Friday, July 2, 2010
Ozzy Osbourne's Scream debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Sarah McLachlan's Laws Of Illusion fell 6 places to #9. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' Mojo dropped 9 spots to #11. Keith Sweat's Ridin' Solo debuted at #13. Carole King & James Taylor's Live At The Troubadour fell 4 places to #15. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Journey To Regionals dropped 9 spots to #19. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music Vol. 3: Showstoppers fell 7 places to #21. Cyndi Lauper's Memphis Blues debuted at #26. Danzig's Deth Red Sabaoth debuted at #35.
Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Journey To Regionals dropped 9 spots to #11 on the U.K. Albums chart. Ozzy Osbourne's Scream debuted at #12. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Vol. 3: Showstoppers fell a place to #14. Billy Joel's Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel dropped 8 spots to #15. AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack fell 5 places to #21. Steve Winwood's Revolution: The Very Best Of Steve Winwood dropped 12 spots to #23. Gorillaz's Plastic Beach re-entered the chart at #24. Michael Jackson's Number Ones re-entered the chart at #31. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Season One Vol. 1 re-entered the chart at #38.
Vocalist Richard Page of Mr. Mister will release, Peculiar Life, his first new studio album in a decade on July 5th. The album can be purchased directly via www.richardpagemusic.com.
A new Crimson Glory box set, In Dark Places... 1986-2000, is on the way via Metal Mind Records on Oct. 5th. The band released a statement saying that they don't recognize nor sanction the new CD releases or box sets saying that they are produced illegally and the company has zero rights to market, promote, advertise, release, distribute or sell any of their material. Roadrunner Records reportedly sold the rights to the releases to Metal Mind in 2007 -- which the band claim Roadrunner never possessed.
According to Blabbermouth, Maryellen and Kevin Burns were awarded $40,000 in their lawsuit against Whitesnake, the Orpheum Theater in Boston and a promoter over significant hearing loss the couple claimed to have suffered during a concert in 2003 where they were moved from seats restricted view to closer seats near a tower of speakers.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Back awhile ago, it was reported that AC/DC were forced to pay $3,500 in highway tolls by a Romanian road crew in cash before crossing into Hungary for their next concert. It seems 4 civil servants in Romania have been fired after complaints by AC/DC's company investigated and reported the incident.
TMZ has reported that Glenn Danzig is being sued for unspecified damages in L.A. County Superior Court by a man named Guy Wilson who alleges the frontman recklessly crashed his car into the back of his car in January. Wilson claims that he has endured "pain and suffering" and "emotional distress" as a result of the crash. Danzig released his new album, Deth Red Sabaoth, on June 22nd.
Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil was arrested on Sunday in Las Vegas for driving under the influence of alcohol. The police had been looking for him prior to his arrest because he was a suspect in a camera-smashing incident earlier that evening. He was released the following day after posting $2,000 bail. Neil just released his new album, Tattoos And Tequila, and during an interview last week about his upcoming tell-all book (due out in September) confirmed that he hadn't used drugs in two decades and had stopped abusing alcohol.
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