Muse, QOTSA set for Las Vegas festival
Muse, Queens Of The Stone Age, Daft Punk and The Stooges will join headliners Rage Against The Machine for Las Vegas' Vegoose Festival.
The third annual Halloween festival is set to take place October 26-28 at the Sam Boyd Stadium and nearby venues.
Also on the bill are The Shins, Ghostface Killah, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Blonde Redhead, Battles, Thievery Corporation and UNKLE.
For tickets and further information, visit Vegoose.com. |
Wilco cancel upcoming tour dates
Wilco have been forced to cancel two shows this week due to guitarist Nels Cline contracting the chicken pox.
The band were set to play tomorrow (August 14) in Duluth, Minnesota and in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Wednesday (15), but have announced the rescheduling of the Duluth show for September 4.
The Winnipeg show has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a date in 2008 that has yet to be determined.
In a posting on their website, the band wrote:
"We're sorry to report that our good friend and Wilco guitarist extraordinaire Nels Cline has recently contracted a rather nasty case of the CHICKEN POX (not sure that should be in all caps... but judging from the gruesome details in email correspondence we've had with NC, we'll leave it so).
"He is slowly on the mend but is not quite there yet, necessitating postponement of the Duluth, Minnesota show scheduled for this Tuesday night...the show scheduled for this Wednesday in Winnipeg, Manitoba has also been cancelled, and will be rescheduled for some time in 2008. Refunds will be available at point of purchase. We will post more details as they become available."
The remainder of the band's North American tour is set to go ahead as planned. |
Phil Spector's ex-lawyer finally testifies
A former attorney for Phil Spector finally took the witness stand today (July 12) after nearly being held in contempt of court for initially refusing to testify.
Sara Caplan was on the defence team that searched Spector's Los Angeles mansion the day after actress Lana Clarkson was found shot in the mouth on February 3, 2003.
In an evidentiary hearing, Caplan testified that she saw forensic scientist, Henry Lee, pick up small white object that may have been one of Clarkson's acrylic fingernails, but initially refused to take the stand in open court because it may violate attorney-client privilege.
Caplan only agreed to testify after a mid-level appeals court upheld the ruling from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler that Caplan would be jailed unless she agrees to testify about the defence's mishandling of evidence.
Today on the witness stand, Caplan gave essentially the same story she had in a previous hearing without jurors present, but this time used a diagram to compare sizes, reports the Associated Press.
The lawyer said she saw Lee pick up an item about one inch in circumference and put it in a vial. She said she never saw the item again.
Prosecutors argue that the missing evidence could indicate that there was a struggle between Spector and Clarkson on the night of her death.
Lee has adamantly denied any wrongdoing, and said that he believes he won't end up testifying in the case because the prosecution's attack was meant to keep him off the witness stand. |