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Metallica progress on new album |
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Friday, 05 May 2006 |
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Five years ago, James Hetfield would not have been awake or sober enough to get into the studio at 9 a.m., but that`s where he`s frequently found himself as work continues on Metallica`s new album. 'I would have been going to bed at 9 a.m., not going to work,' he tells Billboard.
Things have changed for Hetfield, who has been sober for nearly five years. On May 12, he will receive an honor he says he is more proud of than any career achievement. The MusiCares MAP Fund, a non-profit organization aimed at helping music industry professionals with addiction recovery treatment, will present Hetfield with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his 'devotion to helping other addicts with the recovery process' during its second annual benefit concert at the Music Box/Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood.
'I don`t believe that you have to walk straight into the fire to know how hot it is,' Hetfield says. 'That was my path. The biggest awareness is that you`re not alone and that there is some help. When people get so far into it, where they feel their life isn`t worth anything, that`s too far. But, you can survive it. That`s important to know.'
Hetfield admits the process of making an album while sober is 'very different because there is a lot more awareness of what we are doing and sometimes over-thinking it. Now we are very present for it all and I`m not afraid to do or try anything musically.'
But he says the current project, which is being produced by Rick Rubin, is 'going great because everyone is present and everyone is enjoying the process. The process is a lot easier. [Drummer] Lars [Ulrich] and I would butt heads daily. It would be going to war every day. You`d suit up in your armor before you go in the studio. Battling back and forth. Now it`s helping each other do the best of their ability. It`s all moving toward the same goal instead of pulling back.' -Ervin Colon  Be first to comment this article | Read more...
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Voice talent for Justice League Heroes videogame |
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Thursday, 04 May 2006 |
 Key talent, including Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White, Ralph Garman and more, join forces in Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES videogame, voicing the members of the legendary DC Comics' super hero team or feared super villains. JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES will be available on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PSP PlayStation Portable system in Fall 2006. The slate of talent for JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES will include: Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Blade II, Justice League TV series) as Batman; Michael Jai White (Spawn, Spawn: The Animation) as Green Lantern; Crispin Freeman (Viewtiful Joe, Kingdom Hearts II) as Superman; Courtenay Taylor (God of War, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One) as Wonder Woman; Chris Edgerly (Drawn Together, Chicken Little) as The Flash; Kari Wahlgren (The Wild, Steamboy) as Zatanna; and Daniel Riordan (Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Star Trek: Enterprise) as Martian Manhunter. Portraying select villains will be Peter Jessop (Spawn: The Animation) as Brainiac and Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911, Duck Dodgers) as The Key. Additionally, Ralph Garman (Family Guy, KROQ-FM Los Angeles' Kevin & Bean morning show, The Joe Schmo Show) will voice Green Arrow, one of the game's special unlockable super heroes. Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, distributed by Eidos Interactive and developed by Snowblind Studios, JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES is an action adventure game with role-playing customization featuring Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna and other unlockable Justice League super heroes. Award-winning comic and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie (Static Shock, Justice League, Damage Control, Deathlok) created the story for the game, in which each hero possesses an array of character-specific superpowers. Engaging in one-to-two player cooperative combat, gamers will be able to customize and master these superpowers as they travel through interactive and destructible environments spanning the farthest corners of the universe. Be first to comment this article | Read more... |
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Reggie Bush gets NCAA Football 07 Cover |
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Thursday, 04 May 2006 |
 University of Southern California All-American running back and 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy Award winner Reggie Bush will appear on the cover of NCAA Football 07, the newest iteration of EA SPORTS best-selling college football video game franchise.
“This has been an amazing year for me and being chosen for the cover of NCAA Football 07 is a great way to end my college career,” said Bush. “I’ve grown up playing EA SPORTS games and never imagined I would see myself on the cover of one.”
Bush, who is expected to be one of the top picks in the NFL Draft this weekend, also won the Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year), Doak Walker Award (Best Collegiate Running Back), 2005 Associated Press Player of the Year Award and The Sporting News Player of the Year Award. Starting all 13 games for the Trojans in 2005, Bush led the nation in all-purpose yards per game (222.3) and yards per rush (8.7), guiding USC to its third straight appearance in the national championship game.
