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News Ticker: “American Idol,” Jesus and Mary Chain, Franz Ferdinand

6/27/08, 10:10 am EST

Think you’re the next David Cook or William Hung? American Idol season eight auditions begin July 17th in San Francisco. Louisville, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Kansas City, East Rutherford, NJ and San Juan, Puerto Rico are the other audition sites.
The Jesus and Mary Chain will drop a 4-CD rarities and b-sides box set entitled The Power of Negative Thinking on September 30th.
Franz Ferdinand will reportedly release their third album in January 2009. A new, non-album song will precede the album and appear on the Madden 09 video game in August.
Former New Order bassist Peter Hook and his new project Freebass, featuring Stone Roses’ Mani and the Smiths’ Andy Rourke, will release their debut album in March 2009. Billy Corgan and Liam Gallagher both contribute vocals.