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Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Photo: HONDA/AFP/Getty Obamania culminated with Barack being elected the 44th President of the United States, thanks (maybe) to some last-minute stumping by Bruce Springsteen in clutch swing state Ohio. Pretty much everyone voted (except David Byrne), then the music world celebrated. Jack Bruce of Cream started a rock feud with Led Zeppelin about 35 years too late, calling the band “crap,” saying Jimmy Page “ain’t no Eric Clapton” and topping it all off by accusing Robert Plant of being “the wrong kind of fertilizer.” Pwned! Bruce Springsteen’s fansite revealed that New Jersey’s rock god is working on the follow-up to 2007’s Magic and that it should be released by January 2009. That’ll give Bruce some new material to play at the inevitable Obama inauguration all-star concert. We still had way too much time on our hands as we tested out the new Wii Music game, explored the 50 Best Rock & Roll Video Games of All Time and talked Guitar Hero: World Tour with the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. Our thumbs have never been more blistered.

Published: 2008-11-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

MTV Celebrates 20 Years of “Headbangers Ball”

Photo: Samad/AFP/Getty The year was 1988. The first George Bush was elected as President, Kirk Gibson of the Los Angeles Dodgers was limping his way across the bases in the World Series and MTV was airing a show dedicated to heavy metal called Headbangers Ball. Even though their flagstaff hard rock program has been relegated to VJ-less MTV2 status in recent years, MTV will still pay homage to the show that gave metal heads stiff necks two decades ago with a 20th anniversary celebration. Highlighting the festivities is an interview and live performance by Headbangers favorite band, Metallica. Other specials include an Avenged Sevenfold concert from the Long Beach Arena, the premiere of Slipknot’s “Dead Memories” video and a heavy metal panel featuring the show’s past VJs like Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta and the show’s most memorable host, Riki Rachtmann (who presided over a number of phenomenal video premieres, including the Rock Daily favorite “November Rain”). Still, all that headbanging probably knocked a screw loose inside MTV’s head, as 2008 is actually the 21st anniversary of the show: The first Headbangers Ball aired in April 1987. Then there’s the fact that the show was off the air from 1995 to 2003, but who cares? The party begins on MTV2 on October 20th. Related Stories: • MTV Puts TRL on Hiatus • Talk Show Flashback: Beastie Boys Hang Out on Old, Weird MTV • Backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

Published: 2008-10-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Iron Maiden win Best British Live Act

Iron Maiden have scooped the gong for Best British Live Act at this year's Brit Awards. The band, who are currently on their Somewhere Back In Time world tour, accepted the award via a recorded video message. "We are delighted to receive the Brit Award for Best British Live Act, especially as this is a testament to our fans," says frontman Bruce Dickinson. "I've often said Iron Maiden's secret weapon is our fans and they've proved us right all along. Anyone who's been to one of our shows knows that they're the most passionate and devoted fans on the planet, making the atmosphere at our shows incredible. So this Award is for them as much as it is for us. It is they who voted in huge numbers. It’s a shame they can’t all get a Brit statue!" The legendary British metallers fended off competition from Coldplay, Elbow, Scouting for Girls and The Verve. In other news, the band's management have exclusively spoken to Kerrang! about their upcoming movie, Flight 666. The first screening of the documentary film, which follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour in early 2008, will take place at the Cine Odeon Petrobras cinema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday March 14. “As the band are away from the UK, we elected to have the world premiere in Rio during the tour so the band can all be there,” Maiden’s manager Rod Smallwood tells K!. “The premiere will be in the early afternoon prior to our concert in Rio that evening.” Smallwood explains that Rio holds an important place in the hearts of the Brit metal legends: “Since the legendary first Rock In Rio Festival in 1985, Brazil has always been a very special place for us. During this Somewhere Back In Time tour we will have toured in Brazil more than ever before!” The movie will go on general, worldwide cinema release on Tuesday April 21, screening in over 30 countries across the planet. “April 21 will be a special World Maiden Day,” reveals Smallwood. “With the movie coming out and once agai

Published: 2009-02-18 Provider: Kerrang!

“Zooey Deschanel is engaged” morning links

- Zooey Deschanel is engaged to Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard [The Insider] - World’s oldest man has died at 112. He lived through 2 wars and was elated to see Obama elected. [Black Voices] - Woody Allen gave a concert with his jazz band in Poland [Radar Online] - Bar Refaeli in hot bikini photoshoot [...]

Published: 2008-12-30 Provider: Celebitchy Keywords: Links