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New Order bassist and founding member, Peter Hook, has announced that the band has broken up.Hook confirmed the band's demise on his MySpace blog:...so i went on and lo and behold mentioned the [New Order] split so i suppose because it was me sayin it it was out at last. im relieved really hated carryin on as normal with an awful secret so lets move on shall we? To our knowledge, that means the

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On his official web site, Ben Folds has posted a message declaring, "i need a vacation. but i hate vacations because i don't know what to do with my time. so i stayed up all last night dialing up friends who play music who also want a vacation and most of them told me to call back when i was sober and not crying."He says he intends to "get a lot of talented musical artists together in one holiday

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Anastasio pleads guilty in drug case:Trey Anastasio pleaded guilty Friday to a felony drug charge, avoiding jail time in a plea agreement that drops more serious charges and orders him into a drug court program.Anastasio, 42, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance. He admitted that he was in possession of Vicodin, Percocet, heroin and Xanax when he was pulled

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Designers Work to Rescue a Dying Art Form -- the Album Cover:The album cover -- once a crucial part of any band's identity -- has been dying a slow death for decades. For the most part, music fans put up with the shrinkage of album art from expansive vinyl records to hand-size plastic jewel cases. But with the music experience moving almost exclusively online, album art has suffered another

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Springsteen's Seeger Sojourn Heads To CD/DVD:To commemorate his 2006 detour with his New Orleans-themed Seeger Sessions Band, Bruce Springsteen will release a live CD/DVD this summer that captures a 2006 performance with the outfit.Bruce Springsteen With The Seeger Sessions Band Live in Dublin will be available online and in stores on June 5 via Columbia. The 23-track release will include a

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Warrants issued for Billy Joe Shaver in bar shooting, attorney says:Police have obtained arrest warrants for legendary Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver in a shooting Saturday night outside a Lorena bar, his attorney says.After the warrants were issued, Shaver unsuccessfully attempted to surrender to Austin police, said his Austin-based attorney, Joseph Turner, who accompanied Shaver to

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U2 frontman Bono was knighted this evening. According to NME, he was named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Honored for his music work along with his humanitarianism, the ceremony took place at the Dublin residence of British Ambassador David Reddaway. But don't call Bono "Sir", that title is only reserved for British nationals and Bono was born in Dublin.

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Now that the curtain on WYEP's Top 50 Women in Music has dropped and all has been revealed it's time to pour over the list and debate the results. Over 600 people voted their choice for the most influential female artists and more than 380 women received votes. The list included a broad array of styles from folk to blues to jazz and rock but there is always the surprise of who made the list and

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A bunch of new information has come up on new albums that we've previosuly mentioned here, so here's an update:The White Stripes - "Icky Thump": Billboard reported yesterday that the new album will feature bagpipes and trumpets backing up Jack and Meg on songs that range from, "arena rock to blues to a spoken-word prayer to Saint Andrew". The album is due in "mid-June" on Warner Brothers.Spoon

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Singer-Songwriter Damien Rice has announced that he has parted ways with long-time vocalist Lisa Hannigan. Rice and Hannigan have recorded together for close to six years, and she has appeared on Rice's most recent album, "9" and 2001's "O".The spilt was announced on Rice's website:After much thought and discussion Damien has decided that his professional relationship with Lisa Hannigan has run

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Via Vega's email list:The wait is almost over – Suzanne Vega's first release on Blue Note Records will be out this July! Take a tour of New York with Suzanne Vega on her new album, Beauty & Crime. Inspired by the city she lives in, Suzanne's gift for songwriting shines through on album opener "Zephyr & I", about a conversation she had with the infamous graffiti artist, to "New York is a Woman",

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Traveling Wilburys Music Available for the First Time in a Decade:Nearly twenty years after the creation of the band, and over a decade since the music was last available to fans, the music of The Traveling Wilburys will be reissued on June 12, 2007, in the U.S....The previously released albums Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 feature inarguably some of music's greatest

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"Worth the Wait":Seven years ago, Paula Cole walked away from the music industry and never looked back. Until now...."I needed to heal," the 1990 graduate told more than 100 students at a clinic she gave at the Berklee Performance Center on February 16, just hours before she took to the stage for her first concert in seven years. "I felt like I was a plant in shock and I couldn't bloom anymore.

