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Allmans Open 2010 NYC Series
Different venue for first time in 20 years.

The Allman Brothers Band opened its annual run of Big Apple shows in unfamiliar surroundings  Thursday (3/11) with a visual dis of the venue that had played host to the band over a 20 year span.  A backdrop during the opening set at the United Palace Theater displayed a circle with a diagonal line through it imposed over a photo of the Beacon Theater, which ousted the group in favor of a Cirque du Soleil booking.  In a stroke of sweet, southern revenge, bad preview notices for a Chicago warm-up of the Cirque show scheduled for the Beacon, prompted officials to change producers - causing delays that will push the NYC start date to the end of April.  The Allmans hit a snag too, the band announcing that several of their shows have been cut. (story)
NYPost.com   NYTimes.com

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Injured AC/DC Fan Taking Legal Action
Man blinded in one eye during Brisbane concert plans to sue.

The 31 year-old Australian fan injured when his wheel chair pitched into the mosh pit during a Feb. 27 AC/DC concert in Brisbane, Australia plans to take legal action against the venue.  Terry Watson lost the sight in one eye after his face made impact with a control stick on his motorized wheel chair when it tipped into the mosh pit. The man's father said his son did not blame the band for the accident, which he said happened because the handicapped seating area lacked a safe enough barrier to prevent the chair from going over the edge after a friend accidentally knocked into the chair and caused it to surge forward. (story)
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Riot Erupts Outside Metallica Show
600 without tickets get rowdy, 168 arrested.

A crowd of rowdy fans without tickets tried to storm barriers surrounding a Metallica concert being staged for 30,000 in Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota, Colombia Wednesday (3/10).  Police were well equipped to deal with possible trouble.  1,500 cops met the challenge with water cannons and tear gas, dispersing around 600 fans and arresting 168 after a battle that went on for the better part of an hour.  A handful of officers suffered injuries, one reportedly suffering a stab wound in the melee.  The concert was the first Metallica show in Colombia since the late 90's.  Similar disruptions marked the band's earlier concerts in Santiago, Chile and Guatemala.
Spinner.com

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Pink Floyd Prevails In EMI Case
Court rules online sale of individual tracks violates contract.

Legal action initiated by Pink Floyd against EMI over the online sale of individual songs from albums has brought a court decision in the band's favor.  The London High Court ruled Thursday (3/11) that the label's contention that the contractual restriction against the sale of individual tracks applied only to physical forms of music and did not extend to digital downloads got no traction with the court.    EMI was immediately ordered to pay more than $60,000 in court costs. A damage award to the band is also expected to be announced at a future date.  Given the fact it involves one of the best selling bands in history, it could be massive.
Iol.ie

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Simmons Challenges Stones & U2
Baits Jagger and Bono during UK radio interview.
Gene Simmons
either believes KISS could blow away the Rolling Stones and U2 if they dared share a stage for a battle of the bands stadium show, or knows claiming it would generate a lot of coverage.  The always over-the-top Simmons let loose the challenge during an interview on XFM radio in the UK, saying of Jagger and Bono, 'You come on up on that stage with us, baby.  Show me what you got, and then we'll show you what the big boys do.'  Bruce and Bono are probably too busy counting earnings to consider or even notice.  Between them, Springsteen and U2 did nearly 90 sold out concerts in 2009.
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Rush Cues Up For Canadian Honor
Trio enters Songwriter Hall Of Fame.

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will honor members of Rush during an induction ceremony March 28 in George Weston Hall of the Toronto Centre For the Arts.  The gala will include renditions of Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Subdivisions performed by special guests, including Primus veteran Les Claypool (The Spirit of Radio).  Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart are all expected to be on-hand for the ceremony.  The trio remains at or near the top of the list of groups overdue for recognition by another Hall of Fame in a city also on the shore of a Great Lake.
Cansong.ca

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Hendrix Disc Proves Worthy
Valleys Of Neptune measures up.

Hard-core fans happily add any and every release by a favorite artist to their collection.  Fans seeking to limit purchases to the few gems among the landfills worth of unworthy material from artists no longer around to protect their legacy get burned when low or no standards are applied to what gets released.  Plenty of  recordings Jimi Hendrix would probably rather had never seen the light of day got churned out before Janie Hendrix, the guitarist's step-sister, stepped in decisively to insist future releases of archived material measure up to higher standards.  Valleys of Neptune is a good example of why.  Other versions of all but one song on it have come out before, but few equal  the quality of the takes on this disc.

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Wood May Wed
Stones guitarist said to be smitten with Brazilian model.

After a year and a half of turmoil and strife, friends say Ron Wood is in a much better place thanks to Ana Araujo.  According to the Daily Express, the 30 year-old Brazilian model that sported body paint in the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has helped the Stones guitarist kick booze and even has the 62 year-old Wood contemplating marriage.  Wood split with his wife of 24 years last fall (story), and ended a stormy relationship with Ekaterina Ivanova after an altercation with her landed him in jail. (story)
Express.co.uk

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Margaritaville Musher At it Again
Jimmy Buffett backed dog sledder takes on the big one.

A strong finish in last year's Yukon Challenge proved that Newton Marshall was more than a novelty.  The Jamaican born musher, who had not seen snow until arriving in Minnesota to train for that 1,000 mile race, is now taking on the big dog - the 2010 Iditarod.  A big crowd was on hand Sunday (3/7) in Willow, Alaska as Marshall and his team hit the trail for leg one of the marathon dash across the frozen tundra.  Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville enterprises help sponsor the Jamaican sledder.
Jamaicadogsled.com

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Next Young Film Debuts In March
Trunk Show in theaters March 19.

The film Jonathan Demme shot during the Chrome Dreams II tour hits theaters March 19.  The 13 song performance, dubbed Neil Young Trunk Show, leads off with the previously unreleased song Sad Movies and includes versions of Cinnamon Girl, Oh Lonesome Me, Like A Hurricane and Cowgirl In The Sand.  Demme earned high acclaim for Heart Of Gold, his 2006 concert film of Young.  Get a preview of Trunk Show here.
VintageVinyl.com   Undercover.com.au

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'Bama Battle Over Skynyrd Song
Sweet Home Alabama considered for state song.

Alabama State House Bill 336 will decide the official state song of Alabama.  The committee in charge of picking the song to put before the legislature has two leading contenders: Stars Fell on Alabama, a song from the 30's more than 100 artists have recorded, including Pascagula, Alabama native Jimmy Buffett, and Lynyrd Skynyrd's southern anthem Sweet Home AlabamaAlabama, the state song since 1931, has just about no support - hardly surprising, since more than 90% of the residents can't identify it as the state song.  If the committee vote Tuesday (3/9) is for the Skynyrd tune it could include a recommendation to omit lyrics some think portray the state as too red neck and conservative.
TimesDaily.com

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