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Against Me! have released the “Thrash Unreal” EP on iTunes. The EP features the video for the band’s current single “Thrash Unreal” and completely new acoustic versions of “New Wave” and “Animal.” Currently, the EP is available for purchase here. Against Me! will kick off a U.S. tour on September 4th in Poughkeepsie, NY with Matt & Kim and David Dondero. The band will be out in support of their new album, New Wave, in stores now. Scheduled dates can be found below. Catch Against Me! On Tour: September 4th Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance September 5th Brooklyn, NY –… Read more »

A Dublin High Court judge on Wednesday formally requested that Eminem provide testimony under oath explaining why he scrapped a sold-out gig at Slane Castle in 2005. The rap superstar’s answers are considered a potentially critical part of a civil lawsuit brought by the promoter against three insurance companies that declined to cover the costs of the cancellation. Eminem had been slated to headline the Sept. 17, 2005 concert as part of the European leg of his Anger Management Tour, but the rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, backed out just weeks before the show, citing exhaustion stemming… Read more »

Van Morrison has won libel damages because of an Irish newspaper report that alleged he had an affair with singer Linda Gail Lewis. A lawyer for the Sunday Independent apologized for the report to Morrison and his long-term partner Michelle Rocca in Belfast’s High Court Wednesday (November 14). The allegations had been taken from extracts of an interview Lewis did last month on an Irish television talk show. Following Lewis’s appearance on the show, Morrison issued a statement denying her claims that they had a sexual relationship, saying, “These outrageous allegations are a complete and utter fabrication.” The newspaper’s publishers… Read more »