Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park co-headline summer tour
Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park will support forthcoming albums during Metallica’s second Summer Sanitarium Tour. The Deftones and Mudvayne will open. Dates have not yet been announced, but more details--including a preliminary list of cities in which the tour will stop--are available in this liveDaily.com report.
Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park will support forthcoming albums during Metallica’s second Summer Sanitarium Tour. The Deftones and Mudvayne will open. Dates have not yet been announced, but more details--including a preliminary list of cities in which the tour will stop--are available in this liveDaily.com report.
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Lollapalooza returns with Jane’s, Audioslave, Incubus, more
Jane’s Addiction will resurrect Lollapalooza this summer, VH1.com reports. The tour, which has been mothballed for five years, will also feature Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age and Jurassic 5.
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O.A.R. in the studio, album due in May
O.A.R. (that’s Of A Revolution to you, buddy) has inked a multi-album deal with Lava Records, according to the label. The band is currently in the studio with producer John Alagia (Dave Matthews, John Mayer) to record a new album titled “In Between Now and Then,” which is due in stores on May 27. O.A.R.’s three self-released albums have sold more than 290,000 copies in the U.S., according to Lava.
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Don’t call him a replacement
Blur’s new guitarist is Simon Tong, formerly of the Verve, NME.com “can reveal.” Even though Graham Coxon is no longer in the band, and even though Coxon also played guitar, “a source close to the band” said that Tong isn’t replacing Coxon. Which has us very confused.
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Michael Jackson goes on the offensive
Michael Jackson claims he was unfairly represented by documentary-maker Martin Bahir in the recently aired “Living with Michael Jackson” program, and that he has the video to prove it. According to BBC News, the videotape “apparently shows Bashir saying what a good father Jackson is and how well he treats children.”
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Mickey Mouse Club reunion
Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera--who became pals as children when they starred on Disney’s “All-New Mickey Mouse Club"--have confirmed plans to embark on a co-headlining summer tour. The outing will get underway on June 4, but dates and venues haven’t been confirmed.
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RIAA pushes for name of alleged file trader
The Recording Industry Association of America--which wants Verizon to release the name of one of its Internet customers who allegedly violated copyright law by making a large number of tracks available for download--filed its opposition Friday (2/7) to Verizon’s recent motion to stay a court order requiring the company to release the name, internetnews.com reports.
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