Feb 12

Doors pick up lifetime achievement Grammy
[source: NME.com] Classic rock outfit The Doors and folk veteran Joan Baez have been awarded Grammys for lifetime achievement.
The awards, presented on the eve of tonight's main event, also saw The Grateful Dead and soul band Booker T & The MGs honoured.
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said the band's late singer, Jim Morrison, would have been "very honoured" to be recognised.
"People think he was anti-establishment but in reality he wanted to be bigger than The Beatles," Krieger said.

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Arctic Monkeys make surprise live return
[source: NME.com] Arctic Monkeys played a surprise hometown show on Saturday February 10.
The band made their live return at Sheffield's Leadmill venue, with a gig that was kept under wraps until an hour before the Arctic Monkeys took the stage.
The show was the group's first performance since completing forthcoming second album Favourite Worst Nightmare and saw them preview a host of new songs, including "Fluorescent Adolescent", "D Is For Dangerous" and "Brianstorm".

Set list:

"This House Is A Circus"
"Balaclava"
"I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"
"Still Take You Home"
"Dancing Shoes"
"D Is For Dangerous"
"When The Sun Goes Down"
"From The Ritz To The Rubble"
"Fluorescent Adolescent"
"Do Me A Favour"
"View From The Afternoon"
"Brianstorm"
"Leave Before The Lights Come On"
"What If You Were Right?"
"A Certain Romance"

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Rufus Wainwright reveals new album details
[source: NME.com] Rufus Wainwright has released details of his forthcoming fifth album, Release The Stars.
The follow-up to 2004's Want Two, the album is due out in May through Geffen Records. Wainwright produced the record himself, with Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant handling executive production duties.
Meanwhile, Wainwright, a big Judy Garland fan, will recreate the actresses 1961 Carnegie Hall performance at shows in London and Paris later this month, and at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday September 23.

Release The Stars tracklisting:

"Do I Disappoint You"
"Going To A Town"
"Tiergarten"
"Nobody's Off The Hook"
"Between My Legs"
"Rules And Regulations"
"I'm Not Ready To Love"
"Slideshow"
"Tulsa"
"Leaving For Paris"
"Sanssouci"
"Release The Stars"

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Dinosaur Jr. back from extinction
[source: NME.com] The original Dinosaur Jr. line-up have announced details of their first studio album in 18 years.
The group, consisting of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph, will release Beyond on Monday April 30.
The trio issued three previous albums together - Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me and Bug - before bassist Barlow left.
The new album was recorded at guitarist J Mascis's Bisquiteen Studios.

Beyond tracklisting:

"Almost Ready"
"Crumble"
"Pick Me Up"
"Back To Your Heart"
"This Is All I Came To Do"
"Been There All The Time"
"It's Me"
"We're Not Alone"
"I Got Lost"
"Lightning Bulb"
"What If I Knew"

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Dr. Dre turns movie producer
[source: NME.com] Music producer Dr. Dre has signed a deal with New Line Cinema and will soon begin working on films.
The rap star plans to initially work on dark comedies, with an eventual move into horror.
According to Variety, Dre feels the move is a natural development given he has directed music videos in the past and is planning on forging a career as a director.
New Line's Toby Emmerich said Dr. Dre's track record is second to none.
"Everything Dre has worked on becomes a hit and one of the reasons for that is that he never put his name on anything that he doesn't really believe in," Emmerich said.
"His records have always been very narrative in nature and you can tell from his songs he understands how to tell a story."
Dre, a former member of NWA, is one of the rap world's most successful producers and has worked with Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Mary J Blige. Albums produced by Dre have sold more than 80 million copies worldwide.

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Groovin' The Moo details announced
Summer may be coming to a close but that doesn't mean the end of Australian music festivals.
Organisers of the annual, day-long Groovin' The Moo gig - which takes place this year on Saturday May 12 in Maitland, New South Wales - have revealed Silverchair will headline the event.
Joining The 'Chair will be Ohio blues rockers The Black Keys, The Presets, You Am I, The Morning After Girls, Mia Dyson, Airbourne, Kid Confucius, Snowman, The Camels, The Porkers, Trial Kennedy, Radical Son & The Trends, Sneaky Sound System, Macromantics, Midnight Juggernauts, Good Buddha and Astronomy Class.
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Monday February 19 and cost $79 (plus booking fees). More acts and DJs will be announced in the coming weeks.
Visit www.groovinthemoo.com.au for more info.

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Wolfmother win Grammy
Sydney trio Wolfmother capped an incredible 12 months by winning a Grammy award today for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The trio's "Woman" beat out songs by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, System Of A Down, Buckcherry and Tool to take the gong.
There could be more celebrations in the coming days as the band head to London for Wednesday's Brit Awards where they're nominated for Best International Breakthrough Act.
Wolfmother return to Australia in April for a series of shows before heading overseas for more live dates.

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Take That want Robbie
Having scored a hit in the UK charts with comeback single "Patience", British boy-band Take That claim their reformation won't be complete until former bandmate Robbie Williams joins them onstage.
Playing together again for the first time in ten years, the group's Mark Owen admitted they're in talks to get Williams to appear at one of their upcoming shows.
"We hoped he'd come and do one night with us [on last year's tour]," Owen said.
"Rob said he'd have done it if he wasn't touring and making a record himself [Rudebox]. The timing just never worked out."
With a run of new dates planned for April/May, the offer still stands.
"We all still think that maybe one day it'll happen," Owen confirmed. "For us, that'd be the icing of the cake."

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Kylie Minogue to adopt?
Pop princess Kylie Minogue is reportedly considering adopting a child following her split from long-term boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
An unnamed friend of the pint-sized singer told UK newspaper The Daily Mail that Minogue had sought advice from Madonna on adopting from Africa.
"She has been contacting adoption agencies in Australia and in the UK as well, regardless of her not having a partner," the friend revealed.
"In the last few days she has even been talking to Madonna, asking her advice on adopting a child from abroad. They were talking about Malawi and the other African countries."
Meanwhile, the singer has hit back at reports her ex was unfaithful.
"None of the rumours about Olivier cheating are true," Kylie revealed at the launch of her perfume, Darling, in London's Knightsbridge on the weekend. "I don't believe any of it. Olivier and I still care a lot about each other and there's still a lot of love there between us. I still speak to Olivier and you never know what will happen in the future."

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James Blunt says no more
A former soldier who spent time fighting in Kosovo, "You're Beautiful" singer James Blunt has spoken out about the current culture of celebrity.
"The notion of fame is such a distraction from what I do," Blunt said. "And it's unhealthy when we have things like war and global warming going on. We need to adjust the balance and stop producing magazines that publish pictures of celebrities jumping out of cars with no underwear on."
Blunt's LP, Back To Bedlam, is up for several gongs today at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

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