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New Found Glory

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Today we had an amazing kind of update from Jordan and Steve from New Found Glory.  Though Jordan just celebrated his 28th birthday this week, these guys are road tested veterans of the music landscape.  They haven’t lost their sense of humor or their fondness for South Florida and South Florida surely has not lost their warm feelings for their hometown artists.  Some highlights:  Japan is their favorite place to play, NFG has front to back Halo3 tournaments on their bus, and Steve can still get sick during the first show of each tour.  Not necessarily but it could happen.  You’ll have to check out the rest of the interview in the next show.

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Maroon 5/The Hives/Kevin Michael

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Some of our favorite acts are coming to the Bank Atlantic Center on 10-20.  Kevin Michael who we interviewed earlier this summer and Maroon 5 (check out our classic interview with Maroon 5 from 2002 and 2003).

Tickets are available here. 

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the first person who can tell us where our first interview with Maroon 5 was held (the city and the venue).   Send your entry to info(at) the rockstarstories.com.

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Perez-Hilton Sued for Illegally Posting Britney Recordings

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Zomba Recording has filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles, charging the proprietor of PerezHilton.com with illegally posting Britney Spears recordings.

Attorneys for Zomba, which owns the copyrights to Spears’ recordings, filed the suit Thursday against the gossip Web site and its proprietor, Mario Lavandeira, the company said.

The suit accuses Lavandeira of violating Zomba’s copyrights by posting at least 10 completed tracks and unfinished demos from Spears’ upcoming album, “Blackout,” during the past three months.

“Blackout” was scheduled to be released Nov. 13, but Spears’ label, Jive Records, announced Wednesday it was moving up the release date to Oct. 30 because of the Internet leaks.

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Under Age Idols Get 19Entertainment a Fine

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FROM THE NY DAILY NEWS

“American Idols Live Tour ’07” broke child labor laws just the same, the state Labor Department said.

The company, 19 Touring LLC, which runs the national “Idols” live tour, failed to get the proper permits to hire and feature “Idol” winner Jordin Sparks and tousled crooner Sanjaya Malakar, the department told the Daily News yesterday.

Under the settlement – the first under the New York State Child Performer Labor Law – the company agreed to pay $5,000 in fines after being confronted with 16 violations.

The “American Idols Live” tour hit the stage in New York on five dates: Aug. 23 in Rochester; Aug. 24 and 25 at the Nassau Coliseum; Aug. 30 in Albany, and Sept. 2 in Syracuse.

Sparks, who performed songs such as “I (Who Have Nothing)” and “She Works Hard for the Money” on the TV show, is 17. Fan sensation Malakar, known for his rendition of “You Really Got Me,” turned 18 on Sept. 10 but was 17 during the New York tour dates.

“This settlement should serve as a strong reminder that the Labor Department is aggressively enforcing the state’s labor laws that protect all workers, especially children,” Labor Commissioner Patricia Smith said in a statement.