includes a newer, thinner iPod Touch and iPod Nanos as well as an upgraded, juiced up classic iPod, the 80GB model at 120GB but staying at the same $249 price. The new generation of iPods will be in stores for the holidays.
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DARK SIDE OF THE NEWS: GILMOUR PULLS PINK'S PLUG!
Former – emphasis on former – Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour – again – told fans and reporters there would not be another Pink Floyd reunion. Speaking to reporters on his London houseboat, Gilmour said, "There have been all sorts of farewell moments in people's lives and careers which they have then rescinded, but I think I can fairly categorically say that there won't be a tour or an album again that I take part in." Ironically, the event that gave fans hope a reunion would occur, 2005's Live 8 reunion, was the very incident that made Gilmour so sure there would be no further reunions. "The gig itself was excellent, really enjoyable," he said. "The rehearsals were less enjoyable. The rehearsals convinced me it wasn't something I wanted to be doing a lot of."
HONORS ROLL: THE WHO TAPPED FOR KENNEDY HONORS!
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who will join Barbra Streisand, country legend George Jones, actor Morgan Freeman and choreographer Twyla Tharp as this year's recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. All of the honorees will receive their awards at a ceremony to be held December 7 and broadcast on CBS. The honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.
HEART ATTACK: WILSON SISTERS PLOT NEXT ALBUM!
According to Nancy Wilson of Heart, the band's next studio effort will be "a concept album," but further details surrounding the record are still a precious commodity. "I think it's a really fresh idea," she tells Billboard, "so I'm not quite ready to unveil it yet. I don't want other people to rip us off. So I'm keeping the details quiet right now." Nancy and her sister Ann are already writing songs for the future release, which will be the follow-up to 2004's Jupiter's Darling.
OH, NO: YES MULLING COVER BAND FRONTMAN!
While Yes vocalist Jon Anderson continues to recover from an unspecified illness, www.melodicrock.com reports the other members "have selected a tribute band singer" named Benoit David "to replace its iconic frontman" for a possible upcoming tour and potential new album. Yes' planned 40th anniversary tour was put on ice due to Anderson's illness. David fronts the Canadian Yes cover band Closer To the Edge (www.ctte.net). Watch YouTube footage of David singing here.
CAMERA SHY: RARE ROCK PHOTOS EXPOSED!
Former rock photographer Michael Lessner, who for years worked for Philadelphia's alternative newspaper The Drummer, has teamed with rock merchandiser and producer Denny Somach to release previously unpublished photos of some of rock's biggest names. From 1971-1976, Lessner shot performers in concert that include Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and Yes, just to name a few. Lessner's images will be released as a large format book and as limited edition prints.
CORE BUSINESS: APPLE UNVEILS, UPGRADES NEW IPODS!
Singer/songwriter Jack Johnson helped Apple chief Steve Jobs introduce the latest line of beefed up iPods by treating Apple's assembled audience to a brief performance. But clearly the star of the show, dubbed "Let's Rock," was the new line of iPods, which includes a newer, thinner iPod Touch and iPod Nanos as well as an upgraded, juiced up classic iPod, the 80GB model at 120GB but staying at the same $249 price. The new generation of iPods will be in stores for the holidays.
NO ILLUSION: STAIND REALLY DOES DEBUT AT NO. 3!
Rock gods Staind's The Illusion of Progress debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, selling 92,000 copies of the record its first week in stores. As amazing as that accomplishment would seem, it could be considered a bit of a disappointment since the band's last three albums all debuted at No. 1, with 2001's Break the Cycle selling a staggering 716,000 copies in its first week out.
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Fall Out Boy has confirmed a November 4 release date for its fifth studio album, Folie a Deux. Appropriately enough, the Election Day release date was revealed Monday, the same day the group issued an online mixtape titled Welcome To the New Administration. The digital mixtape includes five demo tracks likely to appear in completed form on Folie: "ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac," "America's Sweethearts," "Lake Effect Kid," "I Don't Care (27)" and "Catch Me if You Can/Proclamation of Emancipation."
NOT BLACK & WHITE: PIXIES COULD DUST OFF RUST!
Pixies mainman Frank Black tells UK music magazine NME he's not ruled out the possibility of the band recording its first all-new studio album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde. "It's just a waiting game right now," said Black. "Whatever we do in the future is gonna have to be fresh. I have to see if the band as a whole wants to go into the recording studio for a new record. That makes sense on some level."
SPEECHLESS: HILLARY, DNC HONOR BHTM!
Fans of Denver area-based Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Sen. Hillary Clinton were all pleased and proud Tuesday night when the New York Senator chose to use BHTM's "Blue Sky" off their current All the Love You Need album before and after her stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention. "I had no idea to what extent they were going to play the song," said frontman Todd Park Mohr. "I thought it sounded great, but more importantly we're proud of Hillary and thought her speech was truly historic. More than anything, it really was an honor." BHTM's never-ending tour continues tomorrow in Milwaukee.
STATE OF THE UNION: ROCKERS ROCK DNC!
A delegation of politically active rock acts, including Rage Against the Machine, State Radio, former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, The Coup and Denver's own Flobots rocked the Rocky Mountain mile high city yesterday during the Democratic National Convention. All the acts performed as part of the Tent State Music Festival to End the War held at the Denver Coliseum and sponsored by the Iraq Veterans Against the War Foundation. Meanwhile, as an extension of its DNC gig, State Radio announced it would launch its own 24-stop Take the Country Back Tour, starting September 13 in Waterville, ME and running through a November 29 show in New York. Visit www.stateradio.com or www.myspace.com/stateradio for full details.
SNOW FALLS, SUN RISES OCTOBER 28!
Snow Patrol's fifth studio album, A Hundred Million Suns, will hit stores on October 28. According to Billboard, the record's first single and video, "Take Back the City," will debut in the UK on October 13. Of Suns, singer Gary Lightbody shines, "Musically, lyrically and sonically the best record we've made."
