Big tour, Big Money: Eagles Prepping For Major Outing Next Year
NEW YORK (Eagle Fans Website) - The recently concluded Eagles tour was a profitable venture for the band. Over the course of 32 shows in smaller markets, the Eagles performed for more than 400,000 fans and brought in some $38 million, according to manager Irving Azoff. Azoff said the Eagles outing ...
| Little Steven To Premiere New Bruce Springsteen Song On Radio Show This Weekend
NEW YORK (Little Steven Official Website) - A new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album The Rising will have its world premiere this weekend on Little Steven's syndicated radio program. The song, "Countin' On A Miracle," will be heard for the first time anywhere on Hard Rock Cafe Presents Little ...
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Springsteen Album Examines Attacks
NEW YORK (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - The events of Sept. 11 have found their way into Bruce Springsteen's latest album. The CD "The Rising" features 15 songs that are influenced by the terror attacks, offering individual stories from all sides. It is Springsteen's first studio recording with the ...
| U2's Second Greatest-Hits Set Coming In November
MONTREAL, Canada (U2 Fans Website) - U2 will release a second volume of greatest hits on November 12. Titled 'U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000', the album follows the multiplatinum first volume, 'U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990', which came out in 1998. The new album will draw tracks from the band's four studio ...
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Rock's power women celebrated in new exhibition
LONDON, UK (Britain National Portrait Gallery) - The rock world's top 20 female icons are celebrated in a photographic exhibition opening at Britain's National Portrait Gallery Monday. The exhibition, "She Bop", was inspired by former music journalist Lucy O'Brien's book "She Bop II: The Definitive ...
| Eagles guitarist suing band members over sacking
LOS ANGELES (Eagles Fans Website) - A hearing related to former Eagles guitarist Don Felder's lawsuit against the veteran rock band that ousted him will take place on July 5, court records and a lawyer for other members of the band said on Wednesday. The hearing on a motion to compel Felder to produce ...
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Bono Makes The Call To G8
DUBLIN, Ireland (U2 Fans Website) - There was talk that U2�s Bono was going to show up to the G8 summit in Kananaskis but due to scheduling conflicts he couldn�t make it. Bono did however make a call into Jean Chretien on Tuesday to talk about the Prime Minister�s efforts to get other G-8 leaders to ...
| Springsteen 'Rising' Album Art Posted On Official Website
NEW YORK (Official Fans Website) - The official Bruce Springsteen website (brucespringsteen.net) has posted the album cover art for The Rising, due in stores July 30. The cover shows the title placed vertically in large block yellow-gold letters, with Springsteen's name in white, positioned horizontally ...
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U2 Previews New Song On Official Website!
NEW YORK (U2 Official Website/Top40 Charts) - U2 is now previewing a new song, "The Hands That Built America," on the band's official website, u2.com. The site offers a video clip of the group in the studio at work on what is reportedly the foursome's first recording since the end of the All That You ...
| Dee Dee Ramone Dies Of Apparent Drug Overdose At LA Home
LOS ANGELES (Ramones Official Website) - Dee Dee Ramone (real name Douglas Glenn Colvin) died of an apparent drug overdose at 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday (June 5) at his home in Los Angeles. He was 49. According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Ramone was found by his wife, ...
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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Thrilled With New Tribute Album
NASHVILLE, tenn. (ZZ Top Official Website) - One of the latest tribute album releases is Sharp Dressed Men - A Tribute To ZZ Top on RCA Records, featuring new interpretations of ZZ Top classics by leading stars in country music. Reporters asked the man who co-wrote all the songs and sang on many of ...
| Bruce Springsteen to release new album July 30
NEW YORK (Bruce Springsteen Fans & Top40 Charts) - Bruce Springsteen will release his first all-new studio recording with the E Street Band in 18 years July 30, a 14-song compilation titled " The Rising." "The Rising" will be Springsteen's first studio rock album since 1992, and his first effort with ...
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Springsteen Says No To Candidacy
TRENTON, NJ (Top40 Charts) - Bruce Springsteen decided he wasn't born to run for political office after all. Doug Friedline, a consultant who helped professional wrestler Jesse Ventura win the Minnesota governor's race in 1998, had hoped to recruit Springsteen to run as an independent in November's ...
| Bruce Springsteen for Senate!
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ (Drafttheboss2002.com/Top40 Charts) - Sure, Bruce Springsteen was born to run. But was he born to run for office? Political consultant Doug Friedline thinks so. He's leading a campaign to get the Boss elected as New Jersey's next U.S. senator. A coalition calling itself "The Independence ...
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Tour Bites: Tom Petty, Santana, & Rusted Root
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will tour North America this summer with an opening act to be announced. Check out the official Web site for ticket presale information. Here are the confirmed dates for Tom Petty tour: June 27, Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena June 28, Cleveland, ...
| Oasis Announces North American & European Tour Dates
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Oasis has announced the rest of its North American tour dates, as well as a few more European shows. The U.S. and Canada dates kick off on Aug. 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and run through Aug. 21 in Detroit. The first tickets go on sale on May 24. An opening band hasn't been ...
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Neil Young gets passionate on new solo album
DETROIT (Top40 Charts) - Neil Young, the singer-songwriter who has been "Rockin' in the Free World" for nearly 40 years, has been earnestly rocking for the free world since Sept. 11. The Canadian-born performer, who now lives in Northern California, was among the first entertainers to lend his voice ...
| Rock Hall's 50th Anniversary Exhibit Features Items From Alice Cooper, Elvis Presley & More
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland will celebrate rock and roll's 50th anniversary with a new exhibition titled Fifty Years Of Rock And Roll, which opens Wednesday (May 1) in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall. The first major overhaul of the display galleries ...
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Guns N' Roses, Morrissey To Headline Japan's Summer Sonic 2002
TOKYO, Jp. (Top40 Charts) - Guns N' Roses will come out of hiding once again this summer as the band has been confirmed to headline the third installment of Summer Sonic 2002, a two-day festival in Osaka, Japan on Aug. 17-18. GNR will handle the Outdoor Stage headlining duties, while Morrissey is set ...
| The Barenaked Ladies To Perform Free N.Y.C. Concert For Intel
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Barenaked Ladies will headline a free concert in New York City's Bryant Park from 5 to 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday (April 23). The concert, presented by Intel, is just one of many events that the computer company is hosting in the city on Tuesday in celebration of the introduction ...
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