Politics

The end of ticket touting in the UK?

According to this Guardian Unlimited article the UK Government may actually be about to get serious about ticket touting (scalping for you US people) and put laws in place to stop it. I certainly hope that something is done about this problem sooner rather than later.
The touting issue is something that as a regular concert [...]


Heavy Metal In Baghdad

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Related Links:
www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com
www.myspace.com/wwwacrassicaudas5com


AT&T censor Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza…

A webcast of Pearl Jam’s set at the recent Lollapalooza festival was apparently censored by AT&T in order to remove certain lyrics aimed at U.S. President George Bush. This censorship has brought a strong (and justifiable) reaction from the band, which can be read here.
The video below explains a little more why this [...]