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DEMOCRACY AT WORK: FEDS BUST GNR STREAMER!
The AP reports federal authorities have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming unreleased songs from Guns N' Roses' still unreleased Chinese Democracy album. On Wednesday, FBI agents paid Kevin Cogill, 27, a visit, immediately taking him into custody on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. The U.S. government accuses Cogill of posting nine Chinese Democracy songs on his website in June.
RUNAWAY TRAIN: NEW AC/DC TRACK HITS RADIO!
It will be hard to avoid hearing "Rock N' Roll Train," the new AC/DC song, which arrived at radio stations nationwide last night at midnight. The song is the first off the band's highly anticipated Black Ice album, which will be available exclusively at all Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores as well as at www.acdcrocks.com on October 20. AC/DC will kick off its first world tour in 7 years this October.
MASSIVE BOX SET CLOSES BOOK ON GENESIS!
Rhino Records is ready to release a giant 13-disc Genesis CD/DVD box set of biblical proportions. Genesis: 1970-1975, due in stores November 11, contains 7 CDs and 6 DVDs packed with previously released material as well as never-before seen and/or heard music. The collection contains the fully remastered studio albums Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, all featuring Peter Gabriel on lead vocals, plus loads of rarities, previously unreleased tracks and previously unseen footage.
OYE COMO VAULT: SANTANA, DOORS SETTLE SUITS!
Santana and The Doors have reached tentative settlement agreements with the Bill Graham Archive website www.wolfgangsvault.com and its owner, William Sagan, over claims of copyright infringement. Both acts accused the website of violating their rights by selling merchandise and music without permission.
HOT WINGS: MCCARTNEY'S FIREMAN ANSWER CALL!
Paul McCartney will roll out the very first public performance of his electronica-infused outfit The Fireman next month on the second season premiere of UK's Later…With Jools Holland television show. Of the former Beatles newest music project, a source told the Times of London: "It sounds like [Canada's] Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin." In more McCartney news, he is scheduled to make his first-ever appearance in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 25.
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Celebrated director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) will take audiences back to 1969 with his upcoming film, Taking Woodstock. The Academy Award winning director will tell the real-life story of Elliot Tiber (played by Demetri Martin), a regular upstate New York resident who inadvertently played a key role in making the legendary music festival happen. The movie also stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Eugene Levy, among others. No release date has been set yet.
Rock gods Staind's The Illusion of Progress debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, selling 92,000 copies of the record its first week in stores. As amazing as that accomplishment would seem, it could be considered a bit of a disappointment since the band's last three albums all debuted at No. 1, with 2001's Break the Cycle selling a staggering 716,000 copies in its first week out.
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Fall Out Boy has confirmed a November 4 release date for its fifth studio album, Folie a Deux. Appropriately enough, the Election Day release date was revealed Monday, the same day the group issued an online mixtape titled Welcome To the New Administration. The digital mixtape includes five demo tracks likely to appear in completed form on Folie: "ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac," "America's Sweethearts," "Lake Effect Kid," "I Don't Care (27)" and "Catch Me if You Can/Proclamation of Emancipation."
NOT BLACK & WHITE: PIXIES COULD DUST OFF RUST!
Pixies mainman Frank Black tells UK music magazine NME he's not ruled out the possibility of the band recording its first all-new studio album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde. "It's just a waiting game right now," said Black. "Whatever we do in the future is gonna have to be fresh. I have to see if the band as a whole wants to go into the recording studio for a new record. That makes sense on some level."
SPEECHLESS: HILLARY, DNC HONOR BHTM!
Fans of Denver area-based Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Sen. Hillary Clinton were all pleased and proud Tuesday night when the New York Senator chose to use BHTM's "Blue Sky" off their current All the Love You Need album before and after her stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention. "I had no idea to what extent they were going to play the song," said frontman Todd Park Mohr. "I thought it sounded great, but more importantly we're proud of Hillary and thought her speech was truly historic. More than anything, it really was an honor." BHTM's never-ending tour continues tomorrow in Milwaukee.
STATE OF THE UNION: ROCKERS ROCK DNC!
A delegation of politically active rock acts, including Rage Against the Machine, State Radio, former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, The Coup and Denver's own Flobots rocked the Rocky Mountain mile high city yesterday during the Democratic National Convention. All the acts performed as part of the Tent State Music Festival to End the War held at the Denver Coliseum and sponsored by the Iraq Veterans Against the War Foundation. Meanwhile, as an extension of its DNC gig, State Radio announced it would launch its own 24-stop Take the Country Back Tour, starting September 13 in Waterville, ME and running through a November 29 show in New York. Visit www.stateradio.com or www.myspace.com/stateradio for full details.
SNOW FALLS, SUN RISES OCTOBER 28!
Snow Patrol's fifth studio album, A Hundred Million Suns, will hit stores on October 28. According to Billboard, the record's first single and video, "Take Back the City," will debut in the UK on October 13. Of Suns, singer Gary Lightbody shines, "Musically, lyrically and sonically the best record we've made."
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DEMOCRACY AT WORK: FEDS BUST GNR STREAMER!
The AP reports federal authorities have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming unreleased songs from Guns N' Roses' still unreleased Chinese Democracy album. On Wednesday, FBI agents paid Kevin Cogill, 27, a visit, immediately taking him into custody on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. The U.S. government accuses Cogill of posting nine Chinese Democracy songs on his website in June.
RUNAWAY TRAIN: NEW AC/DC TRACK HITS RADIO!
It will be hard to avoid hearing "Rock N' Roll Train," the new AC/DC song, which arrived at radio stations nationwide last night at midnight. The song is the first off the band's highly anticipated Black Ice album, which will be available exclusively at all Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores as well as at www.acdcrocks.com on October 20. AC/DC will kick off its first world tour in 7 years this October.
