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- Sting admits he has an odd pastime ... tightrope walking. He’s become so obsessed with walking the wire; he’s had one installed on the grounds of his British home.
- Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards admits he still carries a knife everywhere he goes as a means of self-defence, illegal in many areas.
- At least part of Roger Waters‘ escaped Coachella pig appears to have been found by a couple who spotted “a glob of vinyl” in their driveway and almost threw it away before reading about the missing balloon.
- Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots recently posted on his Myspace page that he’s working on a solo album. The double disc is expected to be out in November….by the way Stone Temple Pilots will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.
- Richie Sambora reportedly is set to replace Bret Michaels in the next season of TV dating show "Rock of Love." Poison front man Michaels recently wrapped season two when he chose wannabe actress Ambre Lake as the winner and his new girlfriend.
- It seems Melbourne, Australia has a Bon Jovi groupie cop or two. Music stars have been getting siren-wailing police escorts through the city that are totally unauthorized. The cop shop was already looking into an incident involving KD Lang this week and now it seems Bon Jovi has also been given the royal treatment without approval from authorities.
- “Ozzfest 2008” will reportedly consist of 2 separate 2-day events, one of which will be in Dallas, Texas August 9-10. Word is Ozzy will headline one day, Metallica the other. No word yet on the 2nd venue.
- John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “Give Peace a Chance” will hit Christie’s auction block in July. The lyrics are expected to retrieve between an estimated four and six hundred thousand dollars.
- Country singer/guitarist Glen Campbell is following in the footsteps of artists like Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond by recording a new album designed to inspire a new generation of fans. "Meet Glen Campbell," due in stores on August 19, features covers of songs by the Foo Fighters, U2, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and others.
- Scott Weiland has been sentenced to eight days in jail for his November DUI arrest. Weiland has until May 28th to serve the time.
- Roger Waters performed at the Coachella music festival in California over the weekend…he performed Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. During the performance a giant inflatable pig floated above the stage. Now Coachella organizers are offering a $10,000 reward and four lifetime festival passes for the return of the two-story inflatable pig, which broke free and floated away during his set. Anyone with information is asked to e-mail lostpig@coachella.com.
- MySpace is introducing MySpace Karaoke today, which will allow users to upload a recording of themselves singing along to any one of 3,000 songs
- The New York Times reports that Vivid Entertainment plans to release what it says is a film from the vaults of classic rock: a sex film supposedly of Jimi Hendrix. The film shows a naked man who resembles Hendrix, wearing a bandanna in his Afro, having sex with two brunettes in a dimly lighted bedroom. His full face appears on screen for only a few seconds, with his eyes closed. In other portions there are flashes of his profile. But his hands, bedecked with rings, roam large on the screen at times. The film has no audio.
- Bon Jovi fans were evacuated from Saturday’s concert in Sunrise Florida due to a bomb threat. After bomb-sniffing dogs were sent in, it was determined to be a hoax.
- Metallica are considering releasing their 9th studio album online later this year; a bit ironic considering their lawsuit a few years back over online downloads.
- Violet Hill is the name of the new Coldplay single from the new album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. The song will be available as a free download from their website at Coldplay dot com for one week starting tomorrow. The band is also planning a free concert in London on June 16 and New York on June 23. The new Coldplay CD will hit stores in North America on June 17th.
- Def Leppard fans will get a chance to see the group on some upcoming television appearances this week which happens to be the week of the release of their new album, Songs From The Sparkle Lounge. Tomorrow the band will be appearing on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and will make an appearance on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’. On Wednesday they’ll make an appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’. Def Leppard has also released some new tour dates. Some recent shows had to be postponed due to an upper respiratory tract infection that had sidelined lead singer Joe Elliott. The new dates include the shows that had been postponed. More details are available on the band’s website.
- According to the “Sunday Times” annual ‘Rich List’ out this weekend, Paul McCartney is worth $1 billion, $200-million-more than his divorce hearing was told. Heather Mills must be pleased…
- More Paul McCartney news: He has signed on to headline a free outdoor concert in Independence Square in Kiev. The so-called Independence Concert will take place June 14 and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans. Of course he’s no stranger to big crowds, having played several massive outdoor gigs in recent years, including playing for 90,000 in Moscow's Red Square in 2003.
