Phish lyricist Tom Marshall reacts to Phish breakup
NEW YORK (Amfibian Official Website) - Longtime Phish lyricst Tom Marshall, currently leading his own band, Amfibian, issued a statement today reacting to the sudden announcement that Phish was breaking up after 21 years. Marshall, who has been co-writing Phish's music with boyhood friend Trey Anastasio ...
| Phish to split following 2004 summer tour
NEW YORK (Phish Official Website) - According to a release posted on Phish's official website (www.phish.com) the band has announced that it will be breaking up later this year, specifically after they finish their summer tour and host the Coventry festival. The full announcement, which came courtesy ...
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Shinedown will support Van Halen's tour!
NEW YORK (Atlantic announcement) - Atlantic recording group Shinedown has been invited to support Van Halen on their upcoming summer tour. The fast-rising hard rock combo will join the reunited superstars on the second leg of their eagerly anticipated trek, beginning in Chicago on July 19th and 20th ...
| REM is heading to Miami to finish new album
NEW YORK (REM Fans Website) - The alternative rock group R.E.M. is heading to Miami for the final phase of recording and mixing its next studio album. A message posted on the band's Web site by manager Bertis Downs said R.E.M. has already worked in Vancouver and the Bahamas on the album, which is expected ...
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Green Day's Billy is alive
NEW YORK (Green Day Official Website) - Green Day singer Billy Jo Armstrong is not dead. Contrary reports surfaced on Friday, when an internet rumour surfaced claiming that Armstrong had been killed in a car crash the day before. A posting on the band's official website cleared things up: "Despite what ...
| Curt Cobain movie to rock WB network
NEW YORK (WB announcement) - A movie chronicling the life and career of Kurt Cobain is set to hit TV screens this year. According to the WB Network press release, it is developing an original film about the late Nirvana front man - based on the Charles R. Cross 2001 book Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography ...
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Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy enters rehab
NEW YORK (Rolling Stone/Wilco Fans Website) - Yet another celebrity has fallen under the spell of prescription painkillers - this time it's Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy. According to Rollingstone.com, Tweedy checked himself into a Chicago area rehabilitation center last week seeking help for an addiction ...
| Nirvana fans honour Cobain's memory
LOS ANGELES (Nirvana Fans Website) - 10 years after his death, the memory of the legendary leader of the group Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, remains alive, fed by tragic revelations about his life and scandals involving his widow, singer Courtney Love. On April 5, 1994, Cobain shot himself in the head in his ...
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New PJ Harvey album 'Uh Huh Her' set for UK release
NEW YORK (PJ Harvey Official Website) - The current undisputed Queen of Rock, Polly Jean Harvey, announces details of her seventh album! Album number seven, comes with the odd moniker of 'Uh Huh Her'. It'll be released by Island Records on the 31st May 2004. The album will is preceded by single 'The ...
| Alanis Morissette will release her new album 'So-Called Chaos' due April
NEW YORK (Maverick Records announcement/Alanis Official Website) - Alanis Morissette will release her new album "So-Called Chaos" April 13 on Maverick Records. Co-produced by Alanis, John Shanks and Tim Thorney, the album features 10 new songs written by Alanis that set her free-flowing vocals, luminescent ...
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Win Beck's Bunny
LOS ANGELES (Beck Official Website) - Beck is prepared to give you his bunny. According to his website, the eclectic singer-songwriter is looking for a new home for his pet rabbit, Rocket. For your chance to win, all you have to do is write an essay explaining why you'd be the best person to provide ...
| REM to release live DVD
NEW YORK (REM Fans Websites) - REM are to release a live DVD featuring a concert filmed on their 2003 European tour. The new set features songs which is called Perfect Square, span the band's entire career from current single Animal to Permanent Vacation, an unreleased staple of the band's early live ...
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Pearl Jam uses Amazon for single direct distibution!
NEW YORK (Pearl Jam Official/Amazon Websites) - With Pearl Jam now free from their Epic/Sony contract, it looks like the band is exploring new approaches to reaching their audience. Their latest CD single, "Man Of The Hour" from the "Big Fish" soundtrack, will be available directly to consumers through ...
| Dave & Carmen finally married!
LOS ANGELES (Jane's Addiction Fans Website) - After a lot of rumours and hinting, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro finally married actress Carmen Electra in Los Angeles this past weekend. Celebrity guests included the The Osbournes with Sharon acting as a Bride's Maid, Best Man duties were handled ...
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Coldplay will prepmier concert film 'Coldplay Live 2003' on November 3rd
NEW YORK (REG press release) - 'Coldplay Live 2003', a concert film and tour documentary featuring Grammy. Award-winning band Coldplay, will premiere in an exclusive big screen event on Monday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. at select Regal Entertainment Group theatres across the USA. The exclusive One Night ...
| Scott Weiland back in treatment
NEW YORK (Velvet Revolver Fans Website) - Following his arrest for DUI earlier this week, Stone Temple Pilots and current Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland has been ordered to enter a live-in detox program for violating his probation. The ruling, which took place on Thursday, will allow the singer ...
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Radiohead are set to release alternative versions
NEW YORK (Radiohead Fans Website) - Radiohead are set to release alternative versions of some of the songs from their Hail to the Thief album. Remixes and demos of four tracks will reportedly back their new single, 2+2=5, due out on November 10. According to fans website, they are a Christian Vogel ...
| Love heading to rehab
NEW YORK (Nirvana Fans Website) - Courtney Love is heading to rehab following a suspected drug overdose last week, reports a Nirvana fansite. Love was rushed to hospital last Thursday after earlier being arrested, while allegedly breaking into the house of her manager, boyfriend and producer, Jim Barber. ...
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Sarah McLachlan's 'Fallen' is the No1 single at the iTunes chart
VANCOUVER, Canada (iTunes/Sarah McLachlan Official Website) - Sarah McLachlan's "Fallen" is the first single from her first new studio album in six years, Afterglow. The track is receiving considerable radio airplay, and is the No1 single at the Apple iTunes Music Store. Afterglow is due in stores November ...
| Alanis closes Peruvian gig with 'Thank you Brazil!'
NEW YORK (Alanis Morissette Fans Forums) - Alanis Morissette shocked fans when she ended her first gig in Peru by shouting: "Thank you Brazil!" Alanis Morissette made the mistake in front of a 14,000 crowd at the Monumental Stadium in Lima. She was criticised by a number of Peruvian newspapers but some ...
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