MUSIC NEWS - The never-ending Led Zeppelin reunion / no reunion continues. The latest news is that after Robert Plant's announcement that he has no interest in reunion tours with the band (see MNN report here ), the remaining three members have recruited Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy to replace him. The Brit paper, The Sun , reports that Kennedy is already in rehearsals with origina...
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MUSIC NEWS- Facing the continuing rising costs in the print media, after 40 years, Rolling Stone Magazine will shrink down to standard magazine size, like all others. They'll start this week, with their October 30 issue. The original rock 'n roll bible for millions, Rolling Stone continues to attract large readership, but needs to save where it can, faced with new media and niche compet...
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MUSIC NEWS - Facing the continuing rising costs in the print media, after 40 years, Rolling Stone Magazine will shrink down to standard magazine size, like all others. They'll start this week, with their October 30 issue. The original rock 'n roll bible for millions, Rolling Stone continues to attract large readership, but needs to save where it can, faced with new media and niche compe...
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MUSIC NEWS - Rock guitar legend RITCHIE BLACKMORE, 63, (Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) recently wed his longtime girlfriend, singer/songwriter Candice Night. The couple exchanged vows October 5 at Castle on the Hudson in New York State after a brief engagement. The former Rainbow star wore full medieval minstrel's outfit for the ceremony, while his new bride ...
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MUSIC NEWS - Rock guitar legend RITCHIE BLACKMORE, 63, (Deep Purple , Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Blackmore's Night ) recently wed his longtime girlfriend, singer/songwriter Candice Night . The couple exchanged vows October 5 at Castle on the Hudson in New York State after a brief engagement. The former Rainbow star wore full medieval minstrel's outfit for the ceremony, while his new b...
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MUSIC NEWS- Don't bother writing to Ringo Starr ! Former Beatle recently said he will no longer sign memorabilia and will instead, throw away all fan mail he receives! "Please do not send fan mail to any address you have," he said in a message on his website. "Nothing will be signed after the 20th of October. If that is the date on the envelope, it's gonna be tossed. "I'm warning you w...
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MUSIC NEWS - Don't bother writing to Ringo Starr ! Former Beatle recently said he will no longer sign memorabilia and will instead, throw away all fan mail he receives! "Please do not send fan mail to any address you have," he said in a message on his website. "Nothing will be signed after the 20th of October. If that is the date on the envelope, it's gonna be tossed. "I'm warning you ...
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MUSIC NEWS- Good, bad and bad news from Neil Young. The good news; highlights from his highly prized November 9-10, 1968 shows at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Mich., will be released on cd as "Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968" on November 25. Now, the first bad news; Young's continually delayed "Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972)" is now officially delayed to some point (tbd) ...
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MUSIC NEWS - Good, bad and bad news from Neil Young . The good news; highlights from his highly prized November 9-10, 1968 shows at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Mich., will be released on cd as "Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 " on November 25. Now, the first bad news; Young's continually delayed "Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972 )" is now officially delayed to some point (t...
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MUSIC NEWS - Katy Perry (hot on her One of the Boys cd release) has been announced as the host of the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) at the Liverpool Echo Arena in the UK on November 6. The pop singer is nominated in two categories; best new act and most addictive track for "I Kissed a Girl ". "Katy Perry has been one of the freshest and most successful new artists to emerge on the int...
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MUSIC NEWS- We know where, we now know when, but don't know who yet. The dates for the 2009 Lollapalooza festival have been announced and the event will be held August 7,8,9 at Grant Park in Chicago, Il. According to a press release, the organizers, C3 Presents "checked the Farmer's Almanac, got a tarot reading, mined historic S&P data and shook the Magic 8 Ball to determine the date f...
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MUSIC NEWS- Widely reported on the sports pages, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott goofed recently in Detroit. Though being from England and not hockey-savvy (and certainly not having a "hockey mom") he probably didn't know it. The incident occured during one of the NHL's "Face-Off Rocks" promotions at the Fox Theatre in Detriot that co-incided with the home opener of the local hockey team, the ...
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MUSIC NEWS - The hip hop legends, The Beastie Boys have "booked " Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper for a Get Out and Vote tour, beginning October 28 in Richmond, VA. Shows are also booked for St. Paul, MN on November 1, and November 2 in Milwaukee, WI in advance of the USA election day on November 4th. "This election is too important to stay at home," the rap trio sai...
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MUSIC NEWS - The upcoming Spiderman broadway musical is looking to be the most expensive in Broadway's history, according to published reports. As previously reported, U2 frontman BONO and guitarist THE EDGE are both involved in writing the score for the new production, based on the Marvel comic. Word out recently is that the production is expected to cost up to $40 million in order to co...
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MUSIC NEWS - The English electropop band, The Ting Tings are to set to start work on their new album in January '09. They're one of the hottest bands in the UK right now, and with good reason! In the USA, they were nominated for this year's MTV Video of the Year for Shut Up and Let Me Go . Now, news of a new cd has come out- Jules De Martino told UK's Teletext; "The last record took thre...
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MUSIC NEWS - Hardcore pop rockers Taking Back Sunday are currently hard at work recording a new cd, but the group promises to preview some new tunes on their upcoming US tour. The five-piece, who have been off the road for some time, will return to the stage on November 13 to help open up the new Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Taking Back Sunday will officially start up the tour bus...
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