GWAR ANNOUNCES "RETURN OF THE WORLD MAGGOT" FALL TOUR

After successfully decimating Europe this Summer with multiple festival appearances and headlining shows, your lords and masters the almighty GWAR have awoken from their arctic slumber to once again create utter devastation in North America this Fall. The tour kicks off October 18th at in Charlotte, NC and will cross North America wrapping up November 27th in New Haven, CT. Providing direct support on the tour will be Buffalo New York's Every Time I Die. Ghoul will open the first half of the tour and Warbeast will be opening the second half. A complete list of tour dates is listed below.

Momentarily putting down his crack pipe, the warty front thing and mutant overlord Oderus Urungus spoke about the carnage that is sure to ensue when GWAR tours North America:

"Once again we blow the mighty horn of war, and summon the most fanatical fans in metal history to pay homage to their brutal overlords, us. Between holding Crack-a-Thon's, having GWAR-B-Q's, you might think that your Lords and Masters had forgotten about you...but you won't get off that easy! GWAR is returning to personally slap the teeth out of your collective mouths, and have a great time while doing it!"

TOUR DATES:

10/18 Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
10/19 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
10/20 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/21 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/22 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
10/23 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/24 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
10/25 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/26 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
10/28 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/29 Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
10/30 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
10/31 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
11/01 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
11/02 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/04 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre
11/05 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom
11/07 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
11/08 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/09 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
11/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
11/12 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
11/13 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
11/14 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/15 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
11/16 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
11/18 Austin, TX @ East Side Drive In
11/19 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
11/20 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
11/21 New Orleans, LA @ The Hangar
11/22 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11/23 Tampa, FL @ Green Iguana Stadium
11/25 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/26 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
11/27 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place

Between The Buried And Me Announces Fall North American Headlining Tour

Globally celebrated progressive rock / cutting-edge metal innovators BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME (aka BTBAM) has announced a fall North American headlining tour in support of its new LP The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues. The award winning band will headline the 2011 "Saints & Sinners" Tour and launch the six week trek on 10/27 in Charlotte, NC. Support on the BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME tour will come from Animals as Leaders and TesseracT with tickets available for advance purchase now at this location.

"It will be so exciting to get back out on the road and play some tunes for all our wonderful fans," said BTBAM guitarist Paul Waggoner. "Our anticipation for this tour is massive and I hope that sentiment is shared by all the metal geeks out there. The bill is loaded with some of the most forward-thinking, virtuosic musicians in the genre and the audience can expect to hear all 12 notes in every humanly audible octave many times during the course of the evening!"

TOUR DATES:

10/27 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
10/28 Silver Springs, MD The Fillmore Silver Springs
10/29 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony (* Saints & Sinners Festival)
10/30 Boston, MA House of Blues (* Dillinger Escape Plan & Dredg support)
11/01 Richmond, VA The Hat Factory
11/02 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
11/03 Tampa, FL The Ritz Ybor
11/04 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11/05 Orlando, FL The Beacham
11/06 Birmingham, AB Zydeco
11/08 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
11/09 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
11/10 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
11/11 Chicago, IL House of Blues
11/12 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
11/13 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
11/15 Little Rock, AR Juanita's
11/16 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
11/17 Houston, TX House of Blues
11/18 Dallas, TX House of Blues
11/19 Austin, TX Emo's (outside)
11/20 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
11/22 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
11/23 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
11/25 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
11/26 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues (* Saints & Sinners Festival)
11/27 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
11/29 Boise, ID The Knitting Factory
11/30 Spokane, WA The Knitting Factory
12/01 Calgary, AB The Republik
12/02 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
12/03 Saskatoon, SK Louis' Pub
12/04 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Center
12/07 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
12/08 Montreal, QC Club Soda
12/09 Clifton Park, NJ Northern Lights
12/10 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts

* In select markets the band is offering a limited number of bundles for fans which include a ticket to the show, a limited edition tour poster and a meet 'n' greet before the show. Bundles are available through LiveNation.com.