- Velvet Revolver/ex-Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has confirmed that he has recorded a guest appearance on the next album from his former GN'R band mate Izzy Stradlin.
- Today Lenny Kravitz tickets went on sale. Tickets are $39.50 or $55 and are available at the Coliseum Box Office, by phone 857-4100 or online at www.tickets.moncton.ca
- John Lennon is in the news…a court case starting in Boston next week will decide the fate of film footage of the late Beatle smoking pot and discussing putting LSD in Richard Nixon’s tea. The case pits Yoko Ono against Lawrence Mass.-based World Wide Video.
- The Grateful Dead’s version of spring-cleaning will benefit the University of California Santa Cruz, as the college will now house the band’s entire archives, including correspondence and memorabilia the Dead received while spending decades criss-crossing the world. The archives do not include the band’s thousands and thousands of bootleg recordings. Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are expected to announce the partnership with the university today at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium.
- Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan reluctantly accepted a low-grade honor in Hollywood on Wednesday, after revealing that he had spent a lot of time wondering whether it was "a silly thing." Corgan and band mate Jimmy Chamberlin placed their hands in wet cement for the Rockwalk, a shrine of sorts outside a music instrument shop. A hundred or so fans turned up, outnumbered by the media and assorted band hangers-on. Billy told the crowd "I'm so used to bad vibes, people hating our band and throwing things at us. So it's strange to be honored," "I had to think about it. I had to really lie in bed and think, 'Is this a good thing? Is this a silly thing?' I'm really honored. I'm really touched."
- Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was officially charged with two counts of DUI stemming from a March 25 arrest. Sambora avoided a child endangerment charge, as his ten-year-old daughter was in the car when he was pulled over.
- AC/DC have completed recording their new, Brendan O’Brien-produced CD in Vancouver and are now in the mixing and artwork stages, says singer Brian Johnson. The band hopes to unleash the new record later this year.
- For the second year in a row, The Edge is putting his money where the music is. The U2 guitarist announced Wednesday he will donate two Gibson guitars and other items from his personal collection to the "Icons of Music" auction benefiting Music Rising, a charity The Edge co-founded to replace musical equipment lost or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, he and U2 have been recording in their native Ireland. A new album is taking shape, The Edge said, offering no hints about its sound or release date. "It won't be in the next few months," he said.
- Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler will perform at the fourth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert honoring legendary artist Alice Cooper and guitarist Slash. The event will be held on May 9 at The Music Box in Hollywood. All proceeds will benefit the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment regardless of their financial situation. Alice Cooper will be honored as the recipient of the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his dedication to and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund and his devotion to helping other addicts with the recovery process. Slash will be the recipient of the MusiCares From the Heart Award for his unconditional friendship and dedication to the mission and goals of the organization.
- Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards owns some 3,000 guitars but only ever plays about 10 of them so he says he’s considering opening a museum to put the collection on display.
- Paul McCartney, in an interview with PETA, recommends that we all think seriously about becoming vegetarian in order to control global warming.
- Nokia has announced its customers will receive twelve free months of music from Sony BMG artists. Unlike the deal Nokia struck with Universal, users would be able to keep all of the music downloaded once the free period ends.
- Guns N' Roses is "in negotiations" for the release of its decade-in-the-making album "Chinese Democracy," according to a post on the band's Web site The message did not elaborate on the discussions, or offer a release date for "Chinese Democracy," which was last on Interscope's release schedule in March 2007. If the album sees the light of day, it will be the first release of new material since 1991's two "Use Your Illusion" albums.
- After some time off to deal with medical problems that reportedly plagued guitarist Eddie Van Halen, the group took to the stage on April 17 in Reno Nevada. Reports from the show suggest that Eddie appeared to be in good shape and was running and jumping around on stage in his usual energetic style. Front man David Lee Roth was said to be quite happy about being back in front of a crowd and boldly proclaimed "Better late than never!" Two nights later, on April 19, the group rocked the Tiger Jam charity event at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Eddie Van Halen’s undisclosed medical problems caused the postponement of 17 shows, but since then, the group has added 20 new shows to the tour.
