Marianne Faithfull's Kissin' Time Hits U.S. Aug. 13
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts) - The long-awaited, star-studded new Marianne Faithfull album, Kissin' Time, is now set for a U.S. release on Aug. 13 via Virgin Records. The album, which was released in Europe on March 4, is Faithfull's first since 2000's Vagabound Ways and features collaborations with ...
| Filter, Sevendust, & Others Head Out On Locobazooka! June 27
LOS ANGELES Top 40 Charts) - The Locobazooka! tour we told you about last month (Top40-Charts.com News, April 3) - featuring Filter, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Mushroomhead, and others - finally has all, well most, of its ducks in a row. The tour will kick off on June 27 in Milwaukee and also will feature ...
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Sheryl Crow, Train To Tour Together
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts) - Sheryl Crow and Train are joining forces for a summer tour with an outdoor-sports tie-in. The Jeep World Outside Festival, kicking off July 10 in Charlotte, North Carolina, will also feature a village with a 30-foot-high ski jump, ice and rock climbing walls, a mountain-biking ...
| Creed's Scott Stapp Suffers Neck, Back Injuries In Car Accident
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - A few new details have surfaced regarding the automobile accident that has sidelined Creed frontman Scott Stapp. According to a spokesperson for the band at Wind-Up Records, Stapp is suffering from neck and back injuries sustained when the vehicle he was driving was whacked ...
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Creed cancels tour after frontman's injury
LOS ANGELES, California (Creed Fans Site) - One of the biggest-selling acts in rock music this year--- the band Creed -- is canceling the rest of its North American tour because the group's lead singer was injured in a car accident. Steve Karas, a spokesman for the band, said frontman Scott Stapp's ...
| Jewel Breaks Collarbone And Rib, Cancels Tour Dates
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Pop singer Jewel broke her collarbone and a rib when she was thrown from a horse at her boyfriend's ranch Wednesday. Jewel was staying with beau Ty Murray, a major figure in the professional rodeo circuit, at his ranch near Ft. Worth, Texas, enjoying a five-day reprieve from ...
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Alanis Morissette Adds, Subtracts Tour Dates, New Video In Works
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Alanis Morissette has added a second leg to her North American itinerary in support of Under Rug Swept for the first half of June while also scratching a half-dozen concerts that had been tentatively scheduled in the Southeast. New gigs are based in the Northeast, beginning ...
| Linkin Park Singer Becomes A Father
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington and wife Samantha welcomed a new baby boy into the world on April 19. The baby and mother are reportedly doing fine. Bennington has said that whole family will join him on the next Linkin Park tour, which probably won't be until the band ...
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Weezer Says Matt Sharp's Lawsuit Is 'Without Merit'
LOS ANGELES (Official Weezer Website) - Weezer has responded to the lawsuit filed against the band by former bassist Matt Sharp over several songs, including "Undone (The Sweater Song)" and all of those on Pinkerton, among others. "The allegations brought against Weezer by Matt Sharp are completely ...
| Matt Sharp Sues Weezer Over 'Undone' & Other Songs
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Weezer's former bassist Matt Sharp has filed a lawsuit against the band over several songs, including the hit "Undone (The Sweater Song)," on Thursday (April 18) in United States District Court, Central District of California for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, ...
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Nickelback File Suit
TORONTO, Ca. (Top40 Charts) - Just two months after members of Nickelback were slapped with a lawsuit claiming they had broken a contract, three members from the band have filed their own lawsuit against their former manager. A writ was filed last week in the B.C. Supreme Court, claiming that Amar II ...
| Alice In Chains Members 'Struggle To Deal' With Layne Staley's Death
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The surviving members of Alice in Chains ?- guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney ?- have issued a heartfelt statement about the loss of their lead singer and friend, Layne Staley, who was found dead on Friday (April 19). Here is what they have ...
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'My Heart Is Broken,' Says Alice In Chains' Drummer Of Layne Staley's Death
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Alice in Chains' lead singer Layne Staley was found dead in his North Seattle home late Friday (April 19) night. He was 34. Although the King County Medical Examiner's office conducted an autopsy on his body on Saturday (April 20), the exact cause and time of death will not ...
| Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello Remembers Layne Staley As 'Bright, Funny'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - As the music industry and fans worldwide mourn the death of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley, who was found dead at his Seattle home on Friday (April 19), the talented singer's peers, such as Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, are sharing their thoughts and ...
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Mark Lanegan On Layne Staley's Death: 'I Always Hoped It Wouldn't Happen'
SEATTLE (Top40 Charts) - Despite his reclusive nature over the last few years, Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley left a trail of musicians and friends behind when his death was discovered on Friday (April 19). One such friend was ex-Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan, who has been friends with ...
| Alice in Chains singer found dead
SEATTLE (Top40 Charts) - Layne Staley, singer and guitarist with the American grunge band Alice in Chains, has been found dead at his flat in Seattle. Tests had to be performed to confirm the identity of the body, which was found on Friday in a state of decomposition. Fans have been leaving flowers ...
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Kid Rock Covers Black Sabbath & Marshall Tucker Band With Gov't Mule
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - With the outrageous success of MTV's The Osbournes, it seems everyone has Ozzy Osbourne fever these days. On Wednesday (April 17) night at New York's Beacon Theater, Kid Rock popped onstage with Gov't Mule to perform "Sweet Leaf" and "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, Osbourne's ...
| Korn Taps Puddle Of Mudd & Deadsy For Summer Tour
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Puddle of Mudd and Deadsy have signed on to open for Korn's summer tour, which kicks off on June 20 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. As previously reported, Korn's tour includes 15 shows through July 13 in Dayton, Ohio. Puddle of Mudd - touring in support of its 2001 debut Come Clean ...
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Sheryl Crow, Train, & O.A.R. Launch Jeep World Outside Festival July 10!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The latest package tour announcement, the Jeep World Outside Festival, will blend music ?- notably Sheryl Crow and Train -- and adventure sports, stopping in large outdoor venues in major markets over five weeks. While Crow and Train will headline the 23-date tour, which ...
| Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'By The Way' Due This Summer
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers's next album will be called By The Way and should arrive in stores "probably July or August," according to guitarist John Frusciante. Frusciante tells that the album is "almost finished" and "being mixed" in Los Angeles. The guitarist says the ...
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