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Things you should be listening to:
"Master" Ep by the "Yeah yeah yeahs"
"Life,love and leaving" by "The Detriot Cobras"
Things you might have missed the first time around:
"The Teaches of Peaches" by Peaches
Things that have become classics:
"Colossal Youth" by Young Marble Giants
Things that everyone else is listening to so why shouldn't I?:
"Highly Evolved" by "The Vines"

GARBAGE TO PLAY KERRANG AWARDS

Garbage are to make a special live appearance at the Kerrang! awards on August 27th, at a secret Londdon location, among many other bands (The Offspring, Reef and more). Tickets for the event aren't on sale, so there's no possibility of attendance. This will be broadcasted on Channel 4 on August 29th at 11.30 pm (GarbageWeb)

NEW SHUT YOUR MOUTH VIDEO 

In the next few weeks the official site will preview 2 versions of the Shut Your Mouth Video exclusively. One is the aminated version which has been shown in Europe only and the other a brand new live version which has not yet been aired. So look back there for more information in the coming weeks.

QUEEN ADRENA TO OPEN SOLD OUT UK SHOWS

The 2 Electric Ballroom shows on August 28th and 28th are SOLD OUT!!!! In addition, Queen Adreena has been added to the bill in the opening slot.
Queen Adrena are a UK act with two album released under the Blanco y Negro label, and have one of the most impressive official sites around. Worth the visit: Here!

NEW TOUR DATES WITH NO DOUBT

These are the latest dates announced on the official site:
Oct. 29, Sunrise, Fla., National Car Rental Center
Oct. 30, Orlando, Fla., TD Waterhouse Centre
Nov. 1, Houston
Nov. 2, New Orleans
Nov. 4, Dallas, Smirnoff Music Centre (on sale Aug. 19)
Nov. 6, Denver
Nov. 8, Nampa, Idaho
Nov. 9, Portland, Ore.
Nov. 11, Seattle
Nov. 13, Sacramento, Calif., ARCO Arena (on sale Aug. 19)
Nov. 14, San Jose, Calif., Compaq Center (on sale Aug. 19)
Nov. 16, Phoenix
Nov. 22-23, Long Beach, Calif.
Nov. 25, Bakersfield, Calif.
Nov. 26, San Diego

GARBAGE ON TV

Garbage will be appearing on some TV specials on Spain and Portugal:
the repeat of SOL Music report:
August 27th, 24:00 / September 11th, 24:00 / 
September 19th, 24:00 / September 25th, 24:00
40TV special on Esparrago 2m2: August 23rd, 22h00
(Thanks to Adictos a La Basura Alianegena)

Q TOUR DIARIES

Shirley Manson's tour diaries are already available on the latest (September) edition of Q magazine.
The diaries are from June 23rd to July 7th, and are, for now, exclusive to this magazine. Besides that, brings exclusive pics  from Shirley and the boys on tour. The cover is as shown left.

AUSTRALIAN SHUT YOUR MOUTH UPDATE

Garbage's awesome new single is Festival Record's fave from the album, Shut Your Mouth. It includes new track 'Happiness Pt 2', plus killer live versions of 'Only Happy When It Rains' and the Rolling Stones classic 'Wild Horses'. It's in stores from Monday, September 2.
These are the tour dates for Australia:
Oct, Sat 5th - ANZ Stadium, Brisbane (M-One)
Oct, Mon 7th - SCG, Sydney (M-One) *labour day public holiday*
Thurs, Oct 10 - Memorial Drive, Adelaide (Stars Of M-One)
Oct, Mon 12th - Colonial Stadium, Melburne (M-One) 

NEW US TOUR DATE: CALIFORNIA, NOV. 22ND

According to Orange County Register, No Doubt, Garbage and Distillers tour will play on Nov. 22 at the Long Beach Arena. 
Tickets, $35, go on sale Sept. 7.
More dates are being known each day goes by, so keep checking back for more detalis. (thanks to Jessica!)

GARBAGE ALBUM SALES IN THE US

According to www.riaa.com, here are the sales of the first two Garbage albums in America alone:
self titled
05/01/96 Gold
07/30/96 Platinum
02/24/99 Multi Platinum (2 million)
Version 2.0
12/01/98 Gold
02/24/99 Platinum
beautifulgarbage sold 337,000 all together in America so far

VIVA LA WOMAN

After baiting their fans with rumors of a joint tour, No Doubt and Garbage are finally inking in dates for their highly anticipated outing. With the Distillers joining as support, the trio of female-led bands will hit the road starting October 9, although Garbage doesn't officially join in the merriment until October 15.
Confirmed dates have the bands tackling East Coast arenas through October. A full tour itinerary is expected soon.
Pop-rockers Good Charlotte will also perform for a select few shows - 
October 9, 11, and 14.
A few Rolling Stones shows interrupt the schedule, as No Doubt will be 
opening for the veteran rockers on October 12, 18, and 26.
This is the second headlining tour for both No Doubt and Garbage this year. 
The first half of 2002 saw the two bands individually trekking across the 
States, each filling theatre houses as they toured in support of new tunes.
In addition to similar touring schedules, new hit records, and having both 
been an opening act on part of U2's mega-tour in 2001, Garbage and No Doubt leaders - Shirley Manson and Gwen Stefani, respectively - are also friends. Hence, the co-headlining journey for this fall.
The Distillers complete this trio of women-fronted bands. Lead by Brody 
Armstrong - wife of Rancid's Tim Armstrong - this relatively new California 
group has been making waves with their fresh punk tunes.
Check back with pollstar.com for more No Doubt/Garbage dates.
(source: Pollstar)

SHIRLEY ON COSMOGIRL

The Cosmogirl poll is now nearing it's end. Votes are kept secret, and the winner will make the CosmoGirl of the year magazine cover!
Results will be revealed online on November 11th, but the poll closes on the end of this month. 
Go vote here: http://www.cosmogirl.com/cgoftheyearpoll 

NEW US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

According to Pollstar, Garbage are to play with No Doubt and Distillers on:
Tue 10/15/02 West Kingston, RI Ryan Center 
Thu 10/17/02 Philadelphia, PA First Union Spectrum 
Sun 10/20/02 Worcester, MA The Centrum 
Mon 10/21/02 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum 
Wed 10/23/02 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena 
Thu 10/24/02 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena 
Sun 10/27/02 Jacksonville, FL University Of North Florida Arena 
Also, according to the site Clear Channel Entertainment, this tour also has another date: November 13th, on Sacramento's (CA) ARCO Arena (tickets to go on sale on August 24th).

GARBAGE IN SAN JOSE IN NOVEMBER

According to the site Clear Channel Entertainment, Garbage, with No Doubt and The Distillers, are to play on the Compaq Center, in San Jose, on November 14th 2002. Tickets are to go on sale on September 22nd. 
This is the first tour date announced of this tour, but more are to follow. (Thanks to Adictos a La Basura Alianigena) 

BUTCH VIG'S 45TH BIRTHDAY

Butch Vig turned today, August 2nd, 45 years! 45 years of wisdom and great contribution to the music world.
If you want to read and see more of this great great mine visit the new site Butch Vig Productions and learn all there is to learn about Butch: his story, his related projects, his remixes, his productions, his pics, everything!

On September 16th (TBC), "Shut Your Mouth", Garbage's latest single, will be released in UK, after being released in Europe. Australia will see this release on September 2nd.

On November 5th, "We're a Happy Family", a tribute to Ramones, will be released. It will feature a new Garbage track: the cover "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do".

On July 23rd, "A Tribute To Garbage" was released by Big Eye Records. All the tracks are sung by one band only, and isn't worth the fans money...