R.E.M. Unearths 'Cuyahoga' To Protest Bush Environmental Policies
Athens, Georgia (Top40 Charts) - R.E.M. has unearthed "Cuyahoga," a track from the band's 1986 album, Lifes Rich Pageant, in some of its recent promotional performances as a protest of sorts to the environmental policies of President George W. Bush. The song is named for the river that flows through ...
| Simple Minds Cover Bowie, The Doors & Neil Young
NY (Top40 Charts) Coming this fall is Neon Lights, an album of cover songs recorded by Simple Minds. The set features lead singer Jim Kerr and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Burchill running through tracks from some of their heroes, including David Bowie (Simple Minds took its name from a lyric in "Jean ...
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Everclear, Kiss on Rock Star
NY (RollingStone) - The soundtrack for the upcoming Mark Wahlberg/Jennifer Aniston vehicle Rock Star will hit stores August 28th and feature some all-star talent. Along with tracks from arena rockers like Kiss and Bon Jovi, there are five original songs by the movie's fictitious band, Steel Dragon. ...
| B-52's Fred Schneider To Lend Vocals To Eat Static Remix
NY (AP) - B-52's main man Fred Schneider and Merv Pepler, of the U.K. techno/trance duo Eat Static, are set to enter a New York studio next month to work on the remix for "Crash and Burn," which is the title track from Eat Static's latest album on CyberOctave Records. "The funny thing," says Pepler, ...
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Guns N' Roses Las Vegas DVD Due Sept. 21; Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan Album Updates
Las Vegas (Reuters) Guns N' Roses' New Years Eve show at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas is scheduled to be released to the Japanese market Sept. 21 on DVD and video. The recording runs 140 minutes and features the 20-track set list, including four new songs from the GNR's (supposedly) forthcoming new ...
| Kravitz to Release
NY (AP) - Lenny Kravitz will release his sixth album, simply titled Lenny, in early November on Virgin Records. The release is his first since last year's Greatest Hits, which featured the new single "Again," and his first album of new material since 1999's 5. In addition to playing most of the instruments ...
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PJ Harvey Comes Back to U.S.
NY (Rolling Stone) - Fresh off her triumphant support slot on U2's Elevation tour, PJ Harvey is set to return to the U.S. with a series of solo dates in September. The artist, who recently received a nomination for Britain's prestigious Mercury Music Prize for her Stories From the City, Stories From ...
| Staind Singer Hopes To Steer Clear Of Rock 'N' Roll Tragedy
LA (AP) - With a top five album on the Billboard 200 album chart and a monster hit ("It's Been Awhile"), the press onslaught and pressure of fame are knocking at Staind's door. AP asked singer Aaron Lewis if he was concerned about ending up a rock 'n' roll tragedy like the late Kurt Cobain or Alice ...
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New Oasis Due This Fall
Tokyo (Reuters) - Oasis will release a new single this October with an album to follow soon after, promises Noel Gallagher. Speaking from Japan, where Oasis performed at the Fuji Rock Festival last Friday, the band's main creative force said, "We're halfway through recording a new album, we have a ...
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Pushes Back Tour, Names Replacement Bassist
NY (AP) - In the wake of the recent deaths of bassist Leon Wilkeson and the father-in-law of guitarist Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd has pushed back the start of its tour a bit more than originally planned. The band will now kick things off on August 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, ...
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Camper Take On Fleetwood Mac
Richmond (RS) - Wry roots rockers Cracker have wrapped their fourth full-length album and first since 1998's Gentleman's Blues. Forever - produced by the band at frontman David Lowery's Sound of Music studios in Richmond, Virginia - will drop in January. The album title is proving to be a popular one, ...
| John Mellencamp Not Fighting Corporate Giants Anymore
NY (Launch) - John Mellencamp summer tour--which kicked off yesterday (July 31) in San Diego and runs until this year's Farm Aid concert in Noblesville, Indiana, on September 29--is visiting the usually array of summer amphitheaters. Many of those venues are owned and/or operated by SFX, the music-industry ...
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Jagger Inks With Virgin For November Solo Set
NY (Billboard) - Mick Jagger's first solo record in eight years has found a home at Virgin Records, the label confirms. Although a title has yet to be announced for the follow-up to 1993's "Wandering Spirit," a November release date is promised. The Rolling Stones frontman has spent the bulk of the ...
| Following Wilkeson's Death, Lynyrd Skynyrd To Continue Tour
LA (AP) - It appears Lynyrd Skynyrd will go on without Leon Wilkeson, the 49-year-old bassist who was found dead at a Florida hotel on Friday. The Southern rockers have postponed more than a week of their summer tour, but will continue without Wilkeson on August 9, the spokesperson for their management ...
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Harrison Joins Capaldi On New Single!
London (AP) - While accounts vary in the U.K. media about the health of George Harrison, the ex-Beatle continues to turn up as a treasured guest on various recordings. Next up is an apperance on guitar on "Anna Julia", the forthcoming single by ex-Traffic member Jim Capaldi. The cut, to be released ...
| U2 enjoying European 'Elevation'
LONDON (Billboard) - U2's single "Elevation" is living up to its name across Europe, vaulting 22-5 in its third week on Music and Media's Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. "Elevation" holds at No.1 in Portugal; moves 3-2 in Spain and 4-3 in Italy; and debuts at No. 1 in Ireland, No. 3 in the U.K. and No. 6 ...
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WATCH BRAND NEW REM VIDEO !!!
New York (Top40-charts.com) - After unveiling the new REM album 'Reveal' and previewing the 'Imitation Of Life' video, Top40-charts brings fans of the Athens trio another succulent exclusive. Check out the full-length video to their new single 'All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)'. Following ...
| Living Colour reunites, kicks off tour
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Seminal guitar rock outfit Living Colour has reunited and begun lining up a handful of U.S. tour dates, kicking off Aug. 1 in Old Bridge, N.J., according to the Black Rock Coalition, a non-profit agency founded by Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid. Living Colour reunited ...
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Gabriel to play acoustic set at WOMAD Fest
(Launch) - Peter Gabriel has announced a special one-off acoustic performance for the WOMAD Festival, which takes place this weekend in Redmond, Wash. Gabriel, already set to play with the Afro-Celt Sound System on Sunday, will do his own set, tentatively scheduled for that evening at 8 p.m. PT and ...
| Bon Jovi ready for 2 wild nights in N.J.
(Launch) - Bon Jovi's One Wild Night 2001 U.S. tour rolls into the band's home state of New Jersey for two sold-out shows at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford this Friday and Saturday. The concerts mark the band's first performances at Giants Stadium since June 1989, when it performed there during its ...
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