Music: News, Rumors & Lies (Chapter Two)

...Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte will be contributing some writing and producing on Hilary Duff's upcoming album.

...Eden Espinosa and Alice Ripley will lend their voices to a June 13 concert that will feature songs from Helen of Troy, a new musical with a score by Brian Johnson (singer) of the Australian heavy metal band AC/DC.
Johnson's collaborators on the project include fellow musician, Brendan Healy, and the book writing team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, screenwriters of the film The Commitments. The score is described as a mix of rock and roll, R&B and pop.
As the title amply suggests, the show takes as its inspiration from the classical tale of Helen, for whom a thousand Greek ships sailed to war against Troy.
His background notwithstanding, Johnson said in a statement, "I love musical theatre, especially the classic stuff, like Rodgers and Hammerstein."

...It's bad news for SLIPKNOT fans hoping that the band would tour U.S. clubs in late summer. As previously reported, the Las Vegas House of Blues has confirmed that SLIPKNOT will be playing there on August 21, leading to some speculation over whether that gig would be part of a tour. But a spokesperson for the band says it's simply a one-off performance.

...NIGHT RANGER were scheduled to appear on NBC?s new program Hit Me Baby, One More Time, but have since pulled out of the program. A replacement for Night Ranger is yet to be named.
Hit Me Baby, One More Time is the new show that features performances from 5 former hit-makers, which are then voted on by a live studio audience. The winner receives $20,000. to donate to a charity of their choice. Each act performs one of their top hits from back in the day, and a cover of a current hit by another artist.
On the premier episode Canadian rockers LOVERBOY performed their classic ?80s hit ?Working For The Weekend?, followed by a cover of ENRIQUE IGLESIAS? ?Hero?. Other acts on the premier included CECE *****TON, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and TIFFANY. Arrested Development were declared the winner.
The next episode features performances from THE KNACK, TOMMY TUTONE, THE MOTELS, VANILLA ICE and HADDAWAY.

...Since the news broke in mid-May that Wicked Wisdom, the group fronted by actress Jada Pinkett Smith, will play at this year's Ozzfest, little has been heard about the act or how it landed such a coveted gig. But whatever its music sounds like, it convinced tour organizer Sharon Osbourne to put the band on the bill.
"I wasn't sure what to expect when I went to see Wicked Wisdom play last April in a tiny [Los Angeles] club at midnight," Osbourne says. "But let me tell you, I was blown away. When you see and hear Jada with her band it's apparent that she has nothing but love and respect for this genre of music. I totally respect that the band wants to pay their dues playing the second stage on Ozzfest." In the past Wicked Wisdom has opened for such acts as Britney Spears

...Bob Geldof has put an end to a Spice Girls reunion at Live 8.
Bob says the girls will not perform at Live 8 because they are not popular enough reports IOL.com.
Mel B, Mel C, Geri, Emma and Victoria hoped to reform the band for the gig and perform together for the first time since 1998.
Geldof said: "I can't afford to have bands who won't pull the crowds. This is a political event, not a cultural one.
"If I get people who are currently selling 15 million albums, then there's an audience of at least 15 million people for the concert. It's a question of who is popular right now; that's the way it is.
"The whole thing with the Spice Girls isn't about my personal taste - my kids sing their stuff. But there just aren't enough people out there who would want to watch them."

Todays Birthdays:
Mi ck Box (Uriah Heep) 58, Julie Driscoll 58, Greg Ginn (Black Flag) 51, Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) 63, Robert Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) 1965-1998, Nick Rhodes 43, Jeff Rich (Status Quo) 52, Boz Scaggs 61, Nancy Sinatra 65, Bonnie Tyler 52, Alex Van Halen 55.

