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This morning Alternative Press reported that Jonny Craig is no longer a member of Emarosa. The band sent the magazine a statement reading, “As of today, Jonny Craig is no longer a member of Emarosa. This decision has been a hard one to make, but we feel it is in the best interest for the band going forward.”

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Craig joined Emarosa four years ago after he was kicked out of the band Dance Gavin Dance (which he recently rejoined.) You may remember that Craig made headlines in February when he scammed his fans out of thousands of dollars by pretending to sell  them laptops that never existed. He has since gone to detox and been released and his label and management company have promised to repay his fans.

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Dance Gavin Dance/Emarosa frontman Jonny Craig has finally issued a statement regarding allegations that he committed Internet fraud against his fans by taking their money in exchange for computers that didn’t exist. He also addressed his recent stint in detox following these incidents.

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Craig’s statement reads as follows: “I want to apologize for my recent behavior. My actions regarding taking advantage of fans was inexcusable. I’m in the process of paying everyone back so please forgive me. My state of mind was completely shot and obviously my decision making skills were heavily impaired due to my drug use. I’ve since been in detox and successfully completed the treatment. I’ve learned a lot from this ordeal and I realized I’ve redeemed my second chance. I want to personally thank Eric at Artery and Craig at Rise for helping me through this emotionally and financially.

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Craig goes on to say he is ashamed by his recent behavior “I’m embarrassed with my past actions, I want to make amends to everyone I hurt. Again, sorry to all my fans, family, band mates and colleagues. I’m truly sorry. Now back to work…I’m looking forward to seeing all the DGD fans and their positive energy that they always bring to the shows. With that being said, the past will stay dead and let’s toast to the future kids.”

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Check out our list of today’s new music added to Myspace, and other hot new releases hitting the streets. And be sure to check out our New Music Tuesday playlist featuring the best of today’s new jams.

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Featured Album Releases:

R.E.M.- Collapse Into Now — The fifteenth studio album from the legendary rockers, and their last record for Warner, their label since the late Eighties, has been touted by guitarist Peter Buck as ’song for song, the best thing we’ve ever done.” As they approach their third decade as a band, Michael Stipe and co. appear to be in fine form.

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Ellie Goulding– Lights — This U.K. electropop wonder, drawing comparisons to fellow Brits La Roux and Little Boots, has already conquered her native land, having debuted at Number One, and now lands Stateside with her debut LP. It’s also worth noting that the first song Goulding ever wrote, “Wish I Stayed”, is featured on the album.

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Defeater- Empty Days & Sleepless Nights — The sophomore double-LP from this Massachusetts hardcore unit is a concept record that follows a fictional family set in post-WWII, working class New Jersey. And it showcases a unique duality for the band: the first side features 10 dark, invigorating hardcore songs while the second disc features four cathartic acoustic cuts.

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Raekwon- Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang — Aside from being a member of one of the most lauded hip-hop crews in history, Raekwon has evolved as a premier solo MC. In 2009 he dropped the follow-up to his brilliant ‘95 debut, Only Built For Cuban Linx…, to have it be touted as one of the year’s finest. Now he’s back with arguably his most highly-anticipated LP to date.

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The Best of the Rest:

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Aaron Gillespie- Anthem Song

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Alice Cooper- Muscle Of Love

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Aretha Franklin- Oh Me, Oh My: Aretha Live In Philly 1972

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Avril Lavigne- Goodbye Lullaby

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Billy Joel- Live At Shea Stadium

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Children Of Bodom- Relentless, Reckless Forever

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Dance Gavin Dance- Downtown Battle Mountain II

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Etta James- The Best of the Modern Years

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Glee Cast- Glee: The Music, Volume 5

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The Human Abstract- Digital Veil

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Jonny Greenwood- Norwegian Wood OST

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Katy Perry- E.T. (The Remixes) EP

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Kurt Vile- Smoke Ring For My Halo

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Kylie Minogue- Better Than Today Remixes EP

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Lupe Fiasco- Lasers

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Marc Anthony- Dos Clasicos

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Neil Diamond- The Bang Years

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Rival Schools- Pedals

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Starfucker- Reptilians

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Talk Talk- Remixed

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Turisas- Stand Up and Fight

.Wye Oak- Civilian

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Featured Single Release:

Sum 41- “Blood In My Eyes” — The epic Canadian punk band’s new single has a darker, hard-edged sheen — an unorthodox shade of gray for the usually sunny crew.

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The Best of the Rest:

Broken Bells- “Meyrin Fields”

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David Cook- “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”

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Matthew Morrison- “Summer Rain”

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Snoop Dogg feat T-Pain “Boom”

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–Slayer frontman Tom Araya was hospitalized yesterday in Australia prior to the band’s show at the Soundwave Festival (which was subsequently canceled). There is no word yet on Araya’s ailment, however a rep for the band says he will be OK.

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–New Found Glory announced on stage at their recent show in Melbourne, Australia they will be recording their new album in April and plan to release it in September.

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–”Do It Like A Dude” U.K. badgirl Jessie J will make her U.S. debut March 12 on Saturday Night Live.

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–Brokencyde will be touring on their “Death Race Tour” alongside Vampires Everywhere, Dot Dot Curve and It Boys. Check out the full list of dates here.

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–Nelly Furatdo tweeted that she will be donating $1 million that she made off a 2007 concert for Libyan dictator Moummar Khadafi’s family members.

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–Lil Kim released a  15 minute video bashing Nicki Minaj.

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–Jonny Craig of Dance Gavin Dance and Emarosa has checked into rehab.

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–Travis Barker has released the tracklisting for his solo debut, Give The Drummer Some.

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****“Super stoked on this record AND the TBD record from Blink-182. Quite the array of guests. RZA, Yelawolf, Transplants, Corey Taylor AND Steve Aoki? #hellyeah Underground Nightlife With Danielle ****

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–311 announced their first ever camping festival which will take place at the Suwanee Music Park in Florida this August.

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–Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA and his publicist Heathcliff Berru are getting their own TV Show. God help us all.

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–The lineup for Connecticut’s B.O.M.B. festival has been announced and headliners include Weezer, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Rise Against and more.

This is all a little confusing, so bear with us. A few days ago, Jonny Craig, the frontman for Emarosa and Dance Gavin Dance, logged onto twitter to say, “I’m sorry everyone but I’m going to be taking a very very very long hiatus. All my tours and CDs are cancelled [sic]. Thank you and goodnight,” and followed it up by saying, “I will post the reason I’m quitting on my blog today at www.diamondmonroe.com. Again sorry.”

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As you can expect, fans freaked out—and probably a lot of them, when you consider that Craig has 35,000 followers. So shortly afterward, he reconsidered, posting, “Ok so I’ve decided to just put my solo cd on hold. I will be playing out the tours with DGD and emarosa. As for writing music I’m on HOLD” and “If you want further info I’ll be writing a blog at www.diamondmonroe.com thank you to everyone who supports me.”

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