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Shirley’s officially sick

Shirley Manson has been told to rest by doctors – fearful that her lifestyle could be damaging her health. The band are set to tour the US and Canada throughout April and May, before returning to Europe in the summer for more dates and festival appearances. Singer Shirley Manson told the Daily Record newspaper that […]

Butch assures 4th album!

Butch Vig told on MTV Select that there will be a 4th album after the BeautifulGarbage tour. Also, for those who saw CD UK, no worries, Steve had some family commitments to take care of, and returned to UK some days after.

Garbage in Spain!

The site Eladelanto has just confirmed a new Garbage tour date. Spain, on June 11th. The chosen city is Salamanca (Between Madrid and the north of Portugal) and the tickets will be on sale for €20. This gig hasn’t been corfirmed officially on garbage.com but it has on Spanish press. It’s part of the Salamanca […]

Shirley #5 babe of the year

Shirley has been voted #5 Babe of the Year in the latest Rocksound magazines’s Readers Poll, from the year 2001. #1 was Snake River Conspiracy’s Toby Torres. Amongst the other “babes” were Gwen Stefani (#4) and Britney Spears (#7).

‘Cherry Lips’ video nominated

Cherry Lips has been nominated in the Best Video by an International Act category by MM TV (Bulgaria). This is the first award cerimony where Garbage will be nominated for some time now. The awards take place on March 23rd.

Shirley on Kerrang!’s polls

Shirley Manson has been voted #5 musician with worst hair in Kerrang! reader’s poll, and #6 hot female babe. In the meantime, Kerrang! is also asking for votes for the 100 Coolest Stars, for a special issue. All you have to do is nominate the top five people who you think are the bee’s knees […]

Shirley Manson traumatised by Japanese toilets

Shirley Manson told fans on her official site’s diary for February 1 – 7 that she and her Garbage bandmates were amazed by their experience with toilets in Japan. Shirley wrote, “The toilets in our hotel room are pretty mad. They’re electric mechanical toilets for one thing and they are permanently heated so that it’s […]

Liam Howlett’s (The Prodigy) take on ‘Cherry Lips’

Shirley met Prodigy’s Liam Howlett, who told her he liked Cherry Lips. Here’s what Shirley had to say: “Bumped into Liam from The Prodigy at the airport this morning (Oh I can’t WAIT for their new record.I just can’t WAIT) and was utterly made up when he said that he dug Cherry Lips.I just love […]