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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| Early Matchbox Twenty Secret To Be Revealed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rob Thomas' pre-Matchbox Twenty recordings are finally seeing the light of day, thanks to a former bandmate who spent a half a decade trying to put "the nail in the group's coffin." Don't Play With Matches, the only studio album by Tabitha's Secret (which featured Matchbox Twenty ...
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Petty in the Studio
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have begun work on their next album. Tracking at Los Angeles' Cello Studios, the band is again working with Rick Rubin, who produced 1999's Echo, 1996's She's the One and Petty's last solo album, 1994's Wildflowers." Many tracks on Echo, which was inspired ...
| Jerry Cantrell Added To Sammy Hagar Bash
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell has been added to the lineup for Sammy Hagar's birthday bash--dubbed the Cabo Wabo Mexican Meltdown--at Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cantrell will accompany Hagar on stage during the Red Rocker's set on October 13, ...
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Classic rock artists find new life on 'Net
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - As an increasing number of high-profile artists head to court to fight what they see as exploitative recording contracts, a clutch of veteran rockers from the '70s and '80s have joined forces to circumvent the industry and market directly to their fans on the Net. The group, ...
| OASIS' SEPTEMBER SONGS
LONDON, UK (AP) - NOEL GALLAGHER has told NME that OASIS have set a deadline of September 10 to complete their new album. Speaking backstage at last weekend's Carling Weekend Festival in Reading, Gallagher said that the group plan to start rehearsing for their tenth anniversary live shows on that date, ...
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Blink-182 Can't Tone Down Live Show
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - With Blink-182's continued trek across North America tour in support of its latest album, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, comes the crass nightly onstage humor and language. The trio compounds its behavior by performing it front of a flaming, 12-foot-high sign boasting the ...
| Matchbox 20's
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tabitha's Secret will become a matter of public record with the October 9th release of Don't Play With Matches. Broken up since the summer of 1995, the band contained three current Matchbox Twenty members: singer/guitarist Rob Thomas, bassist Brian Yale and drummer Paul Doucette. ...
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