Music News Review: Audition for Aerosmith, Boycott Slash

Time again for a quick look at the week’s top music headlines.

In this edition we’ve got information on auditioning for Aerosmith, the scoop on a rock guitarist’s attack on fans, a new MJ shocker and more!

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   Aerosmith: Auditioning Singers?
   
   photo credit: John Griffiths

   This week, Boston rockers Aerosmith announced that they were looking for a new singer because, according to guitarist Joe Perry, Steven Tyler quit the band.

   Tyler, however, begs to differ.

   Just in case Tyler disappears again (or fall off another stage), we’ve rounded up videos of singers we think should audition for Tyler’s spot.

   (We even found video of several of our nominees performing Aerosmith songs with Aerosmith, see ‘em all here.)

   Who would you pick  to replace Tyler?

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   Michael Jackson Spends Millions in Afterlife
   
   photo credit: me and the sysop

   Court documents released this week reveal that Michael Jackson’s funeral cost $1 million dollars. No, not the giant, arena-filling public funeral, his private funeral.

   Rolling Stone reports that MJ’s Mausoleum space cost over half a million dollars and invitations were worth $11k.

   Wow.

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   Do Aussies Still Believe in Santa, too?
   
   photo credit: DWZ

   Oh, Australia, how could you be so naïve?

   For some reason, critics, fans and government officials in Australian were shocked to discover that American pop wreck Britney Spears was lip-synching during her concerts down under.

   Would hearing a live version of “Womanizer” really be any less annoying? We rest our case.

   (Full story)

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   Official: Slash Hates Guns’n'Roses Fans
   
   Former Guns’n'Roses guitarist/dustbunny Slash has possibly burned his last bridge with fans thanks to the release of his new version of the band’s hit “Paradise City.”

   So, what’s wrong with the song? It features nightmare-inducing singer/tabloid star, Fergie (Black Eyed Peas).

   Terrifying.