Britney Spears onstage to open MTV VMA's

We all know later on rumours were dispelled that Britney Spears will not be acting at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, and after last's years fatal performance, world Health Organization can fault organisers?

But due such high success of her latest album "Blackout" , including hits 'Break the Ice', 'Gimme More' and 'Piece of Me'. Britney will superstar at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, just not in the 'getting on stage and miming' kind of way.

Spears testament be given the ball, so to speak, to open the 25th yearbook edition of the MTV VMAs on Sunday at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, according to MTV's website.

Spears has likewise received trey nominations for the clip to her single "Piece of Me" -- Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year.

"MTV has long played an important persona in my career," Spears said in a statement. "How tin can I not be in that location to kick off their 25th VMAs? I'm emotional to open the total show, to say hi to my fans and to be nominated."

Exactly how she planned to heart-to-heart the show remained unreadable, but something tells me it will be big. In old appearances at the awards she has kissed Madonna and performed with a writhing snake (and wasn't that sexy at the time!).

Despite her long history with the awards and success in her life history, Spears has yet to win an MTV Video Music Award, and her nominations this year are particularly tantalizing after that infamous performance in 2007.

Coming off two marriages, deuce children and two stints in rehab, things look to have settled fairly in late times and Spears is said to be cleanup up her act and back in the recording studio this summer, on the job on a new album.

The MTV VMAs, long considered a hipper version of the Grammys, will be broadcast unrecorded on MTV on September 7, hosted by British comedian Russell Brand.

In the Video of the Year category, Spears is competing against the Jonas Brothers' "Burnin Up," Chris Brown's "Forever," The Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up" and "Shut Up and Let Me Go" by the Ting Tings.

Britney's Performance at the 2007 MTV VMA's

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Venetian Snares and Speedranch

   
Artist: Venetian Snares and Speedranch

   Genre(s): 
Hardcore
   

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Discography:


   
 Making Orange Things

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 11

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Swizz Beatz To Produce Michael Jackson Tour

Swizz Beatz claims he will be producing a new tour for Michael Jackson's comeback.

The New York producer and rapper told the news to MTV, although he didn't reveal much about the project: "I'm probably gonna be producing his tour and everything," he told the music station.

It's not known whether Swizz Beatz will be working on Jackson's comeback album (currently on production), but as we did report this morning, he will be working with the newly reformed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

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Grave Digger

   
Artist: Grave Digger

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Speed
   Metal: Heavy
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 The Last Supper

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 14


   
 25 To Live CD2

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 13


   
 25 To Live CD1

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 14


   
 Rheingold

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


   
 Tunes of Wacken (Live)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 13


   
 Masterpieces

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 16


   
 The Grave Digger

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 13


   
 Live At Bang Your Hand

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 10


   
 Excalibur

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


   
 Knights Of The Cross

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 12


   
 The Dark Of The Sun

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 4


   
 Tunes Of War

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 13


   
 Live At Stefan Hartmann Halle

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 11


   
 Heart Of Darkness

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 11


   
 Symphony Of Death

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 8


   
 The Reaper

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 13


   
 War Games

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10


   
 Stronger Than Ever

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 10


   
 Witch Hunter

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


   
 Metal Attack Vol.1

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 2


   
 Shoot Her Down(Ep)

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 3


   
 Heavy Metal Breakdown

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 13


   
 Rock From Hell

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 1

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German power alloy band Grave Digger was formed in late 1980 by frontman Chris Boltendahl, guitar player Peter Masson, bassist Willi Lackmann and drummer Albert Eckardt. Debuting 3 old age by and by on the Rock from Hell digest, in 1984 Grave Digger returned with the full-length Heavy Metal Breakdown; later the following year's Witch Hunter, Lackmann left hand the lineup, and was replaced by bassist C.F. Brank for 1986's War Games. The mathematical group then cut their name to just Digger for 1987's Stronger than Ever, which saw guitarist Uwe Lulis subbing for Masson; Boltendahl and so dissolved the project, finally reuniting with Lulis in 1991 and recruiting newfangled bassist Tomi Gottlich and drummer Jörg Michael for The Reaper, credited once again to Grave Digger. Drummer Frank Ullrich replaced Michael for 1995's Heart of Darkness, with percussion duties handled by Stefan Arnold on Tunes of War; with the going away of Gottlich, Jens Becker false the bass for 1998's Knights of the Cross. Keyboardist H.P. Katzenburg expanded the Grave Digger lineup to a five-piece for Excalibur, issued a year later.

Fats Kaplin

   
Artist: Fats Kaplin

   Genre(s): 
Folk
   

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Discography:


   
 You Can't Save Everybody

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12

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The New Major Indie: Heavy Air Music Inc. at the Forefront of Miami's New Music Scene

MIAMI, June 16 -- With the music industry desperately
needing a new business model, and the gap between the major and indie
labels getting smaller and smaller, a new breed of indie is making waves in
a big way: Heavy Air Music, Inc.

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With such heavy hitters as Pharell Williams, Scott Storch, Tom
Lord-Alge, Missy Elliot, Lenny Kravitz, Emilio Estefan, and major companies
such as Sony Music, Peer Music, Universal Music, Clear Channel, and Live
Nation, Miami is quickly becoming a music industry hub - H.A.M. is right in
the middle.

H.A.M. started in 2002 as a small production studio. Since then, it has
grown into a multi-faceted entertainment company that includes production,
mixing, web design, promotions, artist development, distribution,
songwriting and film scoring.

With an arsenal of talent and a fresh new take on the relationship
between fans and artists, this new independent plans to take the industry
by storm.

"I wanted to create artists and records that listeners could relate
to," Javier Carrion, H.A.M.'s founder, explains. "I wanted to create a
transparent product for the audience so they could feel a real connection
at every angle."

Javier, also a Grammy(R)-award winning mixing engineer, focuses on
keeping all aspects of production in house.

"We do very little outsourcing to keep quality consistent," he says.
"We have a very talented staff."

H.A.M. has contributed to many Grammy-winning and nominated albums.
Past clients include: Barbara Streisand, Brian McKnight, Gladys Knight,
Barry Gibb, and more.

Most recently, H.A.M. signed new artist, Stephanie Tiangco, who just
completed her first release, "Hard Times EP," with the new single, "I Think
You Ain't."

Tiangco has an edge that few mainstream pop stars possess. Singer,
songwriter, producer; her work has an imaginative spirit that is captured
in every song. The EP is currently available on iTunes(TM); the video will
be available late summer.

According to H.A.M., Tiangco will be the flagship artist for H.A.M.

The company has also recently signed on with Mystic Urchin and the
nation's largest independent distributor, Ryko Distribution. Tiangco was
the first artist to be released under this new partnership.


To learn more about Heavy Air Music, Inc., visit: http://www.HeavyAirMusic.com .

All trademarks acknowledged.
This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by
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Rodney King to appear on VH1's `Celebrity Rehab'

LOS ANGELES —

Rodney King will appear in the next installment of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew."

The show features famous people dealing with drug and alcohol problems aided by celebrity addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky.

King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly rioting the next year, prompting him to make a famously earnest plea for peace, will appear with actor Jeff Conaway, former Guns 'N Roses drummer Steven Adler, Rod Stewart's son Sean and actress Tawny Kitaen.

The new season is slated to premiere in October, the network said Tuesday.

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VH1 is owned by Viacom Inc.

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