Foxy Brown has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to battery.
The rapper was allged to have bought some hair glue at a shop near to closing time and gone to the bathroom to use the product on her hair. The worker, Hayssam, claims that when he told her she had to leave because the shop was closing, she sprayed him with glue, spat at him and damaged the store’s displays.
Brown claimed outside of court that she was going to “stand up and fight and take care of this”.
Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas has been arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs and driving under the influences.
Taboo, real name Jaime Luis Gomez, was apprehended on Tuesday near Los Angeles after his vehcile was involved in an accident. Arresting officers discovered he’d been drinking and had possession of marijuana.
In addition to this, he also had prescription drugs without a prescription. Gomez was released on $5,000 bail and awaits a court date.
That’s what you get for bringing Fergie into your band, karma son, karma.
You may have seen footage of the Flip team in action on the Feast Tour in the US before but last night Flip Skateboards unleashed another edit for your eyes and ears.
You will see footage from Geoff Rowley, Mark Appleyard, Lance Mountain, Arto Saari, Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Rodrigo TX, the late Shane Cross (RIP) and Eric Fletcher but especially look out for David Gonzales at the end – simply magical.
Click here for footage.
Chokehold will make their national television debut as part of Harvey Goldsmith’s ‘Get Your Act Together – The Showdown’.
Catch the hard rocking quintet performing their track ‘Post Work Syndrome’, plus a cover of the Saxon classic ‘20,000 Feet’ on E4 at 10pm on Tuesday April 10th.
The band will also be joining heavy metal legends Saxon for their UK/Ireland tour this coming May. Full dates are as follows:
14th – Academy 2 – Manchester
15th – Astoria – London
16th – Rock City – Nottingham
17th – Temple Bar Music Centre – Dublin
18th – The Garage – Glasgow
20th – Civic Hall – Wolverhampton
21st – Coal Exchange – Cardiff
23rd – Spring & Airbrake – Belfast
Patti Smith has confirmed that her new album Twelve will be a covers album.
The record will feature covers of Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise, Neil Young’s Helpless, Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears and other tracks by the likes of Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana and Bob Dylan.
The album, due to be released on April 16th, will feature Flea, Television’s Tom Verlaine and Rich Robinson from The Black Crowes as well as her son Jackson and daughter Jesse. The tracklisting is:
‘Are You Experienced?’
‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’
‘Helpless’
‘Gimme Shelter’
‘Within You Without You’
‘White Rabbit’
‘Changing Of The Guards’
‘The Boy In The Bubble’
‘Soul Kitchen’
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
‘Midnight Rider’
‘Pastime Paradise’
She will also tour the UK and Ireland in May:
10th – Kendal Arts Centre
11th – Ulverston Coronation Hall
13th – Dublin Vicar Street
17th – London Roundhouse
19th – Minehead – All Tomorrow’s Parties
20th – Liverpool Carling Academy
22nd – Glasgow ABC
23rd – Gateshead Sage
24th – Sheffield The Plug
New signings to Earache and Crossfire favourites SSS tore it up whilst playing a gig on the Daffodil Ferry on the Mersey for a show for Channel 4.
After the band’s performance, its believed that the ship’s hull was cracked and the ship went down one mile from the shore. Foxy, SSS’ frontman said:
“The fact that we never soundchecked and we were sandwiched between two indie bands was great. No-one realy knew what to expect. Especially Channel 4 who I thought were going to go flying as they were in the pit with expensive cameras filming!”
The show is due to air a week on Friday [6th] and promises some thrashingly good noise. Make sure you check them out on tour as they support the June release of Short Sharp Shock:
March:
30th – The Snooty Fox, Wakefield
30th – The Pilgrim, Liverpool
April:
14th – The Engine Room, Brighton
15th – The Old Blue Last, London
June:
4th – Music Box, Manchester
14th – The Barfly, Liverpool
Want to be jealous and blown away at the same time? Just look at the recent Plaza built by Newline Skateparks in Winnipeg, Canada and then realise just how crap your local UK skatepark is?
In all honesty the quality level for building skateparks in the UK has definitely risen over the last few years if you use Aberdeen for an indoor park example and the Stoke Plaza for outdoor but it seems as though the same old story arises every time which is the fact that the budgets assigned for UK parks are still minute compared to other countries who build parks to last the long term.
Check this park out and wish you were here…
The new Bad Brains album just dropped into here at HQ via courier in the US and on first listen fans will be relieved to know that it has more in common with ‘Rock for Light‘ than any other BB record.
The anticipation as it hit the stereo was pretty immense but now it’s debut has graced our ears, we are stoked as it is a great blend of straight up raging hardcore as only Bad Brains know how to do accompanied by a wonderful helping of dub tunes.
Before you flood us with requests for copies, hold that thought. Our sister company Division will be handling all UK press for the band and there’s no way it will leave the safe!
To remind yourself of how they used to rip it up, click here.
Eddie Belvedere has joined the DuFFS UK family alongside Carl Wilson, Ben Raemers, Adam Howe, Rees the Piece, Rob Smith, John Cattle and Mattias Nylen.
This isn’t the only subject that is getting DuFFs team manager Mark Munson hard in the morning because the new Dreamland constructed Saffron Waldron skatepark has started in Essex so him and his sidekick Ben Raemers will have yet another park on their doorstep.
Raemers has sustained a fractured ankle but is back on his feet after news that Volcom in Europe have just hooked him with a deal plus he should have a full part in the forthcoming Consolidated video. Beat that grommets.
www.duffs.co.uk for more.
ph. Jim Walker
Jamie Thomas has just been interviewed here at the Skateboard Industry dot com website.
Zero Skateboards head honcho lifts the lid on a load of internet rumours, Chris Cole, blank boards, and chain stores which is worthy a quick browse..