- Def Leppard were forced to put their tour on hold recently and had to postpone shows in Canada as well as shows in Michigan that the band had hoped to perform. Lead singer Joe Elliott is said to be suffering from an upper respiratory tract infection.
- On her website Amy Lee of Evanescence says she is NOT going to be collaborating with Metallica on their new album and has absolutely no idea where the rumour came from.
- Velvet Revolver are planning to hold online auditions to find a replacement for front man Scott Weiland. Just a week after guitarist Slash suggested the band already had a singer in its sights, he’s revealed the group is creating a website for hopefuls.
- Eric Burdon & War are performing together for the first time in 37 years, at London's Royal Albert Hall for 1 night only. The 2 acts collaborated on the 1970s albums “Eric Burdon Declares War” and “Black Man's Burdon”.
- In a statement, Guns N’ Roses said guitarist Robin Finck’s decision to rejoin Nine Inch Nails caught the band “a bit off-guard,” adding the group is in negotiations to release Chinese Democracy.
- With their new album due out later this year, Metallica is whetting their fans’ appetites with a new site called “Mission Metallica.” The band entices fans to “Experience the album… before it’s done.” The site will launch in May.
- MTV announced that Rock Band will begin selling full album downloads. First up: Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance on April 22nd.
- Slash now admits he forced front man Scott Weiland to leave Velvet Revolver by deliberately ignoring him throughout their recent UK tour.
- According to the Led Zeppelin rumor mill, the band is working with drum and bass group Pendulum to remix “Immigrant Song” for release this summer.
- A Reno, NV man has filed a police report seeking back royalties from Sting for “Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle.” Roy Smith claims he gave Sting the inspiration for the songs during a conversation the two had.
- Billy Joel’s The Stranger will be re-released this summer, as two-CD set and as a two-CD/one-DVD bundle. Both versions will include the previously unreleased Live at Carnegie Hall 1977 and arrive in stores July 8th.
- Danny Federici, the long time keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58
- Gordie ‘Grady’ Johnson of Big Sugar/Grady in the studio at 5 today to answer your questions and play a couple of tunes. He’s performing tonight with Grady at Manhattan downtown presented by C103
- Bob Dylan has written a 40-page children’s book entitled “Forever Young”, geared to ages 3-and-up. It’s scheduled to be released in October.
- Ozzy is confirmed to play the Monsters of Rock festival in Calgary on July 26th.
- Judas Priest will release their sixteenth album; a double-length entitled Nostradamus, on June 17th. The band’s first concept album will tell the story of the legendary sixteenth century prophet Michel de Nostradamus.
- Bruce Springsteen has officially announced he is supporting US Presidential candidate Barak Obama. In a signed message on his official website, Springsteen said “Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest. He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit.”
- Bon Jovi is back in the news…there's said to be an internal fight at the Laguna Beach California Police Department, where the brass is pushing for child endangerment charges to be filed against Richie Sambora in connection with his March 26 DUI bust. His 10-year-old daughter, her 17-year-old cousin, and Richie's Girlfriend were also in the car when he was stopped.
- Buckcherry are hoping for a summer release for the follow-up to 2006's platinum album “15”. With song writing almost finished, the plan is to hit the recording studio in May.
- Jimmy Page says that, although it was recorded, there are currently no plans to release a CD and/or DVD from the Led Zeppelin December reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena.
- Queen news…before being installed as Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University Yesterday, Queen guitarist Brian May confirmed that a sequel to the mega-hit musical “We Will Rock You” is being planned, and that Queen will release a new album later this year.
- Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash will appear on Late Night with Conan O’Brien tonight to discuss his new autobiography which chronicles his life in Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver…
- The four original members of Mötley Crüe unveiled plans for their first ever Crüe Fest national rock tour and their first studio album together in ten years, Saints of Los Angeles, yesterday. The forty-one-city North American Crüe Fest kicks off July 1st in West Palm Beach, Florida, with some of the band’s favourite younger rock bands along for the ride: Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s other band Sixx: A.M., and Trapt. Taking a page out of the Warped Tour’s book, Crue Fest will also offer up low ticket packages starting at $30.
