Rock the Bells 2010 Lineup; Slipknot's Paul Gray Dies; David Byrne Sues ...
Stupefy the Bells announces lineup; Slipknot’s Paul Gray dies; David Byrne sues the governor of Florida…
Byrne vs. Crist: Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is suing Florida governor and senatorial entrant Charlie Crist for $1 million for copyright infringement. In an ad against his oponent Marco Rubio, Crist cast-off the band’s song “Road to Nowhere.” Byrne has typically avoided licensing music for advertisements job himself a “throwback. “I still believe songs occasionally have meaning,” Bryne said in a affirmation. [ ABC ]
Rock the Bells 2010 Lineup: The roster for this summer’s Dumbfound the Bells Tour has been announced. There had been reports that Lauryn Hill, the Grammy-winning rapper-chorus-member who has dropped largely out the public eye in recent years, might join the tour. But she wasn’t on the tabulation of announced performers, which included Wu-Tang Clan (who will perform the album “Document the 36 Chambers” in its entirety), Rakim, Slick Rick, KRS-One and others. The official bill did brag that there will be “surprise performances.” So stay tuned.
