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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 […]

Garbage in Italy

Garbage will be at the ‘Heineken Jammin Festival’, in Imola, Italy. On June 16th, Carlos Santana will be the headliner of that date. The confirmation is on the site www.milanoconcerti.it . Prices: 28 Euro for one day, 42 Euro if you want to attend both nights of the festival. They will also headline their own […]

‘Breaking up The Girl’ flops

Breaking Up The Girl has dropped a massive 33 places to #60 on the latest UK singles charts making it the least successful of the beautifulgarbage singles so far… (If it drops out of the Top 75 next week BUTG will be the least successful of all the singles from the 3 albums – with […]

New European festival in July

Garbage will perform on Seat Beach Rock, 6 and 7 July 2002! The festival will be on the Wellington race track in Ostend. An advantage of the new location is that the camping is situated on the festivalgrounds. Camping will be possible from Friday 5th at 4:00 PM until Monday 8th of July at 4:00 […]

Behind the Music premiere

VH1 has started the transmission of the TV special “Behind The Music”, from Garbage, in the US. They showed clips of the videos that have never premiered in the US, like “When I Grow Up” (European Version) and “Cherry Lips.” They interviewed people like Billy Bush and Shirley’s girl sister Sarah. They talked a lot […]

Secret gig was a success

The gig Garbage played in Edinburgh was a complete sucess. Being held just for about 250 people, the set was acoustic, and the setlist was: Special / Vow / I Think I’m Paranoid / So Like a Rose / Drive You Home / Only Happy When It Rains / Breaking Up The Girl / Wild […]