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Garbage featured in a new book

Shirley and Butch are mentioned in some chapters of a new book called Mouthing Off. It’s a book about Rock & Roll. Besides the funny and truthful observations of hundred of rock, punk, metal and indie stars (including Shirley and Butch), the book has a whole page dedicated to a Shirley image, who also appears […]

B-sides album plans (again)

Garbage have been having management meetings regarding their future actions. According to Shirley, plans to (finnaly) release the b-sides album are set to the end of this year. To those who don’t know the b-sides, you can expect great “new” music!

Garbage to play Glastonbury

That’s right, Garbage will be playing Glastonbury this June. On Friday 28th June, Garbage will be headlining the 2nd Stage. The band plans are to keep touring until the end of November, so if they haven’t been to your country yet, you should make plans to see them near you…

Shirley’s health better

According to Shirley herself: “I spent most of yesterday at the hospital getting x-rays taken of my lungs and talking with a specialist. (He didn’t think I have anything too serious…..thankGOD!!!!). Got a despondent e-mail from Gwen Stefani who is suffering similar problems on the road (poor wee lambchop) and she’s been forced to cancel […]

Garbage covering Ramones

Garbage will be covering a Ramones track for the forthcoming Ramones tribute album. Although the title is not know yet, Garbage will be going on studio late April / early May. This is the second tribute album Garbage are participating: the first one was “Fire & Skill: a tribute to The Jam”, where they covered […]

Kerrang!’s coolest stars

Shirley is the only woman on the top 10 of 2002’s Coolest Rock Stars, according to Kerrang! magazine. She’s on number 9 on this list. Number one is Marilyn Manson, and number two, Kurt Kobain.

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 […]

Next single: ‘Shut Your Mouth’

Shirley announced on the stage of the London gig that the next Garbage single will be “Shut Your Mouth”. No release date has been set yet. During one of the other concerts in the UK Shirley mentioned that they have recorded a version of “Wild Horses” which is a Rolling Stones cover song, and it […]