Phish Fans Help Indian Programs
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Fans of one band are helping another. The Mockingbird Foundation, founded by fans of the rock band Phish, awarded a $4,760 grant to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. The tribe plans to use the grant to establish a music program aimed at sharing American ...
| Springsteen Tributes Attack Victim
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) - The memorial service for a fan who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks included a special videotaped tribute from Bruce Springsteen. James P. "Jim" Berger, 44, a senior vice president of the insurance company AON Consulting Group, died in the attack on the World Trade Center. ...
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Fleetwood's Co. Sued Over Guitar
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A company co-owned by Mick Fleetwood, a founder of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, has been sued by a man claiming the firm sold him a bogus Elvis Presley guitar. Comedian Gordie Brown of Reno, Nev., said in the lawsuit that he bought the guitar for nearly $63,000 through an Internet ...
| Jackyl Unleashes Anti-Bin Laden Song
NEW YORK (AP) - Southern rockers Jackyl have unleashed a song that pulls no punches about America's new number-one enemy, Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks. Titled "Open Invitation," the brash tune openly challenges the terrorist kingpin to war and yearns ...
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Incubus Plans 'Morning' Radio Special
NEW YORK (AP) - Modern rock act Incubus will celebrate the Oct. 23 release of its Immortal/Epic album "Morning View" with a 90-minute live performance and interview radio special. "Incubus: The Morning View Sessions" will be broadcast on the album's release date at 8:30 p.m. from New York's Sony Studios ...
| Touring Supermen, 3 Doors Down, Look Forward To Rest, Recording
NEW YORK (AP) - As 3 Doors Down near the end of a touring cycle that began in February 2000 with the release of The Better Life, singer Brad Arnold is looking forward to the day he wakes up at home in Mobile, Alabama, and doesn't have an itinerary planned out for him. "It would be nice to just wake ...
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Raitt Pleads Guilty to Trespassing
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Bonnie Raitt has pleaded guilty to trespassing charges from an anti-logging protest at a wood products company. The singer and 16 other activists from the Rainforest Action Network were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after refusing to leave the parking lot of Boise ...
| Download Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora Offer Of 'America The Beautiful'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rocker turned Ally McBeal castmember Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie Sambora have recorded a touching version of "America The Beautiful" that is now available for download as an MP3 file at Bon Jovi's official band website, bonjovi.com. Check / download Bon Jovi - America The Beautiful ...
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Incubus's New Video Not Banned By Video Channel
NEW YORK (AP) - Contrary to reports that are surfacing, the video clip for Incubus's "I Wish You Were Here" has not been banned by MTV. The clip is currently at MTV and has been added for heavy rotation. A spokesperson for the band told that the video channel was presented with two versions of the clip. ...
| Nelson: U.S. Farms Key to America
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Willie Nelson, who brought a flag-waving crowd to its feet with "This Land Is Your Land'' at last Saturday's Farm Aid concert, says keeping family farms strong will keep America strong. "I think it's important to take care of the people who grow our food,'' said Nelson, who ...
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John Mellencamp, Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keys Slated For VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards
NEW YORK (AP) - John Mellencamp, Lenny Kravitz, and Alicia Keys will perform at the 2001 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards on Oct. 23 at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Always the star-studded event, other celebrities making an appearance include musicians No Doubt's Gwen Stefani, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Lil' ...
| Eagle-Eye Cherry Is Back With 'Present/Future'
NEW YORK (AP) - Eagle-Eye Cherry's Present/Future, the MCA Records follow-up to his 1998 Sony Music debut Desireless, is scheduled for release on October 30. Cherry, the son of jazz trumpet legend Don Cherry and younger brother of singer Neneh Cherry, received a Grammy nomination for Desireless. Cherry ...
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Farm Aid Merges Two Causes, One Nation In Annual Benefit Concert
NOBLESVILLE (AP) - Although the organizers of Farm Aid donated to the relief effort following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, that doesn't mean they lost focus for their own cause -- helping family-owned farmers survive against those that are factory-run. Combining the two causes, Farm Aid sent 5,000 ...
| Classic Rockers Unite For Cause & More
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - In relief effort news, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kansas, Eddie Money, Survivor, John Waite, Edgar Winter, and Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner, among others, have united for two "Volunteers for America" concerts Oct. 20 at the HiFiBuys ...
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Godsmack Helps Organize $100,000 For NY Widows And Orphans
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Godsmack and several promoters and venues doing business with the group have donated $100,000 to "The Solidarity Foundation," a New York charity helping the widows and orphans of firefighters and police officers lost in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Others participating in the ...
| Mellencamp to Mark 50th Birthday
SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) - John Mellencamp will celebrate his 50th birthday on Oct. 7, and fans will mark the occasion at a three-day tribute in the singer's southern Indiana homeland. An outdoor concert at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts in Seymour will be the climax of the celebration that will ...
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Heart's Ann Wilson Set For 'Vagina Monologues'
SEATTLE (AP) - Ann Wilson will be on stage in her hometown of Seattle this week, but she won't be singing with Heart. Rather, Wilson is appearing in a local production of The Vagina Monologues, the award-winning Eve Ensler play that features three women talking about everything from their lives to sexuality ...
| Face of Farm Aid Changes Over Time
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The face of Farm Aid has changed since its advent in 1985, moving to smaller venues in the last few years with lineups that no longer read like a who's who among musicians. Yet the show goes on, this year in Noblesville, still promoting the value of the family farm in America. A ...
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Tori Amos Hits No. 4; Phish Ties Pearl Jam Chart Record
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rapper Jay-Z easily held onto the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200 for the second week in a row as Tori Amos' latest effort, Strange Little Girls, debuts at No. 4 to mark this week's highest debut. Elsewhere in the top 10, Martina McBride's Greatest Hits landed at No. 5, Gerald Levert's ...
| Lifehouse To Receive BDS Radio Airplay Award
NEW YORK (AP) - Lifehouse will receive the inaugural BDSCertified Spin Award for the Most Spun Song of the Year for its hit "Hanging By a Moment." The band is being presented with the plaque at VH1's studios in New York on Tuesday (Sept. 25). The song, from the L.A. band's double-platinum debut No Name ...
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