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But the rocker did have to bow out of a Southern California concert Friday after suffering heart palpitations and shortness of breath, according to a statement on his Website. "During sound check yesterday, my heart spontaneously jumped to 190 plus beats per minute where it stayed for over an hour necessitating paramedics to start an IV and give me a shot to momentarily stop my heart and get it into a normal pattern," the singer-guitarist wrote in a message posted Saturday.
» Read the full Paul Stanley Sidelined by Bum Ticker (E! Online) article…

(Amsterdam, NL) - If there is anyone who has left his mark on Dutch Techno, it is the ever friendly Michel De Hey and his Hey Records, which is putting out one quality release after the other. We are honored to have him on our 365Mag/ Rockit Stage, and were able to quickly confront him with our special 10 rockit questions! Check below for his answers

1 - What is techno these days, in your opinion? electronic, exciting music. Does not matter if its minimal or house or electro or vocal.

» Read the full The 10 Rockit Festival Questions Featuring Michel De Hey article…

Akon has been in his fair share of trouble lately, what with all the simulating sex on stage with minors and tossing fans to the pavement. Most recently, the singer’s after after party at his $800-dollar-per-night suite in London’s K-West hotel was shut down by the cops. “All my parties are wild,” he said. This much we figured.However, Akon is laying all that to rest. He recently wrote an apology song for the stage incident involving a 14-year-old girl at his April 14 show in Trinidad.
» Read the full Akon Wants To Clean Up Hip-Hop … Seriously article…

The 30th anniversary of Maria Callas' death is September 12, and EMI Classics, the imprint most closely associated with the timeless diva, is releasing a gargantuan 70-CD set of her complete studio recordings.

» Read the full Classical labels set stage for operatic autumn (Reuters) article…

I’m From Barcelona don’t tour much. They’ve only got the one record, and it’s not especially long or anything. And, despite its disproportionate catchiness and the band’s rise to prominence over the giant-twee-band scene about a year ago, I’m From Barcelona are about to release just the second single from Let Me Introduce My Friends. Getting 30 people on board for every idea is tougher than it seems, eh, Lundgren?
» Read the full I’m From Barcelona Issue New Single, Tour article…

Britain’s big-boobed model “Jordan” and her husband Peter Andre recently named their newborn baby girl Princess Tiaamii, which is a combo of Thea and Amy - their mothers’ names. With, of course, Princess in front of it. If you thought that was the worst celebs could do, think again. Stars have gone out of their way to make a name like Suri seem tame and boring. For example, actress/dj Shannyn Sossamon has a kid named Audio Science.
» Read the full The Crazy Baby Name Trend Continues article…

At last, after a couple of setbacks, The Lost Tracks Of Danzig has been set free to the fans around the world on a 2CD set. Featuring unreleased tracks from Danzig’s self titled band, the collection spans from their first album from 1987, Danzig, all the way through 2004’s Circle Of Snakes. The songs were not necessarily cut from any of the albums according to Danzig; they just did not fit in at the time.

» Read the full Music Review: Glenn Danzig - The Lost Tracks Of Danzig article…

Ants scurrying, coiled up in insect militia overtones, overwhelming and bowdlerising in their duty to silence cries, the shrieking invective standing opposed to clever amalgams of polar terms. That is the imagery adorning the latest collage of musical intrigue from the doyens of prog metal, Dream Theater. An edifice of concrete highway bursting in and out of the frame in every direction, ants roaming upon both the latitudinal and the longitudinal, what curious connotation floats off its sighting?

» Read the full Music Review: Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos article…

After a two-year layoff and the departure of Kevin Richardson, the all-grown-up Backstreet Boys are readying the release of their sixth studio album for Oct. 30. The yet-to-be-titled disc will be issued by Jive Records and marks the Backstreeters' 10th anniversary with the label that launched them to superstardom. Rob Weiss and Dan Muckula, the latter of whom penned Backstreet's 2005 hit "Incomplete," are supervising production on the new album, per Billboard.
» Read the full Backstreet Boys Unite! (E! Online) article…

Simon and Garfunkel are to release a new live album called Live 1969 on September 17. Classic tracks such as ‘Mrs. Robinson’ and ‘Sound of Silence’ were recoded over 30 years ago whilst the legendary duo were on the road supporting their classic Bridge over Troubled Water album. The full track list for Live 1969 runs: ‘Homeward Bound’, ‘At the Zoo’, ‘59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)’, ‘Song for the Asking’, ‘For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her’, ‘Scarborough Fair/Canticle’, ‘Mrs.
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