2006

“loudQuietloud: A Film About The Pixies,” an intimate, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the Pixies

Radiohead has revived a song that was first written in the “OK Computer” era as it continues to record material for its new album, which is expected for a summer release.

According to a post from frontman Thom Yorke on the group’s official Web site, the track “Nude,” which has also been known as “Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any),” will feature accompaniment by a string quartet. “It sounds beautiful, as far as I can tell,” he said.

Yorke played an acoustic version of “Nude” at a January 1998 show in Tokyo, while the full band premiered it during an April 1998 show in Dallas. It also appears on the Radiohead concert film “Meeting People Is Easy.”

The group’s site also features new photos of band members in rehearsal, including a close-up of a lyric sheet for a song with lines like “Did the cat get your tongue / One by one, in procession / Did your string come undone?”

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Two of the most pivotal and event-filled years in the life of lauded singer/songwriter Michael Franti will culminate in June with the simultaneous release of new studio disc with Spearhead and a documentary DVD and book chronicling his recent trip to Iraq. All three will carry the name “I Know I’m Not Alone.”

The CD will be the debut Franti/Spearhead release for Epitaph’s Anti- label under a new worldwide deal and includes appearances by Pink and reggae riddim kings Sly & Robbie. The agreement with Anti- excludes Australia, where his work is licensed through Liberation Records; he will also continue to release material on his own Boo Boo Wax label, through which he has issued remix, acoustic and live efforts.

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The spirit of carnival arrived a week early in Brazil with a free Rolling Stones concert before a crowd of over 1 million people at Copacabana Beach.

The band opened the Saturday night gig with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” cheered on by fans who had staked out spots before the enormous stage.

Fire department officials estimated the crowd was over 1 million at the show’s start but that more people were coming. Officials estimated that as many as 2 million could see the concert.

“It’s going to be an amazing show,” said 19-year-old Barbara de Carvalho, a student from Sao Paulo who had camped on the beach since Thursday. “I’ve waited for this all my life.”

Photographers and fans also crowded around the Copacabana Palace hotel where the Stones have been staying since arriving here Friday.

Fans said the guitarists Keith Richard and Ron Wood appeared from time to time on the penthouse balcony to wave at them.

A specially erected footbridge took them from the hotel, over the beachfront Avenida Atlantica and directly to the stage.

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A videotape showing Kid Rock and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp engaging in explicit sexual activity with four female fans on a tour bus has been acquired by California company Red Light District, the distributor of the notorious 2004 Paris Hilton sex tape “One Night in Paris.”

The company has launched a 40-second preview clip of the 45-minute tape at the Web sites KidRockSexTape.com and ScottStappSexTape.com and says it plans to release the entire video at some point this year.

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Heralding the comeback of New Orleans music and culture, organizers of the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced a music lineup filled with hundreds of New Orleans

It has been six years since quintessential San Francisco Bay Area Rock band ZERO has played together, and on March 9, they will kick off a trio of reunion shows at Denver