NEWS BRIEFS: COURTNEY LOVE, ALICE IN CHAINS, POISON

• Courtney Love recently updated her MySpace blog. A third grader might have an easier time reading it than we did. It contains nuggets such as this:
  • my mouth still looks wonky, i think i gott go back to paris tot he dr, hes nit a cosmetic surgeon he just fixes bad surgery and also cleft palates and serious shit its nbot really vanity hes conservtive, wich we like, and this really isnt znyones business but im hating that id di that to my mouth back in the day and he didnt really take out enough the first time around i just wnt the mouth god gave me back, it was perfectly cute. and i had nice big lips as Gwyneth says when i was “Out Sick” ( genius phrase) of my dark years id id some damage and i have to restore myself to not looking ridiculous
• We’re pretty sure there’s not much you can do to avoid looking ridiculous, but good luck with that, Courtney. [Idolator]
• Alice in Chains will do four acoustic-only shows between dates on their support run with Velvet Revolver. The lucky folks in Milwaukee, WI (The Rave – August 31), St. Louis, MO (Pageant – September 1), Austin, TX (TBA – September 29) and New Orleans, LA (TBA – October 1) will get the opportunity to relive one of the best Unplugged albums ever recorded. [Blabbermouth]
• Concert attendance figures for recent Poison/Ratt dates have been revealed. Can we get a collective “ouch?” (Ex: 4,974 sold of 18,741 capacity in Charlotte, NC). The only answer we can come up with is that 45 year-old house moms are getting their Bret Michaels fix on Rock of Love. [Blabbermouth]

-VN