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Britain’s BBC has been forced to apologize after Iggy Pop used a racist term live on air. During the broadcaster’s coverage of the Glastonbury festival (June 23), Pop made a comment about visiting shops in north London. In an interview after his performance, Pop launched into a long anecdote about going to Camden and visiting “Paki shops.” Hosts Jo Whiley and Mark Radcliffe made no on-air apology on Saturday night (June 23), prompting three viewer complaints. A spokesman for the corporation said: “We would like to apologize if anyone was offended.” The presenters on the BBC Two program made no… Read more »

Only two weeks after they started, White Stripes have finished recording their new album and are planning its release date. Jack White planned on finishing up this release fairly quickly in his home studio with Meg White. The pair completed the recording on March 18, after recording a song a day. They still have to mix and master it, according to NME.com. The band recorded their last record, Elephant, in 10 days and White completed Loretta Lynn ‘s Grammy-winning Van Lear Rose in 12 days. As usual, White used analogue equipment was used for to record the album. So far… Read more »

Imagine for a second you’re a member of the Kings of Leon: You’ve got a new record, Aha Shake Heartbreak, that’s been out since November in the U.K., where it’s sold more than 600,000 copies and yielded back-to-back #1 singles. You’ve played in front of 90,000 people at massive outdoor festivals like Glastonbury and T in the Park and you’re mobbed by fans at every tour stop. Then you return home to America, and all anybody wants to talk about is how you just shaved off your Skynyrd-style mustache. “Yeah, we didn’t know our hygiene was so closely monitored. Every… Read more »

Moby will release 18 B-Sides DVD November 18th. He was inspired to put together the two-disc set after the success of 2000’s Play DVD. “It just seemed to make sense again because we had so much material that otherwise would never see the light of day,” Moby says. “I’m very prolific because I have my own studio, and pretty much all I do is spend time working on music.” The DVD features several parts: footage of Moby in his New York studio writing the track “Song That We Made Together” start to finish; a live performance from June’s Glastonbury festival,… Read more »

What everyone always wants to know is: who’s the worst? Meaning: which really famous person out there is a berk whose lack of personality is in inverse proportion to their abundance of fame? And the answer is, of course, all of them. No, it’s not. It’s Jon Bon Jovi. The next question – who’s the best, of course – is more difficult. The interviewees I like are the ones that turn out to be more than you expected, whether that’s more intelligent, or honest, or bonkers, or fun, whatever. And there are plenty of those. Madonna (sharper), Björk (wilder), James… Read more »

Zwan has canceled its entire world tour, due to what the band termed “family reasons” on its official website, zwan.com. The canceled tour was to start in Imola, Italy on June 15, and end at the famed Fuji Festival in Japan on January 25. Glastonbury, T In The Park, and the Witnness Festival were among the European festivals Zwan will miss. The band is touring in support of its debut album, Mary Star Of The Sea, and it features former Smashing Pumpkins members Billy Corgan on guitar and vocals and Jimmy Chamberlin on drums. Also in the band are ex-Tortoise… Read more »

R.E.M. is in the midst of preparations for its upcoming world tour, and according to a post by frontman Michael Stipe on the group’s official Web site (http://www.remhq.com), the band has already rehearsed 70 songs. The tour starts June 27 at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival and will wrap Oct. 11 in Atlanta, about 70 miles west of the group’s Athens, Ga., homebase. R.E.M. is working with new drummer Bill Rieflin, an industrial/metal stickman who has manned the kit for the likes of Ministry, KMFDM, and Nine Inch Nails. R.E.M.’s three original members – Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, and guitarist Peter… Read more »

From rampaging bikers at the Rolling Stones’ infamous Altamont show in 1969 to deadly stampedes by fans of the Who and Pearl Jam, the most notorious rock concert tragedies have generally been linked to the biggest names in the business. That is, until Great White took the stage of a tiny Rhode Island nightclub Thursday night. The heavy metal “hair” band, which reached the brief apex of its career in the 1980s, will now be forever remembered for a devastating fire that stands in a class by itself as the deadliest episode in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll mayhem.… Read more »

Coldplay will visit the United States in mid-August to preview songs from its upcoming album, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, which arrives August 27 from Capitol Records. Seven shows are currently scheduled, all in major cities, beginning August 6 at the Paradise in Boston. Coldplay has already started making live appearances surrounding its second album back home in the U.K., including a show Monday (July 1) at the Glastonbury Festival. That show showcased both new songs and highlights from the band’s 2000 debut, Parachutes. The complete set list was: “Politik,” “Shiver,” “Spies,” “Daylight,” “Trouble,” “One I Love,” “Don’t… Read more »

Garage-rock band The Strokes, riding high in the music charts on both sides of the Atlantic, are to headline the 2002 Reading and Leeds festivals, organizers announced on Tuesday. The New York band, last year promoted to the events’ main stages due to popular demand, is expected to attract more than 100,000 festival-goers over the August Bank Holiday weekend. “This year has seen them (the Strokes) become the most talked-about band in Britain,” events promoter The Mean Fiddler Group said. “They are playing no other UK dates this year… this is your only chance to see them.” Co-headlining with The… Read more »