plus: Radiohead [ tickets ] pre-sale on the coasts. ODB sentenced. Stereo MCs to join Jubilee Festival.

From a Deftones [ tickets ] press release:

Deftones are forced to cancel tonight's [7/18] concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA, as well as Friday's [7/20] show at San Diego's Sports Arena. These will be the band's third and fourth consecutive missed concerts due to severe vocal injury sustained by singer Chino Moreno. ...

Moreno will spend the next two days completely resting his voice, and the band looks forward to getting back on stage at their Phoenix show on Saturday, July 21.

Click here to read about prior cancellations.

Here's what's been happening with Napster:

• "... The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a federal judge's order last week that ordered the Redwood City company to remain offline until it fully complied with an injunction to remove all copyright music," the Associated Press reported. Napster, which claims that new technology can block 99% of all unauthorized, copyrighted songs from its system, is reportedly free to go back online.

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• People who volunteered to be a Beta tester for the new Napster received an email on Wednesday (7/18) saying, "We're getting close to completing the basic work on the new membership service and we'll be providing you with more details about the [test version of the service] soon."

• Spin.com reported that Napster will use PlayMedia Systems' AMP® technology to power the new Napster's secure digital music player.

MTV.com is sponsoring a ticket pre-sale for two Radiohead [ tickets ] shows: Aug. 7 in New York City and Aug. 20 in Los Angeles. The pre-sale runs from 10 a.m. local time on Thursday (7/19) to 10 a.m. local time on Friday (7/20).

"After pleading guilty in April to drug charges, Rapper ODB was sentenced Wednesday to 2 to 4 years in prison," the Associated Press reported.

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Stereo MCs will join the Jubilee Festival, NME.com reported.