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Angry Tool fans are taking to social media to vent about a delay in back orders for the first physical edition of the band’s recently released album Fear Inoculum. A second run of the package was made available to order on September 5th after the initial run quickly sold out, but a promised late September ship date for the second pressing has come and gone with apparently no one receiving their orders.
With the band announcing an entirely different, “expanded book edition” of the album earlier this week, fans took to the group’s Instagram page to chastise the band for not shipping orders of the first edition yet.
One wrote, “So before you can even ship the rest of the cds, you’re coming out with another release?” Another fan snarked, “Will it take 4 months to ship?” A third user lamented, “Last time I bought off you, I got robbed,” while a fourth demanded, “Can I get the f**king CD I ordered thanks?”
One user reached out to the band’s online store customer service and got a message stating, “You should receive your order next week. An email with tracking information will be sent to you as soon as your order is on route. We apologize for the lengthy delay.”
The initial physical version of Tool’s fifth studio LP, which arrived on August 30th, featured a four-inch HD rechargeable screen with exclusive video footage, a charging cable, a two-watt speaker, a 36-page booklet and a digital download card. The expanded “book” edition, which arrives on December 13th, includes five 3D lenticular cards with exclusive graphics, an expanded 56-page booklet with additional never-before-seen art, a new video and the CD.
Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge will be honored with the prestigious Platinum Guitar award this year by STIM, the Swedish performing rights society that protects the interests of authors and publishers of music in Sweden.
The Platinum Guitar has been awarded since 2004 to authors who have experienced exceptional success over the year. Forge will receive the award for “his exceptional success as a music creator.”
The singer, who performs as Cardinal Copia, said in a statement, “Artistry usually involves performing works on stage. But since the songwriting is ultimately the very essence of the business, such a fine award is fantastically meaningful to get as a songwriting artist.”
Ghost spent the past year and a half touring in support of its latest album, Prequelle, which came out in June 2018 and was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Rock Album. The album produced the Top 10 rock singles “Rats,” “Dance Macabre” and “Faith.”
The smiley face appeared on socks, shirts and sweaters in the collection, but instead of X’s for eyes, it has the letters M and J. Above the smiley face, the word “Nirvana” is replaced by the word “Heaven,” although it’s printed in a typeface roughly similar to the one Nirvana used on its shirts.
Nirvana accused the designer of false designation of origin and unfair competition in addition to copyright and trademark infringement. The band also alleged that Marc Jacobs used the logo to “mislead the public into falsely believing that Nirvana endorses the entire ‘Bootleg Redux Grunge’ collection . . . when Nirvana has not done so.”
Marc Jacobs filed a motion last March to dismiss the complaint. While the motion acknowledged that the shirt was “inspired by vintage Nirvana concert T-shirts from the 1990s,” it argued among other things that the company’s shirt was unique enough to distinguish it from the Nirvana design.
In his ruling, Judge John Kronstadt said none of those reasons were enough to justify a motion to dismiss. He wrote that Nirvana’s original complaint was sufficient enough to move forward and that the only “discernible difference” between the two shirts is the use of the letters M and J for eyes instead of X’s.
When Ozzy Osbourne relaunches his “No More Tours 2” trek in 2020, he’ll be joined by special guest Marilyn Manson for the North American shows. The rescheduled dates begin on May 27th in Atlanta and conclude on July 31st in Las Vegas. They’ll be followed by a European run that was also postponed from earlier this year.
Ozzy said about having Manson on the bill, “Marilyn is killer live. He’s so f**king out there, and if I think that, then look out, we’re all f**ked.” Manson chimed in, “I’ve toured with Ozzy many times and it’s always been f**king spectacular. I’m honored to do it again.”
Manson spoke a while back about what makes Ozzy unique: “Most people think that you have to be happy to succeed socially, politically, or financially, or that success brings happiness. In turn, those who are eternally unhappy are expected to go insane or become criminals. It’s quite obvious that Ozzy has managed to succeed, while remaining insane and strangely happy, despite his various crimes against God and nature.”
These dates are Ozzy’s first shows since he announced earlier this year that all his 2019 performances would be postponed allowing him to heal from an injury sustained while dealing with pneumonia. The Black Sabbath singer fell at his Los Angeles home and aggravated years-old injuries to his spine that required surgery.
Finally, we want to wish a Happy Birthday today to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger! Have a great Friday, and a kick-ass weekend!
