MGMT Touring Australia This December!

Read on� because The Frontier Touring Company has the tidings that everyone has been waiting for.�MGMT � the super coolheaded Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden � are touring Australia for the low time ever this December.�The band testament perform headline shows in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Whilst MGMT might look like an overnight success, they�re not.�Goldwasser and VanWyngarden have been performing together since their freshman years at uni back in 2001.�After their graduation in 2005, the band took their hyped live usher on the road and following a brief foramen, secured a record deal through SonyBMG.

From there things snowballed, with the circle exploding onto the international music scene earlier this year.�The duo�s hit song �Time To Pretend� was added to radio the world over, used on the hit UK TV show �Skins� and the USA�s �Gossip Girl� and earned the pair appearances on Letterman and Conan O�Brien.

THE buzz band at this year�s SXSW, MGMT�s psychedelic debut Oracular Spectacular caused a wave of excitement amongst critics and fans alike upon its release in May.

Now with another hit song �Electric Feel� flooding the airwaves and a wealth of live experience (including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Lollapalooza of late), MGMT testament be the concert of the Summer.

Enigmatic Sleepy Jackson frontman Luke Steele will warm up the level for MGMT.�Steele will execute a mix of Sleepy Jackson songs and new material from various projects in solo-acoustic mode.

Psychedelic Perth rockers Tame Impala testament open the shows.�Fresh from inking a deal with Modular, it�ll be worth getting down early to see music�s next braggy thing in full flight.

Perth fans volition also be treated to a cracking set by DJs Anton & Andrei Maz from Death Disco.�Get ready to dance!

Tickets on sale August 19.�Don�t miss out.

MGMT � AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale August 19 through and through Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Tickets for Perth demonstrate only also available through Heatseeker www.heatseeker.com.au

Frontier Touring pre-sale from 3pm EST on August 14

December 6 - Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth

December 9 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney

December 10 - The Tivoli, Brisbane

December 11 - The Palace, Melbourne

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Jessica Simpson wants to be the next Dolly Parton

London (ANI): American pop singer Jessica Simpson has revealed that she hopes to be like legendary country isaac Bashevis Singer Dolly Parton. Simpson, 28, who has worked with Parton, 62, idolizes her and says that she is dictated to make a name as bad as her country idol.

"Dolly is awesome! I idolise her. And she is beautiful. I would love to be simply like her. I get worked with her and it was great," the Sun quoted Simpson as saying. "It was actually exciting - I am blessed, 100 per centime," she added.

Simpson, world Health Organization is set to release her first country album 'Do You Know' in September, has a long journey ahead to rival 26 No. 1 singles and 42 Top 10 country albums. The Dukes of Hazzard star had recently admitted that she had been in an abusive human relationship and her upcoming strain 'Remember That' is based on her own experiences.


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Artist: Johann

   Genre(s): 
Trance: Psychedelic
   

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Discography:


   
 Blow Your Mind

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 9

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"You Don't Mess With the Zohan": Whose harebrained idea was this?

In his latest comedy, Adam Sandler plays an Israeli counterterrorist who, by way of a faked death, moves overseas to follow his dream of becoming a great New York hairstylist. This is one of those movie ideas that leaves you wondering what other ideas, exactly, were rejected in favor of this one, on the grounds of being too lame.

Essentially, "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" is about 100 minutes of ethnic stereotypes, bathroom jokes and adolescent sexual humor, with a couple of minutes of unity and good feeling tacked on at the end so we get that it's all a joke. Zohan, who has uncanny talents as an operative (he can catch bullets in his hands, in silly slow-motion), reads out-of-date hairstyle guides while loading up his guns at home, dreaming of the life he wants. "I like hair," he says. "It's pleasant, it's peaceful. No one gets hurt."

Just a few crotch-gyrations later (Zohan likes to dance), he's stowing away on a flight to America, planning his introduction to hair guru Paul Mitchell. When that goes badly — Zohan's '80s hair is mercilessly mocked by the Mitchell stylists, who frankly don't look much better — he finds some new friends, and quickly gets established in a small shop run by an Arab woman (Emmanuelle Chriqui, who's so beautiful you wonder why she had to settle for this movie). Soon, a parade of older women is being trimmed and otherwise satisfied by the scissors-wielding, sex-happy Zohan, who's oblivious to the fact that his Palestinian nemesis, The Phantom (John Turturro), is winging his way stateside for a confrontation.

Written, more or less idiotically, by Sandler, Robert Smigel and the ubiquitous Judd Apatow (does the man ever sleep?), "Zohan" is aimed squarely at teenage boys and anyone who might find the idea of sexually active older women hilariously funny. Sandler, who attempts a throat-clearingly silly accent that won't be keeping Sacha Baron Cohen up nights, boogies through the movie in his usual dead-eyed way. Random cameo appearances by Mariah Carey, Henry Winkler, John McEnroe and an enormous vat of hummus occasionally enlighten things for a moment, but quickly fall flat. Memo to director Dennis Dugan: If you can't make an enormous vat of hummus funny, you've made one lousy movie.

Moira Macdonald: 206-464-2725 or mmacdonald@seattletimes.com

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Hardcore
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 Wolfskrieger and Galdur Vikodlak

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Tracks: 13


   
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The Zen of debauchery

Alanis Morissette is not the person Rob Thomas thought she was. Matchbox Twenty and its lead singer once saw her as a Zenlike soul, Morissette told Newsweek for its issue hitting newsstands today. "He kept saying that whenever I wasn't with him, his imagining was that I was levitating somewhere, meditating," the Canadian singer said. But then, "we had the most debaucherous, entertaining, hysterical time together, so they were the first to say that their perception of me was a little off," she told the magazine. She did not elaborate on the debaucherous details.

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Today in History

1978: Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood.

1998: Three white men were charged in Jasper, Texas, with the brutal dragging death of James Byrd Jr., a black man.

Today's Birthdays

Sports commentator Dick Vitale, 69. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell, 52. Actor Michael J. Fox, 47. Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, 47. Actor Johnny Depp, 45. Actress Gloria Reuben, 44. Actress Natalie Portman, 27.

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Superman - Superman Actress Sues Financial Advisor

SUPERMAN radio star JOAN STANTON is suing celebrity financial manager KENNETH STARR, accusing him of losing tens of millions of dollars of her money.

The actress - who voiced the role of Lois Lane on the radio in the 1940s - claims she turned to Starr for advice after her husband died and left her $70 million (GBP35 million) in his will.

A lawsuit, filed on Tuesday (15Apr08) at New York's Supreme Court, alleges he misled her and plunged her money into risky investments.

But Peter Parcher, a spokesperson for Starr + Co., claims Stanton's assets "grew considerably" during her 20-year relationship with the firm.

He says, "It will become clear during the course of this litigation that Mrs. Stanton was well-advised."

Starr's former clients include Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and American news anchor Diane Sawyer.

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