WARPED TOUR Organizer Apologizes To SHARON OSBOURNE For OZZFEST Remarks

Warped Tour organizer Kevin Lyman has apologized to Sharon Osbourne for his comments regarding her motives in staging this year's Ozzfest as a "free" event. In a recent interview with The Kansas City Star, Lyman stated about this summer's traveling heavy metal festival, "It allowed Ozzy Osbourne to get one more paycheck out of [Ozzfest]...

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WARPED Tour Organizer slams free Ozzfest concept

"It's a ploy, straight up. Ozzy's getting paid to do that show. She was struggling to put (together a bill) because she keeps charging more and more and selling less and less tickets. The attendance of that tour has been dropping for many years, and she keeps having to spend more on the talent to get people to the shows."

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Iron Maiden go DRM free with the help of Burger King!

Robbie Williams, Iron Maiden and Corinne Bailey Rae will shortly have their music available in a DRM-free format via retailers including Burger King. The fast food chain is to distribute a series of codes offering its customers the opportunity to download a pre-paid, DRM-free EMI track from a campaign website.

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UN Dispatch responds to Megadeth's new cd United Abominations

Last summer, UN Dispatch learned that the heavy metal band Megadeth was recording an album titled "United Abominations," which featured cover art depicting a 9-11 style attack on the UN building in New York. Naturally, we thought it distasteful in the least. But without hearing the album, we reserved final judgment. Until now.

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Small town cafe abuzz with mention in Get Fuzzy comic for vegetarian menu

Rob Wilco, the main human character in the “Get Fuzzy” comic in The Olympian and elsewhere, has been wearing a T-shirt that reads “Darby’s Cafe, Olympia” since June 21. The artist had a friend who used to live in Olympia, and “There’s no good vegetarian restaurants in Boston,” Conley said. “He talked about the Darby Cafe like I would have known..."

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Interview with Wes Borland of Black Light Burns (ex-Limp Bizkit)

Wes Borland talks about his new album from his new band, Black Light Burns, record labels, the status of Limp Bizkit and politics.



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Help Ozzy bite the bat's head!

Ozzy gets the ultimate honor with a challenge based on the infamous incident when he bit off the head of a bird early in his solo career. In Ozzy's Bat Bite, the player walks the singer around a side-scrolling arena and attempts to chomp the noggins off the creatures of the night and avoid munching on doves. It's pretty mindless but a bit addictive



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