MASSIVE BOX SET CLOSES BOOK ON GENESIS!
Rhino Records is ready to release a giant 13-disc Genesis CD/DVD box set of biblical proportions. Genesis: 1970-1975, due in stores November 11, contains 7 CDs and 6 DVDs packed with previously released material as well as never-before seen and/or heard music. The collection contains the fully remastered studio albums Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, all featuring Peter Gabriel on lead vocals, plus loads of rarities, previously unreleased tracks and previously unseen footage.
OYE COMO VAULT: SANTANA, DOORS SETTLE SUITS!
Santana and The Doors have reached tentative settlement agreements with the Bill Graham Archive website www.wolfgangsvault.com and its owner, William Sagan, over claims of copyright infringement. Both acts accused the website of violating their rights by selling merchandise and music without permission.
HOT WINGS: MCCARTNEY'S FIREMAN ANSWER CALL!
Paul McCartney will roll out the very first public performance of his electronica-infused outfit The Fireman next month on the second season premiere of UK's Later…With Jools Holland television show. Of the former Beatles newest music project, a source told the Times of London: "It sounds like [Canada's] Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin." In more McCartney news, he is scheduled to make his first-ever appearance in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 25.
???!
Celebrated director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) will take audiences back to 1969 with his upcoming film, Taking Woodstock. The Academy Award winning director will tell the real-life story of Elliot Tiber (played by Demetri Martin), a regular upstate New York resident who inadvertently played a key role in making the legendary music festival happen. The movie also stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Eugene Levy, among others. No release date has been set yet.
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The latest round of nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards - taking place September 7 in Los Angeles – were announced Friday. The Best Rock Video nominees include Paramore's "CrushCrushCrush," Slipknot's "Psychosocial," Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day," Foo Fighters' "The Pretender" and Fall Out Boys' "Beat It."
BLOC PARTY EMBRACES INTIMACY!
UK's Bloc Party will get the new album release party started early, announcing its upcoming Intimacy album will be available in its entirety as a download this Thursday, over three months before its October 28 release on CD. The band promises the physical disc will contain "different tracks" from the download version and fans who pre-order Intimacy via www.blocparty.com will get the digital version immediately.
RISE AGAINST REEDUCATES FANS WITH NEW SONG!
Rise Against is currently streaming a new song, "ReEducation Through Labor," on its MySpace page, www.myspace.com/riseagainst. The track will be found on the Chicago band's forthcoming Appeal To Reason album, due October 7. Rise Against kicks off a North American fall tour October 2 in Cleveland.
VIRGIN GIRTH: LETO REPLIES TO HUGE LAWSUIT!
30 Seconds To Mars mainman Jared Leto has responded to Virgin Records' Mars-sized $30 million lawsuit against the band, telling fans in a statement: "Despite rumors to the contrary, 30 Seconds To Mars is NOT calling it quits. Besides this ridiculously overblown lawsuit, we are having one of the most inspiring…times that we've experienced to date. So, as you may have heard we are being sued by our former record company for…$30,000,000. Insane? Yeah, that's what we said too." Leto says the band is in Los Angeles recording its new album.
RED JUMPSUIT GREEN LIGHT NEXT ALBUM!
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is hard at work recording the still-untitled follow-up to 2006's Don't You Fake It, which to date has sold over 850,000 copies. The Florida rockers are currently basking in the California sun, recording in Valley Village, just a hop skip and a jump from Universal Studios and Hollywood. The new album will likely be ready for an early 2009 release.
TWEEDY: LITTLE BIRD SAYS WILCO RETURNS IN '09!
According to Billboard, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy says the group plans to have its seventh studio album ready for a spring 2009 release. At recent concerts, Wilco has performed two new songs: "One Wing" and "Sunny Feeling." Wilco plays tomorrow in Eagle, ID, Thursday in Spokane, WA, Saturday in Bend, OR and wraps its tour Sunday at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
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BACK IN BLACK (ICE): AC/DC RETURNS 10/20!
AC/DC has set an October 20 release date for Black Ice, its first all-new studio album since 2000's Stiff Upper Lip. The 15-song Black Ice will be available exclusive at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and via the band's official website, www.acdcrocks.com. The record's first single, "Rock N' Roll Train," will roar into stations on August 28. Plans for a full-scale worldwide tour starting in October are still in the works.
YOUNG AT HEART: NEIL TAKES YOUNG ACTS ON ROAD!
Neil Young announced plans to mount a fall North American tour, starting October 14 in St. Paul, MN. The 19-show trek will make stops in such cities as Vancouver, San Diego, Los Angeles, Omaha, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit and Chicago, among others, before ending December 15 in New York. Young – as in youthful – acts Death Cab For Cutie and Everest will open shows from October 14 through November 5; Wilco and Everest will support from November 9 through the end of the tour. Click here for a complete list if dates, cities and ticket information.
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UK newspaper The Sun reports Jo Wood, wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, is planning to move to the U.S. in an attempt to escape her husband's crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol and recent affair with a teenage Russian cocktail waitress. Meanwhile, Wood remains in rehab, a source saying, "Ronnie is making good progress in his battle with booze. Jo's moving to the U.S. to try and piece her life back together. Being away from memories of Ron will do her good."
HOCK OF AGES: DEF LEPPARD GOES WI-FI, BLUETOOTH!
Unlike the title of their hit "Two Steps Behind," Def Leppard continues to stay two steps ahead of technology with the announcement that they've partnered with Ace Marketing & Promotions Inc. on a deal give fans a high-tech way to buy their music and merchandise. At this Saturday's concert in Detroit, the band will roll out their "Rockzimity Marketing" concept that will deliver exclusive content to fans via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi "hot spots" at the show. Read much more about it here.
MERCY KILLING: TYLER'S KID'S ENGAGEMENT DEAD!