Monster High's Big Lots! Electronic Overload

Remember that old outlet store known as "Pick n Save"? Probably not well the store still exists today except with a new name in it's place, it's now called "Big Lots!" and believe it or not Big Lots has Mattel's Monster High line! They got an assortment of the toys and some brand new electronic devices such as MP3 player, video camera, digital camera, headphones, portable stereo, plush tons more! All for half the price at any of the other major retail stores too. Check out what they had to offer and if you see an item of your choosing then head on out to your local Big Lots! location.

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iPad Sleeve Cases

Portable Stereo

Digital Camera

Nintendo DS, DSI, 3DS Gaming Set

Karaoke Stereo

Headphones

Digital Camcorder

Alexisonfire Breaks Apart

Canadian post-hardcore darlings Alexisonfire have announced their break-up. Among the revelations in the statement, which was written by vocalist George Pettit, are that Dallas Green had decided to leave the band anyway to focus on City And Colour, and that the breakup wasn't amicable. Read all about it via the band's website.

Pennywise Updates Frontman

Danny Casler (ex-National Product) is now singing for Pennywise. You can check out a video from a recent European show as the band performs "No Reason Why" can be seen below. National Product is currently also in the works of bringing back the tunes with new material but for the time being, Casler will be living his dream of performing for Pennywise for the time being.

Get Ready to Slumber with the Gals and Guys of Monster High!

Mattel's Monster High line is indeed returning yet again this holiday season with a wide range of assorted products, ranging from various accessories, clothing, and a bedding set! A Mattel representative confirms that this holiday season you will not only be able to enjoy your new line of dolls and electronic spirits but much more. Now you will be able to cuddle with your ghouls each an every night. The set comes with 1 sheet, 2 pillow cases, and a reversible comforter. This bedding set is surely to hit the Christmas tree lane of house holds this holiday season!

Get Scared Hit the Road this Fall on a Tour All Their Own!

Utah metal rockers, Get Scared will be embarking on their own headlining run this fall alongside Girl On Fire and Dr. Acula! The first set of dates have been announced and more will follow!

TOUR DATES:

Tue 9/6/11 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
Wed 9/7/11 Phoenix, AZ Nile Basement
Thu 9/8/11 Las Vegas, NV The Sanctuary
Fri 9/9/11 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
Sat 9/10/11San Diego, CA Soma Side Stage
Sun 9/11/11 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's
Tue 9/13/11 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Wed 9/14/11 Portland, OR HawthorneTheatre
Thu 9/15/11 Boise, ID The Venue
Fri 9/16/11 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
Sat 9/17/11 Colorado Spring, CO Black Sheep
Sun 9/18/11 Denver, CO Marquis

HATEBREED CONFIRM DATES WITH FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, ALL THAT REMAINS

HATEBREED have confirmed a handful of tour dates on the "SHARE THE WELT TOUR" supporting FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and ALL THAT REMAINS. Tickets for these dates go on sale this weekend to the general public, but VIP packages with pre-sale tickets will be available at 5FDP.com starting Wednesday at 10am CT. More dates TBA.

TOUR DATES:

10/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/17 Medford, OR @ Medford Armory
10/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Slat Air
10/22 Denver, CO @ First Bank Center
10/25 Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena
10/26 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
10/28 El Paso, TX @ Speaking Rock Entertainment Center (not SHARE THE WELT)
10/29 San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Garden
11/1 Little Rock, AR @ Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center
11/2 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom

HATEBREED released their self titled record in 2009 to plenty of critical accolades. Most notably, Revolver Magazine declared the band "The Biggest Band in Hardcore" in their cover story on the band. HATEBREED released a few music videos supporting this album, most notably for their single "In Ashes They Shall Reap" which can be seen HERE.

HATEBREED "S/T" can be purchased on iTunes HERE.

