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Glastonbury 2009 Diary: Part 2

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By Jonathan Dekel (CHARTattack) July 2, 2009 2:45 pm
Hospitality Campgrounds Pilton, England Glastonbury Festival 10:30 a.m. I awake in a bath of warm sweat. It seems in my hurry to buy an economy tent the previous day I'd forgotten to get one with some sort of window or breeze system. The forecast once again calls for rain, and yet, judging by the 40-degree Celsius weather in this tent, the...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending July 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 8, 2011 3:31 pm
DJ Pauly D is being sued. No, not for stealing someone's fake tan, but for trademark infringement. DJ Paulie Lis filed a lawsuit against the Jersey Shore star, claiming it's impossible to search for him on the internet because DJ Fist Pump comes up whenever anyone looks and it's hurting his business. I'm assuming he doesn't also look like an Oompa...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending May 20, 2011

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) May 20, 2011 2:48 pm
Remember when Rick Springfield was arrested for driving under the influence in Malibu on May 1? TMZ have now revealed that after the police deputy on duty informed the '80s rocker that his prized 1963 Corvette Stingray would be towed away, apparently Springfield uttered the following threat: "If you tow my car I will fucking kill you and your...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending May 13, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 13, 2011 1:24 pm
Jay-Z might be sued for sampling Baligh Hamdy's "Khosara, Khosara" in his "Big Pimpin'" hit. Hamdy's children say that as heirs of the late Egyptian composer, their moral rights are being abused because Jay-Z hasn't got permission to use the "Khosara, Khosara" sample in the song. A judge ruled they've got grounds to sue, but they've yet to do so....
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending April 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 15, 2011 2:45 pm
Gucci Mane has been charged with misdemeanour battery after allegedly pushing a woman out of a car. Did she insult his ice cream cone face tattoo? —The Hollywood Reporter Pete Doherty is facing jail in England and Germany. He pleaded guilty to coke possession in England earlier this week and has apparently not paid a 30,000 pound fine for smashing...
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I Read The News Today... For April 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 7, 2011 1:38 pm
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are touring North America later this month and in May. Let's hope their fans don't stupidly boo their new material this time. —Facebook Rapper Moka Only has signed with Wandering Wox Music, and will release his next album, Airport 5, next Thursday. We hear it's a 40 album deal, which means it should...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 3:45 pm
Halifax indie rockers Dog Day will release a new seven-inch mini-album, The Scratches EP, on March 22. They're heading south of the border to promote it in March. —dogdaymusic.com Man, does Sam Roberts' new record ever sound like it's gonna be hippie. Well, I mean, everything he's done so far is pretty hippie, but this one mixes his classic rock-...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending Feb. 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 4, 2011 3:10 pm
Okay, now this is just kind of silly: About 100,000 peer-to-peer lawsuits were filed in the U.S. last year, and most of the people being dragged to court are being accused of illegally downloading "adult" material. Really, who uses P2P downloading software these days, anyway? It's so 2003. —Torrent Freak Oh, don't you torrent users think you're...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 3, 2010 3:01 pm
Pete Doherty, The Big Pink, Billy Bragg and The Kooks are going to release a silent Christmas single on Monday. It's a "cover" of John Cage's four minute and 33-second "4'33"" silent recordings. (I can cover that, too. I bet you also can.) It might actually end up being the best thing Doperty ever releases. —NME Kings Of Leon will headline the...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 3, 2010 1:18 pm
Kurtis Blow was caught with a teensy bit of weed in his pocket yesterday morning while getting a body scan at Los Angeles International Airport. Unlike Willie Nelson, he wasn't arrested. Blow had less than an ounce of pot in his pants, and was let go, as TSA standard operating procedures indicate can be done when a person has less than an ounce of...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 2, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 2, 2010 3:42 pm
Pete Doherty appeared in a London, England court today to face cocaine possession charges stemming from an arrest earlier this year after a filmmaker putting together a documentary about the troubled musician died of a suspected overdose. Two of Doherty's friends have also been charged with possession of the drug, while one has been accused of...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 19, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 19, 2010 12:51 pm
Calgary experimental quartet Braids will release their Native Speaker debut album on Jan. 18. If you don't already know who they are, you will soon; the internets are hyping them up like crazy. —Tell All Your FriendsLightspeed Champion will release a new EP titled Bye Bye on Dec. 13 in the U.K. It'll contain a cover of The Beach Boys' "Til I Die...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 28, 2010 11:47 am
Revealed (by The Onion): Justin Bieber is a "well concealed 51-year-old pedophile." —The OnionAnother day, another Pete Doherty drug arrest. This time it's for cocaine possession, and it's linked to a filmmaker's death. —NME Rufus Wainwright has announced some dates in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe to take place during October...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 27, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 27, 2010 11:49 am
The Juicebox Recording Company recently got a bunch of acts like Junior Battles, The Roman Line and Shit Hawk to record covers of some of the label's favourite punk rock songs. They're all available on a free compilation that you can download through the Juicebox site now. Attention, hipsters: This Movie Is Broken, the movie kind of about Broken...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 31, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 31, 2010 12:22 pm
Caribou will release a live album of their 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties New York festival set on double limited-edition vinyl. It'll only be available at their upcoming shows, and will also come with a bonus DVD. —caribou.fm Alexisonfire will release an iTunes Originals album on Sept. 28, which features tunes recorded during their...
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I Read The News Today... For June 11, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 11, 2010 1:52 pm
Singer/songwriter Shannon Lyon's just released a new album called This Love This Love, which is available now. MySpace Women will release their Public Strain sophomore album on Sept. 28 in Canada. It's out through Flemish Eye here and Jagjaguwar in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. Europeans will get the album earlier, since it's out there Aug. 23....
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Doperty Arrested On Suspicion Of Supplying Drugs That Killed Heiress

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 22, 2010 2:27 pm
Just when you thought things couldn't get worse for Pete Doherty, they did. Doperty was arrested on Friday (March 19) on suspicion of supplying drugs that killed documentary filmmaker and heiress Robin Whitehead, who died on Jan. 24 and had been making a film about Doperty and his old band, The Libertines, at the time. Doperty and four other...
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Doperty Fined For Bringing Heroin To Court

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 27, 2010 1:38 pm
Pete Doherty has been ordered to pay a £750 (about $1,300 Canadian) fine for taking four grams of heroin to court with him last month. Doperty was in Gloucester, England last month to face careless driving charges, for which he was charged £2,210 (about $3,800 Canadian). Then, security asked him to empty his pockets on his way into the court, and...
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Doperty Arrested For Drug Possession After Avoiding Jail For Another Drug Charge

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 21, 2009 1:34 pm
Just a few minutes after Pete Doherty escaped having to do time for drunk driving, drug possession and careless driving, he was arrested outside a court in Gloucester, England on Monday (Dec. 21) on suspicion of drug possession. Doperty was detained when leaving court because "a suspected packet of drugs" fell out of his pocket when he...
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Doperty Arrested For Throwing Drink At Car

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 7, 2009 2:31 pm
Pete Doherty got into his second round of trouble in Germany in one week after he was arrested for throwing a pint glass at a car and breaking its back window on the weekend. According to the Thelocal.de website, Doperty and three of his friends were in Berlin at around 7 a.m. local time when his friends were kicked out of the show. "I...
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