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How Precious?! Muse's Matt Bellamy Has A Stalker!

Lucky Matt Bellamy from Muse---he's got himself his very first stalker! Not just some crazy broad who tries to get backstage to show him the Muse tattoo she has on her inner thigh, but a dude who actually knows where Matt's home in Italy is and leaves him bags full of bottles with messages on them. Matt says he's freaked out, but really, by stalker standards, this is pretty tame. Just wait until the bags of toenail clippings start showing up. That's when things will get weird!

Yeahhh...About That Shirley Manson Solo Album?

The one you were really excited about? The one that could not possibly suck because it featured collaborations with Beck, Billy Corgan, and Jack White? It may never actually come out. Sorry. Shirley Manson played it for her record label, and they said it was very "noir," and she realized they didn’t mean it as a compliment. Which is weird, because you know, all of her other songs are about puppies and kittens and rainbows and junk. The album was orignially scheduled to be out in May, but Manson says she doesn’t know what will happen to it now.

Lollapalooza 2008! RATM, NIN, Radiohead...Dierks Bentley?

Perry Farrell tried to keep the Lollapalooza 2008 lineup a secret, but alas, he couldn't contain its awesomeness. Even though a big fat chunk of the lineup was leaked early, the official announcement is now posted at Lollapalooza.com. Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails will headline the festival, which is scheduled for Aug. 1-3 in Chicago's Grant Park. Other tasty goodness includes The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, and Kanye West. And, as part of some horrible joke where nobody gets the punchline, Dierks Bentley is on the bill as well. Don't know who that is? You're probably better off.

Perhaps They're Coke Drinkers...

Smashing Pumpkins apparently prefer the taste of Ford Focus to the taste of Pepsi. Even though their music was used for a Ford Focus commercial and that was perfectly acceptable, Billy Corgan and the rest of the Pumpkins are mad that Virgin Records allowed a Pepsi ad to use their music because it hurts their street cred. They filed a lawsuit that says the band “worked hard for over two decades to accumulate a considerable amount of goodwill in the eyes of the public" and that Virgin is threatening their "artistic integrity.” Also, they want some money.

Finger 11 Hopes To Have Better Luck With Miss USA

A room full of beautiful women who are waaayyyy out of your league...What better place to sing a song about being ignored by a beautiful woman who is waaayyy out of your league? Finger Eleven will perform "Paralyzer" at the 2008 Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas. They’re going to perform an extended version of the song, which means they’re adding either a killer 80’s guitar solo, or another verse about being slapped by 27 beauty queens in one day. If you think you can stomach the 2 hour event for just a little taste of Finger 11, NBC will broadcast it live at 8 p.m on April 11.

What does Atreyu have in common with Hilary Duff?

Hilary Duff, The Jonas Brothers, and Atreyu. It sounds like the easiest game of “One of These Things Is Not Like the Other” ever played. But, they do have one thing in common. They’re all on the very short list of artists to release albums in the new CDVU+ format. It’s just like a regular CD, only fancier. The Atreyu version is a re-issue of their latest album, Lead Sails, Paper Anchor. It will have a digital booklet with over 50 exclusive photos, three new songs including a cover of Faith No More’s "Epic," and a bunch of bonus footage that plays when you put the disc in your computer. All of that wrapped in an eco-friendly package and available to you April 22^nd.

The Pills Made Tom Do It...

A lot of people thought Tom DeLonge was a crazy ass egomaniac when he claimed that the Angels and Airwaves album “We Don’t Need to Whisper” would be the best album anybody had heard in 20 years. But its not Tom’s fault that he said all that stuff, the magic pills made him do it. He said "I did feel and believe those things, but I had no clue how to communicate because I was spun out on painkillers." Oh. Ok. So the lesson for today kids, if you really feel and believe something, say it when you’re on painkillers. And then no one will think you really meant it, even though you did.

Courtney Love Claims People Are Ripping Off More Than Just Kurt's Music...

A crappy band ripping off Kurt Cobain's music? It's been done. A crafty thief ripping off Kurt Cobain's money? Now, that's new and exciting! Courtney Love claims that as much as 72 million dollars has been stolen from Kurt's estate by evil identity thieves. Before you start dreaming up conspiracy theories about Courtney Love stealing the money herself, or making all of this up for attention, or not even remembering that she spent the missing money on booze and lipo, she's already responded to haters on myspace. She's already taken the offending credit reports to the LAPD. Aaaand she's not crazy, she's just eccentric. Glad she cleared that up.