Requiem for the Dead's Brand New Music Video!

Former I Am Ghost frontman Steven Juliano debuted his new project Requiem For The Dead earlier this year which has lead a mighty following since. The band recently finished writing and recording their debut full-length "Always And Forever" which is premiering live for free stream/download on their Facebook page September 2nd!

Besides that Requiem For The Dead has just premiered their brand new music video for the song, "The Death Note of Shipwrecks" streaming on their Facebook and Youtube page. Two words to describe the new and improved Steven Julaino is "Powerfully epic".

Monster High Ghoul Spirit Pre-Order

Mattel's Monster High video game "Ghoul Spirit" is now available for pre-order on GameStop's website. This game will take you the gamer into the world that is Monster High. Allowing you to create your own ghoulish character being anything you could image it to be and roam the halls of Monster High itself. This game will be only available for the Nintendo consoles, Wii, DS, and DSI. Expect this gaming experience to drop October 11th!

Monster High's Package Deals?

As all of you know or for those who don't know Mattel's Monster High line has boomed since its debut in 2010. Since then various lines such as it's Dawn of the Dance and Gloom Beach have been sold separately since these hit the toy shelves but this year saw these two come together in a new fashion since with their package deals that includes exclusive dolls added to the original set.

Gloom Beach 5-Pack

Take the Gloom Beach line this introduced us to Frankie, Draculaura, Cleo, Clawdeen, and Jackson but this time around it brought forth Ghoulia and likely next will be Lagoona? The first set of five dolls were sold separately and while the Dawn of the Dance line was also sold individually until this year. The new 3-pack includes Frankie, Clawdeen, and Draculaura! While the other newbie Dawn of the Dancers, Deuce Gorgon, Lagoona Blue, and Ghoulia Yelps have debuted but surely a package deal to include the entire series in this line will maybe pop-up? Only time will tell for sure.

Dawn of the Dance 3-Pack

Another new line to hit the shelves is the Classroom assortment which takes Frankie, Ghoulia and Lagoona and places them into their favorite subject in school will this line also be seeing its own package deal in the future? It is a possibility. Speaking of schooling the fearleading 3-pack is also in the mists so that's just another package deal to add to the mix.

Classroom Assorted

Fearleading 3-Pack

Now another possibility package deal is the new Dead Tired line. This series brings the ghouls to a sleepy state having them dressed in the nighttime attire. Will Mattel bring forth a brand new package deal with all of the Dead Tired dolls in one big pack? It is very likely by the looks of it.

Dead Tired Assorted

It appears that more possible packs will be in the works so for all of you Monster High fans who have already brought these separately nothing you can do except beg your parents to buy you these brand new sets because more and more exclusives will likely pop-up.

Goatwhore to tour with Exhumed, Cephalic Carnage, and Havok!

Goatwhore is hard at work on the follow up to their most successful album to date, Carving Out The Eyes Of God. Once they wrap up recording with Erik Rutan at Mana Studios, they will immediately hit the road for headlining shows starting in Tampa, FL. From there, they will join the Exhumed tour presented by Hails and Horns, MetalSucks and MetalInjection. Support on the tour comes from Cephalic Carnage and Havok. The tour stars in Gallup, NM on October 26th.

Bassist James Harvey adds, "It has been a while since we toured with our friends in Exhumed and Cephalic Carnage. We are looking forward to having some chaos injected nights of wicked metal with them all. Things are going great in the studio with Rutan. He's a master and definitely brings out the best in us!"

Stay tuned to Goatwhore and Metal Blade's web pages for video updates from the band while they record the new album!

