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“Just hours before his band was to open for Soundgarden on Sunday, the bass player for Coheed and Cambria, the alternative rock band from Nyack, N…

& Graeme Flegenheimer Two New York men who got arrested here Friday never made it to Bonnaroo. That’s because law officers allegedly found they were carrying over a pound of cocaine, 1,000 ecstasy pills, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia…

Coachella ferris wheel Friday night (more by David Andrako) The LA Times reports…”A young woman who attempted to jump out of a Coachella Ferris wheel gondola was saved from almost certain injury late Friday evening when a nearby companion grabbed her legs and held onto her until the gondola could be lowered, an Indio Fire Department spokesman has confirmed…

“As this years holiday gift, Johnny Winter was told by his Guitarist/Manager Paul Nelson (2011 KBA recipient) that he had been slowly lowering his methadone dosage for 3 years without Johnny’s knowledge and, as a result, Johnny is completely off of his 40 year addiction as of 8 months ago and is finally drug free…

Mr. Earle said he began using hard drugs at age 12, while sharing a house with his father, singer-songwriter Steve Earle, who’s had his own bouts with addiction and jail time…

Santos Party House – 10/28/2010 (picturs via the Village Voice) As I was saying last night, Santos Party House was suddenly shut down right before the Ninja Tune party last night, forcing it to move to BLVD…

Justin Townes Earle @ Governors Island in August (more by Chris La Putt)Justin Townes Earle has decided to suspend the remaining dates on his tour and enter a rehabilitation facility…

“Authorities say an arrest in Scott County has made them more aware of a new kind of often abused substance — something some call the “new marijuana…

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Bushwick (more by Ryan Muir) The Daily News reports raids on two apartments near the Bushwick-Ridgewood border turned up a $10 million stash of cocaine – or 80 pounds (…