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New Arctic Monkeys Material And Tour

The Sheffield foursome are to release a new EP titled Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys? on April the 24th. They will also be releasing a short film called Scummy Man on April the 10th with a screening a the Sheffield Showrooms 3 days earlier.

Additionally they are doing a UK tour in April, the dates are:

13 Apr: Nottingham Rock City
14 Apr: Glasgow Carling Academy
15 Apr: Newcastle Carling Academy
17 Apr: Bournemouth BIC
18 Apr: Plymouth Pavillions
19 Apr: Wolverhampton Civic
21 Apr: Newport Centre
22 Apr: Rotherham Magna Centre
23 Apr: Blackpool Empress Ballroom
25 Apr: Hull Ice Rink
26 Apr: Cambridge Corn Exchange
27 Apr: London Brixton Carling Academy

www.arcticmonkeys.com

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Suge Knight Goes AWOL

Suge Knight, the owner of Deathrow Records, is as always, involved in controversy. His former associate Lydia Harris is currently in court claiming she helped start the rap label and wants a cut of the profits, which the courts ordered to happen last year.

Suge, however, hasn’t paid her the money and her former husband, the now imprisoned Michael Harris is claiming he is to get half of whatever she gains.

Knight’s whose assets were frozen last year, the same time that Michael Harris started divorce proceedings against his wife, has repeatedly fail to appear for his hearings and according to reports, the courts could start the bankruptcy proceedings that were threatened.

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Skateboarding News

Girl’s Skate Jam 2006

The next girls jam will take place on Saturday 27th May at Pioneer Skate Park in St Albans. It will be between the hours of 12 – 5pm. The first two hours will be a jam format where everybody gets to skate together. Then there will then be competitions for those who want to enter: Under/over 18’s and sponsored Street and Midi.

Sponsors confirmed: Gallaz, Rogue Skateboards, Carhartt, Eastpak, Nikita, Etnies, Blest Lifestyle, Rockstar Bearings, Creme, Death Skateboards, Riot Squad and Motel 6 Skateshop.

Judges: Rodney Clarke, Andy Willis and Phillip Proctor.

There will be goody bags for all who enter, prizes for the winners and there will be 2 hours afterwards where everybody will get to skate, so guys who’ve come to support get a roll too.

Afterparty: There definitely will be one but it is to be confirmed.

There are places to stay for those who need somewhere, you just need to bring a sleeping bag and maybe
earplugs if you want any kip!!

Hit this email girlskatejamuk@btinternet.com for any more info.

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Skateboarding News

Lord Of The Park

Through the mist rode a lone skater… He had comped with the best of them and snaked his way to the top. No mere mortal dares drop in to a ramp once he had placed his four-wheeled steed on the coping. A Master of Disaster, Lord of the Loop and Sovreign of the Slash grind.

The Return of the King is expected at Projekts Mancy Way skatepark, Manchester, from midday on the 23rd April. An exclusive 35 foot mini ramp will be erected for the occasion, and popular ballads will be sung by The Duds and DJ Ben Perry. A fiefdom tax of £3.50 will be expected to pay for the ceremony to cover the costs of the ramp – plus you will probably get to see Powley’s arse included in that cos – simply a bargain!

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Stretch Arm Strong Tour UK

Stretch Arm Strong will be heading back to the UK this month with last year’s tour mates, Story Of The Year in April. They have also announced two headline dates:

The dates are:

Tue 11 Birmingham Academy
Wed 12 Manchester Academy
Thu 13 London Astoria
Fri 14 Brighton Corn Exchange
Sat 15 Cardiff Univ
Sun 16 Trowbridge Terrys Club HEADLINE SHOW!
Mon 17 Leeds Met Univ
Tue 18 Glasgow ABC
Weds 19 Bacchus nightclub in Kingston HEADLINE SHOW!

Stretch Arm Strong are continuing to tour in support of the latest album, Free At Last. Check out their new singleThe Sound of Names Dropping on MTV, Scuzz and the video on Myspace.com

www.stretcharmstrong.net and www.myspace.com/stretcharmstrong

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New Radiohead Album Details

Radiohead are back in the studio with Mark Stent working on the follow up to the Hail To The Thief album, saying that, contrary to rumours, the album won’t be politically based. Thom Yorke claims it is about anonymous fear, and compared it to writing OK Computer, though he said it is “much more terrifying”.

New tracks such as Arpeggi, House Of Cards, 15 Step and Nude are among the favourites to make the new album and Yorke also said he is optimistic that the band are getting the songs right and ready for the upcoming tour.

www.radiohead.com has all the trimmings.

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Foo Fighters Plan Acoustic Tour

The Foo Fighters are gearing up for an acoustic tour, which will include a violinist, a pianist and a percussionist and will start rehearsing as soon as drummer Taylor Hawkins returns from his tour with side project The Coattail Riders.

The plan is to tour the In Your Honour album and dates will be announced in the future. This comes after the group announced they are to play Hyde Park and Cricket’s Old Trafford, as well as the Isle Of Wight festival.

Check out www.foofighters.com for all news.

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Gnarls Barkley Hit Top Spot

Well, they did it. Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo’s Gnarls Barkley have made music history by becoming the first single to go to number one in the charts through download sales only. Crazy knocked Ne-Yo off the top spot and kept Morrissey away from the challenge by selling over 30,000 downloads.

Big ups to the duo, making history AND keeping shitty pop away from the top. Can’t say much fairer than that.

Meanwhile, Danger Mouse is going to keep himself busy by helping produce the new album for The Rapture, following their well receieved debut album Echoes.

www.gnarlsbarkley.com

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Skateboarding News

Koston leaves Es Shoes

*DISCLAIMER: This conversation was allegedly held between two fictional industry types on Crossfire crosswires…*

– “Hey! Have you heard?? Koston quit Es!”

– “Of course I have! The 40 + forums geeks on the company payroll have been keeping tabs on this hot potato for several months now!”

– “He rode for them for over 10 years… I wonder what happened?”

– “Well, we’re about to leak a love triangle gone wrong on the net tonight, seeing how homophia always rocks the boat…”

– “I don’t think so! I prefer the money pitch- How about Green Flash getting bumped by Pony with a $2 million contract?”

– ” Make it $3 million!”

– “No- $5 million and a season ticket for the Lakers!”

– “Sweet. Kids love the money nowadays…”

Sorry, we lost it. In any case, Eric Koston is a free agent and probably the best skater in the world – a combination that sets the stakes pretty high. Good luck dude, 10 years spent giving all for a fantastic shoe company and vice versa has got to be applauded, new kids on the block take note….

Read Eric’s Crossfire interview from last summer’s Urban Games here.

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Skateboarding Product Reviews

Circa Cx205 Review

If you have been skating for more than 2 years you will be bound to know that Circa shoes have lost a lot of their top riders to companies such as Fallen, Osiris and the mighty Globe. This may have damaged their previous reputation of having one of the strongest shoe teams in the business but they still manage to make some kick ass shoes.

The pair I got, Circa Cx205’s (brown and white in colour) had many functions such as a ‘C1 Reflex cushion’ attached to the innersole, a rubber toe cap, a removable strap and is made from a 100% synthetic leather upper for all the vegans out there.

I got these shoes in the middle of the summer and seeing as I was skating hard every day, and these shoes lasted me six to eight weeks, I was well impressed. They felt pretty stiff at first but after a day or two of wearing them in they felt like a dream. They were particularly good to Ollie in and were great at absorbing the shock from big drops.

These shoes really are one of Circa’s finest moments.

Chris Arundel

Make sure you check out www.circafootwear.com for all the trimmings.