Today In Music
-1963 One of the Beatles' earliest recordings, "My Bonnie," is re-released in England as under the name Tony Sheridan & the Beatles. The single goes to No. 48 on the English chart today.
-1967 The Beatles are in the studio, where Rolling Stone Brian Jones joins them to play sax on "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)."
-1969 Brian Jones leaves the Rolling Stones, to be replaced by **** Taylor. Jones explains his departure by saying, "I no longer see eye to eye with the discs we are cutting."
-1979 On tonight's Midnight Special, Gloria Gaynor hosts Paul McCartney & Wings, Rod Stewart, and Bad Company.
-1989 Noted animal rights campaigner Chrissie Hynde tells a Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior conference that she once firebombed a McDonald's. The next day, a McDonald's restaurant is firebombed and the company threatens to sue Hynde. She later agrees not to repeat her comments.
-2003 Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner announces his engagement to Mia Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
-2003 Former Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett is made a Member of the Order of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II.
-2004 TLC's T-Boz files for divorce from her husband, Mack 10. In her court papers, she alleges the rapper was unfaithful and threatened to kill her.

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-2003 Dave Rowberry, keyboardist with '60s hitmakers the Animals ("House of the Rising Sun"), is found dead in his East London flat. He was 62.

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...A New York Supreme Court judge said "no, no, no" to Beyonc? this week. The Destiny's Child singer was ordered to pay the Wilhelmina modeling agency a hefty sum after the judge ruled that she had failed to honor her contract with the company when she didn't pay them a commission and service fee for setting up a deal with L'Oreal in 2001.
The judgment is still being calculated, but it is estimated that it would be between $1 million and $1.8 million

...Hilary Duff has been tapped to be the face of Candie's fall ad campaign. The teen queen will be promoting the launch of the company's new junior division clothing line, which will be sold exclusively in Kohl's department stores. "I am so excited to be the new Candie's girl! There have been so many cool people that have done [their] ads in the past, and I feel like I am in good company with a lot of really cool people"

...David Coverdale is joining Whitesnake on the road this summer for a world tour. "I'm back with a mission," Coverdale said. "It's an appropriate time to reintroduce good, uplifting, positive rock and roll." The U.S. leg of the tour ? which will feature such Whitesnake hits such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" as well as early material from Coverdale's other band, Deep Purple ? kicks off June 22 in Seattle and wraps July 30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

... Rock supergroup Velvet Revolver abruptly cut short its overseas tour Tuesday, leaving many wondering if the band's future was in jeopardy
"The band has not broken up," she said. "In fact, theyre coming back to the U.S. early to start the next record."
She cited "family obligations" and album "pre-production work" as reasons for the plug being pulled early. She didn't elaborate on the nature of the "family" matters or why the band had booked a tour if it knew it needed to be in the studio to work on its second album.
The band, which features former members of Guns N' Roses and the Stone Temple Pilots, launched its European tour on June 3 in Germany, and will perform shows through July 2, including an appearance at rock guru Bob Geldof's "Live 8" charity event in London. However, Velvet Revolver has scrap-ped the final five gigs it had scheduled from July 3 through July 10.
The band has been dogged throughout the tour by talk of ego disputes between singer Scott Weiland and lead guitarist Slash, and rock critics have been running pools on how long Weiland could stay drug-free. In the past, the talented but troubled musician has spent almost as much time in rehab and jail as he has in the studio.
Ashton-Magnuson denied that Weiland was heading back to rehab. "Scott is not back on drugs," she said Tuesday.

...During his recent visit to Russia, reports have emerged suggesting Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos was held by intelligence forces under suspicion of being an international spy.
Whilst trying to board a flight back from Moscow following their recent Russian shows, reports suggest that Franz Ferdinand singer Kapranos was stopped on suspicion of being a former MI6 agent who stole confidential missile info.
The drama all took place supposedly while his bandmates Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson were being ushered onto their flight back to London. However, Kapranos was travelling under his mother?s maiden name Huntley giving him the same moniker as the former MI6 agent.
A mysterious unnamed source (possibly, himself, a double agent) speaking to the Star explained, ?Alex protested his innocence, but the officials, initially, would not believe his story.
?Alex pointed out that the Huntley they were so concerned about was 42 ? 13 years older than him ? and they finally waved him on his way.?

