Pick of the week: Rock and pop

Hayseed Dixie
Carling Academy, Bristol
Tuesday 2 Sept
An intriguing turn of events: the band specialising in bluegrass covers of popular hits decide to do their own material. Interesting maneuver � and reasonably successful, too.

Hercules And Love Affair
Thekla, Bristol
Wednesday 3 Sept
In the vanguard for the new wave of electro-disco comes this work of many work force. Antony Hegarty present in spirit if not person.

Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Loughborough Town Hall
Thursday 4 Sept
Two leading lights of 1960s ethnic music reconvene to offer spellbinding reels. Reissue of their Both Ears And The Tail LP worth a listen, too.

Moseley Folk Festival
Moseley Park, Birmingham
Saturday 30
The second day of the Midlands folk fest sees a modern twist with turns from The Bees and softly-spoken acoustic guitarist Jos� Gonz�lez.

REM
Twickenham Stadium, London
Saturday 30
Michael Stipe and band enjoy the re-invigoration prompted by new record album Accelerate. Feisty three-chord rock candy sits aboard acknowledged classics.

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Shia Labeouf - Shia Labeouf Injury To Be Written Into Transformers Sequel

The succeeding Transformers plastic film is being rewritten to include Shia LaBeouf's "crushed" hand

Britney & K-Fed's Secret Custody Battle

Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline reportedly met at a secret location yesterday in a bid to settle their custody battle away from the public eye.

The pair are said to be keen to avoid their case going to trial and so – along with Brit's ever-present father Jamie and their respective lawyers – holed up for a day in a 5-star hotel to try and hammer out a deal.

However.things didn't go well with both sides refusing to give an inch, reports OK!.
On Tuesday Britney regained overnight visitation rights with her boys Sean Preston and Jayden James.
And, for now, it looks like the singer's August trial showdown with K-Fed is still on.
 

Paramaecium

   
Artist: Paramaecium

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Doom
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Echoes From the Ground

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 7


   
 A Time To Mourn

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 8


   
 Repentance

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 6


   
 Exhumed Of The Earth

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 7

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Alice Cooper announces new album details, tour

Alice Cooper has announced details of a new album and tour, scheduled to kick off July 31 in Oregon.

�??Along Came A Spider�?? is the 25th album from the legendary rocker, and will be released July 29 through SPV Records.

Co-produced by Black Grape�??s Danny Saber, Greg Hampton and Cooper, �??Along Came A Spider�?? sees the rocker joined by members of his touring band - drummer Eric Singer, bassist Chuck Garric, and guitarists Keri Kelli and Jason Hook. Slash also makes an appearance, adding guitars to �??Vengeance Is Mine�??.

The track listing is:

�??Prologue/I Know Where You Live�??
�??Vengeance Is Mine�??
�??Wake The Dead�??
�??Catch Me If You Can�??
�??(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side�??
�??Wrapped In Silk�??
�??Killed By Love�??
�??I�??m Hungry�??
�??The One That Got Away�??
�??Salvation�??
�??I Am The Spider/Epilogue�??

The tour calls at:


Redmond, OR Deschutes County Fair (July 31)
Kalispell, MT Raceway Park (August 1)
Great Falls, MT State Fair (2)
Sturgis, SD Buffalo Chip (3)
Bismarck, ND Civic Center Arena (5)
Sparta, WI Fort McCoy Army Base (9)
Sioux City, IA Orpheum Theatre (10)
Casper, WY Events Center (12)
Imperial, NE Chase County Fair (15)
Council Bluffs, IA Harrah's Stir Cover (16)
Tower, MN Fortune Bay Resort Casino (17)
Hammond, IN The Venue at Horseshoe Casino (19)
Bloomington, IL The Theatre at US Cellular Coliseum (21)
Florence, IN Belterra Resort & Casino (23)
Columbus, OH LC Pavilion (24)
Detroit, MI State Fair (27)
Oshkosh, WI Waterfest Concert Series (28)
Las Vegas, NV Orleans Hotel & Casino (September 57)
Hutchinson, KS State Fair (12)
Schenectady, NY Proctor's Theater (October 26)
Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand at Foxwoods (31)

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Simmons: 'Kiss are like herpes'

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has compared his band to herpes.

Simmons claimed the group is impossible to get rid of like the viral disease.

"Trends come, fashion comes. But we don't go away. We're like herpes," he told the Daily Star.

Speaking about the possibility of the band recording new material, Simmons commented: "There is no record industry around so we're going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilised.

"As soon as the record industry pops its head up, we'll record new material."

Kiss headlined the Download Festival last weekend.

