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3/19/2010
Former Journey frontman Steve Perry is defending himself after a joke by Sara Silverman made him out to be a racist. Rolling Stone reported that in the new issue of Playboy on stands today (March 19th) Silverman says in an interview: "The onetime lead singer of a very popular band from the 1980's" came backstage after a show and said, "You're my favorite comedian. You have the best n***er jokes." Although Silverman didn't come outright and say it was Perry, the button of her "joke" was: "I'll just say this: "After that, I stopped believin'" -- which is obviously a ...
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3/19/2010
Boston guitarist and co-founder Tom Scholz is suing The Boston Herald and two of the paper's gossip columnists for insinuating he had a hand in the 2007 suicide of singer Brad Delp. Pollstar.com reports that Scholz' lawsuit named the paper and the columnists Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, who were in charge of the Herald's "Inside Track" column at the time of Delp's death from carbon monoxide asphyxiation. The "Inside Track" ran two columns covering Delp's suicide -- one of which was headlined "Pal's Snub Made Delp Do It: Boston Rocker's Ex-wife Speaks."
Sholz' suit states that the defendants "falsely ...
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3/19/2010
The Rolling Stones' legendary 1974 concert movie Ladies And Gentlemen . . . The Rolling Stones will finally be released this fall. The film, which was directed by Rollin Binzer, is the definitive live account of the Stones' massive 1972 North American tour in support of their double album Exile On Main Street. The film has only ever been shown theatrically and has never been officially released in any form.
As part of the Stones' new deal with Eagle Rock Entertainment, this May they'll release an expanded DVD of Stones In Exile, the newly-produced documentary chronicling the making of Exile ...
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3/19/2010
U2 is now taking pre-orders for its Artificial Horizon remix album, which will be available only through May 14th as a triple-vinyl set. According to the band's website, 13 producers, including Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, members of Snow Patrol and others, reworked U2 songs taken from 1997's Pop through last year's No Line On The Horizon.
Once pre-orders end on the 14th, the total number of sets ordered will be manufactured and shipped out as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, an all-new companion disc to No Line On The Horizon, titled Songs Of Ascent, may surface this summer.
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3/19/2010
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has told England's Kerrang! magazine that the band is already working on new songs, less than a year after the arrival of 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. Armstrong explained that the band has been prepping material during days off on the road, revealing, "We did some demos in Berlin, some in Stockholm, some just outside of Glasgow and some in Amsterdam. We wanted get (the songs) down in some early form."
It seems likely that the punk trio will not make fans wait for five years for a new record, as they did between 2004's ...
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3/18/2010
Jimi Hendrix is back on the charts with the new studio collection of previously unheard tracks, Valleys Of Neptune, debuting at Number Four on The Billboard 200. Four reissues of Hendrix's back catalogue -- which were just re-released with bonus featurettes on each album -- have also made their way on to the Billboard charts. 1967's Are You Experienced sits at Number 44, 1968's Electric Ladyland hit Number 60, First Rays Of The New Rising Sun -- the album Hendrix was preparing at the time of his death -- is at Number 63, and 1967's Axis: Bold As Love sits ...
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3/18/2010
Did Foo Fighters and Them Crooked Vultures member Dave Grohl recently have to go to the hospital because of an overdose of caffeine? You would think that's the case, judging by the breathless reports online that Grohl was rushed to the hospital thanks to side effects caused by his massive intake of coffee. The reports stemmed from a video released by Them Crooked Vultures, called "Fresh Pots," in which Grohl is seen in the studio constantly calling for fresh coffee and becoming increasingly jumpy and manic as his caffeine intake purportedly grows.
The clip finishes with a message saying, "Two ...
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3/18/2010
An April 22nd publication date has been set for an unauthorized biography of Metallica frontman James Hetfield, titled James Hetfield: The Wolf At Metallica's Door. Penned by Scottish author and journalist Mark Eglinton, the book features interviews with key figures from Hetfield's past, including childhood friends, as well as members of Alice In Chains, Pantera, Anthrax and others. A press release describes the book by saying, "This honest and definitive biography . . . successfully humanizes and demystifies one of metal's most guarded individuals." A portion of the proceeds from U.K. sales of the book will be donated to the ...
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3/18/2010
Gregg Allman is squeezing a half-dozen solo shows in around the Allman Brothers Band touring schedule. Allman kicks off the solo gigs on May 14th in Mount Pleasant, Michigan at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, with his last solo date booked for September 15th in Fredericton, New Brunswick at the Harvest Fest and Blues Festival.
The Allmans wrap up their "March Madness" run over three nights starting tonight (March 18th) at their new home at New York City's Palace Theatre.
Allman revealed that after years of playing the band's material in concert, sometimes it's a shock to realize how ...
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3/18/2010
Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills was humiliated and angered when her prosthetic leg was asked to be removed by security after it set off alarms at London's Heathrow Airport. According to Undercover.com.au, "Heather was flabbergasted. There was a brief impasse but she said nothing, just staring in disbelief. She quietly went and sat down shaking her head, and pulled up her trouser leg for an official to hold up her false limb and swab it. Heather looked furious but bit her tongue. She appeared humiliated at having her prosthetic leg highlighted in front of other passengers."
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