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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U2's Bono Heads To Africa To Talk Debt Relief, AIDS & Poverty
NEW YORK (AP) - As U2 works on new material in Dublin and prepares for February performances at the Super Bowl and at the Winter Olympic Games, frontman Bono is off to Africa this week to speak with government leaders and activists about worldwide debt relief for impoverished nations. Bono will address ...
| CURL, A new band from Canada: Who is Who
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - Emerging from the ashes of Montreal's most thriving alternative band, CURL has quickly taken back the place occupied by its former incarnation (Santeria) to become one of the city's leading forces on the music scene. Over the years, CURL has built up a strong base of loyal ...
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Black Crowes On Hiatus, Chris Robinson To Go Solo
NEW YORK (Launc/Yahoo) - In the wake of drummer Steve Gorman's departure, the Black Crowes have announced that after 15 years and eight albums, the band is "taking a hiatus," with no time frame put on the break. In a statement today (January 8) from the group's spokesman, it was also revealed that frontman ...
| Chris Isaak's First Album In Four Years Due In February
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Isaak returns February 12 with Always Got Tonight, his eighth album and first since 1998's Speak Of The Devil. The effort includes the first single, "Let Me Down Easy," for which a video was shot last weekend. The song captures the moody pop-rock style for which Isaak is best ...
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Fleetwood Mac Album Almost Finished, Tour To Follow
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - It's full speed ahead this year for a new album and tour from Fleetwood Mac. The band-drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, and singer Stevie Nicks-has been working on the untitled project for a little while, and Nicks tells us ...
| Bryan Adams Is Apple Of Queen's Eye
TORONTO, CA (AP) - Bryan Adams, who made a new name for himself as the photographer of �Made In Canada�, a book of portraits sold to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, has perhaps been given the ultimate reward for his efforts, by being chosen to photograph the Queen as part of her upcoming ...
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Eric Clapton Marries 25-Year-Old
LONDON (AP) - Eric Clapton married his girlfriend in a private New Year's Day ceremony, which included the christening of his two daughters. The Rev. Christopher Elson, vicar of the church of St. Mary Magdalen, said Thursday that he married Clapton, 56, and American Melia McEnery, 25. The vicar also ...
| Orbison's Widow Sues
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Roy Orbison's widow has filed a $10 million lawsuit, charging that documentary production companies owe her money and misrepresented their relationships with television networks. Barbara Orbison Productions Inc. filed the Circuit Court lawsuit last week against three companies ...
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