- According to a Brazilian newspaper, some formation of Guns n’ Roses will perform live in the South American country later this year. Exact dates and locations have not been announced. The Brazilian tour plans are just the latest round of rumors surrounding Guns N Roses. The past month has seen Chinese Democracy supposedly being completed and handed off to the record companies, Rose on the verge of starring in a reality TV show, GNR signing with a top management team and Rose thanking Dr. Pepper for their support.
- Mötley Crüe will become the first band to release a brand-new single through the video game Rock Band when “Saints of Los Angeles” becomes available on the Xbox Live Marketplace today and on the Playstation Store on Thursday.
- And more Motley Crue news...log onto www.c103.com tonight at 8pm Atlantic Time to hear a Motley Crue press conference talking about the new album, single and possible world tour
- The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin will be inducted into the RockWalk next Wednesday, April 23rd, joining Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley and others who already have spots on the Hollywood sidewalk.
- Back in the Seventies, Tom Petty’s first band Mudcrutch played everywhere — from unlicensed backyard festivals to topless bars — but they never performed at a charity benefit. On Saturday night, the reunited Mudcrutch played their first show in over three decades in the 500-seat Malibu Performing Arts Center, kicking off a thirteen-date California club tour and helping to raise funds for the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles.
- Sting is apparently enjoying the cash he’s received from the Police reunion tour. He recently spent $26.5 million on a New York City condo in a newly built building.
- A group of African musicians are set to release the tribute album, “In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2”, which will include 12 U2 tracks performed with an African flavour.
- American Idol’s second annual “Idol Gives Back” charity show raised 22 million dollars…way down from last year
- Metallica is rumoured to be one of the headliners for this year’s Ozzfest. Unlike in previous years, this version of Ozzfest is rumoured to be two different two-day events in late July/early August.
- Today is the final day to take advantage of Early Bird tickets for the Eagles concert in Moncton. After today ticket prices go up. Get tickets online at tickets.moncton.ca by phone at 1-888-720-5600, at the Coliseum Box Office, or at any Sobey’s store. So far over 30,000 tickets have been sold…
- Early bird tickets for the Eagles concert at the Magnetic Hill concert site went on sale today. They’re available at all Sobey’s stores, online at tickets.moncton.ca, or by phone at 888-720-5600. The cost is 109.50 plus tax and service charge. Starting Monday the cost increases to 124.50 plus tax and service charge.
- Rolling Stones – 64-year-old Keith Richards claims he’s been inundated with requests to donate his body to science when he dies because doctors want to examine his immune system.
- After months of dodging, Green Day finally admitted that they are the band the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that the band got its name from “a place we used to sneak booze and chicks into late at night.”
- Two tribute concerts are planned to honour the memory and music of Jeff Healey in Toronto May 3 & 4. Scheduled to perform are: Randy Bachman, Mick Fleetwood, Colin James, David Wilcox, Jack Bruce, and many others.
- Guitarist Ronnie Wood wants to reunite his old band Faces. He quit the band in the 1970s to become a Rolling Stone. His former band mates, including Rod Stewart, Kenney Jones, and Ronnie Lane, are said to be stoked on the idea.
- In an online poll, fans have picked former Audioslave front man Chris Cornell as their favourite to replace Scott Weiland in Velvet Revolver. No word yet on who will get the gig.
- American Idol gives back airs tonight with performances by Bono, Brad Pitt, Daughtry, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Last year the event raised 76 million dollars for charity. They’re hoping to raise 100 million this year.
- Elton John performs a solo concert fundraiser tonight for Hillary Clinton at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall. The event is called “Elton & Hillary: One Night Only”.
- Geddy Lee of Rush will be lending his talents to a new Barenaked Ladies children’s CD. Entitled ‘Snack Time’ the disc is set to hit stores on May 6.
- Vandals have beheaded a statue of Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England after he made negative remarks about his hometown in a TV interview.
- And more Beatles news…Paul McCartney might be playing a show in Halifax this summer. Halifax concert promoter Harold McKay says he is 90 per cent sure the show will happen. Some members of Paul McCartney’s road crew paid a visit to Halifax recently to check out the concert site. If the show happens it will take place around the Canada Day long weekend.
