Fox News rabble-rouser Glenn Beck made up that whole ridiculous story about Muse’s management contacting him and asking him to retract his ardent fanboying of the over-the-top British rock act? I’m shocked, let me tell you—almost as shocked as I am that pretty much every member of the press fell in line with his ravings and reported on them without checking them out! Cough. [MTV] MORE »
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Lenny Kravitz Will Not Be Going Velvet Revolver’s Way
The truth quotient of the rumor that Lenny Kravitz would be replacing Weiland as the lead singer of Velvet Revolver has plummeted from 38% to zero, if Kravitz’s just-issued statement to Rolling Stone is to be believed. “I know and love the Velvet Revolver guys but there is no truth to the story about me joining their band,” he told the magazine. Looks like bloggers everywhere will have this story to kick around for a little longer! But where will it go next? MORE »
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Non-Profit Group Attempts To Get Dead Prez And Hippie Students Off The Hook For Riot
Rather than forcing the students involved to get jobs, “the Hip-Hop Congress, a non-profit organization, plans to release a new CD to raise money to reimburse the Thurston County Sheriff’s office for damages caused during a riot at a recent dead prez show” at Olympia, Washington’s Evergreen State… MORE »
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U2 Will Not Be Pulling A Madonna Anytime Soon
U2’s technologically averse manager, Paul McGuinness, rebuts earlier reports that his charges would be leaving Universal Music Group for a Live Nation payday: “This is untrue… As I said in my MIDEM speech, U2 has an excellent relationship with Universal. MORE »