Call it young lust; say falling in love is hard on the needs. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler won't have to shell out for another daughter's wedding just yet after his girl Mia announced she's ended her engagement to The Mercy Clinic guitarist Brian Harrah. "I am no longer in that relationship," the 29-year old wrote on her MySpace page in a post titled "Everything Must End." Mia adds, "I've been married once before and I'm not entirely sure I want to do it again." Tyler and Harrah were engaged for nine months.
FACE VALUE: COLLINS FACES RECORD DIVORCE!
Phil Collins hasn't learned his lesson and certainly doesn't listen to his own lyrics. Track 3, side 2 of his 1985 No Jacket Required album is called "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore." That said, having well, missed again at marriage No. 3 will cost him a cool $46 million. That's the genesis of his latest divorce settlement and the value placed on se-se-settling his affairs with ex-wife Orianne Cevey, who after telling Collins, "Hello, I must be going," walked away with the biggest divorce payout ever in the UK, even bigger than Paul McCartney's recent check to Heather Mills. If you're keeping score, Collins has doled out over $80 million for his 3 failed marriages. Phil, do yourself a favor: don't hurry love!
The latest round of nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards - taking place September 7 in Los Angeles – were announced Friday. The Best Rock Video nominees include Paramore's "CrushCrushCrush," Slipknot's "Psychosocial," Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day," Foo Fighters' "The Pretender" and Fall Out Boys' "Beat It."
BLOC PARTY EMBRACES INTIMACY!
UK's Bloc Party will get the new album release party started early, announcing its upcoming Intimacy album will be available in its entirety as a download this Thursday, over three months before its October 28 release on CD. The band promises the physical disc will contain "different tracks" from the download version and fans who pre-order Intimacy via www.blocparty.com will get the digital version immediately.
RISE AGAINST REEDUCATES FANS WITH NEW SONG!
Rise Against is currently streaming a new song, "ReEducation Through Labor," on its MySpace page, www.myspace.com/riseagainst. The track will be found on the Chicago band's forthcoming Appeal To Reason album, due October 7. Rise Against kicks off a North American fall tour October 2 in Cleveland.
VIRGIN GIRTH: LETO REPLIES TO HUGE LAWSUIT!
30 Seconds To Mars mainman Jared Leto has responded to Virgin Records' Mars-sized $30 million lawsuit against the band, telling fans in a statement: "Despite rumors to the contrary, 30 Seconds To Mars is NOT calling it quits. Besides this ridiculously overblown lawsuit, we are having one of the most inspiring…times that we've experienced to date. So, as you may have heard we are being sued by our former record company for…$30,000,000. Insane? Yeah, that's what we said too." Leto says the band is in Los Angeles recording its new album.
RED JUMPSUIT GREEN LIGHT NEXT ALBUM!
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is hard at work recording the still-untitled follow-up to 2006's Don't You Fake It, which to date has sold over 850,000 copies. The Florida rockers are currently basking in the California sun, recording in Valley Village, just a hop skip and a jump from Universal Studios and Hollywood. The new album will likely be ready for an early 2009 release.
TWEEDY: LITTLE BIRD SAYS WILCO RETURNS IN '09!
According to Billboard, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy says the group plans to have its seventh studio album ready for a spring 2009 release. At recent concerts, Wilco has performed two new songs: "One Wing" and "Sunny Feeling." Wilco plays tomorrow in Eagle, ID, Thursday in Spokane, WA, Saturday in Bend, OR and wraps its tour Sunday at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
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BACK IN BLACK (ICE): AC/DC RETURNS 10/20!
AC/DC has set an October 20 release date for Black Ice, its first all-new studio album since 2000's Stiff Upper Lip. The 15-song Black Ice will be available exclusive at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and via the band's official website, www.acdcrocks.com. The record's first single, "Rock N' Roll Train," will roar into stations on August 28. Plans for a full-scale worldwide tour starting in October are still in the works.
YOUNG AT HEART: NEIL TAKES YOUNG ACTS ON ROAD!
Neil Young announced plans to mount a fall North American tour, starting October 14 in St. Paul, MN. The 19-show trek will make stops in such cities as Vancouver, San Diego, Los Angeles, Omaha, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit and Chicago, among others, before ending December 15 in New York. Young – as in youthful – acts Death Cab For Cutie and Everest will open shows from October 14 through November 5; Wilco and Everest will support from November 9 through the end of the tour. Click here for a complete list if dates, cities and ticket information.
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UK newspaper The Sun reports Jo Wood, wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, is planning to move to the U.S. in an attempt to escape her husband's crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol and recent affair with a teenage Russian cocktail waitress. Meanwhile, Wood remains in rehab, a source saying, "Ronnie is making good progress in his battle with booze. Jo's moving to the U.S. to try and piece her life back together. Being away from memories of Ron will do her good."
HOCK OF AGES: DEF LEPPARD GOES WI-FI, BLUETOOTH!
Unlike the title of their hit "Two Steps Behind," Def Leppard continues to stay two steps ahead of technology with the announcement that they've partnered with Ace Marketing & Promotions Inc. on a deal give fans a high-tech way to buy their music and merchandise. At this Saturday's concert in Detroit, the band will roll out their "Rockzimity Marketing" concept that will deliver exclusive content to fans via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi "hot spots" at the show. Read much more about it here.
MERCY KILLING: TYLER'S KID'S ENGAGEMENT DEAD!
Call it young lust; say falling in love is hard on the needs. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler won't have to shell out for another daughter's wedding just yet after his girl Mia announced she's ended her engagement to The Mercy Clinic guitarist Brian Harrah. "I am no longer in that relationship," the 29-year old wrote on her MySpace page in a post titled "Everything Must End." Mia adds, "I've been married once before and I'm not entirely sure I want to do it again." Tyler and Harrah were engaged for nine months.
FACE VALUE: COLLINS FACES RECORD DIVORCE!