Goatwhore experienced a meteoric rise in 2010. Their song Apocalyptic Havoc appeared on the soundtrack for Splatterhouse, a video game released for Xbox 360 and PS3 by Namco Bandai, the video for the same song was used in an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly, they toured as part of Ozzfest 2010, and they also toured with Watain, The Black Dahlia Murder and more. Carving Out the Eyes of God, released at the tail end of 2009, was met with praise from fans and critics alike and hailed as one of the best metal albums of the year. Carving Out the Eyes of God broke the Billboard Top 200 chart coming in at #190! In addition to hitting the Top 200 Chart, Carving Out the Eyes of God also debuted on the Billboard Hard Music chart at #33, the Billboard Top New Artist (Heatseekers) Albums chart at #16, and the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart at #34. GOATWHORE also carved out a spot for themselves on Canada's charts coming in at #48 on Independent chart and #79 on the Hard Chart.

TOUR DATES:

08/25 The Brass Mug Tampa, FL
08/26 Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL
08/27 Head on the Door Montgomery, AL
09/09 Siberia New Orleans, LA
09/10 The City Club of Houma Houma, LA
09/16 Coasters Ft. Walton Beach, FL
09/17 The Handlebar Pensacola, FL
Tour w/ Exhumed, Cephalic Carnage, Havok
10/26 Gallup, NM The Juggernaut *no Goatwhore
10/27 Amarillo, TX Sorority House *no Goatwhore
10/28 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
10/29 St Louis, MO FuBar
10/30 Chicago, IL Reggie's Rock Club
10/31 Detroit I-Rock Nightclub
11/01 Columbus, OH Alrosa Villa
11/02 Rochester, NY Montage Music Hall
11/03 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
11/04 Montreal, QC Les Foufounes Electriques
11/05 Trois-Rivieres, QC Rock Cafe Le Stage
11/06 Quebec City, QC L'Agitee
11/08 Worcester, MA Palladium
11/09 Brooklyn, NY Europa
11/10 Trenton, NJ Championship
11/11 Wilmington, DE Mojo 13
11/12 Baltimore, MD Sonar
11/13 Charlotte, NC The Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
11/14 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
11/15 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
11/16 Tallahassee, FL Engine Room
11/17 New Orleans, LA Siberia
11/18 San Antonio, TX Korova / "Goregrowler's Ball" w/ Suffocation
11/19 TBA *no Goatwhore
11/20 Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre *no Goatwhore

Bury Your Dead Just Released "Slaughterhouse Five" Video

Bury Your Dead debuts their new video for "Slaughterhouse Five". The song is off their upcoming album Mosh 'N' Roll via Mediaskare Records due out this Tuesday August 2nd. The band will be wrapping up the Over The Limit II Tour this Tuesday. Shortly after the group will be heading overseas for a European/UK tour with support from For The Fallen Dreams, and Betrayal.

TOUR DATES:

08/05 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
08/06 Leisnig, GER – Suck ‘N’ Summer
08/07 Dessau, GER – The Beat
08/08 Hamburg, GER – Hafenklang
08/09 Berlin, GER – Magnet
08/10 Wien, AUT – Viper Room
08/11 Augsburg, GER – Kantine
08/12 Comacchio, ITA – Voodoo Club
08/13 Stuttgart, GER – Juha West
08/14 Ieper, BEL – Ieperfest
08/15 Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
08/16 Manchester, UK – Academy 3
08/17 Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
08/18 London, UK – Underworld
08/19 Trier, GER – Exhaus
08/20 Kassel, GER – Hot Spot
08/21 Dublin, IRE – The Good Bits

As Hell Retreats Just Released "Matriarch" Video

As Hell Retreats releases their video for "Matriarch". The band released their new album Volition today off Ain't No Grave Recordings/Century Media Records. The band is currently performing on this years Scream The Prayer tour along sides Norma Jean, Sleeping Giant, The Chariot and much more!

A Beautiful Nightmare will be releasing their debut LP "What Have We Done?" on August 4th. The artwork and tracklisting for the album have both been revealed via the band's Facebook page and can be seen below.