... A. Jay & Jeremy Popoff of the Orange County rock band Lit received terrible news this past weekend. Their mother, Sheri Suglia, and their step-father Kerry Suglia, were travelling on the Ortega Highway following an afternoon visit with A. Jay, Jeremy and their children when their motorcycle was struck by a drunk driver in an SUV. Kerry Suglia was killed on impact and Sheri is in extremely critical condition with massive multiple injuries. A memorial fund has been established:
Kerry Suglia Memorial Fund
c/o R & R Business Management
17609 Ventura Blvd. Suite 203
Encino, CA 91316

...Todays Birthdays:
Trevor Bolder (Spiders From Mars) 55, Les Paul 90, Jackie Wilson 1934-1989, Jon Lord (Deep Purple) 64, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experince) 58

...Today In Music:
-1962 Nine hundred people cram into Liverpool, England's tiny Cavern Club to see the Beatles play a "welcome home" show. The group had finished a residency at Hamburg's Star Club.
- 1964 Bob Dylan records his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan, in its entirety. He won't re-enter the recording studio until January 1965.
-1967 The Monkees play the Hollywood Bowl.
-1969 The Rolling Stones announce that guitarist Brian Jones will be replaced by the John Mayall Band's **** Taylor.
-1977 George Harrison divorces Patti Boyd, who would later marry Harrison buddy Eric Clapton.
-2004 Britney Spears is hospitalized after she blows out her knee. The singer fell during the video shoot for her latest single, "Outrageous".

...SIR BOB GELDOF predicts his LIVE 8 concerts and protest marches will fail to force the hands of international leaders - but he will be safe in the knowledge he did everything within his power to relieve poverty in Africa.
The BAND AID icon hates the work involved with organising such huge scale events, but he would have struggled to live with himself if he hadn't taken action, just as he did with 1985's legendary BAND AID concerts.
Geldof says, "I really don't want to do it. There is no part of today that I have liked, not a single part.
"But for the rest of my life I would have thought, 'I could have maybe done that, I could have maybe changed it and I bottled it for personal reasons.'
"We will have tried everything to the last fibre of exhaustion to make it happen and I can live with myself. It will be, not for me but for everyone involved, a glorious failure."
Live 8 concerts will be staged in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris and Philadelphia on 2 July (05), and a sixth show will take place in Scotland on 6 July to coincide with the G8 summit.

...Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd have mapped out a lengthy summer tour itinerary, but an illness has temporarily waylaid the group's roadtrip.
The band has postponed planned stops in New Jersey and New Hampshire on June 14 and 15, respectively, while singer Johnny Van Zant recovers from "a severe case of strep throat" that he "has been battling for the past month," according to a press release. The illness also forced the band to scrap its scheduled appearance at this week's CMA Music Festival in Nashville

...The Chophouse Records website reports that bassist Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA) recently teamed up with slide/blues guitar master Roy Rogers and Carl Coletti (formerly with OTTMAR LIEBERT) to create a new project called HEARD OF ELEMENTS (written HEARd of eleMEents).
The trio wrote and recorded four new songs which are available to listen to at this location. Those listening to the new tracks are urged to sen in their thoughts to this address.

...Todays Birthdays:
Chester Arthur Burnette aka: 'Howlin Wolf'1910-1976, Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing Pumkins) 41, Kim Deal (Pixies, Breeders) 44

...Today in Music:
-1964 In the midst of their first American tour, the Rolling Stones pause at Chicago's Chess Studios, where they lay down tracks for their album 12x5, which features the hit "It's All Over Now." Their heroes Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, and Willie Dixon visit them over the next two days in the studio.
-1966 Big Brother & the Holding Company perform with their new lead singer, Janis Joplin, for the first time.
-1969 At California's Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival you can see performances by the Byrds, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Smokey Robinson, and Dionne Warwick.
-1971 A crowd gets so excited during a performance by Jethro Tull in Denver that police fire tear gas on them.
-1976 At Seattle's Kingdome, Paul McCartney & Wings play for a crowd of 67,100, setting an indoor attendance record.
-1978 The Rolling Stones open a tour in Lakewood, Fla. Bill Wyman falls off stage.
-1992 Rod Stewart breathes a sigh of relief as a judge throws out a palimony suit brought against him by model Kelly Emberg. She bore his child during a five-year relationship that ended in 1990.
-2004 Ray Charles, known as "The Genius of Soul" and one of the major pioneers of the form, dies of complications resulting from liver disease. He was 73.
-2004 Peter Garrett, the former lead singer of Midnight Oil ("Beds are Burning"), announces he will run for a seat on the Australian parliament as a Labour Party candidate.

