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Download the new Coldplay single for free
It’s called Violet 4:11.

Nine Inch Nails Plan Pre-Sale, Personalized Tickets for Upcoming Tour
Hoping to prevent scalpers from profiting off their upcoming tour — and to ensure the true fans get front row — Nine Inch Nails will offer their fans a limited allotment of best available seating before the tickets go on sale to the general public.

Tour Preview: Disturbed Promise New Songs on Intimate Tour Before “Mayhem”
David Draiman and the rest of his Disturbed band mates are eager to play songs from their recently completed fourth album Indestructible to live audiences.

Clear Channel radio launches new digital radio format from Coachella
Unlike the “Jack” format, eRockster will live primarily off the terrestrial dial. Now that the festival is over, the channel moves online to erockster.com. Starting in May, eRockster will also be carried as the second HD Radio channel for a number of Clear Channel rock stations around the country, and will be featured in a weekly programming block on the terrestrial stations.

Dallas OZZFEST To Feature METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, RIGOR MORTIS
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported on April 11, this summer’s Ozzfest will consist of two separate two-day (Saturday/Sunday) events — one of which will be held in Dallas — in late July/early August, with OZZY OSBOURNE headlining one day and METALLICA the other.

A less-than-sharp EdgeFest in Frisco
For a while it looked as if EdgeFest might have lost its edge. Weather more typical for late January than late April kept a hefty chunk of the expected 28,000 fans away from Pizza Hut Park during the afternoon at “The Edge” KDGE-FM (102.1)’s EdgeFest 17 on Sunday. And some of those who did come early weren’t prepared for the chill.

RATT Drummer BOBBY BLOTZER: New Audio Interview Available
RATT/SAINTS OF THE UNDERGROUND drummer Bobby Blotzer was a guest on the April 26 episode of “The Classic Metal Show”.

RATT Celebrating 25 Years Of ‘Ratt And Roll’
Reactivated Los Angeles rockers RATT have issued an update.

(Image courtesy of Flickr user May in April)

Didn’t know this existed, but it is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream!

Here is a list of participating shops in Texas.

[via Russell]

No, I’m just kidding. This is not the 58th photo gallery for my Houston Texans cheerleader final pictures. But it is part 2 of the finals, and part 6 overall for 2008.

GO SEE THOSE PHOTOS

Don’t forget about the Houston Texans Cheerleader Blog I’m writing. I also created a master page for the Houston Texans cheerleader pictures.

Troy Patterson of Slate writes why he thinks CBS News should be put down - Old Yeller style that is.

(Thanks Michael Penix)

An engineer’s guide to cats video.

WATCH THE VIDEO

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Nancy Sarnoff gives us an idea of what some of the new parts of the Upper Kirby District will look like:

The developers of West Ave have apparently hit that mark.

Urban Partners of Dallas has announced a handful of restaurants and bars that will open next year in the mixed-use project under construction at the southwest corner of Kirby and Westheimer.

They are: Cru, a Dallas wine bar and restaurant; Pie Bar, a gourmet pizza eatery; The Social House@West Ave, a gastropub; Swig, a martini bar out of San Antonio; and Wildfish, which will serve seafood and steaks.

The project is expected to have 390 apartments in five levels and 180,000 square feet of retail space on the first two floors. READ THE REST

The Insite has the inside track on reporters, anchors and now meteorologists at KPRC Channel 2 in Houston.

First The Insite hears that KPRC anchor Khambrell Marshall is coming back on the air as a TV weather guy!

Next, Isiah found out that KPRC reporter Kym Alvarado-Booth is possibly making some changes too?

What else? Stay tuned, I’m sure The Insite will have the answers.

JUDAS PRIEST’s ‘Nostradamus’ Previewed
Metal Edge (web site) contributor Bryan Reesman (web site) was the first American journalist to fully hear the new JUDAS PRIEST rock opera “Nostradamus” and interview Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, and K.K. Downing about it.

SIXX: A.M.: ‘Uncensored’ Version Of ‘Pray For Me’ Video Available
The steamy video will air exclusively at www.playboy.com through April 29.

MÖTLEY CRÜE: Video Interview Posted Online
A five-and-a-half-minute video interview with all four members of MÖTLEY CRÜE was conducted by CTV’s “eXtended.”

SLASH Performs On ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’; Video Available
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

VELVET REVOLVER: SLASH Audio Interview Posted Online
The latest episode of “Talking Metal” contains the uncut “Talking Metal on Fuse” interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary VELVET REVOLVER and former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood.

SCOTT WEILAND Working On Second Solo Album
According to The Pulse of Radio, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and former VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland told satellite shock jock Howard Stern on Wednesday morning (April 23) that he is currently working on his second solo album with producer Steve Albini for a November release.

DUFF MCKAGAN To Guest On IZZY STRADLIN’s New Solo Album
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has confirmed that he has recorded a guest appearance on the next album from his former GN’R bandmate Izzy Stradlin.

KING’S X Frontman: ‘DIMEBAG Was One Of The Nicest, Kindest, Most Giving People I Ever Knew’
Dave’s On Tour recently conducted an interview with Houston’s KING’S X vocalist Doug Pinnick.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by the Fab 40
David Blassingame and Steve Candelari put together some 40 Houston musicians to pay tribute to the Beatles with a live performance of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at Houston’s downtown park Discovery Green on Saturday night.

(Image courtesy Flickr user suicidenotesnbutte rflykisses)

Top 10 Kid has the Top 10 shirts to get arrested in. I’m changing that NOT to get arrested in!

GO SEE THEM

(Thanks Brian)