Phil Collins hasn't learned his lesson and certainly doesn't listen to his own lyrics. Track 3, side 2 of his 1985 No Jacket Required album is called "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore." That said, having well, missed again at marriage No. 3 will cost him a cool $46 million. That's the genesis of his latest divorce settlement and the value placed on se-se-settling his affairs with ex-wife Orianne Cevey, who after telling Collins, "Hello, I must be going," walked away with the biggest divorce payout ever in the UK, even bigger than Paul McCartney's recent check to Heather Mills. If you're keeping score, Collins has doled out over $80 million for his 3 failed marriages. Phil, do yourself a favor: don't hurry love!
OASIS GIVES LENNON PIECE A CHANCE ON 'TIME'!
Oasis, long known for their unabashed love of The Beatles, will pay tribute to John Lennon on "I'm Outta Time" a track found on the band's upcoming Dig Out Your Soul album, due October 7. "Liam [Gallagher] has so much passion for the subject," a source told Britain's The Sun newspaper. "He's obsessed. That's why the song is so brilliant and poignant." "Time" will actually feature a brief audio clip of a Lennon interview.
VR YET FULLY LOADED: DUFF REBUFFS RUMORS!
Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan says despite reports Spacehog singer Royston Langdon is on the short list to replace Scott Weiland as the band's lead singer, at the end of the day, he probably won't be the guy. McKagan confirmed to Billboard that the band did play with Langdon and that "he's f***ing awesome, at this point I'd have to say no" on him replacing Weiland. "We just have to make sure it's the right guy," Duff adds. "It's a tough thing, man."
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: POLICE TURN BADGES IN!
The Police last week said goodbye for good following their final farewell concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland kicked off their last show ever with a surprise cover of the Cream classic "Sunshine Of Your Love," followed immediately by – appropriately enough – the New York Police Department band joining them onstage for "Message in a Bottle." At one point, Sting acknowledged the band's record-breaking reunion tour, telling the audience, "It's been a huge honor to get back with my good friends," before switching gears, saying, "The real triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other – that doesn't mean it hadn't crossed my mind." If this time is indeed the last time, the final song The Police will ever play together is "Next To You."
PARAMORE ON POST-RIOT PATROL!
Paramore guitarist Josh Farro tells Billboard the band has "anywhere from seven to 10 songs" they're already working on possibly destined for the follow-up to their 2007 breakthrough, Riot. "It's mainly just music that I've written and [singer Hayley [Williams] has some lyrics and melodies," he adds. "It's a slow process."
NIN HOPES TO IGNITE CONCERT TNT!
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor he has but one mission for the band's current Lights In the Sky tour: "I want you to leave feeling like your head exploded." The Nine Inch Nails tour resumes tomorrow in Knoxville, Wednesday in Duluth, GA and Friday in Oklahoma City.
KEENAN TOOLING AROUND WITH EX-NIN, QOTSA GUYS!
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan is reportedly recording with Jubilee, a band populated by former members of Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age. So far, Keenan has lent his voice to "I Don't Have An Excuse, I just Need a Little Help," a song that features drumbeats programmed by Trent Reznor.
CLASSIC ROCK NEWS
AC/DC ASK FANS TO BOARD 'ROCK N' ROLL TRAIN'!
AC/DC will be filming a video for "Rock N' Roll Train," the future first single off their upcoming Black Ice album, in London this Friday, and asking fans to be a part of the shoot. In more AC/DC news, a director's cut of its 1996 concert film, No Bull, will be released on DVD on September 9. Go to www.acdcrocks.com for more info.
CNN WELCOMES JOURNEY WITH OPEN ARMS!
There was no escaping Journey this weekend on CNN as the news channel found plenty of time in between wall-to-wall John Edwards affair coverage to air a profile on the band during its News To Me segment. (Watch it here) Journey's Wal-Mart exclusive 3-disc Revelation set is available now; the group's current North American tour with Heart and Cheap Trick continues tomorrow in Virginia Beach, VA.
MICHAELS POURS SUGAR, NOT FUEL ON FEUD!
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a rock of lover, not a fighter and refused to be dragged into a potential feud with Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, who recently said bands like Poison and Motley Crue had "no substance in their music" and therefore relied on their image throughout the 80's. Michaels told a national radio audience: "I'm a Def Leppard fan. Joe Elliott, I don't really know, but he seems like a decent guy…I don't wanna fight Joe. I'm not in a fight with Def Leppard."
METALLICA EXHUMES NEW DEATH SONG!
Metallica debuted a new song, "Cyanide," during its performance Saturday at this year's one-day Ozzfest in Dallas. It is the first song from the band's forthcoming Death Magnetic album (due September 12) to be performed live. Metallica's 17-song set also included fan favorites "Nothing Else Matters," "Sad But True," "One," "Enter Sandman" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," among others.
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Metallica bassist James Hetfield wants fans and critics alike to know that just because he and drummer Lars Ulrich have compared their upcoming Death Magnetic (due Sept. 12) to their classic albums like Master Of Puppets, the band is not ripping off itself. Hetfield told MTV: "The last thing I want is someone to think, 'Oh, they had to go back to Puppets because that was the best album, and they're doing it because we want it.' If we start writing songs for our fans, something's gone wrong. At the end of the day, we have to write it because we love it."
Oasis, long known for their unabashed love of The Beatles, will pay tribute to John Lennon on "I'm Outta Time" a track found on the band's upcoming Dig Out Your Soul album, due October 7. "Liam [Gallagher] has so much passion for the subject," a source told Britain's The Sun newspaper. "He's obsessed. That's why the song is so brilliant and poignant." "Time" will actually feature a brief audio clip of a Lennon interview.
VR YET FULLY LOADED: DUFF REBUFFS RUMORS!
Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan says despite reports Spacehog singer Royston Langdon is on the short list to replace Scott Weiland as the band's lead singer, at the end of the day, he probably won't be the guy. McKagan confirmed to Billboard that the band did play with Langdon and that "he's f***ing awesome, at this point I'd have to say no" on him replacing Weiland. "We just have to make sure it's the right guy," Duff adds. "It's a tough thing, man."