...Some of the world's most gorgeous women are getting naked for a very worthwhile cause. Paris and Nicky Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Rebecca Romijn, Elle MacPherson, Heidi Klum and Kimora Lee Simmons are among the 44 beauties exposed in a new coffee-table book titled "4 Inches," which will feature the ladies donning no more than Cartier jewels and Jimmy Choo shoes. Proceeds from the book, hitting stores Thursday, will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation and its effort to help women and children in Africa who are suffering from AIDS.

...Even computer hackers are getting in on the Michael Jackson trial action. British anti-virus firm Sophos reported on Friday (June 10) that hackers have hit computers across the globe with a Trojan virus disguised as an e-mail about an alleged Jackson suicide attempt. The typo-filled spam e-mail with the subject heading "Re: Suicidal aattempt" links to a bogus suicide note as it downloads malicious software onto the user's computer

...An enterprising movie fan is trying to sell a jar of "celebrity air" on auction website eBay after `trapping' it at the Hollywood premiere of MR + MRS SMITH last week (ends10JUN05).
The canny fan has taken pictures of himself `capturing' the air and placing a lid on the jar, just feet away from the stars of the film, ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT.
He claims the pictures were taken for authenticity, and the jar hasn't been opened since he sealed the air inside.

...Todays Birthdays:
Frank Beard (ZZ Top) 56, Donnie Van Zandt (38 Special) 53, Skip Alan (Pretty Things) 57.

...Today In Music:
-1964 The Rolling Stones hold a press conference on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. It ends when the police arrive to break it up.
-1964 As Ringo Starr is released from London's University College Hospital, where he was recuperating from tonsillitis, Queen Elizabeth issues a command to the Beatles to attend her birthday party.
- 1965 The Rolling Stones record Got Live If You Want It during a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Well, not entirely. Several numbers were "added" to the record with overdubbed audience noise.
-1969 Always with his eye on the main chance, David Bowie releases his single "Space Oddity" to cash in on this month's Apollo 11 lunar landing.
-1995 Courtney Love is hospitalized in Seattle after experiencing a bad reaction to prescription medicine.

Perhaps be careful not to fall into the trap of what the media tells you. Not all these updates/news are true.
I know some of these people, and journalists will make things up, even when a contract is signed not to talk about certain things, they will print things that are supposed to be off the record.
Be aware.

...The Pink Floyd camp has put to rest rumors that they will reunite. The band including Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright will join each other on stage for the first time in almost 20 years at the London leg of Live 8 at Hyde Park on July 2nd, according to the BBC.
"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," said Dave Gilmour.
"Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile," he added.

... Charlie Barreca is too sick to rock 'n' roll, but too young to die. The longtime sound man for the heavy metal group Twisted Sister, Barreca needs a liver transplant. So the band has planned a benefit show on July 15 at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, hoping to raise at least $100,000 for Barreca's medical costs.
"The guy dedicated his life to rock 'n' roll," Snider said. "As his friends, we feel an obligation and a responsibility to a friend in need."
The quintet best known for "We're Not Gonna Take It" considered Barreca a member of the group, crediting him on their album jackets as Charlie "Sixth Sister" Barreca.
"This is one of the hard stories about the music business: There are no benefits," Snider told The Associated Press. "There is no medical, there is no retirement plan. There's no real union for sound men. Once the money runs out and you get older, you've got no retirement fund. You retire with what you put away, and your memories, and that's it."
Barreca, 63, fell ill in January after steadily losing weight last fall. His liver had been damaged beyond repair by hepatitis C; he says he was never a heavy drinker or drug user, but he became so weak he couldn't lift a glass of water during a recent hospital stay.

