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New Kids on the Block: Plotting Comeback? One of the Kids posted confusing Myspace messages about a possible NKOTB reunion, proving that they care as little as we do about seeing Hangin’ Tough live again. Pete Doherty Addicted to Animals The cracked out Brit has taken to rescuing critters, like a one-legged hedge hog which he now keeps in his garden. This isn’t what we had in mind for “rehab,” but okay.В  More Miley Bikinis Pics Hit Web Someone’s trying to sabotage the star with sexy pics posted on the internet. Being sixteen sucks no matter how much fame you got going on.
(Full article in Tuesday: More Miley in a Bikini…)

According to a report from Billboard.com and confirmed by R.E.M.’s and Modest Mouse’s handlers, Modest Mouse and The National will serve as the opening acts on R.E.M.’s upcoming tour. Representatives for The National had been listening to Boxer too often, and were too lachrymose to respond with anything other than muted whispers and resigned attempts at defiance.

This will mark R.E.M.’s 437th official tour, and will be in support of upcoming release Accelerate, the follow-up to turd-in-the-punchbowl Around the Sun.

(Full article in Concert News: The National/Modest Mouse/R.E.M. Mega Tour…)

The mounting success of independent record labels is to be celebrated this July with a 48-hour worldwide event to mark ‘Independents Day’. Taking place over the traditional July 4th weekend, ‘Independents Day 08’ will be headed by the release of a download only album made entirely of independent tracks. An auction, which will include signed Thom Yorke artwork and lots from such acts as Interpol and The New Pornographers, will also be held. The event has been organised by the World Independent Network - which brings together independent bodies from across the world.
(Full article in Record Labels To Hold ‘Independents Day’ This July…)

Led Zeppelin will not play together again until at least September, according to the band’s guitarist Jimmy Page. Speaking in Tokyo this morning (January 28th), Page said that Robert Plant’s touring commitments with Alison Krauss were currently the frontman’s main priority. "I can assure you the amount of work that we put into the O2 (concert), for ourselves rehearsing and the staging of it, was probably what you put into a world tour," Page told Reuters.
(Full article in Jimmy Page: ‘No More Led Zeppelin Concerts Until September’…)

Québécois DJ Ghislain Poirier has pretty omnivorous taste. From Dizzee Rascal and Juelz Santana to obscure African hip-hop, as long as the bass thumps, Poirier has room for it in his collection. For No Ground Under, his first album on Ninja Tune, Poirier has taken a break from his recent mixing work to deliver 14 of his own original tweaked-out jams. Quite a few of the tracks on No Ground Under were featured on Poirier’s recent "Bastard Bass" Mix, which you can hear here. Ninja Tune will release No Ground Under in the U.S. on January 29, and it comes out everywhere else on February 18.
(Full article in Ghislain Poirier Serves Up New LP on Ninja Tune, Tours…)