Guitarist Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro broke his hand
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have canceled the final seven dates of their European tour because guitarist Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro broke his hand. 'It's a mild fracture,' a source close to the Young camp tells Rolling Stone. 'He's expected to make a complete recovery in time for the North American tour.' The group has been on tour for much of the past year, and they played yesterday in Oslo, Norway.
Here is the complete statement posted on Neil Young's website today:
Due to an accident involving Crazy Horse, the remaining dates on the Neil Young and Crazy Horse tour of Europe and the British isles have been cancelled. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes to our fans or the Festivals where we were scheduled to appear. As you must be, we too are disappointed at this unfortunate turn of events.
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Plaintiffs say they're not being compensated for millions of plays of cover videos
YouTube notched a major victory when Viacom lost its landmark copyright infringement suit against Google last month, but suits involving the online-video giant keep rolling in. The New York Times is reporting a group of music publishers including Warner/Chappell are taking aim at Fullscreen, the company behind many of YouTube
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