WEB NEWS British alt rock group Chumbawamba is giving Metallica's Lars Ulrich something to really crow about. The band has illegally sampled music of the Napster defiant metal group, as well as tunes by Madonna, Eminem, the Beatles, and Dr. Dre. And to make matters worse -- they're proud of it. They've posted the new mix entitled ''Pass It Along (MP3 mix)'' on their website for free download and encouraged fans to -- duh! -- pass it along, Launch reports. ''If Ulrich, Madonna, and Eminem had never sold any records and were worried about entering a poverty stricken old age, then their determination to stop their music being passed around would be understandable,'' the group said in a statement. ''But what we're seeing is some of the richest pop stars in the world making the biggest stink about not being able to screw every last penny from their adoring fans.'' Meanwhile, Chumba is busy thinking about all the dough they could potentially make off this publicity ploy.
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NIXED NBC has canceled its Monday night at 8 p.m. show ''Tucker,'' making it the first casualty of the fall season. Industry insiders had expected either ''Tucker'' or ABC's ''The Trouble With Normal'' to be the first to go. The NBC comedy only ran for four weeks. Meanwhile, the Peacock has also unlocked itself from ''Chains of Love.'' The program -- in which four men were to be chained to a woman for a week -- was supposed to debut next year. The net decided to scrap the show after having the usual ''creative differences'' with producers Endemol Entertainment, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Perhaps they were experiencing visions of ''Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?''
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