Kanye West is among a group of musicians boycotting the US state

Kanye West is among a group of artists who are refusing to play gigs in Arizona, protesting against recent changes to immigration law in the US state.

A group called The Sound Strike led by Los Angeles rockers Rage Against The Machine and featuring Cypress Hill, Massive Attack and System Of A Down's Serj Tankian, are boycotting performing shows until law SB 1070 is amended.

In April, Arizona passed a law requiring police to check the immigration status of people suspected of being in the US illegally.

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If you have a case pending in federal court in Manhattan that involves complicated issues of musical authorship, or you just want to hang out and listen to some cool tunes, Judge Robert W. Sweet is apparently the magistrate you want to draw.

On Tuesday, Judge Sweet ruled in favor of the members of System of a Down in a lawsuit involving their song "B.Y.O.B.” after having heard two competing accounts about the drug-fueled jam sessions that led to its creation and analyzing the music those sessions yielded, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The British publishing company Maxwell Music Limited had sued System of a Down after it was assigned the rights to the works of C ... Читать дальше »

 (CN) - Platinum-selling rock band System of a Down does not owe royalties to a publishing company for its Grammy-winning song, "B.Y.O.B.," a federal judge in Manhattan ruled.
     The Armenian-American group has released five albums that have sold 20 million copies worldwide, with "B.Y.O.B" winning the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
     UK-based Maxwood Music claimed a 50 percent interest in the composition, saying it bought the rights from the song's alleged co-writer, Casey Chmielinski.
     Maxwood sued lead guitar player Daron Malakian, lead singer Serj Tankian and their companies, Malakian Publishing and Shattered Mirrors Publishing.
     Chmielinski, a singer/songwriter professionally known as Casey Chaos, claimed to have co-written "B.Y.O.B.," an Iraq War protest song that appeared on the 2005 album "Mezmerize." The second part of the double album ... Читать дальше »

10/05/10 11:17 Музикантите от The Stranglers обявиха, че отменят изявата си на Spirit of Burgas 2010.

"Поради непредвидени обстоятелства, групата няма да свири на фестивала Spirit of Burgas през август. Извиняваме се за причинените неудобства", се посочва в съобщението на официалния сайт на The Stranglers.

Тазгодишното трето поред издание на Spirit of Burgas ще се състои между 13 и 15 август.

Засега официално потвърдено е участието на култовите британци от The Prodigy, Apoll ... Читать дальше »