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ausYY HAIN Guitar Center and Mötley Criie announced the launch of the Guitar Center On- Stage -Your ado( Chance to Make Rock History ¢ contest. One up- and- coming band will win the chance to open for Mötley Criie next year. Other prizes include $25,000, new gear from Gibson Guitar, management from Tenth St. Entertainment and a recording contract from Eleven Seven Music. From left are the band's Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil.

Pop duo Aly, left, and AJ were spotted at the T- Mobile Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Edition launch event

held Aug. 1 in Hollywood. The invite -only bash brought together celebrities and the world's best action sports athletes to celebrate the latest installment of the T- Mobile Sidekick family of devices. PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHRIS POLK

INSIDE TRACK Los Lonely Boys performed the national anthem at the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif. The camp and performance were filmed as part of HBO series "Hard Knocks." From left are Los Lonely Boys' PARAMORE WRITING Jojo Garza, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Los Lonely Boys' Ringo FOR NEW ALBUM Garza Jr. and Henry Garza.

With its Final Riot tour in motion, Paramore is using sound checks to work on new material for its follow - up to its 2007 sophomore album, "Riot!" Guitarist Josh Farro tells Track that tie group has "anywhere from seven to 10 songs ... they're not complete, but they're really good ideas think we have a good chance of using. It's mainly Just music that I've written and Hayley [Williams, aramore's singer] has some lyrics and melodies. She's kind of just waiting on me to finish my musical ideas Usher before I can give Dwight Yoakam, center, was surprised by the presentation of a gold presents Zelma Vaughn, Redding, widow of R &B them to her. It's a record for "The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam" by actor Vince right, and director/actor Jon Favreau during his performance at soul singer Otis Redding, slow process." KKGO's Summer Under the Stars concert held at Los Angeles' Greek with the "Original Mogul" award Zine Yoakam with a during the launch party for his uCast says he Theatre. L.A. City Councilman Dennis presented Farro special proclamation declaring July 27 Dwight Yoakam Day in the city. podcast series July 25 at Tiffany & Co. expects the group PHOTO: COURTESY OF RANDALL MICHELSON in Atlanta. PHOTO: COURTESY OF RICK DIAMOND to start working in earnest on its third album this fall, af- ter coming off the

road. He hopes to be in : - studio by January and have the album out by mid -2009. A producer has not yet been chosen, but Farro says that "a lot of people are in- terested, a lot of big -name guys we're going to meet with. It feels pretty good to have some big -name pro-

ducers that really want to record your band, but ... I think we're going to wait 'til we have some actual songs that are finished." The new songs, according to the guitarist, are a var- ied bunch. "I can just see it having a lot more dynamics," Farro predicts. "The first record [2005's "All We Know Is Falling "] and 'Riot!' seemed to stay at the same level, but now we've got some really, really mellow songs that hear of our band, and then you'd never expect to ou: Curb recording artist Natalie Grant had the we've got even heavier songs than we've ever had. It's George Clinton recently celebrated his birthday with an exclusive bash presented by opportunity to meet Sen. Orrin Hatch, R -Utah, Zune at Zune LA. Clinton's new Shanachie album, "George Clinton & the Gangsters of during a recent trip to Capitol Hill, in which she going to be a little different," Love," features Sly Stone, Santana, RZA, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, El DeBarge, Kim thanked members of Congress for their support Burrell and the P -Funk All Stars. From left are P -Funk member Poo Poo Head, System of legislation pertaining to the Christian music of a Down's Shavo Odadjlan and Clinton. PHOTO: COURTESY OF DARRYL SCOTT community.

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