NEW YORK (Reuters) - Atlantic Records sued two members of the alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots on Thursday, accusing them of trying to prematurely end their recording contract with the Warner Music Group label.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, claims lead singer Scott Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz have threatened to stop performing under their contract and have indicated they would like to end the agreement unless Atlantic makes significant changes.
The record company said in the suit that while Stone Temple Pilots has already delivered six albums, it wants the group to record a seventh album and deliver up to two more if the record label decides it wants them.
The group, known for hits like "Sex Type Thing" and "Interstate Love Song," rose to fame in the 1990s and reunited last month for its first national tour in eight years.
The group, whose momentum was often curtailed by Weiland's drug problems, had fallen apart shortly after a 2002 tour. In late 2003, the other two members of the group, guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo, were released by Atlantic from their recording contract as they said they wanted to pursue separate careers.
Atlantic said in the lawsuit that the group -- Weiland, Kretz and the DeLeos -- was now touring successfully and had indicated its intention to record together again.
The record company said its contract with Stone Temple Pilots was written under New York laws and that the musicians are trying to use California laws to terminate it.
Atlantic said claims by Kretz and Weiland that they have a right to terminate the contract "have given rise to a definite, real and substantial controversy between the parties that threatens to harm Atlantic's business."
Friday 27 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
Thursday 12 June 2008
Ben Folds announces UK tour dates
Ben Folds has announced a host of UK headline dates and festival appearances this summer.
The singer has also confirmed he will return to London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on November 30, after playing there as part of his summer dates.
The dates are as follows:
Newcastle Carling Academy (June 24)
London Shepherds Bush Empire (25)
Glastonbury Festival (27)
Nottingham Rock City (July 7)
Sheffield The Academy (8)
Liverpool The Academy (9)
Oxegen Festival (11)
T In The Park Festival (12)
Bristol The Academy (13)
London Shepherds Bush Empire (November 30)
To check ticket availability and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
The singer has also confirmed he will return to London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on November 30, after playing there as part of his summer dates.
The dates are as follows:
Newcastle Carling Academy (June 24)
London Shepherds Bush Empire (25)
Glastonbury Festival (27)
Nottingham Rock City (July 7)
Sheffield The Academy (8)
Liverpool The Academy (9)
Oxegen Festival (11)
T In The Park Festival (12)
Bristol The Academy (13)
London Shepherds Bush Empire (November 30)
To check ticket availability and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
Friday 6 June 2008
Oldominion
Artist: Oldominion
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Negative One and A Half
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Underground
Year:
Tracks: 15
Thursday 29 May 2008
Howard Devoto
Artist: Howard Devoto
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
Jerky Versions of the Dream
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Howard Devoto (born Howard Trotter) was on the cutting edge of British post-punk rock during the late '70s and '80s. A introduction phallus of new wave/pop band the Buzzcocks, Devoto went on to form similar-minded bands Magazine and Luxuria. Although he retreated from music during the 1990s, he returned to the studio with late Buzzcocks bandmate Pete Shelley in 2002 as the two record book together for the first time in a quarter of a c.
A native of Manchester, England, Devoto number one attracted attention in 1976 when he and Shelley formed the Buzzcocks. Although he co-wrote such tunes as "Ennui," "Equipment failure," and "Climax Addict," he only played a few gigs with the mathematical group and appeared on their debut EP, Spiral Scratch, in front departure in early 1977.
Connection with guitarist/songwriter John McGeoch, bassist Barry Adamson, keyboard player Bob Dickinson, and drummer Martin Jackson, Devoto formed Magazine in April 1977. Emphasizing the neo-spiritual, existential, and philosophic side of their musical theatrical role, the mathematical group recorded basketball team memorable albums -- Real Life, Used Daylight, The Correct Use of Soap, Live, and Illusion, Murder and the Weather -- in front Devoto left to engage a solo life history. The radical disbanded shortly later.
Devoto's success began to wane after going away Magazine. Although he released a solo album, Jerking Versions of the Dream, in 1983, it failed to sell. He next surfaced quint geezerhood later when he and guitar player Noko formed Luxuria. Although they recorded two albums -- Unanswerable Lust in 1988 and Brute Box -- neither reached gross revenue expectations and the grouping disbanded. Frustrated by his unfitness to interest record-buyers in his recordings, Devoto left music in 1990 and took a full-time job as a pic bibliothec for a photography way. He remained focused on the place until reverting to the recording studio 12 long time later.
Monday 26 May 2008
George Clooney - Clooneys Girlfriend Glad He Can Overlook Her Bug Eating Past
GEORGE CLOONEY's girlfriend SARAH LARSON still can't believe her movie hunk man is prepared to forget her reality TV past - because she's not sure she could date a guy who ate a live scorpion on TV.
The model is a former contestant on stunt show Fear Factor, where she ate bugs and all manner of creepy crawlies.
She says, "If George had been on a reality show, I don't think I'd have talked to him.
"He still wants to date me, and I ate a scorpion."
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Aniston sets up production company
Jennifer Aniston has set up a new production company with her business partner Kristin Hahn.
Variety reports that the company is called Echo Films and has a 'first-look' production deal with Universal Pictures.
Most of the projects on Echo Films' books are to be developed as starring roles for Aniston.
Commenting on her new company, Aniston said: "We're drawn to stories about people finding their voice and finding their way because they help us as listeners and viewers do what we feel we're all trying to do, which is making sense of our lives through the stories of others."
She continued: "That's why we chose the name Echo, to echo back an idea, a challenge, something that resonates through all of us."
Variety reports that the company is called Echo Films and has a 'first-look' production deal with Universal Pictures.
Most of the projects on Echo Films' books are to be developed as starring roles for Aniston.
Commenting on her new company, Aniston said: "We're drawn to stories about people finding their voice and finding their way because they help us as listeners and viewers do what we feel we're all trying to do, which is making sense of our lives through the stories of others."
She continued: "That's why we chose the name Echo, to echo back an idea, a challenge, something that resonates through all of us."
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