NCAA Football 07 is all about turning the tide and features an all-new momentum system where big plays, defensive stops, and special teams keep you in constant struggle for momentum and can change the game at any time. Unprecedented graphics produce living stadiums that capture every moment in complete detail, including the authentic stadiums, mascots, and marching bands, making NCAA Football 07 the most realistic college football gaming experience ever.
Developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon, NCAA Football 07 will be available in July on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft. It will also be available for the first time on the Xbox 360 and the PSP system. The game’s official website is www.ncaafootball07.com. Be first to comment this article | Read more... |
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Guns N' Roses Storm New York |
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Thursday, 04 May 2006 |
 Axl Rose commented, "New York has always been so great to Guns and myself. The response to our last show at Madison Square Garden was nothing short of amazing. I've spent the last couple of months here in New York. I've had a great time, met a lot of great people and the band and I are excited that we get to play New York City and play for the friends - both old and new - that we've made before we head to Europe."
The band are playing a mixture of headline Festival appearances including Rock In Rio in Portugal, Download at the UK's famed Castle Donington, Rock Am Ring in Germany, Gods Of Metal in Italy, Novarock in Austria, Graspop in Belgium, Roskilde in Denmark, and A Heavy Day In The Park in Holland as well as their own headlining indoor shows in Madrid, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Paris, Zurich, Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki, most of which have been instant sellouts.
Following their strongest ticket sales for the event ever Download promoter Stuart Galbraith of Live Nation enthused, "The comeback of GN'R into the UK live market place has been quite phenomenal. GN'R along with Metallica and Tool will be headlining the biggest Download festival ever at Donington that for the first time in its history will sell out and in addition will also play to a sell out audience at Download Dublin - it's been a very long wait but it's certainly been worth it - GN'R are back!"
Guns N' Roses have sold over 65,000 tickets in Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki in just a couple of hours. Promoter Thomas Johannson of Live Nation commented, "Guns N' Roses, the cornerstones of Rock, will forever and ever do sell outs."
New York promoter Randi Henner at Live Nation commented, "GN'R is as hot a ticket in NYC as anything I have seen in recent memory. It blew out in 3 minutes."
As part of the European tour, Guns N' Roses will also be reunited with the Rolling Stones for two special shows in Germany. Guns N' Roses will be the Stones' special guests on the 10th of July in Nurnburg and the 12th of July in Leipzig. They last played together in 1989 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Additional dates will be announced in due course. -Ervin Colon
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Radiohead Announce U.S. Dates |
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Wednesday, 03 May 2006 |
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Radiohead has announced a series of theatre dates in the U.S., beginning June 1 & 2 in Philadelphia and concluding with a pair of dates June 29 & 30 at Los Angeles' Greek Theater.
Set lists for the shows will draw heavily on the newer material the band has been working on over the past months. The performances will take place in smaller than usual venues, and will feature appropriately scaled down staging and lighting design, creating a suitably intimate environment for the first ever airings of several new songs.
The low-key theater dates will punctuated by a June 17 headline stand at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee, and will be preceded by similar dates in Europe and the UK followed by a run of UK/Europe festival dates including the already sold out V festival Aug. 19 & 20, with others TBA.
There are no plans for a Radiohead album release any time in 2006.
RADIOHEAD U.S. DATES & ON-SALES 2006:
June 1 & 2 - Philadelphia - Tower Theatre * ON SALE MAY 6
June 4 & 5 - Boston - Bank of America Pavilion * ON SALE MAY 6
June 7 & 8 - Toronto - Hummingbird Center * ON SALE MAY 6
June 10 & 11 - Montreal - Salle Wilred Pelletier at Places des Arts * ON SALE MAY 5
June 13 & 14 - New York - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden * ON SALE MAY 5
June 17 - BONNAROO
June 19 & 20 - Chicago - Auditorium Theatre * ON SALE MAY 6
June 23 & 24 - Berkeley - Greek Theater * ON SALE MAY 14
June 26 & 27 - San Diego - Bayside * ON SALE MAY 6
June 29 & 30 - Los Angeles - Greek Theater * ON SALE MAY 25 Be first to comment this article | Read more... |
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