TRACKLISTING:

1. An Introduction
2. P.S.Y.B.S.
3. Naked Snake
4. Hurt You
5. The Infiltrator
6. Prelude
7. What Have We Done?
8. Into the Unknown
9. Never Forget Me

Monster High's Overhaul at Comc Con

Mattel's Monster High line debuted last summer and since has grown into an infamous popularity ranging from appeal, toys, and electronics, among other various accessories. This year at the annual San Diego Comic Con Mattel's Monster High returned just as it premiered last year and this time it more items are in the works to be released.

Last year Monster High had its first line of fashion packs with its school spirit scream uniforms, this year it has a club line which includes, Ghoulia Yelp's Comic Book Club, Draculaura's Newspaper Club, Clawdeen's Entrepreneur's Club, and Abbey's Snowboarding Club, all to be available this fall.

Abbey Bominable and Draculaura School Club Fashion Packs

Clawdeen Wolf and Ghoulia Yelps School Club Fashion Packs

Aside from these releases Mattel is currently running a contest which allows fans from all over the world to vote while Comic Con is in effect, on which of the three characters will be made the new student of Monster High, they are as follows; Scarah Screams the daughter of the Banshee, the Headless Headmistress Bloodgood, or the Daughter of the Arachne which is a half human half spider girl based on its Greco-Roman mythology. Other characters who have already been introduced and made into doll forms includes Spectra Vondergeist, Abbey Bominable, Clawd Wolf, Howleen Wolf, Nefera De Nile, Manny Taur, Purresephone and Meowlody and their leading feline Toralei Stripe and Cleo De Nile’s sister Nefera De Nile will become available just in time for the holiday season.

Scarah Screams

Headless Headmistress Bloodgood

 Daughter of the Arachne

Toralei Stripe and Cleo De Nile’s sister Nefera De Nile

Among other new characters is a male vampire character by the name of Bram Devein. Aside from these characters there are also some other lines that are a continuation of its original line, Skull Shores looks to be the 5-pack Gloom Beach line that includes Ghoulia Yelps and all of the other female ghouls but does not include Jackson Jekyll, this set will be sold only at Target as an exclusive set. Luna High which sounds to be some type of play set will be later released.

Monster High Gloom Beach 5-Pack at Target Locations Only

Moving along Monster High doesn’t just stop at its toy line but the electronics department is doing quite well too. This October THQ will be releasing a video game titled Monster High: Ghoul Spirit trailer for the game can be seen here, while the game itself sets you up with you being the new ghoul at school and you can interact with the various ghouls already in attendance. This game will only be available for the Nintendo gaming consoles Wii, DS, and DSI. Other than that other electronics includes iPod, iPads, and laptop cases, along with cameras, video cameras, USB, plus much more.

Nintendo Wii Video Game

Nintendo DS/DSI Video Game

So expect the unexpected when it comes to all things and everything Monster High!

Farewell, My Love Premiere New Single on Facebook!

Phoenix, Arizona act Farewell, My Love is set to release their debut EP "A Dance You Won't Forget" really soon and are hyping up their fan base with several single releases. The first was very upbeat and rather catchy "Wrong & Right" now their follow-up single is "Just Another Soul", another catchy upbeat tune but it's more mellow driven. You can listen to these singles on the band's Facebook page and expect the EP to drop August 16th!

Maria Sharapova stalls out, upset at Wimbledon

t's always easy to root for Maria Sharapova conceptually. She's a fighter, a comebacker, a confirmed champion. She goes for the lines, which is the nicest thing we can say about any player at Wimbledon. There is little nonsense about her apart from the commercial endorsements and the silly carry-on bag. Just the honest business of winning matches.

But then the games start and you remember that stylistically she is considerably limited, that she is little more than a likable baseline bully. Sharapova mostly shrieks, slugs the ball and hopes to the heavens it doesn't come back.

Then Wednesday, during a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 loss to Gisela Dulko, the heavy Slazenger balls came back too often. The slight Argentine was a far more creative point-builder, a deft touch player. It was Martina Hingis-Lindsay Davenport, all over again.