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Cowell to produce Potts Hollywood film

The story of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts is to be made into a Hollywood film produced by Simon Cowell.
The former Carphone Warehouse salesman became the unlikely star of the TV talent show with his performance of opera classic 'Nessun Dorma'.
His story is to get the big screen treatment after Paramount Pictures snapped up the rights to his story, according to Variety magazine.
In response to the film news Cowell said: "This company got that it's another Billy Elliot, a story anyone in the world can understand."
Talking about Potts Britain's Got Talent story he said: "This was his last chance and he literally decided to enter based on the toss of a coin. And despite his success off the back of the show, the only difference I see in him is that he got his teeth fixed."
The 37-year-old Welsh singer has sold three million copies of his debut album 'One Chance'.

Anne Hathaway - Hathaways Get Smart Kissing Scene Ruined By Conjunctivitis Scare

ANNE HATHAWAY sparked a conjunctivitis scare on the set of new film GET SMART after realising she was suffering from pinkeye during a snotty kissing scene with co-star STEVE CARELL.

The actress just thought she had a slight cold and didn't realise that the germs she was passing on during a pivotal romance scene was actually a nasty eye infection.

She recalls, "There was a health scare last year where a certain contact lens solution gave you conjunctivitis.

"I won't say the name of it, but it was the one that I used, and I had a sinus infection at the same time.

"I had to go up to Steve with my red and puffy eyes, dripping green; I am just snotty and I'm just like, 'Come here.'

"The worst thing was we didn't know that I had conjunctivitis at the time so I had to call our producer that night and say, 'Yeah, you might want to call Steve and let him know I had pinkeye and my tears kind of got in my mouth when we kissed, so he might want to worry about that!'"

But despite the snotty kiss, Hathaway was thrilled to get the chance to make out with one of her favourite funnymen.

She adds, "Making out with him is like the yummiest lollipop, dipped in sunshine and wrapped in a masculine wrapper! That's the only way I can think to describe it."

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Strike Negotiations Marred By Union In-fighting

An actors strike this summer (08) is looking more likely than ever after bosses of the two main unions turned on one another.

Actors are threatening walkouts at the end of June (08) if talks between the unions and major film studios fail to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.

But now a bitter feud has broken out between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), whose members appear in night time TV and film, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), with members including daytime TV stars and radio personalities.

The two unions' executives severed ties back in March (08), with each organisation attempting to negotiate their own deal with film and TV studio chiefs.

And now SAG bosses have infuriated their counterparts at AFTRA by asking them to hold back on negotiations until they have fixed their deal - with AFTRA threatening legal action if the other union tries to "undermine or interfere with our ratification process".

AFTRA members are set to vote on a new deal later this month (Jun08).

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Scrubs star becomes a father again

'Scrubs' star John C McGinley is celebrating the birth of a baby girl with his wife Nichole Kessler.
The actor, who plays Dr Perry Cox on the hit TV show, told People magazine that the couple plans to name the child Billie Grace.
Kessler delivered baby Billie Grace in a birthing tub at the couple's home in Malibu at the weekend.
McGinley told People: "Nichole was a mountain lion, a warrior in the birthing process. The birth was astonishing! Mom and baby girl are 100%."
The couple got married last April. The baby is McGinley's second child. He has a 10-year-old son, Max, from a previous relationship.

Milhaven

   
Artist: Milhaven

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Electronic
   Indie
   

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Discography:


   
 I.M. Wagner Ep

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 4


   
 Bars Closing Down

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 6

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Jackie Chan - Chan Set To Make Earthquake Film

Martial arts action hero JACKIE CHAN is planning to make a film about the Chinese earthquake to raise money for its survivors.

The TUXEDO star said he was in meetings with directors and scriptwriters to get the venture into production.

"I want to make the movie about the earthquake because there's so many touching stories," he said.

He said he had already donated $1.4m (£700,000) to help the victims of the quake, which killed around 60,000 people on May 12th.

"I believe there are so many touching stories so we're going to have a big meeting to see what happens," Chan said of his discussions with film-makers.

"I want through the movie to show the whole world, I really want to salute the whole army of China, really."

The RUSH HOUR star added that around 100 Asian artists would take part in charity events in Hong Kong and Chengdu, Sichuan's capital, next month.






27/05/2008 11:23:17

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Brooks Kubik

   
Artist: Brooks Kubik

   Genre(s): 
Other
   

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Discography:


   
 AudioCD

   Year:    
Tracks: 8

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Combs To Sue Cufflink Company

SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS is considering suing a cufflink company - because its name is too similar to his.
The rapper's lawyers have told bosses at Cuff-Daddy.com - a family-owned cufflink company - that the business' name was to similar to the star's former moniker, Puff Daddy.
But bosses at the company insist they are not trading on his name and hope to resolve the issue with the star's legal team, reports TMZ.com.
A spokesman for Combs was unavailable for comment.

Lahr

   
Artist: Lahr

   Genre(s): 
Acid Jazz
   

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Discography:


   
 Lyrical Amusement

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 11

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