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News Ticker: AC/DC, Slash, Death Cab for Cutie and Bob Weir

10/2/08, 10:15 am EST

In a repeat of last year’s Eagles fiasco, American record stores are reportedly ordering mass import copies of AC/DC’s Black Ice, thus threatening the album’s Wal-Mart exclusivity.
Barack Obama has locked up the all-important Slash endorsement, as the Velvet Revolver guitarist said “I think it’s refreshing to see someone who’s reasonably intelligent come in. I agree with a lot of (Obama’s) stuff.”
Death Cab for Cutie will reissue their debut album Something About Airplanes on November 25th. A bonus disc will feature a recording of the band’s first-ever Seattle concert in 1998.
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir broke his ribs on the band’s tour bus. According to a rep, it hurts for Weir “to breathe, hold the guitar, and laugh.”