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<div id="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div>
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<div class="newsHed">Skynyrd Confirm Plans for 2010 Simple Man Cruise</div>

<div class="newsBody"><img src="http://www.rockdaily.com/media/art/rd_news_lynyrdskynyrd_2.gif" class="mjiArtwork" alt="" width="150" align="right" border="0" height="150">The 2010 edition of <b>Lynyrd Skynyrd</b>'s annual <a href="http://www.simplemancruise.com/">Simple Man Cruise</a> will take place from Jan. 21 to Jan. 25. The excursion's fourth installment will be held on the Carnival Inspiration ocean liner, which will travel round-trip from Tampa, Fla., to Cozumel, Mexico. Skynynd and more than a dozen other acts, including fellow Southern rock icons <b>38 Special</b>, <b>Molly Hatchet</b> and the <b>Outlaws</b>, will be performing during the outing.</div>
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<div id="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div>
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<div class="newsHed">Ringo, ZZ, Van Receiving Hollywood Stars Next Year</div>
<div class="newsBody"><b>Ringo Starr</b> is one of 28 celebrities who will be recognized next year with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In response to receiving the honor, the ex-<b>Beatles</b> drummer <a href="http://www.ringostarr.com/newspage.php?id=66">said</a>, "A star for a Starr -- what an honor and a privilege it is to be walked on." Among the other musicians who will join Starr on the Walk in 2010 are <b>ZZ Top</b>, <b>Van Morrison</b>, <b>Bryan Adams</b> and the late <b>Roy Orbison</b>.</div>

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<div id="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div>
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<div class="newsHed">Metal Madman's Memoirs Receive U.K. Release Date</div>
<div class="newsBody"><img src="http://www.rockdaily.com/media/art/rd_news_oosbourne_1.gif" class="mjiArtwork" alt="" width="150" align="right" border="0" height="140"><b>Ozzy Osbourne</b>'s long-in-the-works memoir, <i>I Am Ozzy</i>, will finally see the light of day in the United Kingdom on Oct. 1, about two years after its original publication date. The Metal Madman, who participated in a cover shoot for the book this past Wednesday, will embark on a weeklong promotional tour across the pond this fall that will include two in-store signing sessions. Publishers currently are in talks regarding the autobiography's U.S. release.</div>

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<div id="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div>
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<div class="newsHed">Kinks Guitarist's Documentary DVD Now Available</div>
<div class="newsBody">A limited-edition, pre-release version of a DVD documentary focusing on <b>Kinks</b> guitarist <b>Dave Davies</b>' life, music and quest for spiritual enlightenment is now available for purchase <a href="http://www.davedavies.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=49">here</a>. The disc, titled <i>Dave Davies Kronikles: Mystical Journey</i>, will officially be issued in the United States in September or October. <i>Mystical Journey</i> features a soundtrack composed by Davies, and will include a bonus video for a new song by the rocker called "New Dawn, New Day."</div>

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<div id="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div>
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<div class="newsHed">All-Star Prince's Trust Videos Available at iTunes</div>
<div class="newsBody"><b>Eric Clapton</b> and <b>Elton John</b> both appear in three star-studded performance videos filmed at <a href="http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/">Prince's Trust</a> benefit concerts in London during the 1980s that are now available for purchase via iTunes. Also featured in one or more of the clips are <b>Paul McCartney</b>, <b>George Harrison</b>, <b>Ringo Starr</b>, <b>Mark Knopfler</b>, <b>Phil Collins</b> and <b>Jeff Lynne</b>. Downloads of those videos and four others from various Prince's Trust events are being sold outside of the United States.</div>