...The Roisin Dubh Trust has announced that the statue in Dublin to the late guitar legend Phil Lynott of THIN LIZZY will be officially unveiled the weekend of August 19-20, 2005.
The unveiling of the life size-bronze statue will take place in the late evening once all trading has ceased for the day, in the very busy trade and tourist area of Grafton Street in Dublin on Friday, August 19.
On Saturday, August 20, "The Boy Is Back In Town" (the statue unveiling tribute to the life and music of Philip Lynott) will take place at the Point in Dublin. The following are confirmed to perform at this event: GARY MOORE & Very Special Guests, ERIC BELL, BRIAN DOWNEY, SCOTT GORHAM, BRIAN ROBERTSON
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...todays birthdays:
Meredith Brooks 47, Bun E. Carlos 54, Chick Corea 64, Brad Delp (Boston) 54, Pete Fardon (Pretenders) 1952-1983,Vince Gill 48, Roy Harper 64, Christine McVie 62, Bobby Sheehan 1968-1999,Kenny Wayne Shepherd 28.

...Today in music:
- 1965 England's Queen Elizabeth awards the Beatles MBEs. John Lennon would later return his in protest of the Vietnam War. Canadian MP Hector Dupuis, who also has an MBE, is disgusted. "The British house of royalty has put me on the same level as a bunch of vulgar numbskulls," he moans.
-1968 Speedway, starring Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra, premieres in Charlotte, N.C.
-1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their album Some Time in New York City.
-1987 After a month-long investigation, the Los Angeles coroner concludes that blues singer Paul Butterfield died from ingesting a mixture of drugs and booze.
-2003 Metallica top the American charts with St. Anger, their first album in six years. Jewel's 0304 debuts at No. 2.
-2004 Courtney Love surrenders to police after being charged with assaulting a woman with a flashlight and a bottle at her ex-boyfriend's home in April. She is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and is released on bail.

...In a surprise announcement from the stage during a show in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday night, the members of Destiny's Child told fans they will disband at the conclusion of their current Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It Tour.
Kelly Rowland made the revelation before 16,000 fans at the Palau Sant Jordi, explaining that the concert would be the last European appearance by the group. In a statement released exclusively to MTV News on Sunday (June 12), the trio thanked their loyal fans and pledged sisterly devotion to one another.

...AIMEE OSBOURNE has won her fight against breast cancer and is now "resting and recuperating" with her parents OZZY and SHARON.
The 21-year-old was diagnosed with the potentially fatal illness in April (05), forcing her and her mother Sharon to pull out of a London run in the stage show THE V-AGINA MONOLOGUES.
But after intensive treatment at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital, the aspiring singer has been given the all clear.
Sharon says, "Ozzy and I prayed for the news we've now got about our Aimee. I can't begin to describe the relief we are feeling.
"During that period, we were living on a knife-edge. But Aimee has responded so well to treatment that the experts now say she's completely free of that wretched disease."

...Status Quo are begging Bod Geldof to let them play at Live 8 - because they can't remember much about opening Live Aid.
Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt admit their memories of opening Live Aid in 1985 are lost in a haze of drink and drugs.
"We didn't realise the gravity of Live Aid until we got on stage," says a now drug-free Rick. "But it was over in a second. Neither of us remembers much of the day after that.
"Fifteen minutes after coming off-stage, I was completely drunk. I don't remember anything else. So it would be great if we can remember it this time."
Francis added: "Apparently we were back on stage for the finale of Feed The World. I only know this because I've seen the film of it.
"But I do remember falling off a table with David Bowie just before we went back on..."

...ROLLING STONE guitarist RONNIE WOOD is making an unusual gift for celebrity chef JAMIE OLIVER - a nude painting of the TV cook's wife JOOLS.
The 58-year-old recently asked Oliver, nicknamed the Naked Chef, to cook a meal for 100 guests at his London home.
And Wood, an established artist, was so impressed by the culinary guru's food, he's committing his spouse to canvas as a thank you gift.
Jools says, "I'm looking forward to it. It's a very original present."

