I Read The News Today... For Sept. 2, 2010

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Peter Saville, who's famous for designing album covers for the likes of Joy Division and New Order, has created the new shirts for England's soccer team. They'll wear them for the first time tomorrow when they play Bulgaria in a UEFA European Football Championship qualifying match in London. NME

Axl Rose and company packed it in last night in Dublin after they were bottled during "Welcome To The Jungle." Perhaps it's just time for Axl to pack Guns N' Roses in in general and stop pretending it's actually still a viable act and that he has a career?



The 2011 edition of the MUTEK festival needs to be rescheduled because of the Formula 1 Grand Prix, which is taking over Montreal next year. MUTEK wants its fans to help determine whether it should hold the festival from May 17 to 22 or Aug. 24 to 28, instead. mutek.org

Sadly, another print music publication has bit the dust: Paste magazine announced yesterday that it was suspending its print publication. Its website will continue to operate. Paste

Video of an entire show Radiohead played in Prague has been released for free download. OMG! It's like it's 2007 again!!!1112

You thought Fever Ray couldn't get any more freaky, right? Wow, you were wrong. Stereogum

Snoop Dogg has teamed up with Symantec to fight cybercrime, because Hack is apparently Wack, yo. Hack Is Wack

Here's something that makes absolutely no sense: Wavves is opening for Phoenix on their upcoming North American tour. Here's hoping Nathan Williams doesn't bitch them out on stage. Tiny Mix Tapes

Nelly Furtado debuted two new songs — "Free" and "Girlfriend In The City" — at the Orange Warsaw Festival in Poland last week. They'll appear on her upcoming Lifestyle album, out later this year. It's her first English-language album since 2006's Loose. All Headline News

If you want to go to the 2011 Glastonbury festival, you can get tickets Oct. 3. Granted, we imagine you'll have to be pretty quick about getting them as they'll probably sell out in 10 seconds… Spinner

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