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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

NEWSOURCEDOTCOM:NEWS:LABEL:CONCORD

CONCORD RESURRECTS STAX

Hayes, Stone signed to soul label Concord Records has revived soul label Stax and signed Isaac Hayes and Angie Stone as the imprint's first artists. Label will participate in several events in Memphis, where the original Stax was based, as well as a feature-length doc on the Stax story, to which Concord will own the rights.
SOURCE:VARIETY HEADLINE NEWS
NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL NEWS:WARNER/ROADRUNNER

ROADRUNNER JOINS WARNER

Hard rock imprint home to Nickelback, SlipknotReaching back to a relationship forged when he ran Universal Music's Island Def Jam, Lyor Cohen has brought the hard-rock label Roadrunner into the Warner Music Group fold.

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ROLLING STONE DAILY: THE NEWSLETTER
Today's Top Rock Headlines The newsletter, it's a-changin': Get ready, because the daily newsletter is about to go under the knife. Stay tuned...and find out more about these stories right now at http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily.
TAPES 'N TAPES GET STRANDED, ROBBED IN THE LAND DOWN UNDER
We'd like to declare 2006 the Year of the Looted Tour Van, with TAPES 'N TAPES being the latest in a long line of robbery victims from DANZIG to DINOSAUR JR., GRIZZLY BEAR to THE GRATES.
This one's especially nasty too, as it has left at least one member passport-less and stuck sorting out customs details in Australia.
SHELF LIFE: ARCTIC MONKEYS NEARLY DONE WITH NEW ALBUM, RADIOHEAD NEARLY NOT
ARCTIC MONKEYS drummer MATT HELDERS has told "The Sun" that his merry band of hype whores are "nearly finished" with their new album. May the backlash begin ... Speaking of vitriol, THOM YORKE is mad at the press for speculating about songs that may or may not end up on RADIOHEAD's next record. Get the quotes and our analysis on Rock Daily.
CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS SUE CONCERT ARCHIVER
Members of LED ZEPPELIN and THE DOORS are among the acts suing the owner of the Wolfgang Vault Web site for profiting "from the extraordinary success of these musicians." Read more at Rock Daily.
ROADRUNNER GETS GOBBLED UP BY WARNER
Check out Rock Daily to see why heavy metal was just purchased by corporate America.
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE MAP OUT 2007 TOUR, PROMISE LOADS OF PINK FLOYD-NESS
Our favorite QUEEN tribute band, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, has announced the first leg of its 2007 North American tour, telling Bilboard.com that "it's going to be theatrical without detracting from [the music]." Read the full statement at rollingstone.com/rockdaily, our compulsively updated blog.
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