...Todays Birthdays:
Adam Clayton (U2) 45, Howard Leese (heart) 54, Dennis Locorriere (Dr Hook) 57, Mark Mendoza (Twisted Sister) 51, Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) 35, Paul deLisle (Smashmouth)42

...Today In Music
-1958 Rock wit Frank Zappa graduates from high school.
-1964 The Rolling Stones make their first American prime-time TV appearance on The Hollywood Palace, where host Dean Martin joshes them about their long hair. Well, you don't f*ck with Dean. And he's in rare form. Following an act by acrobat Larry Griswold, Martin says, "That's the father of the Rolling Stones; he's been trying to kill himself ever since."
-1969 The Rolling Stones officially announce Brian Jones' replacement as being M ick Taylor.
-1970 In America, "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last No. 1 record.
-1970 Christine Perfect says she will retire from music following the release of her self-titled solo album. However, she later follows her husband, John McVie, into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac, penning plenty of future hits.
-1980 Roadie opens across America. Appearing in the film are VH1 goliaths Meat Loaf, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, and Styx. Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis also appear
-1980 Before a Philadelphia Phillies game today, Pat Benatar performs a short set and dances with the team mascot, the Phillie Phanatic.
-1983 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release their debut album, Texas Flood. By the end of the year, Vaughan wins Guitar Player magazine's awards for Best New Talent, Best Electric Blues Guitar Player, and Best Guitar Album - the first person to win all three awards since Jeff Beck in 1976.
-2003 '80s New Romantic Adam Ant ("Goody Two Shoes") is arrested and put in a psychiatric ward after a nude rampage through a London cafe.
-2004 The Libertines' guitarist Pete Doherty flees the Thai monastery where he has been sent to shake his drug addictions. He says, "Thamkrabok Monastery have done everything they could to help me, but I am just not strong enough for this treatment."

...The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (June 13) refused to consider whether the 1992 Beastie Boys classic "Pass the Mic" infringed on the copyright of jazz flutist James W. Newton's "Choir," according to The Associated Press. Newton filed suit against the group more than five years ago, claiming the rappers sampled his song without his full permission. While the Boys did pay a licensing fee for the six-second sample, they never paid additional fees to license the underlying composition. In its ruling, the court explained that the short song portion in "Pass the Mic" was not "distinctive enough to be considered Newton's work."

...KnuckleBonz Inc?s Guitar Hero series (www.guitarhero.net) will issue sculptures of AC/DC brothers Angus Young and Malcolm Young. The sculptures will be available individually or in a tandem set.
The officially licensed Angus Young and Malcolm Young sculptures will only be available in limited editions of 3000 (per figure) worldwide. Preorder to reserve a figure. Exact ship date TBD. More info in the Press announcement.

...Michael Jackson is being lined up for a sensational comeback at next month's Live 8 gig.
The King Of Pop has been tentatively invited to appear at the Philadelphia or London gig by organisers, after he was acquitted of child abuse allegations on Monday.
Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith says he would consider adding him to the line-up for the July 2 event - but questioned whether he was ready to perform yet.
Jacko walked clear from court in Santa Maria looking frail, but he is still believed to want to relaunch his career as soon as possible.
Interviewed on radio station Capital FM, Goldsmith said: "Obviously we'd consider it."
He added: "Whether it's appropriate or not is another issue, whether he's in a fit state to work is another issue, whether he can work is another issue and whether he can work live is another issue."

...Christina Aguilera's music has reportedly been used to interrogate a leading al Qaeda suspect at Guantanamo Bay.
Time magazine says her songs were played to try to break down Mohammed al Qahtani who is believed to be the so-called 20th hijacker.
Qahtani is thought to have tried to enter the US in August 2001 as part of the team which took part in the September 11 attacks.
Despite numerous allegations from released detainees, Pentagon officials insist the prisoners at the US naval base in Cuba are being treated humanely.

...Todays Birthdays:
Rod Argent 60, Chris DeGarmo (Queensryche) 42, Boy George 44, Jordan Taylor Hansen 22, Jimmy Lea (Slade) 53

