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On April 1 (All Fools’ Day) the American radio station KMKF 101.5 FM K-Rock is going to play only Metallica’s songs, said Blabbermouth. Surely it’s tremendously cool to hear an exclusive collection of this band on the radio, but come on, why it should be on the Fool’s day? This radio event will be dedicated to the release of a digital catalogue “The Complete Metallica”, which contains 163 songs that were recorded in various years of their long music career. Practically, it contains everything and all of it will be heard on K-Rock tomorrow. “Metallica fans are some of the most loyal in the world, and with the digital box set release, it’s a great time to celebrate the band’s catalogue. The fact that we’re doing this on commercial radio is unbelievable!,” said one of the K-Rock’s DJs Shawn Rock. For those who are staying outside of the US all of it will be available online* at the their official website. K-Rock is one of the most popular and professional radio stations, which is specializing in rock/metal/alternative styles of music.

On April 4 Metallica whose first album “Kill’ Em All” was released in 1983 is going to be introduced into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

British DJ Fatboy Slim had cancelled his live performance at the Snowbombing festival in Austria due to some important doctor’s advice, said Gigwise. In the beginning of March this infamous dj went to a rehab clinic in order to help his problem with alcohol. As it turned out right now his managers are saying that the treatment course will take a little longer than Slim had expected. Surely this guy has some serious problem with his alcohol habit, so as they say you play, you pay and hopefully he is going to be allright at the end of it. In the announcement given to his fans Fatboy Slim showed certain regrets about this cancellation. “I truly hope that I will be invited to this festival again next year”, noted the guy, but definitely it all sounds pretty bad, who knows if they will invite him for the next time. Festival organizers have replaced Fatboy Slim with 2manydjs, another hot electronic group, but it would be much better if they performed together.

This is going to be Snowbombing’s tenth anniversary, which is taking place in Austrian Mayrhofen from March 29 to April 4. The best part about this festival is that it unites winter sports with live performances.

Metallica’s ex bass guitarist Jason Newsted will reunite with his old bandmates during the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame ceremonial performance on April 4 in Cleveland, said Blabbermouth. Just absolutely stunning news for those who still cannot imagine this group without Jason, someone who stayed with them since 1986 to 2001. “Jason Newsted will participate during the ceremony and also shall parform together with us”, noted the band’s lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. Following his words, currently Metallica is discussing the list of songs, which they’re going to perform. A lot of people could not imagine Newsted to join them again, even for such a short period of time. Robert Trujillo who has replaced Jason in Metallica’s lineup after his leaving in 2001 had also been invited to the ceremony. Metallica will be represented by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea.

Besides Metallica the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame will also include Run DMC represented by Eminem, Jeff Beck represented by Jimmy Page, Little Anthony & The Imperials taken there by Smokie Robinson and Bobby Womack corresponded by Ron Wood.

Originally, Jason Newsted left Metallica over a conflict between him and the band’s frontman James Hetfield who thought that Jason’s affiliation with the side project Echobrain distorts Metallica’s music career.

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chud Smith had created a supergroup called Chickenfoot, which besides him will include Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony from Van Halen, plus legendary Joe Satriani, said NME. Another heavy project that should unite some absolutely great musicians from different types of rock. The debut album shall be available in April 2009 and it’s already known what particular songs may be included - ”Avenida Revolution”, “Soap On A Rope”, “Sexy Little Thing”, “Oh Yeah”, “Runnin’ Out”, “Get It Up”, “Down the Drain”, “My Kinda Girl”, “Learning To Fall”, “Turnin’ Left”, “Future In The Past”. Among this quite nice list there will be the name of the album which is not available yet, but there are some equally nice possibilities, “Friction Ignition” and “Chickenfoot”. Currently, “Soap On A Rope” and “Down the Drain” are available on Chickenfoot page at MySpace. After the release this supergroup will kickstart the European tour – the first concert is set for June 23. They’ll visit the Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Danmark.

The first Chickenfoot performance had already taken place in February 2008 in Las Vegas. The whole idea of creativity behind this group belongs to Chud Smith who practically invited the rest of musicians. Hagar thinks that Chickenfoot can be only compared to Led Zeppelin.

Infamous Irish rockers U2 have established a European record on concert ticket sales. “360 Degree Tour” which is about to get going is dedicated to the release of their last album “No Line on the Horizon”, said Gigwise. This band was always something bigger than just a good music due to their unforgettable stage performances with an incredible twist to them. This time their fans took only sixty seconds to purchase almost seven thousand tickets to the Wembley stadium show in London. Wembley is one of the biggest and the most popular stage due to it’s location, history, sound and of course spaciousness. Besides this great London venue, all of 160 thousand tickets to their Dublin shows were sold out in only forty minutes. Such cases of ticket sales are practically unmatched in the music business these days. The same music news resourse is also adding that nearly similar sales took place in Sweden, Netherlands and Italy. “360 Degree Tour” is starting on June 30 in Barcelona.

Gigwise is noticing that specifically for “360 Degree Tour” there is a unique project of rebuilding the arena – musicians will perform on absolutely round shaped stage. As the band thinks, this design will allow them to get a better contact with the crowd.

