Weezer Cancels European Tour; Plans U.S. Tour Instead
NEW YORK (AP) - Weezer has cancelled its European tour, which was slated to kick off on Oct. 9 in Denmark and run through Nov. 1 in Scotland. "For Weezer, the rest of 2001 will be spent in the USA," states a post on the band's official Web site on Monday (Oct. 1). "While the recent tragic events have ...
| Navarro, Electra Talk Attraction
NEW YORK (AP) - They're both famous, but Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra met on a blind date - and were instantly attracted to each other. This past summer, they got engaged. "The moment she walked into the restaurant I thought, `I'm a dead man, it's over. I'm done,''' guitarist Navarro told Jane magazine ...
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Limp Bizkit Whips Up Remix Album, DVD
LOS ANGELES (AP) - While Limp Bizkit fans may be wishing for some new material this holiday season, what they actually will get is a remix album, said to be titled "Limp Remizkit," according to a post from frontman Fred Durst on the band's official Web site. Interscope Records was unable to provide ...
| Staind's Aaron Lewis Guests On Next Sevendust Album
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Staind's Aaron Lewis makes a guest appearance on Animosity, the new album from rockers Sevendust, due in stores November 13 from TVT Records. The chart-topping frontman can be heard on backing vocals on the song, "Follow." Other tracks on the Atlanta rockers' third album include first ...
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L.A.'s All Tomorrow's Parties Fest Postponed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The first-ever American edition of the U.K.'s All Tomorrow's Parties festival, to be curated by Sonic Youth and held Oct.19-21 on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles, has been postponed. In a statement, the band said, "in lieu of the events of [September] ...
| Staind Plan Next Album
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Staind will begin writing new material for the follow-up to this year's triple-platinum LP Break the Cycle, when they embark on the Family Values tour next month. "Once we head out on the road again, I'm going to start putting down some ideas and working on some of the stuff we didn't ...
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New Alanis Album In February; New Song Online Now
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Alanis Morissette is tidying up her next album, tentatively titled Under Rug Swept, for release in February, and she's giving fans a little taste of her new material online. As previewed on a recent tour, Morissette's new songs hark back to the provocative pop-rock of 1995's ...
| Jane's Extends Tour, Adds Support Acts
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jane's Addiction's Jubilee reunion tour has been extended through Oct. 29, with 17 dates finalized so far. Live and Femi Kuti will open on the tour's initial dates, with Prodigy and Stereo MCs taking over in mid-to-late October. More shows are expected to be announced, with dates ...
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Radiohead To Release Live Album
NEW YORK (AP) - Radiohead will release a live album through Capitol on Nov. 13, a label spokesperson confirms. Recorded on various stops during the band's recent North American tour, the yet-to-be-titled, eight-song concert disc will feature the previously unreleased track "True Love Waits." The tune ...
| Dave Matthews Band, Strokes, Sheryl Crow Rethink Their Music
LOS ANGELES (AP) - From the Dave Matthews Band to the Strokes, rock and pop artists are re-examining their music in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. Matthews changed his mind about releasing "When the World Ends" as his band's next radio single, feeling it would be insensitive given people's ...
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Modern Rockers Bush Contemplate Changing Lyric Due To Terror Attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - Altering the title of Bush's new single--"Speed Kills" to "The People That We Love"--might not be the only change Bush has to make on its forthcoming album Golden State. Another track on the October 16 release, "Head Full Of Ghosts," contains the lyrics, "I'm at my best when I'm terrorist ...
| Rocker Marilyn Manson Arraigned
CLARKSTON, Mich. (AP) - Shock rocker Marilyn Manson was arraigned on a sexual misconduct charge stemming from allegations that he gyrated against the neck and head of a security guard during a July concert in Michigan. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, is charged with criminal sexual conduct ...
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Creed Name Album, Give Aid
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Creed have titled their third album Weathered, and it will be released November 20th. The band has been recording in their native Florida since July with producer John Kurzweg, who worked on the band's debut, 1997's My Own Prison, as well as 1999's Human Clay. Weathered brings ...
| Incubus Offer 'Morning' Peek
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Incubus are counting down the thirty-three days left until the release of their fourth album, Morning View, by releasing one track every Monday morning. EnjoyIncubus.com will feature one song at promptly 11 a.m. PT, which will remain on the site the entire week. Every other weekday ...
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New Wilco Album Hits The Net
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Label-less Chicago rock outfit Wilco is allowing visitors to its official Web site to listen to a streaming version of its unreleased fourth album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," in its entirety. In addition, the group has decided to go ahead with its planned U.S. tour, despite the recent ...
| Pearl Jam guitarist turns over solo leaf
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After performing in five acclaimed bands, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is savoring his independence with a solo project, the first time a member of the famed Seattle rock combo has struck out on his own. Gossard remains an integral member of Pearl Jam, which is on hiatus ...
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Alanis Morissette Sends 'Love To Everyone Afraid' In Letter To Fans
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Many artists have spoken out about the terrorist attacks that struck New York and Washington, D.C., last Tuesday (Sept. 11) some more than others. Alanis Morissette has taken time out from readying her third studio album, due by the end of the year on Maverick Records, ...
| Family Values Tour Reschedules Ticket Sales
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Due to Tuesday (Sept. 11)'s tragedies on the East Coast, officials at the forthcoming Family Values tour have announced that they will reschedule most of the pre-sale and on-sale dates for the tour until next week. As of now, only the Indianapolis show on Oct. 16 and the Toronto ...
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Family Values Nails Down More Dates, Venues
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Family Values Tour, featuring Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Staind, Static X, Deadsy, and newly confirmed Spike 1000 � has firmed up even more dates. The itinerary -- new and old -- now goes like this: Oct. 11, Cleveland, Cleveland State Convocation Center Oct. 12, Chicago, ...
| Love Proceeds With Court Case Vs. Universal
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A day after telling the California State Legislature a law locking musicians into recording contracts amounts to indentured servitude, rock star Courtney Love took her case to Superior Court yesterday (Sept. 6), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Love is attempting to break her ...
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