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Guitarist 'is denied entry to US':A Mexican guitarist who has become a star on the world music scene has said he has been denied entry to the US.Rodrigo Sanchez of the group Rodrigo y Gabriela said his application to renew a visa had been refused and they had been forced to cancel part of a tour.The US State Department refused because Sanchez has a similar name to a man who is banned from the US,

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It must be Broadway week in music news. Wayne Coyne confirmed in a recent interview that he plans to convert the album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" into a Broadway Musical. The Flaming Lips frontman said that the production is in the works, but opening night is far, far off.Pitchfork reports that Aaron Sorkin creator of "The West Wing" has signed on to do the script. Tony Award winner Des

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Hornsby Broadway Bound With 'Real Life' Musical:"The Valley Road" is leading to the Great White Way, as Bruce Hornsby is adding Broadway to his already eclectic musical resume.Hornsby has been commissioned by the New York production firm Playwrights Horizons to write music for a new musical that's tentatively titled "SCKBSTD" (a license plate-style truncation of "Sick Bastard"). He's

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Musical married couple Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi plan their first tour together as one band:Derek & Susan are proud to announce their Soul Stew Revival tour, a special summer outing marking the first time the couple has toured as one band, sharing a familiar cast of musicians including the entire dTb ensemble plus Ron Holloway on saxophone from Susan's touring unit, and adding Derek's

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Lennox Wrapping Album With Glen Ballard:Grammy-winning songwriter-producer Glen Ballard is putting the final touches on Annie Lennox's first album in four years, which will be released in the fourth quarter.There are rumors that the new album features collaborations with hip-hop artist Kelis, R&B singer Mary J Blige, popster Pink, and Celine Dion.photo by nemahziz via Wikipedia

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On her MySpace blog, California R&B singer Billy Miles announced a time frame for her next album:The new album is scheduled for a June 2007 release. Thanks for bein' patient with me on this one. Hope you enjoy.

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Glenn Tilbrook announced on his website that he will be joining old bandmate Chris Difford for a series of Squeeze reunion dates this year.This is in conjunction with the re-release of the entire Squeeze catalog on Universal and Warner Brothers.No word on whether the rest of the band is on board for the reunion, or if the tour will leave the UK.

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"Icky Thump" to be exact, that's the name of the new White Stripes album. The duo announced on their website the other day that the new album is complete after three weeks of recording in Nashville.No release date is set, but the album is the first White Stripes release for Warner Brothers since the "restructuring" of their previous label, V2.

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Anastasio Pleads Innocent:The ex-Phish guitarist pleaded not guilty Tuesday in upstate New York to a slew of new drug charges stemming from a December bust for driving under the influence of prescription medication.Per the Burlington Free Press, Anastasio appeared in a Washington County Court in Fort Edward and was arraigned in seven-count indictment. Among the most serious allegations Anastasio

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Ryan Adams Reveals New Album Details:Prolific alt-country star Ryan Adams is set to release a new album on June 4 called Easy Tiger.After he released three albums in 2005, Adams has slowed down somewhat. Although he appears on the current America album and worked on the forthcoming Jesse Malin CD, he put out no new releases in 2006.

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NME.com dubs itself as "the world's fastest music news service". However, sometimes fast doesn't mean accurate, and to be fair their article was merely quoting from the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror.An announcement on the the official Jamiroquai site disputes Kay's departure from music...OK, so there is a story in today’s Mirror implying Jay is quitting the music business: Needless to say

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Unhappy with the musician lifestyle and longing to start a family, NME announces that Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is quitting the music business. He recently parted ways with the group's record label, Sony BMG.Kay expressed that he is especially tired of touring, but may return to music again eventually if he feels inspired. The group's 1996 "Travelling Without Moving" went platinum, but after

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