...Today In Music:
-1964 In Melbourne, Australia, a crowd of 250,000 greets the Beatles. It's the most Australians that have ever congregated in one place.
-1964 In England, a tea chest addressed to the Beatles is opened. Twelve-year-old Beatlemaniac Carol Dryden is discovered inside.
-1969 Go down to London's Hyde Park to attend **** Taylor's first photo shoot with the Rolling Stones. He replaced Brian Jones.
-1969 The Beatles top the British charts with their first stereo single, "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
-1970 Showing the kind of financial sense that would lead to their downfall, Grand Funk Railroad spend $100,000 on a block-long billboard in New York to advertise their latest single, "Closer to Home." It went to No. 22.
-1970 Derek & the Dominos play their first gig in Britain.
-1979 Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and others play a No Nukes benefit at the Hollywood Bowl.
-1989 Drummer Pete DeFreitas of Echo & the Bunnymen dies in a motorcycle accident.
-1995 The Columbus, Ohio, police receive 20 complaints that a Ted Nugent concert there is too loud. Nevertheless, Ted refuses to turn down the volume, as he's within the legal noise limits
-1995 Rory Gallagher, an Irish blues guitarist also known for his checked shirts, dies in London.
-1996 Beatles producer George Martin is awarded a knighthood.
-2004 Warner Music announces it is buying out Madonna's share of Maverick Records, the label she co-founded in 1992, as part of a lawsuit settlement between the two companies. Among Maverick's artists are Alanis Morissette, Deftones and The Prodigy.

...HMV stores in Canada pulled all of Alanis Morissette's albums from their shelves on Monday as a protest to the Ottawa-born artist's deal with Starbucks to sell her new acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill. The coffee chain has the exclusive rights to peddle the CD for the next six weeks, after which it will be offered to traditional music retailers

...What's good enough for Britney Spears is apparently good enough for Michael Jackson and his family. The Hollywood Reporter reports that a six-episode reality show revolving around the pop-music clan has been pitched to a number of networks, including ABC, FOX and A&E.

...METALLICA's "Enter Sandman" was cited in a City Journal magazine story about the treatment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of prisoner Mohammed al-Qahtani ? known as the 20th hijacker on Sept. 11 ? as having been used during Qahtani's interrogation, saying it brought him to tears "because he thought he was hearing the sound of Satan."

...KID ROCK has been slapped with a $500,000 lawsuit, after a fight with a DJ in a Nashville, Tennessee strip club.
Rock, was arrested in February (05) after he allegedly punched DJ JAY CAMPOS over his selection of music, reports ALLHIPHOP.COM.
Local television stations broadcast images of Campos - real name JEREMY CAMPOS - leaving Christie's Cabaret in downtown Nashville, carrying his broken spectacles.
Kid Rock was charged with simple assault and was released on $3,000 bond.

...Yesterdays Birthdays :
Jim Belushi 51, Brad Gillis 48, Noddy Holder 55, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins 1912-1982, Michael Lutz (Brownsville Station) 56, Harry Nilsson 1941-1994

...Todays Birthdays:
Tupac Shakur 1971-1996, Gino Vanelli 53

...Today in Music:
- 1967 The Monterey Pop Festival kicks off today in California. The media coverage given to performers like Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, and Jimi Hendrix at the three-day festival helped turn them into international stars.
-1968 Janis Joplin, Steve Miller, and Santana play a benefit at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. Proceeds from the gig go toward keeping the Matrix Club, another San Francisco venue, open.
-1975 Accusing them of harassment during deportation proceedings, John Lennon files a suit against former U.S. Attorneys General John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst.
-1976 CBS debuts The Jacksons cartoon series. The novel concept features the singing sensations driving around and getting into zany adventures.
-1982 James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders dies after a long battle with drugs. He was 25.
-1982 In Tulsa, Okla., Donnie Van Zant of Southern rockers .38 Special is arrested onstage after drinking in public.
-1987 Michael Jackson ups his offer for the bones of John Merrick, aka the Elephant Man. He is again refused.
-1990 Inexplicably, the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" goes to No. 1 in the Netherlands 24 years after it was first released.
-1994 Kristen Pfaff, bassist with Hole, dies of a heroin overdose.
-2003 Toto apologize to keyboardist David Paich after claim he was sitting out their summer tour to get a sex change operation. Paich is actually tending to a sick family member. Guitarist Steve Lukather says he's sorry the joke got out of control.
-2004 The surviving members of the New York Dolls play their first show together since the trash rockers disbanded in the '70s. The concert is part of a London festival curated by their No. 1 fan, Morrissey.