PROTEST SINGERS ANTI-WAR GIG IN LONDON!

Garbage, Travis frontman Fran Healy, Beth Orton, Paul Weller, Faithless, Ian McCullochand, Evan Dando and comedian Mark Thomas, amongst others, will play the bill for 'ONE BIG NO' anti-war gig in London this weekend (March 15) at Shepherds Bush Empire.
The event will feature each artist performing acoustic sets, with an emphasis on collaborations. Ian McCulloch is billed as performing with a 'secret special guest', as is Weller.
Ticket proceeds will go to the Stop The War Coalition and CND Visit NME.COM for regular updates on the line-up. 
Tickets are on sale now, priced £20 and £30. To buy, contact the ticketline on 0870 160 2831 or call the Shepherds Bush Empire Box Office on 0870 771 2000
(source: NME / FlyingAce)

GARBAGE ON LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND DVD

Garbage are to appear on the forthcoming Jools Holland DVD "Later... LOUDER", including the track "I think I’m Paranoid" and an interview recorded in May 1999.
This UK Region 2 DVD will be released by Warner Music Vision on May 5th, and is a a collection of Later with Jools Holland greatest rock music performances.
(source: GFS / Noble PR)

BUTCH VIG MENTIONED IN A BOOK

The new book "Famous Wisconsin Musicians", by Madison music journalist and disc jockey Susan Masino impressively researches and documents the career stories of 32 state musicians, singers and groups, and provides more than 100 thumbnail sketches of other notable Badger music-makers. The profiles include Liberace, Steve Miller, Richard Davis, Ben Sidran, Al Jarreau, Eric Benet, Woody Herman, Hildegarde, Adrian Belew, Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads, Butch Vig of Garbage and Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers.
(source: Garbage Fan / madison.com)

BRODY ARMSTRONG PRAISES SHIRLEY

Brody Armstrong of The Distillers praises Shirley in the current Request magazine. The Distillers are featured as one of ten "Artists to Watch" for 2003 (p. 23). It contains the following praise of Shirley: 
MANSON FAMILY VALUES: At the end of last year, the Distillers hit the road for their first big tour, with No Doubt and Garbage. "I LOVE Shirley Manson," Brody says. "She's got a beautiful, fierce voice. She's smart and opinionated. At first I was scared to meet her, because she's intimidating. But we connected right away. She called me her wife; I called her my husband. She took me under her wing, taught me so much about the music industry, what to expect, how to deal with the bullsh**. We hung out every night. We even got into a fight when we were both PMSing."
(thanks to shirleebee)

NIRVANA SCRAPS STILL LEFT, SAYS BUTCH VIG

Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana's classic album Nevermind, didn't work on the single "You Know You're Right," but he did say he was glad the Scott Litt-produced track was released. Vig also added that "You Know You're Right" was the best, but not the last, of Kurt Cobain's unreleased music. 
"It's a great song. I mean, the first time I heard it, a chill went down my neck. It's like, I heard Kurt's voice again and, I miss him. I mean, he'd still be making great music if he was out here," said Vig. "It's a shame that there's...that's like, maybe, the last great track. There's still a few raw things that I know haven't come out yet. But there's not a lot of stuff left out there that is as good as that. So I think it's great. You know, I worked on that boxed set that got put on the table and there's some really cool stuff on that--a lot of weird outtakes, some jams, and some acoustic demos--and I hope that comes out sometime in the near future." 
Butch Vig is working on a new album with his own band, Garbage. Vig has also produced records for Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins.
(source: Launch, Darren Davis)