Diddy
Sean "Diddy" Combs is being sued by a man who alleges that the mogul attacked him at a pre-Oscars party last week. According to a Reuters report, Gerard Rechnitzer claims in the suit that Diddy pushed and punched him at the club Teddy's inside L.A.
's Roosevelt Hotel on February 25. Rechnitzer said he returned from the bathroom to find Diddy talking to his girlfriend, and when Rechnitzer approached, Diddy supposedly yelled at him "in a threatening and ominous matter." Rechnitzen warned his girlfriend that they should leave, and so Diddy allegedly "attacked, assaulted and battered" Rechnitzer, according to the suit.
Combs' lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said in a statement, "It is just another example of an opportunist seeking to fabricate a lawsuit based on a flat-out lie to try to take advantage of Mr. Combs' celebrity status. Mr.
Combs did not hit anyone, and Mr. Rechnitzer suffered no injuries or damages whatsoever. There is no case.
It is that simple." Zomba Label Group has been making a noticeable impact on the Rock radio charts lately with Three Days Grace, Tool and Bullet For My Valentine. In fact, BDS airplay numbers show that Zomba currently boasts three albums in the Top 15 on the Active Rock chart: Three Days Grace ranks #1 on both the Active and Alternative charts with the single "Pain," Tool moves up to #12 with "Jambi," and Welsh boys Bullet For My Valentine hold on to #14 with their current single "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me).
" Meanwhile, Zomba is continuing to develop its Rock artist roster by signing Australian-based indie rock group Augie March, and the label plans to launch the band in the U.S. within the next few months.
Just as they did with the last Nine Inch Nails album, Interscope Records is hosting advance listening parties for the group's latest masterpiece, Year Zero. Fans will get to hear the entire new album weeks before its release, and get a limited edition year zero lithograph when they pre-order the album at the event. All listening parties are free, and some of the lucky cities that get to host the events include Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit and more.
Check out for the complete list of cities and dates. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have set April 17 as the release date for the new album Strength Loyalty. The first single, "I Tried," features Akon, while Mariah Carey and Bow Wow duet on the track "Lil L.
O.V.E.
" The Game, Twista and Yolanda Adams are among the other guests on Strength Loyalty, which also features production from Swizz Beatz, Akon and will.i.am, according to Billboard.
com. The set is also expected to include vocals from group member Flesh-N-Bone, who has been in jail since 2000 on weapons charges. Mastodon and Against Me!
will kick off a tour together on May 1 in Los Angeles. Cursive will serve as the opening act. Mastodon is still touring tirelessly in support of last year's Blood Mountain, which spawned the hit single "Colony of Birchmen.
" The road trip is set to wrap on May 26 in Atlanta. As Metallica prepares to enter the studio on March 12 to begin recording their new album with producer Rick Rubin, drummer Lars Ulrich revealed a few details about it on Eddie Trunk's Friday Night Rocks radio program last week. "[We're] pretty psyched about that.
It's been about a year of writing and getting ideas together...
going through a couple of years' worth of riffs and all this stuff," said Ulrich. "We started out about six months ago with about 25 songs and now we've narrowed those down to 14." The album is expected to drop sometime in 2008.
Lily Allen
British sensation Lily Allen has set a spring headlining tour of North American. Her tour begins with multiple appearances at SXSW next week in Austin, TX and winds up at the Coachella Festival in California on April 29. She will also be back in the states for the Bonnaroo Festival in late June.
You can also catch Allen on the Today Show and The Tonight Show in mid-April.
Canadian dance-rockers Hot Hot Heat have completed their new studio album, Happiness Ltd., which will be released later this year.
The band plans to tour extensively beginning this summer in support of the record.
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