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<div class="dateline">Monday, June 22, 2009</div><div class="justinItem"><div class="justinHed"><img alt="Just In" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_justin.gif" class="justinImg" width="63" border="0" height="24">Nickelback Nab Three Trophies at MuchMusic Awards</div><div class="justinBody"><b>Nickelback</b> were the big <a href="http://mmva.muchmusic.com/category/nominees">winners</a> at Canada's 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, held Sunday in Toronto. The rockers took home three of the five trophies for which they were nominated, including the prestigious Video of the Year honor for their "Gotta Be Somebody" clip. The band also closed out the show with a performance of its current hit, "Burn It to the Ground." The entire '09 MMVA ceremony currently is streaming <a href="http://watch.muchmusic.com/muchmusic-video-awards/2009/">here</a>.</div><div class="justinLinks"><a href="http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2009/06/22/9882751-sun.html" target="_new">Sun Media/Jam! Music</a><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_bullet_news.gif" width="4" border="0" height="4"><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Lv580sZc3pI&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D296913969%2526id%253D296913938%2526s%253D143441%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30">iTunes</a></div></div><div class="newsItem"><div class="newsHed"><img alt="" src="/media/art/rd_news_oosbourne_1.gif" class="artRight" width="150" border="0" height="140">Metal Madman's Memoirs Receive U.K. Release Date</div><div class="newsBody"><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_dingbat_news.gif" width="11" border="0" height="11"><b>Ozzy Osbourne</b>'s long-in-the-works memoir, <i>I Am Ozzy</i>, will finally see the light of day in the United Kingdom on Oct. 1, about two years after its original publication date. The Metal Madman, who participated in a cover shoot for the book this past Wednesday, will embark on a weeklong promotional tour across the pond this fall that will include two in-store signing sessions. Publishers currently are in talks regarding the autobiography's U.S. release.</div><div class="newsLinks"><a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/88997-ozzy-osbourne-story-comes-at-last-for-sphere.html" target="_new">TheBookseller.com</a></div></div><div class="newsItem"><div class="newsHed">Ex-Evanescence Members Recruit <i>Idol</i> Castoff for New Group</div><div class="newsBody"><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_dingbat_news.gif" width="11" border="0" height="11">Three ex-<b>Evanescence</b> rockers, including group co-founder <b>Ben Moody</b>, have teamed up with former <i>American Idol</i> contestant <b>Carly Smithson</b> to form the <b>Fallen</b>. The band will play its first gig Monday in Los Angeles, and will release its debut single as a free digital download <a href="http://www.wearethefallen.com/">here</a> that day. "We're really going to take this thing to a level that Evanescence never touched," <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/06/q-and-as-with-carly-smithson-and-new-bandmate-ben-moody.html">says</a> Moody. Meanwhile, Evanescence's <b>Amy Lee</b> <a href="http://www.evanescence.com/news.asp">reports</a> that her band will release new music in 2010.</div><div class="newsLinks"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/06/carly-smithson-to-join-forces-with-exevanescence-musicians-to-become-the-fallen.html" target="_new"><i>Los Angeles Times</i></a></div></div><div class="newsItem"><div class="newsHed"><img alt="Living Colour" src="/media/art/rd_news_livingcolour_2.gif" class="artLeft" width="150" border="0" height="150">Living Colour Putting Out New <i>Chair</i> in September</div><div class="newsBody"><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_dingbat_news.gif" width="11" border="0" height="11"><b>Living Colour</b> will release their fifth studio album, <i>The Chair in the Doorway</i>, on Sept. 15. The 11-track disc, which the bandmembers recorded this past fall and spring in the Czech Republic, marks their first new effort since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Colour">2003's <i>Collideøscope</i></a>. "We feel like this is the best record we’ve made yet," says guitarist <b>Vernon Reid</b> of <i>Chair</i>. The group will promote the album with a world tour that will kick off in September.</div><div class="newsLinks"><a href="http://www.livingcolourmusic.com/2009/06/living-colour-to-release-chair-in.html" target="_new">Living Colour Blog</a></div></div><div class="newsItem"><div class="newsHed">Courtney Love: Next Album Is a Hole Record</div><div class="newsBody"><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_dingbat_news.gif" width="11" border="0" height="11"><b>Courtney Love</b> is bringing back her band <b>Hole</b>. The widow of <b>Nirvana</b>'s <b>Kurt Cobain</b> has announced that her long-delayed <a href="http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&amp;p=6580&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1"><i>Nobody's Daughter</i></a> album will now be issued later this year as a Hole release. The disc features contributions from ex-Hole/<b>Smashing Pumpkins</b> bassist <b>Melissa auf der Maur</b> and songwriting help from Pumpkins frontman <b>Billy Corgan</b>. Love currently is recruiting musicians to fill out Hole's lineup for a tour next year. Hole's last album, <i>Celebrity Skin</i>, dropped in 1998.</div><div class="newsLinks"><a href="http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&amp;title=the_return_of_hole_courtney_love_s_in_th&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1" target="_new">NME.com</a></div></div><div class="newsItem"><div class="newsHed">Beck Launches Collaborative Covers Album Project</div><div class="newsBody"><img alt="" src="/media/standard/skin1/rd_dingbat_news.gif" width="11" border="0" height="11"><b>Beck</b> is spearheading an ambitious project called "Record Club" that involves the singer and various friends and musical collaborators <a href="http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/beck-to-record-an-album-a-day-procrastinators-of-the-world-collectively-groan.html">recording</a> new versions of classic albums in one day and posting the results online. "An album will be chosen to be reinterpreted and used as a framework," notes Beck. "Nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time." Studio footage of the first project, 1969's <i>The <b>Velvet Underground</b> &amp; <b>Nico</b></i>, can be seen here:</div><div class="newsLinks"><a href="http://www.beck.com/" target="_new">Beck -- Official Site</a>