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Amy Winehouse released on bail
Posten on: 2007-12-18 23:38:44
Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after being arrested earlier today (December 18) on suspicion of attempting to interfere with her husband's case.The singer was held at London's Shoreditch Police Station in connection with the bribery plot for which her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is currently in prison, as previously reported.Winehouse has since been released on bail and was ordered to return to a London police station in early March, reports the Associated Press.Ms Winehouse has been in the headlines all year after reports of drug use, rehabilitation treatment and cancelled performances - as well as awards success and a best-selling album.She cancelled her remaining UK tour dates following her husband's arrest.
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Alanis Morissette prepares album
Posten on: 2007-12-18 23:35:08
Alanis Morissette is putting the finishing touches on her first studio album since 2004's 'So-Called Chaos'.'Flavors Of Entanglement' is due out next spring and was produced by former Frou Frou member Guy Sigsworth (Bjork, Madonna)."When I heard the song 'Let Go' by Frou Frou, I listened over and over again. I was blown away by it. I called him on the phone myself and after a couple of conversations, I could tell we were going to be on the same page," Morissette told Billboard.The album reportedly combines world- and folk-influenced tracks with experimental pop, and features male back-up singers.Morissette is currently working to cut the album down to 11 tracks. Song titles will include 'Not As We' and 'Moratorium'.
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Kula Shaker to release Strangefolk
Posten on: 2007-12-17 14:40:08
Kula Shaker have announced the US release of their first album in nine years.'Strangefolk' is due out Stateside on February 19 via Cooking Vinyl USA. It's the band's first album since 1999's 'Peasants, Pigs And Astronauts', and was produced by Sam Williams (Supergrass) and Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Pixies).The US version features a slightly different tracklisting than the UK versions released last year, which includes the bonus track 'Persephone'.The US tracklisting is:'Out On The Highway''Second Sight''Die For Love''Great Dictator (Of The Free World)''Strangefolk''Song Of Love/Narayana''Shadowlands''Fool That I Am''Hurricane Season''Ol’ Jack Tar''6ft Down Blues''Dr Kit''Persephone''Super CB Operator'
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Decemberists tour dates
Posten on: 2007-12-17 14:30:18
The Decemberists have announced that they will play a handful of US dates next year.These will be the band's first shows since they were forced to cancel several dates on their 'Long And Short of It' tour earlier this year due to illness.Colin Meloy and company are set to play two shows in their hometown of Portland, as well as two shows in Seattle in January.In a posting on the band's website, they wrote: "We know this may be a small consolation to those of you outside of Portland and Seattle that had tickets to the fall tour, but the band has rested up, and was excited to play some dates close to home. These shows will be neither Longs nor Shorts, just good ol' fashioned Decemberists shows."The tour dates are:Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (January 22, 23)Seattle, WA Moore Theatre (30, 31)
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World tour comes to an end
Posten on: 2007-12-17 14:09:12
Tori Amos brought her massive American Doll Posse World Tour to a close with a spectacular sold-out show at Los Angeles' new Nokia Theatre LA Live last night (December 16).The eccentric songstress performed dressed as three of the five archetypal personalities she has adopted for her epic 'American Doll Posse' album.Taking the stage as glamourous blond photographer Isabel, she ran through tracks including politically charged album opener 'Yo George' and 'In The Springtime Of His Voodoo', dramatically holding a lantern while playing the piano.During a dazzling light display and musical interlude from her band, Amos changed into her Pip persona -- a streetwise brunette who flaunted her sexuality by grabbing her crotch and singing sexually charged renditions of 'Cruel', 'The Waitress' and a cover of Neil Young's 'Heart Of Gold'. She ended this section of the show by flipping off the audience before leaving the stage.Amos returned for the final, lengthiest portion of the evening as her ginger-haired self, during which she performed several songs alone with her piano. The letters "T. & Bö" were projected onto a curtain on-stage, presumably signifying the Tori and Bösendorfer grand piano portion of the evening.The crowd went wild when Amos hammered out the opening notes of 'Cornflake Girl', and several people rushed the stage during her penultimate song 'Precious Things', screaming, "I love you Tori!".Throughout the nearly two-and-a-half hour set, Amos straddled a bench between her grand piano and a keyboard, delivering reworked versions of album tracks that spanned her career.At the end of the show, Amos announced, "It's our last night…we've had the best time of all the tours and you'll all be missed."She then returned for an encore of 'Hey Jupiter', after which she hugged her band and emotionally blew kisses to the crowd as the lights went down.
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