American industrial band Nine Inch Nails had opened a website dedicated to the upcoming joint tour with Jane’s Adiction and Street Sweeper. Practically, this web site is enabling anyone to download NIN/JA 2009 Tour Sampler mini album with previously unreleased tracks produced by NIN, Jane’s Addiction and Street Sweeper. In other words this is quite interesting to see and hear what these three pretty good bands are going to bring into the world of music. Nine Inch Nails is represented by “Not So Pretty Now” and “Non-Entity”, songs that were played only during the concerts. Jane’s Addiction had recorded new versions of “Chip Away” and “Whores” (produced with the help of Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder). Street Sweeper (new project made by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello) goes with “Clap For The Killers” and “The Oath”. Sounds like a powerful cocktail that everyone is going to download, see at the tour or just feel the vibe which is coming from these three absolutely cool music projects. Anyone who wishes to receive a disk will have to leave an email address and all the new stuff will be sent back in the form of a download link. Music files are available in mp3, m4a, FLAC and WAVE formats. The last three files are extremely big, so they’re available in the form of a torrent-file.

http://www.ninja2009.com 

Ex-The Stone Roses lead guitar player John Squire finally had made a personal reply to all these strange rumours about the reunion of his former band. He has placed a photograph on his web site under the name - “I have no desire”. This artistic installation literally puts a cross on all such rumours that try to take out The Stone Roses from their past, cool idea, but no approval from the guy. “I have no desire whatsoever to desecrate the grave of seminal Manchester pop group The Stone Roses”, so those who are still thinking about their comeback better go and see what John thinks about it. Practically, sometimes it’s even better if the band never really comes from it’s past by staying only in those glory days because some things just cannot be reinvented again. In many cases it can be awesome, but when musicians don’t feel like doing it, then most likely they’re doing the right thing. He also made a statement on BBC, “There are fans but there is also a market there to expolit and I suspect this [reunion story] is being driven by people within the industry that have a vested interest.”

After the fall of The Stone Roses due to a major conflict between Squire and Ian Brown (vocalist) in 1996, Squire  had established a new band called The Seahorses, which produced the studio album “Do it Yourself” (1997). In 1999 he recorded so far unreleased “Minus Blue”.

American pop singer Justin Timberlake is about to start producing his own brand of tequila, said New Musical Express. This alcoholic beverage seems to be very special to him so it’s another way to escape the world of music by facing something cool, but not equally serious. Tequila will be made under Timberlake’s personal brand called “901” and should hit the liquor stores in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and St Louis in May this year. Everyone hopes that this particular beverage is going to be as good as his art, but unfortunately not everyone is certain about it. His representatives say that the name “901” is quite symbolic in this case. This number chosen by an artist means one minute past nine PM. “901 is that time of night when your evening is ending, but your night is just beginning,” they’ve noted. Some rumours are also adding that “901” is going to be a very strong drink, but again it’s not about the strength, it’s about quality.

Besides “901” Timberlake is owning a “William Rast” company which is producing clothing, and also is considered to be the founder of “Tennman” record label. At the same time Gigwise is noting that a singer is not forgettng about his music career. Currently, he is working with his third solo album.

Vocalist of the legendary British band Oasis Liam Gallagher is planning to begin his own clothing line, said New Musical Express. He is in the process of making it all happen because there is already the name for his new creation – “Pretty Green”. This is a song title taken from a friendly group called The Jam. Gallagher explains his decision to become a clothing designer very simply, he just truly loves clothing and cannot stay without it. Liam had particularly underlined, -“The reason I’m doing it is I like clothes. We’re going to do clothes I like, if people like it cool if they don’t they don’t!”. Everything what is somehow related to Gallagher’s plan can be found at his site “Pretty Green”. Again and again various superstars are trying themselves in all sorts of things. Acting and the establishment of clothing lines are probably two the most popular careers that may be put against their original pathways. Definitely stuff like that should be welcomed because as many people know if a person is talented in one thing than he is talented in many things.

“Pretty Green” is going to produce outer clothing and shoes. Besides that, Gallagher’s stylish clothing line will later add on jeans, t-shirts and hats.

Representatives of an ex-Stone Roses vocalist Ian Brown have denied any information regarding some strange rumours about this band’s reunion, said New Musical Express. On March 17 The Daily Mirror tabloid had noted that sometime during the upcoming summer The Stone Roses will come out with twenty one concert in Britain and with a separate tour in around the U.S. This super touring activity had to be dedicated to the 20th anniversary of their debut album. Of course like it often happens such vigorous rumours are not always solid, so this time they most likely will not turn into reality. However, the same representatives have underlined that Ian did not give any proves of the fact that he is going to participate in any kind of reunion with his former bandmates. Currently musician is working with his sixth studio album which should be released in August this year. Definitely it would be very cool to see The Stone Roses back again, but for now just let’s hope that Brown’s new album will be very good.

The Stone Roses is considered to be one of the founders of so called “madchester” style. They’ve lasted until 1996 and have recorded only two full blown studio albums, but the band is still not forgotten and keeps on appearing on various music charts.