Dulko is 5-7, which means she gave up about six inches and plenty of torque to her opponent. Her career portfolio was even more eclipsed.

Dulko had never been on Centre Court before; never scrambled past the third round here, while Sharapova won the whole shooting match in 2004. That same year, Dulko enjoyed her greatest claim to fame with a victory over the 47-year-old Martina Navratilova. In two prior head-to-head matches against Sharapova, Dulko had managed to win a total of just three games.


But Dulko moved Sharapova all over the court yesterday with cute drop slices, sharp angles and changes of pace. Her serves rarely cracked the 100-mph mark, yet they were neatly enough placed.

Beyond that, Sharapova is still not the pre-shoulder surgery Sharapova.

"Of course it's better to play with her now than in the past and perhaps in the future," Dulko said.

This is something Sharapova had warned us about all along. The nine-month layoff has taken its toll, and she faces a difficult road from here to the U.S. Open. This was just her fourth tournament back, not nearly enough.

"I wasn't kidding when I said just being here is a wonderful accomplishment," Sharapova said. "You know, I'm not lying about it. I had the pleasure of playing on Centre Court again. This whole event, there's nothing I don't like about it. I would have liked to have a longer season before coming here, but that's just the way it is."

The match itself swayed back and forth, riding on the nerves and institutional memories of both players. After building a 3-0 lead in the second set, Dulko committed a swarm of unforced errors, a full dozen of them, to drop the next six games. Just as fans assumed this would end with the standard collapse by the underdog, Sharapova blinked.

She double-faulted seven times in the decisive set, at least once on each of her service games. She didn't just miss. Sharapova's serves sailed a full 10 feet too long on two occasions. The breezes didn't help her toss, but Sharapova insisted it was more than that, and more than her shoulder. She blamed the balls and the length of the match instead.

"No pain at all," she said. "I just couldn't go up and hit the serve with the same velocity. I didn't have enough juice on it."

The last game was a thing of great suspense, with Sharapova turning back four match points on ridiculously risky shots. Dulko appeared to be losing a battle against her own history. But then on the fourth deuce point, Dulko challenged a call off Sharapova's forehand. The replay showed Sharapova's shot was out. Facing yet another match point after this technological setback, Sharapova finally cracked by way of a long forehand.

"I was very nervous at the end," said Dulko, who had 10 double faults of her own. "The last game was forever for me. But it was very important to finish in that moment. At 5-5 and her serve, it was everything starting again. I was very relieved with that game. She was there to the end, fighting all the time."

Dulko had barely won when she was interrogated about boyfriends and a British reporter informed her straightaway she was now the new pinup darling of his publication.

"It would be nice," Dulko said. "I'm not only a tennis player, I'm a woman."

Some guy in Toronto jacked a ton of Bikes

It's not my usual style to post a news article, especially one that doesn't focus on any specific bikes, but read these quotes and try not to read the rest of the article:

"What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?"

"An additional 200 bikes were seized in Mr. Kenk’s home. Ten landlords around the city reported that their garages had been rented by Mr. Kenk and were bulging with bicycles. As the police gathered the mounds of bikes, they also found cocaine, crack cocaine, about 15 pounds of marijuana and a stolen bronze sculpture of a centaur and a snake in battle."

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maria sharapova earnings

In June 2005, Forbes magazine listed her as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, with annual earnings of U.S. $18 million. (CBS, the American television network, reported in August 2006 that the figure is over U.S. $20 million.) In total, she earns over UKЈ13.4 million per year, over 90 percent of which comes from endorsements.
When asked about her income, she said, "It's never enough. Bring on the money. There's no limit to how much you can make." In a later interview, she said, "You know, one of the greatest things about being an athlete and, you know, making money is realising that you can help, you know, help the world, and especially children, who I absolutely love working with."