The Killers, Flaming Lips to headline Atlanta festival
The Killers, The Flaming Lips and The Polyphonic Spree are set to headline The Echo Project, an Atlanta, Georgia music festival that also aims to clean up the environment.
The festival is set to take place October 12-14 on the 350-acre, privately owned Bouckaert Farm just outside of Atlanta.
Also on the bill are The Bravery, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cypress Hill, Cat Power, Son Volt, Stephen Marley, Thievery Corporation and Rodrigo y Gabriela.
For the three weeks leading up to the festival, The Echo Project will lead an effort to clean up the nearby Chattahoochee River.
For tickets and further information, visit the echo project. |
Arctic Monkeys perform rousing New York show
Arctic Monkeys performed a rousing 20-song, sold-out performance in New York last night.
Taking to the stage at the city's 3,000 capacity Hammerstein Ballroom, the band performed a string of hits from both 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' and 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'.
'Nice to see you're on your feet already' Alex Turner told crowd in the balcony section as they ditched their seats to dance for the entire show.
Watched by a crowd that included The Strokes' Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond Jr, We Are Scientists Keith Murray, Chris Can and Michael Tapper , Amanda De Cadenet and Regina Spektor, the band wrapped up their set with 'A Certain Romance'.
They played:
'If You Found This It's Probably Too Late'
'Brianstorm'
'Still Take You Home'
'Dancing Shoes'
'From The Ritz To The Rubble'
'Balaclava'
'Fake Tales Of San Francisco'
'You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me'
'Teddy Picker'
'D Is for Dangereous'
'This House Is a Circus'
'Old Yellow Bricks'
'If You Were There, Beware'
'The View From the Afternoon'
'Fluorescent Adolescent'
'Do Me A Favour'
'When the Sun Goes Down'
'Leave Before the Lights Come On'
'A Certain Romance' |
Phil Spector trial: Day 16
Phil Spector's murder trial heated up today (May 31) when opposing counsel argued about whether the defence can admit gunshot victim Lana Clarkson's computer diary as evidence.
The diary is said to contain writings on the actress' fascination with guns and her depression about her acting career.
This follows Deputy Medical Examiner Louis Pena's testimony earlier in the week that Clarkson was mentally sound and had no known bouts of depression.
He admitted today that he had not done a "psychological autopsy" on Clarkson because he had concluded her death was a homicide, and her family had not requested it.
Renowned producer Spector is accused of murdering Clarkson on February 3, 2003 at his Los Angeles mansion. The defence contends her death was suicide.
Defence attorney Christopher Plourd asked Pena whether he took into consideration the documents found in Clarkson's computer.
The prosecution proceeded to object, and after a brief conference at the bench, Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler dismissed jurors from the room and ordered a full-scale hearing on the issue, reports the Associated Press.
According to Piourd, Clarkson's computer contained a composition called 'The Story Of My Life' in which she spoke about having a drug problem in her youth and having what Piourd called "delusions."
"She's seeing people who are deceased and talks to them," he said. "She talks about seeing a dead actress who comes to her in visions, a struggling actress who didn't make it and killed herself with a gun."
The prosecution maintains that these writings have not been authenticated. However, Judge Fidler seemed to reprimand Prosecutor Alan Jackson for not disclosing the information in court.
"If you have the words of a deceased...how do you keep that away from the jury and away from an expert who could have considered it," said Fidler. |