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 ...
| 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 ...
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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, ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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, ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| Two Birthday Tributes Planned For Joey Ramone
NEW YORK (Officialramones.com) - Two New York tribute events are in the works for May 19, which would have been late Ramones frontman Joey Ramone's 51st birthday, Billboard.com has learned. Ramone's mother Charlotte Lesher and brother Mickey Leigh are organizing a benefit concert at the Bowery Ballroom, ...
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The Eagles Planning Summer US Tour
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - It appears that the Eagles are planning a multi-date summer tour of the U.S. this year. The band, which played Europe last year but hasn't mounted a proper North American outing in a couple of years, is putting together about 30 dates, and it should all kick off May 31 in Reno, ...
| David Bowie Reveals 'Heathen' Track Listing & Special Guests
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - David Bowie has enlisted the help of an old and a new rocker for his next album, Heathen. The Who's Pete Townshend has laid down lead guitar parts to the album's lead track, "Slow Burn," which also features the Borneo Horns. (The Horns were on Bowie's Serious Moonlight tour.) ...
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Canadians Rock On Soundtrack
TORONTO (Top40 Charts / Jam!) - Hot Canadian rockstars of today are honouring their predecessors on a new soundtrack for the indie film �Fubar.� Rumour has it; the guys in Sum 41 were so taken with the largely improvised feature length tribute to heavy metal that they convinced the creators to make ...
| Oasis' 'Heathen Chemistry' Set For July; World Tour Planned
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) - After a two-year hiatus, Oasis is going to give it another go with the release of its fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry, which has just been confirmed for a July release date. The album, produced by the band and mixed by Mark Spike Stent (U2, Madonna, Bjork), is the ...
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Van Morrison's 'Down The Road' Hits Record Stores May 14
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Van Morrison returns with a new album, Down the Road, slated for a May 14 release on Universal. The album includes 13 new songs, as well as covers of Hoagy Carmichael's classic "Georgia on My Mind," which Morrison has regularly performed live, and Acker Bilk's "Evening Shadows," ...
| Sheryl Crow Guests, Nirvana & Dylan Covered On New Steve Earle Collection
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - A guest appearance by Sheryl Crow and covers of songs by Nirvana and Bob Dylan are among the tracks compiled for Sidetracks, a collection of odds and ends from different parts of the career of alt-country maverick Steve Earle. The album is due April 9 from E-Squared/Artemis ...
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