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: POLICE TURN BADGES IN!
The Police last week said goodbye for good following their final farewell concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland kicked off their last show ever with a surprise cover of the Cream classic "Sunshine Of Your Love," followed immediately by – appropriately enough – the New York Police Department band joining them onstage for "Message in a Bottle." At one point, Sting acknowledged the band's record-breaking reunion tour, telling the audience, "It's been a huge honor to get back with my good friends," before switching gears, saying, "The real triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other – that doesn't mean it hadn't crossed my mind." If this time is indeed the last time, the final song The Police will ever play together is "Next To You."
PARAMORE ON POST-RIOT PATROL!
Paramore guitarist Josh Farro tells Billboard the band has "anywhere from seven to 10 songs" they're already working on possibly destined for the follow-up to their 2007 breakthrough, Riot. "It's mainly just music that I've written and [singer Hayley [Williams] has some lyrics and melodies," he adds. "It's a slow process."
NIN HOPES TO IGNITE CONCERT TNT!
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor he has but one mission for the band's current Lights In the Sky tour: "I want you to leave feeling like your head exploded." The Nine Inch Nails tour resumes tomorrow in Knoxville, Wednesday in Duluth, GA and Friday in Oklahoma City.
KEENAN TOOLING AROUND WITH EX-NIN, QOTSA GUYS!
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan is reportedly recording with Jubilee, a band populated by former members of Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age. So far, Keenan has lent his voice to "I Don't Have An Excuse, I just Need a Little Help," a song that features drumbeats programmed by Trent Reznor.
CLASSIC ROCK NEWS
AC/DC ASK FANS TO BOARD 'ROCK N' ROLL TRAIN'!
AC/DC will be filming a video for "Rock N' Roll Train," the future first single off their upcoming Black Ice album, in London this Friday, and asking fans to be a part of the shoot. In more AC/DC news, a director's cut of its 1996 concert film, No Bull, will be released on DVD on September 9. Go to www.acdcrocks.com for more info.
CNN WELCOMES JOURNEY WITH OPEN ARMS!
There was no escaping Journey this weekend on CNN as the news channel found plenty of time in between wall-to-wall John Edwards affair coverage to air a profile on the band during its News To Me segment. (Watch it here) Journey's Wal-Mart exclusive 3-disc Revelation set is available now; the group's current North American tour with Heart and Cheap Trick continues tomorrow in Virginia Beach, VA.
MICHAELS POURS SUGAR, NOT FUEL ON FEUD!
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is a rock of lover, not a fighter and refused to be dragged into a potential feud with Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, who recently said bands like Poison and Motley Crue had "no substance in their music" and therefore relied on their image throughout the 80's. Michaels told a national radio audience: "I'm a Def Leppard fan. Joe Elliott, I don't really know, but he seems like a decent guy…I don't wanna fight Joe. I'm not in a fight with Def Leppard."
METALLICA EXHUMES NEW DEATH SONG!
Metallica debuted a new song, "Cyanide," during its performance Saturday at this year's one-day Ozzfest in Dallas. It is the first song from the band's forthcoming Death Magnetic album (due September 12) to be performed live. Metallica's 17-song set also included fan favorites "Nothing Else Matters," "Sad But True," "One," "Enter Sandman" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," among others.
???!
Metallica bassist James Hetfield wants fans and critics alike to know that just because he and drummer Lars Ulrich have compared their upcoming Death Magnetic (due Sept. 12) to their classic albums like Master Of Puppets, the band is not ripping off itself. Hetfield told MTV: "The last thing I want is someone to think, 'Oh, they had to go back to Puppets because that was the best album, and they're doing it because we want it.' If we start writing songs for our fans, something's gone wrong. At the end of the day, we have to write it because we love it."
COLLECTIVE SOUL SHINE AT L.A.'S GREEK THEATRE!
Collective Soul played a greatest hits set last night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of its summer long tour with Live and Blues Traveler. Frontman Ed Roland led the band through sing-a-long standards "December," "The World I Know," "Why Pt. 2," "Gel," "Shine" (featuring Blues Traveler's John Popper helping out on harmonica) as well as new crowd pleasers "Hollywood" and "All That I Know" from the group's current Afterwords album. The triple bill hits Mesa, Arizona tomorrow.
ANTHEMS FOR THE CRAMMED: FILTER ROX L.A.'S ROXY!
To say the Roxy on Hollywood's Sunset Strip Saturday was packed with fans there to see Filter would be understating the scene by well, a lot! With fire marshals on the prowl and at the ready, frontman Richard Patrick hit the stage wearing a military jacket, appropriate for the band's new anti-war, pro-troops-themed Anthems for the Damned album and single, "Soldiers of Misfortune." Exactly one high-paced, high-decibel highlight-filled hour later, Patrick and the band were off the stage, but not before ripping through a set that included "American Cliché," "Where Do We Go From Here," "Cancer" and the Black Sabbath-soaked "Dose" as well as "Soldiers" off Anthems and "Hey Man, Nice Shot," among others. Cell phones hoisted high taking digital picture after picture after picture, the crowd coaxed Filter back for encores that included the obviously appropriate "Take a Picture" as well as "Captain Bligh" and "Skinny." Filter takes a well-deserved two-week break before resuming its tour July 26 in Sayreville, NJ.
SHINEDOWN SHRUG OFF LINEUP CHANGES!
Shinedown, currently on the road with Theory of a Deadman and Black Stone Cherry in support of it’s The Sound of Madness album, are adjusting to recent adjustments – three, in fact – in the band's lineup. "The guys that were with us before just didn't work out," drummer Barry Kerch says to Allentown, PA's The Weekender of the three changes that led to the addition of guitarists Zach Myers and Nick Perri and the appropriately named bassist Eric Bass, of whom Kerch says, "We're playing better live than we have in years because of the levels of musicianship these guys have." That level of musicianship will be on display Wednesday at Crocodile Rock in Allentown.
