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• Alice In Chains plan to enter the studio in October to begin work on their first album of new material with vocalist William DuVall, who replaced the late Layne Staley.
• Inspired by how Radiohead’s In Rainbows changed the traditional business model, Sicko director Michael Moore will make his new film Slacker Uprising available as a free download starting September 23rd.
• The Mars Volta, N.E.R.D, TV On The Radio and the Butthole Surfers have been added to this year’s Voodoo Experience, taking place October 24-26 in New Orleans. R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots will headline.
• Metallica is now streaming six songs from their upcoming Death Magnetic, out one week from today.