Artists Honors U2's Bono
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Some of the biggest names from both the music and entertainment communities came out to honor U2 singer Bono for his philanthropic efforts Thursday night (February 14) in Hollywood. The Love Rocks event at the new Kodak Theatre featured musical performances by No Doubt, ...
| Oasis Becomes Second Act Confirmed For Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival
LONDON, UK (London Times) - Oasis, in support of its forthcoming fifth studio album, rumored to be titled Heathen Chemistry, will rock the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this April, according to a representative at Goldenvoice, the show's promoter. The third edition of the desert festival ...
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Brotherly Love In Oasis
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - It has been reported that Oasis have finally finished their upcoming album �Heathen Chemistry� due to come out this summer. In order to prepare Oasis played their first gig on Tuesday night in Watford. The band are also playing London�s Royal Albert Hall tonight in a benefit show ...
| Everybody Loves Bono
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - No Doubt and R.E.M. are among those who will honor U2 frontman Bono at a fundraising event on Valentine's Day at a concert called Love Rocks: Celebrating the Biggest Hearts in Entertainment. The concert, which was organized by the Entertainment Industry Foundation, will pay ...
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U2 Records New Songs, Backs Down On Studio Fight, & Gets Ready For The Big Game
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - U2 recently started recording new songs at their threatened Hanover Quay studios in Dublin's docklands, it was revealed Wednesday (Jan. 30), the second and final day of hearings on demolishing the Windmill Recording Studio, according to the Irish Examiner.
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| U2 battle to save Dublin studios
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - Rock stars U2 are locked in a battle to save their Dublin recording studios from being pulled to the ground. The Docklands Development Authority in the Irish capital wants to clear the way for a major new leisure development on the Hanover Quay site - and the band's single-storey ...
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Kid Rock Finalizes U.S. Tour Plans
NEW YORK (CDnow) - Kid Rock has firmed up the dates for his forthcoming U.S. tour, set to kick off on Feb. 22 in Saginaw, Mich. While the first show is already sold out, and others are already on sale, many of the other dates for the tour will go on sale on Saturday (Feb. 2).
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| Concrete Blonde Rebuilds Its Dedication To Music With Reunion Shows
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - "How many of you have ever thought you were going crazy?," asked Johnette Napolitano of her cheering audience. And it's a valid question for the clearly weathered frontwoman whose band, Concrete Blonde, is back after an eight-year breakup. And the sold-out crowd at Los Angeles' ...
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Elbow's Call For Help
LONDON, UK (Elbow.co.uk) - Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has lost his notebook containing lyrics to the Bury, UK band's next album. Translation: If he can't find them, he won't remember them. If you know where the infamous notebook is, go to elbow's official web site, www.elbow.co.uk and fire them an e-mail. ...
| U2's Bono Guests On Armstrong Album
LONDON, UK (BBC/Radio1) - U2 frontman Bono has helped Scottish composer Craig Armstrong update a version of the Irish rock band's song "Stay (Faraway, So Close)," for Armstrong's next album, As If To Nothing, due April 2 from Melankolic/Astralwerks Records. Bono adds vocals to the track, the original ...
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White Stripes going to record in London
DETROIT (CDnow) - While the White Stripes' third effort, White Blood Cells, was part of many year-end picks for 2001, the Detroit-based brother and sister team of Jack and Meg White are well advanced with its follow up. "I think we're almost done, actually, with all the songs," says Jack. "We're probably ...
| Santana Kicks Off US Tour March 21 In Tampa; European Trek To Follow
NEW YORK (Santana.com) - Santana will kick off a spring U.S. tour on March 21 in Tampa, before heading to Europe for a few months of dates in May and June. The U.S. trek will include nine dates through April 2, while the European tour runs from May 15 in Denmark through June 16 in Italy. Meanwhile, ...
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Stereophonics, JJ72 Too Rough Around The Edges In Tour Opener
LOS ANGELES (LA Times) - One can only wonder if kicking off the opening date of your North American tour with "Mr. Writer," a plea for journalists to get the story straight, is an exercise in intimidation on the part of the Stereophonics. The Welsh trio did just that at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, ...
| U2's The Edge: I've Learned A Lot
LONDON, UK (U2.com) - U2 guitarist The Edge went to England last week to help celebrate the 60th birthday of physicist Stephen Hawking. The author of �A Brief History of Time, a theory about the creation and end of the world�. Hawking held his birthday celebration at Cambridge University, where he's ...
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Is Bruce Springsteen born to run on Broadway?
NEW YORK (Top40-Charts) - Rumors here in NY says that the New York-based Culture Project is expected to preview a rough demo of the two-hour production to Springsteen himself in March. If Bruce ultimately gives the thumbs-up, Drive All Night could very well be a Broadway, off-Broadway...or, at the very ...
| U2 Putting Limited-Edition Album On Sale At 'Target Stores'
NEW YORK (Yahoo) - U2 has teamed up with Target Stores for a limited-edition CD that will only be available through the nationwide retailer. Titled U2 7, the collection features seven U2 songs, ranging from an acoustic version of "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of," to remixes of "Beautiful Day" ...
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Neil Young Gets 'Passionate' On New Album
DETROIT (AP) - Although no date has been officially determined, Neil Young is planning a spring release for his next solo album, currently titled Are You Passionate? The 11-track collection features Young working with a band that includes Booker T. & the MG's alumni Booker T. Jones on keyboards and ...
| Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Makes Massive Donation To U.K. Homeless Charity
LONDON, UK (AP) - Pink Floyd singer-guitarist David Gilmour recently sold one of his British homes, but rather than pocketing the money he is putting it to work for a good cause. Gilmour sold his London residence to Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana, for a reported 4.5 million British ...
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Adam Ant Faces Charges in Pub Fight
LONDON (Daily Telegraph) - Adam Ant, the punk-turned-pop musician who scored hits in the 1980s, faces assault and weapons charges after a scuffle in a London pub, police said Monday. The 47-year-old singer, whose real name is Stuart Goddard, was arrested Saturday night at the Prince of Wales pub in ...
| Sheryl Crow Album To Feature Henley, Kravitz, Nicks & Others
NEW YORK (AP) - Sheryl Crow is almost finished with her new studio album, her first since 1998's The Globe Sessions. The March release features appearances from Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Lenny Kravitz, Emmylou Harris, Doyle Bramhall II, and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks. Crow also recently guested ...
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