WILDFIRES TAME MAYHEM, TOUR STOP DOUSED!
The Northern California wildfires forced Friday's Rockstar Mayhem Festival stop in Sacramento to be pushed back to today. Poor air quality combined with 100+ degrees weather caused organizers to reschedule the show featuring Slipknot drummer Disturbed, among others. Get updates at www.mayhemfest.com.
BETTER MAN: FAN FINDS, RETURNS VEDDER'S IPHONE!
An unidentified Pearl Jam fan was rewarded for finding and returning Eddie Vedder's girlfriend's iPhone in a New York taxi. A source tells the New York Post the phone 'suddenly started ringing. The Caller ID said 'Eddie.'" The fan and Vedder eventually met and Vedder thanked him with a handwritten letter, his personalized Zippo lighter and $500.
FALL OUT BOY WORKING UP 'AWESOME' NEW TUNES!
As if being a newlywed, expectant father, host of MTV's FNMTV Premieres and tabloid target wasn't enough, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz tells Rolling Stone the band, well, he and frontman Patrick Stump, are already working on the group's next album. "Patrick's obviously been writing all the music," Pete says, "and the words haven't even come in play yet. I'll go over to Patrick's house and he'll just sit there and play songs, and I'll be like, 'Ah, that one's awesome!'"
CLASSIC ROCK NEWS
RUBBER SOLD: BEATLES IPODS HIT BLOOMINGDALE'S!
High-end retailer Bloomingdale's has been granted exclusive rights to The Beatles' images, a deal that includes selling very limited edition Beatles' iPods, according to Fashion Week Daily. Why Fashion Week Daily you ask? The agreement also calls for the department store to produce a clothing line featuring Beatles images from albums and movies on T-shirts, jackets and accessories for the holiday season. But for music fans, the iPods – limited to only 100 – are the big news. Each will come with every song in the band's catalog. Bloomingdale's will be selling special boxed CD sets as well. The Beatles catalog is yet to appear on iTunes.
ABB PREPS TO GO FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD!
Following Gregg Allman's recovery from treatment for Hepatitis C, the Allman Brothers Band is gearing up to head back on the road for a run of shows that at least for now begin August 12 in Bethel, NY and end with a two-night stand October 10 and 11 in Atlanta. More dates are surely to be added. Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov't Mule and Phil Lesh & Friends will open selected dates. For a full list of confirmed dates and for future updates, go to www.allmanbrothersband.com.
SAD SAD SAD: STONES WOOD FALLS FOR TEEN!
Hopefully, this story is as true as last week's bogus David Lee Roth's life threatening allergic reaction to nuts and being saved by two Canadian police story. According to British tabloid the Daily Mail, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, 61, has left his wife of 23 years, Jo, and four kids for an 18-year old Russian cocktail waitress. Wood reportedly met Ekaterina Ivanova about three months ago at an escort bar. A spokesperson for Wood, who for years has battled alcoholism, said they met while he was in a deep depression, gripped by the bottle, and claims the teenager is "a drinking partner. When you're an alcoholic and your family are telling you to stop drinking you simply find someone else to drink with."
HEAVY METAL NOIZE STILL BIGGEST, BEST BUZZ!
According to an article in Canada's Vancouver Sun, heavy metal music is not only here to stay, it is hear to pay. The paper offers as proof the fact that Iron Maiden sold out the local Coliseum last month, Judas Priest has sold 12,000 tickets for its upcoming concert July 24 at the city's GM Place arena and Motley Crue sold out the same venue for its August 11 show. A concert industry insider explains the economic weight of heavy metal by saying, "They've brought in the younger fans who have sort of gone to them as the symbols or fathers of how this all started. So metal's always been kept alive, because of teenage angst I guess."
IN HIS EYES: GABRIEL HAS NEW APPLE OF HIS!
Peter Gabriel became a father for the fourth time last week at the age of 58. UK's Daily Mail reports the former Genesis frontman and his Irish wife, Maebh Flynn, 37, welcomed their second son, Luc. The two have a 6-year old boy and Gabriel has two daughters, 33 and 31, from a previous marriage. "I absolutely love being a dad," Gabriel said. I know what my priorities should be."
FINN'S TIME SPLIT PLAYING FEST, CROWDED HOUSES!
Split Enz and Crowded House principal Tim Finn will perform on the aptly named singer/songwriter stage at Seattle's annual Bumbershoot festival on Aug. 30 and on 10 other mainly West Coast stages from Aug. 31 through Sept. 14. At each stop, he'll preview several songs destined to appear on his forthcoming The Conversation album, due in 2009. On July 25, fans can download an 8-song set titled Rarities/Demos/Live Performances Vol. 1 at www.myspace.com/timfinnmusic.
Collective Soul played a greatest hits set last night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of its summer long tour with Live and Blues Traveler. Frontman Ed Roland led the band through sing-a-long standards "December," "The World I Know," "Why Pt. 2," "Gel," "Shine" (featuring Blues Traveler's John Popper helping out on harmonica) as well as new crowd pleasers "Hollywood" and "All That I Know" from the group's current Afterwords album. The triple bill hits Mesa, Arizona tomorrow.
ANTHEMS FOR THE CRAMMED: FILTER ROX L.A.'S ROXY!
