U2 Appeal To Fans To Make Donations To Red Cross in Wake of Terrorist Attacks in US
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - U2 have appealed to their fans to make a donation to the AMERICAN RED CROSS to help the victims of the terrorist attacks in NEW YORK and WASHINGTON. The band, who are due to return to North America for more live shows in the autumn, have posted a message on the official U2 ...
| Blues Traveler Rolls On
TUCSON, ARIZONA (Top40 Charts) -Roots rockers Blues Traveler have revamped their tour and hit the road September 14 in Tucson, Ariz. The band was originally scheduled to play at the Pan American Center in New Mexico September 12 but canceled the show after the terrorist attacks. A few tour dates will ...
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Alanis, Jewel, Live Pass Along Thoughts and Well Wishes Regarding Terrorist Attack
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Alanis Morissette was scheduled to appear Wednesday (September 12) in Washington D.C. to present testimony from the artists' point of view in regards to the future of music and intellectual property at the Kennedy Center. Due to the terrorist attack, the hearing was postponed. ...
| Aimee Mann Sues Universal Music For $8 Million Over Ultimate Collection
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann filed an $8 million lawsuit against Universal Music Group in Los Angeles Superior Court over last year's compilation album, Aimee Mann Ultimate Collection. Mann claims in the suit that her recording contract states that Universal was "not permitted ...
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New R.E.M. LP In Works!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - REM guitarist Peter Buck is hoping to head for the studios "sooner rather than later" to record REM�s 13th album. Buck made the confession in an interview with REM fan site murmurs.com. Buck, who has been writing fresh new material for the band, also commented on the state ...
| FEATURE-Dylan's 'Love and Theft' evokes America
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since Bob Dylan's Grammy-winning album "Time Out of Mind" was released four years ago, the 60-year-old rock master has played 460 live shows, soaking up the cheers from crowds around the world. He feeds off his Never Ending Tour, dancing, grinning, cracking jokes, engaging in guitar ...
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Bob Dylan Dislikes Today's Music
NEW YORK (AP) - The times, they have a-changed. Bob Dylan hates most modern music and fights with his teen-age daughter about her musical tastes. "The radio makes hideous sounds,'' the 1960s pop culture icon tells Time magazine in its Sept. 17 issue out on newsstands Monday. In an interview to promote ...
| New U2 Fall Dates Kick Off Oct. 10
NEW YORK (AP) - U2 will revisit North America for another leg of 22 dates in October and November, with an official announcement expected Tuesday (Sept. 11). Having already wrapped treks in North America and Europe, the Irish quartet will kick off round three of its Elevation tour Oct. 10 at the 12,000-capacity ...
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BoDeans, Boston Beer Company Settle Lawsuit
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Midwestern rock and rollers the BoDeans have reached a settlement with the Boston Beer Company, manufacturers of Samuel Adams beer, over the use of the band's name in a malt beverage dubbed BoDeans Twisted Tea. The suit, filed Nov. 7, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the ...
| The Return of the Spin Doctors!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Just when you thought they had faded into two-hit rock wonderland, the Spin Doctors have spun themselves back together again. With lead singer Chris Barron having fully regained the use of his voice after nearly losing it in 1999 to a rare paralysis of the vocal cords, one ...
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U2's Bono Lines Up Star-Studded Version Of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - U2's Bono has corralled quite the stellar lineup to cover Marvin Gaye's classic, "What's Going On," to help raise awareness of Africans suffering with AIDS. The single is expected to be released commercially on Dec. 1, which is World AIDS Day. On board are Britney Spears, Jennifer ...
| New Jewel Due in Fall
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Jewel will release her third album, This Way, on November 13th. The album is the Alaskan singer-songwriter/poet's first album of new material since 1998's Spirit, not counting last year's spoken-word effort, Chasing Down the Dream. The first single from the new album, "Standing ...
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Reed, Harvey, TMBG Join Gano
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Violent Femmes frontman Gordan Gano will release his first solo album, Hitting the Ground, early next year on Instinct Records, the New York City indie that first signed Moby. Gano has enlisted a number of high-profile guests to make appearances on "Hitting the Ground," including ...
| U2 ELEVATE AMERICA!
NEW YORK (AP) - U2 are expected to confirm the full details of their forthcoming return to the US this week and dotmusic can exclusively reveal the Irish rock God's itenary. The band, who completed the first leg of their 'Elevation World Tour' at the weekend with a triumphant show at Slane Castle in ...
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The show goes on for cursed Lynyrd Skynyrd
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lynyrd Skynyrd is the band that refused to die, even if many of its members are now playing in rock 'n' roll heaven. In the latest setback to hit the southern rock band during its three-decade history, bass player Leon Wilkeson died in his sleep in July, his heart and liver ...
| An Electric return for Jeff Lynne
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- When asked why he titled the Electric Light Orchestra's first album in 15 years "Zoom," Jeff Lynne -- who is ELO, for all intents and purposes -- shrugs. "I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?" asks the bushy-haired ...
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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT...
LONDON, UK (AP) - Paul Weller is set to release a new live and acoustic album featuring tracks from throughout his career. 'Days Of Speed', recorded during his recent worldwide tour, captured Weller playing songs that he hadn't performed in 10 years. The album includes tracks originally recorded by ...
| Rock fans rampage at free concert in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of rock music fans went on the rampage at a free concert in Hollywood Monday night, trashing the stage and raining rocks and bottles on police, who replied with tear gas and rubber bullets, officials said. Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Jason Lee, describing ...
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Staind Becoming Worldwide Force
NEW YORK (AP) - Staind's latest album Break The Cycle was recently released overseas and is garnering a great response: This week it debuts at Number One in the U.K., Number Two in Ireland, and Number Six in Australia. The sales figures have been helped by European festival appearances, which concluded ...
| U2 returning to Canada: report
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - While U2 is expected to announce another round of North American tour dates by mid-September, a fan site reported the dates Friday. The www.YouTwo.net site reported that Montreal and Hamilton will be included in the next wave of Elevation Tour dates, which begin Oct. 10. Although ...
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