A new group has been added to facebook.com called “Free Shirley Manson” in support of the fact that the Shirley Manson fans around the world want music which is 100% by Shirley and not music designed by Record Company bosses so that they can snort another £10K of coke a year….

Join the Free Shirley Manson group on facebook.

You can also add a new causes application called “Save Shirley Manson’s Solo album”

Remember if you haven’t signed the online petition then do so

An online petition has been launched by a fan to show the support for Shirley’s “Noir Album” aimed at the record company.

You can add your name and message to the petition here.

Shirley Manson has been speaking to the Daily Record in Scotland. It would seem that her debut album has been put on hold thanks to the blundering idiots in charge at her record label.

The men in suits who would rather whore the likes of the next Brittney Spears have decided that Shirley’s music is too dark for today’s pathetic market of music that we sadly live in today.

I think I can say that I speak for the millions of Garbage / Shirley Manson Fans around the world who feel that they should grow some fucking balls and let Shirley do her own thing.

You can discuss this in our forum

The entire Interview with the Daily record can be read below.
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EDIT: There is a much better quality version of this located on the STV website and its longer.

Shirley Manson has been talking to the Scotsman following her recent in-store appearance at Harvey Nichols (Edinburgh) where she presented a cheque for £51,000 to the Aids charity Waverley Care.

You can discuss this and see some photos from the event in our forum

You can read the article below.
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Buzznet report that Shirley Manson will feature on Gavin Rossdale’s forthcoming album.

Source: christina from the forum and http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/04/09/gavin-rossdale-wanderlust/

Shirley Manson will be making an in-store appearance at the MAC counter in Harvey Nichols, Edinburgh on Thursday April 10, 2008 between 1 and 2 pm. You can find out more on this event at prnewswire

thanks to jp for the heads up.

Shirley Manson’s duet with former live bass player Eric Avery has leaked you can check it out on you tube. The entire album has been doing the rounds online since Thursday of last week. Thank you to whoever uploaded this in the first place.

Eric Avery’s debut album “Help Wanted” which features Shirley Manson is set for release on April 8, 2008 in the USA.

The song “Maybe” – lovely, dark and deep, due partly to the lilting contribution of singer Shirley Manson – limns a period of depression during which Avery felt unable to connect with those he was closest to. “We’re still alive/ I hear your kind words, and it’s some kind of miracle,” he sings, confessing, “It all sounds sort of hollow/ All that’s better left unsaid/ Won’t ever make it across our bed.” He credits Manson with kicking him in the ass to make sure he finished Help Wanted. The album’s title alludes to his need for a boot to the butt as well as the larger needs of the nation. (Among the other notables lending a hand were Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who played trumpet.) Another highlight of Help is the closing track, “Sun’s Gone,” in which Avery sings in his unstudied baritone, “Just when I think that it’s too late/ Like some final hour, the earth rolls over, and brings light to new ground.” “This album feels like a re-emergence from being underground,” he attests.

Full Track listing:
1. Belly Of An Insect
2. Beside The Fire
3. All Remote And No Control
4. Revolution
5. Maybe
6. Unexploded
7. Walk Through Walls (The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 5)
8. Philo Beddoe
9. Chicken Bone (The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 2)
10. Porchlight
11. Song In The Silence (The Man Who Can Fly Pt.7)
12. Sun’s Gone

More Info:
Official Album page
Erics MySpace
Eric’s Blog
Eric Interview with Spinner

Discussion:
Garbage Forum

Thanks to thots in the forum for waking us up again on this subject!

Shirley Manson - As yet untitled solo album in the stores….

I personally still don’t expect to see this album until September at the earliest. This is only a provisional release date.

Thanks to andidee5 from the forum for passing the news on

more details: In the forum