To say the Roxy on Hollywood's Sunset Strip Saturday was packed with fans there to see Filter would be understating the scene by well, a lot! With fire marshals on the prowl and at the ready, frontman Richard Patrick hit the stage wearing a military jacket, appropriate for the band's new anti-war, pro-troops-themed Anthems for the Damned album and single, "Soldiers of Misfortune." Exactly one high-paced, high-decibel highlight-filled hour later, Patrick and the band were off the stage, but not before ripping through a set that included "American Cliché," "Where Do We Go From Here," "Cancer" and the Black Sabbath-soaked "Dose" as well as "Soldiers" off Anthems and "Hey Man, Nice Shot," among others. Cell phones hoisted high taking digital picture after picture after picture, the crowd coaxed Filter back for encores that included the obviously appropriate "Take a Picture" as well as "Captain Bligh" and "Skinny." Filter takes a well-deserved two-week break before resuming its tour July 26 in Sayreville, NJ.
SHINEDOWN SHRUG OFF LINEUP CHANGES!
Shinedown, currently on the road with Theory of a Deadman and Black Stone Cherry in support of it’s The Sound of Madness album, are adjusting to recent adjustments – three, in fact – in the band's lineup. "The guys that were with us before just didn't work out," drummer Barry Kerch says to Allentown, PA's The Weekender of the three changes that led to the addition of guitarists Zach Myers and Nick Perri and the appropriately named bassist Eric Bass, of whom Kerch says, "We're playing better live than we have in years because of the levels of musicianship these guys have." That level of musicianship will be on display Wednesday at Crocodile Rock in Allentown.
WILDFIRES TAME MAYHEM, TOUR STOP DOUSED!
The Northern California wildfires forced Friday's Rockstar Mayhem Festival stop in Sacramento to be pushed back to today. Poor air quality combined with 100+ degrees weather caused organizers to reschedule the show featuring Slipknot drummer Disturbed, among others. Get updates at www.mayhemfest.com.
BETTER MAN: FAN FINDS, RETURNS VEDDER'S IPHONE!
An unidentified Pearl Jam fan was rewarded for finding and returning Eddie Vedder's girlfriend's iPhone in a New York taxi. A source tells the New York Post the phone 'suddenly started ringing. The Caller ID said 'Eddie.'" The fan and Vedder eventually met and Vedder thanked him with a handwritten letter, his personalized Zippo lighter and $500.
FALL OUT BOY WORKING UP 'AWESOME' NEW TUNES!
As if being a newlywed, expectant father, host of MTV's FNMTV Premieres and tabloid target wasn't enough, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz tells Rolling Stone the band, well, he and frontman Patrick Stump, are already working on the group's next album. "Patrick's obviously been writing all the music," Pete says, "and the words haven't even come in play yet. I'll go over to Patrick's house and he'll just sit there and play songs, and I'll be like, 'Ah, that one's awesome!'"
CLASSIC ROCK NEWS
RUBBER SOLD: BEATLES IPODS HIT BLOOMINGDALE'S!
High-end retailer Bloomingdale's has been granted exclusive rights to The Beatles' images, a deal that includes selling very limited edition Beatles' iPods, according to Fashion Week Daily. Why Fashion Week Daily you ask? The agreement also calls for the department store to produce a clothing line featuring Beatles images from albums and movies on T-shirts, jackets and accessories for the holiday season. But for music fans, the iPods – limited to only 100 – are the big news. Each will come with every song in the band's catalog. Bloomingdale's will be selling special boxed CD sets as well. The Beatles catalog is yet to appear on iTunes.
ABB PREPS TO GO FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD!
Following Gregg Allman's recovery from treatment for Hepatitis C, the Allman Brothers Band is gearing up to head back on the road for a run of shows that at least for now begin August 12 in Bethel, NY and end with a two-night stand October 10 and 11 in Atlanta. More dates are surely to be added. Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov't Mule and Phil Lesh & Friends will open selected dates. For a full list of confirmed dates and for future updates, go to www.allmanbrothersband.com.
SAD SAD SAD: STONES WOOD FALLS FOR TEEN!
Hopefully, this story is as true as last week's bogus David Lee Roth's life threatening allergic reaction to nuts and being saved by two Canadian police story. According to British tabloid the Daily Mail, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, 61, has left his wife of 23 years, Jo, and four kids for an 18-year old Russian cocktail waitress. Wood reportedly met Ekaterina Ivanova about three months ago at an escort bar. A spokesperson for Wood, who for years has battled alcoholism, said they met while he was in a deep depression, gripped by the bottle, and claims the teenager is "a drinking partner. When you're an alcoholic and your family are telling you to stop drinking you simply find someone else to drink with."
HEAVY METAL NOIZE STILL BIGGEST, BEST BUZZ!
According to an article in Canada's Vancouver Sun, heavy metal music is not only here to stay, it is hear to pay. The paper offers as proof the fact that Iron Maiden sold out the local Coliseum last month, Judas Priest has sold 12,000 tickets for its upcoming concert July 24 at the city's GM Place arena and Motley Crue sold out the same venue for its August 11 show. A concert industry insider explains the economic weight of heavy metal by saying, "They've brought in the younger fans who have sort of gone to them as the symbols or fathers of how this all started. So metal's always been kept alive, because of teenage angst I guess."
IN HIS EYES: GABRIEL HAS NEW APPLE OF HIS!
Peter Gabriel became a father for the fourth time last week at the age of 58. UK's Daily Mail reports the former Genesis frontman and his Irish wife, Maebh Flynn, 37, welcomed their second son, Luc. The two have a 6-year old boy and Gabriel has two daughters, 33 and 31, from a previous marriage. "I absolutely love being a dad," Gabriel said. I know what my priorities should be."
FINN'S TIME SPLIT PLAYING FEST, CROWDED HOUSES!
Split Enz and Crowded House principal Tim Finn will perform on the aptly named singer/songwriter stage at Seattle's annual Bumbershoot festival on Aug. 30 and on 10 other mainly West Coast stages from Aug. 31 through Sept. 14. At each stop, he'll preview several songs destined to appear on his forthcoming The Conversation album, due in 2009. On July 25, fans can download an 8-song set titled Rarities/Demos/Live Performances Vol. 1 at www.myspace.com/timfinnmusic.
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