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Should Incubus fans be wary of the band’s current corporate-sponsored tour? If they listen to guitarist Mike Einziger, maybe. “We signed our souls to the devil,” the guitarist said at the band’s Inglewood, California, stop on the Honda Civic Tour. Of course, Einziger likes to joke around. Actually, Incubus, who have experienced an unusually organic rise to rock’s upper echelon, are touring behind sponsorship dollars to benefit their fans. “We are coming into really big rooms now, so what happens is the ticket prices kind of skyrocketed,” singer Brandon Boyd explained. “We were able to keep our ticket prices low,… Read more »

Swedish punk export The Hives, who have stormed the British singles chart this year, are spreading their infectious thrashy sound to the United States, their label, Burningheart Records, said Friday. Along with retro-punk contemporaries The Strokes and the White Stripes, the Swedish rebels have swept onto the British alternative scene this spring with their apoplectic stage show and shiny white dancing shoes. “An offer came from Warner Brothers and Sire, which we’ve accepted,” Mudda of Burningheart told Reuters. “It’s a distribution, promotion and marketing agreement and they’ll start touring the States in May.” The Hives emerged from the small industrial… Read more »

They’ve delved into disturbing subject matter many times before, but with their new video for “Here to Stay,” Korn make their most direct and pointed commentary on sex and violence to date. The clip, which views like a graphic channel-surfing journey between CNN and the Discovery Channel, depicts a boy in front of a television broadcasting rapid-fire images, including a mob tipping over a car, fires, car collisions, open-heart surgery, animals mating and crocodiles attacking prey. Throughout, the band is depicted in black-and-white against a wall of TV static. In the end, the boy touches the TV screen and disappears… Read more »

Dr. Dre and others affiliated with a DVD recorded during 2000’s Up in Smoke Tour were hit with an invasion of privacy lawsuit Wednesday from several existing and former Detroit city officials who claim they were secretly filmed. Greg Bowens, former press secretary for former Mayor Dennis Archer, Detroit Recreation Department official Phillip Talbert and three Detroit Police officers allege that hidden cameras illegally captured a private conversation backstage at Joe Louis Arena about an explicit video the officials banned from Detroit and nearby Auburn Hills shows. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, names several defendants, including Dre; Magic… Read more »

Perhaps David Bowie is taking this “collaborate with the unexpected” thing a bit too far. Dave Grohl (a rock and roll purist) and Moby (remember Outside?) at least make some sense, but Adam Sandler? That’s right, Ziggy and Happy have joined forces for an updated version of the Bowie classic “Space Oddity.” The song will appear on the soundtrack to “Mr. Deeds,” a remake of Frank Capra’s 1936 film “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” starring Sandler and Winona Ryder and due in the theaters June 28, according to an RCA Records spokesperson for the project. Aside from new material by… Read more »

WarpRadio (OTC: WRPR – news) signs agreement with Tune-Up Inc. of Denver to assist the company through its reorganization. Tune-Up Inc. has over 20 years experience helping established as well as development stage companies with a proven track record for successful emergence from chapter 11 including public companies. The Company has retained Bill Shenkin, president of Tune-Up, as acting CFO. With 11.4 million shares out and with an approximate float of 1.8 million and its nominal debt, it is not the company’s intention to restructure the shares at this time. The principal reason for seeking chapter 11 relief was to… Read more »

Loudeye Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Webcasting and digital media services, today announced an expanded relationship with Akamai Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of secure, outsourced e-business infrastructure services and software, to offer premium digital media solutions for Fortune 1000 customers and large-scale streaming events. Through its Activate subsidiary, Loudeye offers a complete, turnkey solution for live and on-demand audio and video Webcasts supported by proprietary applications for slide synchronization, audience interaction and real-time reporting. Loudeye allows enterprises to enhance internal and external communications through a variety of corporate events such as investor calls, product launches, sales presentations, conferences… Read more »

Prince and his Paisley Park Enterprises are the subject of a defamation lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend, Charlene Friend, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (April 19). The plaintiff, Friend, was “romantically involved” with Prince in 1991, and was the recipient of several gifts from the singer, including a jacket worn by him in a 1991 concert, an audiocassette, a Christmas card, a comic book, and the video Gett Off, according to court papers. Friend claims in the suit that she retained ownership of the items after the couple “discontinued their relationship,” and that Prince had never requested… Read more »

Matt Sharp, founding bassist for Weezer, has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates, their ex-manager and a slew of band accountants seeking compensation and credit for songs on Weezer’s first two albums. At the heart of the lawsuit lies a catalog of some of Weezer’s most beloved songs, including their first single, “Undone (The Sweater Song),” as well as most of their album Pinkerton (“Tired of Sex,” “Getchoo,” “No Other One,” “Why Bother?,” “Across the Sea,” “The Good Life,” “El Scorcho,” “Pink Triangle,” “Falling for You”) and a handful of B-sides (“You Gave Your Love to Me Softly,” “I… Read more »