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For those who forgot how brutal Chris Rock’s comedy can be, he took every chance to remind them while hosting the MTV Awards on Thursday night. A few pieces of the Rock: “Our next presenter saves a lot of money on Mother’s Day. Give it up for Eminem!” “You’ll be hearing those songs at strip clubs for years to come” – after Christina Aguilera performed “Dirrty.” “Our next presenter is being sued by more people that the Catholic church. Give it up for P. Diddy!” “Seeing Janet Jackson with Jermaine Dupri is like finding out about a sale a day… Read more »

Marred by fiery riots a year ago, the Leeds leg of Britain’s Carling Weekend made a sold-out, subdued and sunny return this weekend. Metallica, Linkin Park, Staind, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, AFI, the Polyphonic Spree, Hot Hot Heat, Good Charlotte, Sum 41, the Libertines, Blink-182, the Cooper Temple Clause, Death in Vegas, the Streets and many others played the open-air arena and three tents at the festival’s new site, Bramham Park. Fifty thousand people were on hand each of the weekend’s three days, but police reported that only twenty-seven arrests were made this year – in contrast to the chaos… Read more »

British rock band The Darkness struck a blow for the big hair, skin-tight catsuits and wailing guitar solos of the 1980s Thursday, outshining rivals at Britain’s biggest heavy metal awards. The much-hyped quartet won two awards, for best album and best live act, at music magazine Kerrang!’s 10th annual ceremony in London. It was a far cry from the band’s humble roots in rural Suffolk, eastern England, where lead singer Justin Hawkins and the band used to perform before tiny audiences in bars. “We’ve always behaved like stadium rockers, even at the beginning when we were playing in pubs,” Hawkins… Read more »

Ten bands have been announced to play the fall edition of the legendary HFStival. Staind, Rancid, O.A.R., Deftones, Citizen Cope, Thrice, Eve 6, Rooney, Yellowcard and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have been confirmed to play the fall edition of HFStival on October 4 at RFK Stadium in Washington DC. More acts are slated to be announced. Tickets go on sale Saturday, August 23 at

After playing under a crumbling roof in the “Addicted” video, Simple Plan are moving on top of a more stable one for the follow-up. For the “Perfect” clip, which premieres later this week, director Liz Friedlander shot the band performing on top of a house where drama is ensuing below. “The camera repeatedly cranes down from them into a window in the house and it changes and becomes all these different kids’ bedrooms,” explained Friedlander, whose résumé includes Kelly Clarkson’s “Miss Independent” and Michelle Branch’s “Everywhere.” “The song [is] about how kids feel like there’s an image they have to… Read more »

Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit rap duo beloved by teenage boys for their creepy face make-up and X-rated lyrics, have been named the worst band ever by Blender magazine. The music publication’s September issue said Insane Clown Posse “sound even stupider than they look,” and derided them for rapping about “40-ouncers and venereal disease.” Officials at the band’s Psychopathic Records label were less than enthusiastic about the rating. “They’ve brought themselves up from nothing to become an international musical phenomena (sic), and yet, somehow, they still get no respect from fine mainstream publications such as Blender Magazine,” they said in… Read more »