SHIRLEY ON SPIN'S PLAYSTATION ARTICLE

There's a "new" Shirley pic on the latest Spin magazine, on an article regarding the Playstation Amplitude game soundtrack. This soundtrack features Cherry Lips. This article says the following on the song:
"How do you describe Garbage anyway? Pop-rock? Lite-industrial? Alternative? Neo-Punk? On "Cherry Lips" at least, Shirley Manson shows her poppiest of pop licks on what is certainly a standout track from Beautiful Garbage. Maybe a little too poppy for those of you who like the band because of Butch Vig (or indeed Ms Manson's fashion sense), it has an infectious quality that will have you singing along in no time." (you can see the full pic on gallery 4)
(source: sacred apple)

SHIRLEY #10: MISSMINX'S 100 ROCK WOMEN

Shirley got the #10 position on the 100 Women in Rock poll of the alternative UK site MissMinx. #1 position for Brody Armstrong (The Distillers), #2 for Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), #3 for Sleater-Kinney, #4 for The Donnas, #7 for Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), #8 for PJ Harvey, amongst others.
"The Nineties saw a lot of female singers take the limelight, but none were more striking and memorable that Shirley Manson, fronting Garbage. Now a new decade is upon us, and Shirley is still a spokesperson for females in rock, recently completing a tour of the US with No Doubt and The Distillers. Though her trademark red hair is something of the past, Shirley most definitely is here to stay!"
(source: Garbage Fan / Miss Minx)

SHIRLEY, YOUR FASHION SENSE IS GARBAGE

Garbage singer Shirley Manson rubbed shoulders with the stars, including Blondie's Debbie Harry, at a charity do in New York.
The pair have become friends since appearing in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair last year.
But the prospect of a celebrity-studded affair didn't impinge on Shirley's fashion sense. A self confessed sufferer of body dysmorphic syndrome, or imagined ugliness, she hung out at the benefit for the McAuley Psychiatric Treatment Centre in a head-scaf, parka and woolly scarf - a style trend 192 hopes doesn't catch on.
(source: Scottish Daily Record / breakinguptheguy)

MARY J BLIGE & SHIRLEY MANSON: IT TAKES 2 

Musician/activists discuss how AIDS and HIV infection still impact an incredible amount of lives. Both agree that no shag is worth a death sentence.
They're two of our most iconic singers. Mary J. and Shirley sat down with VH1 to discuss learning to love yourself, kids who look to them for advice, and why there will never be a shag good enough to risk your life for. 
Read the full interview and watch the videos.
(source: Garbage Fan / VH1)

SHIRLEY AT 'NIGHT WITH JT LEROY & FRIENDS'

"It is rare to be amongst such collective beauty," gushed slightly delirious host Winona Ryder Thursday at Index Magazine's Night With JT LeRoy and Friends, a tribute to the 23-year-old gay "It boy" 's literary and celebrity status (Winona called him "the beautiful JT," while Garbage's Shirley Manson wryly designated JT "our little genius"). Manson, Debbie Harry, Vanessa Carlton, Rosario Dawson, and Tatum O'Neal, among others, read from LeRoy's eccentric lot-lizard confessional Sarah [book]."
This book will become a movie by the hand of Gus Van Sant. JT LeRoy wants Shirley to play his mother, but castings are being made for the film.
Manson has formed a close bond with Leroy and has even written a song about him, called Cherry Lips. In JT's first book, Sarah's son goes by the name of Cherry Vanilla. A twelve-year-old boy based on Leroy's childhood self, he has a penchant for hotpants and make-up. 
(source: The Village Voice / JT)

SHIRLEY TO READ JT LEROY

Index Magazine presents a night with JT Leroy and Friends, on April 17th, 2003 7-10 pm at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC, USA. 
There will be a reading of Jt LeRoy's work and a performance by his band, Thistle. The list of readers include Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson, Liz Phair and Bijou Phillips, amongst much more, including surprise guests.
This reading is to benefit the McAuley Psychiatric Treatment program at St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation in San Francisco.
For Tickets Go Here: http://indexmagazine.com/jttickets.shtml. Tickets are also available through Other Music, 15 East 4th Street, NYC. All tickets are subject to availability.
(source: indexmagazine / marlonhenao / Garbage Fan)

SHIRLEY AT THE OSCAR PARTY

Shirley Manson participated at the anual Oscars Party, organized by the Elton John fundation, that fights against AIDS, co-patricionated by In Style and AOL, in association with MAC Cosmetica and Global Naps. The party had the goal of raising funds, and was thrown in Hollywood, during the 75th Oscar cerymony.
(source: beautifulgirl2.0 / peshep / Garbage Fan)

GARBAGE IN STUDIO, SAYS MATT CHAMBERLAIN

Matt Chamberlain, the drummer that replaced Butch Vig on some concerts of the last tour, said on his official site that he ".....had a day off in Madison and the Garbage people were in town recording their record...Shirly ann Manson picked me up and I went to their studio for lunch and some chit chat,I really love those people---very good folks"
(source: MattChamberlain.com / Garbage Fan)

On September 23rd, "Shut Your Mouth", Garbage's latest single, was released in UK, after being released in Europe.

On February 11th, "We're a Happy Family", a tribute to Ramones, was released. It features a new Garbage track: the cover "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do".