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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.

CLASSIC ROCK NEWS

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!