Matchbox Twenty Songs Stick Around
LOS ANGELES (AP) - You're not imagining things - Matchbox Twenty really is on the radio all the time. The group's song "If You're Gone'' came out a year ago, and it's still popular. Last week, it was No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary chart. Lead singer Rob Thomas said that's the case with ...
| Bad Company Drummer Remembers Touching Christmas
NEW YORK (AP) - Bad Company is known as a rough-and-tumble outfit, but that doesn't mean the members don't have hearts under their leather jackets. Drummer Simon Kirke told us about one particular Christmas when he was moved to tears. It happened at the Marquee Club in London in the early '90s while ...
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Rob Zombie To Get 'Kroovy' For 'Rollerball'
NEW YORK (AP) - Rob Zombie has served up the song "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)" for use in the upcoming film Rollerball, which premieres February 8. The song will be featured in the action flick remake as well as in the national television and radio promotional campaign hyping it. In return, ...
| U2 Guitarist Saddened By Death Of Big Country Frontman
NEW YORK (AP) - The Edge is saddened by the death of former Big Country frontman Stuart Adamson. The singer-guitarist writes on U2's website (u2.com), "He was a great inspiration to me when U2 were starting out. His first band the Skids made such a big noise and with songs like 'Into The Valley' and ...
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Sex Pistols could spoil Queen's party - again
LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty-five years after making their mark as the official scourge of royalty, the legendary British punk band the Sex Pistols may regroup for the Queen's golden jubilee, a tour promoter said Tuesday. The gigs would take place June 3 when Queen Elizabeth will celebrate 50 years on ...
| Crazy Town 30 Songs Into New Album
NEW YORK (AP) - Chart-topping hard rock outfit Crazy Town has written 30 songs for its second Columbia album and is working in Hollywood, Calif., at the group's newly purchased studio. The label says an as-yet-intones producer will eventually be brought in to assist, but for now, guitarist Squirrel ...
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Big Country's Adamson Found Dead
HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) - Stuart Adamson, lead singer and guitarist for the Scottish rock band Big Country, which had hits in the 1980s with "In a Big Country'' and "Fields of Fire,'' was found dead in a hotel room of an apparent suicide, authorities said. Adamson, 43, has been missing from his Nashville, ...
| Pitney Inducted Into Rock Hall
SOMERS, Conn. (AP) - The Rockville Rocket is aimed at Cleveland. Gene Pitney, who grew up in the Rockville section of Vernon, was inducted into the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2002. "Eight times I was nominated,'' the 60-year-old singer told The Hartford Courant. "I was hoping I'd ...
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Five For Fighting On 'Sports Illustrated' Awards
NEW YORK (AP) - Five For Fighting performed at Sports Illustrated's Night Of Champions earlier this month, which was pre-taped for a television special that airs Saturday night (December 15) on NBC. The band, led by singer/songwriter John Ondrasik, performed "Superman (It's Not Easy)," from its album ...
| Everlast Leads New All-Star Band
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Everlast, who had one of 1999's biggest hits with "What It's Like," is now fronting an all-star band called Mary Jane's Boyfriends, possibly referring to the slang term for marijuana. The band features Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, Stephen Carpenter of the Deftones, Mellowman ...
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Merchant To Perform Live For Oxygen
NEW YORK (AP) - Natalie Merchant will be subject of a televised concert on the Oxygen network next Friday (Dec. 21). "Up Close And Personal With Natalie Merchant" will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and will be simultaneously streamed through Oxygen's Web site.The concert, Merchant's first televised performance ...
| Sum 41 Talks 'Motivation,' Pranks, & Next Album
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Motivation" will be the next video from Sum 41's platinum-selling All Killer No Filler album. The follow-up to "In Too Deep," shot two weeks ago in L.A., will debut on MTV in late January. "It's more about the lack of motivation," says Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley, the punk band's 21-year-old ...
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Dave Matthews, Jackson Browne Perform At Gala Honoring Neil Young
LOS AMGELES (AP) - Rocker Neil Young was the man of the hour on Tuesday (Dec. 11) at the People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) 20th Anniversary Celebration and Spirit of Liberty Awards program at the posh Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dave Matthews and Jackson Browne ...
| Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour Launches Jan. 29
NEW YORK (AP) - Leader of nu-metal Linkin Park has firmed up the details of its inaugural Projekt Revolution Tour, which, like Moby's Area:One Tour last year, aims to showcase a variety of musical styles and genres. The tour - featuring Cypress Hill, Adema, DJ Z-Trip, and DJ battles - will kick off ...
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Ganges vigil for Harrison over
LONDON, UK (BBC) - Fans of George Harrison, who hoped to see his ashes scattered into the River Ganges in India, have ended their vigil. Orthodox Hindus believe that ashes must be sprinkled in one of India's holy rivers within 13 days of death and the deadline is Wednesday. The Hari Krishna moment still ...
| Bob Dylan Adds Southern Tour Dates For Early Next Year
NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Dylan has added dates to his touring schedule, playing Southern markets beginning at the end of January. There will be no opening act on this tour, but all dates will feature Dylan and his band. Tickets for several shows are available in a special Internet presale at his official ...
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Petty Nominated for Florida Award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Rock star Tom Petty has been nominated for the University of Florida's Distinguished Achievement Award. Petty, the 51-year-old lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is a Gainesville native and 1968 graduate of Gainesville High School. He left the city in 1974 and now ...
| Frampton Honors Harrison in Concert
CINCINNATI (AP) - Peter Frampton paid homage to the late George Harrison at a concert he organized to raise money for the Sept. 11 relief fund. During an encore Sunday night, the British guitarist played an emotional version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps'' as a tribute to Harrison, who died of cancer ...
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George Harrison Hit Single To Be Re-Released For Charity
NEW YORK (AP) - EMI Records will re-release George Harrison's best known solo hit, 1971's "My Sweet Lord," with proceeds going to an as-yet-undecided charity in the wake of the Beatle guitarist's death last week.
There was no word at press time on an exact release date for the single, which is expected ...
| Starsailor, Frank Black, & Glen Phillips Come Together For Gimme Shelter
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A slew of talented singer-songwriters came together for the Gimme Shelter Benefit at the Roxy in Los Angeles on Wednesday (Dec. 5). Charlotte Martin, Starsailor, Glen Phillips, Joe Henry, John Mayer, John Doe, and surprise guest Frank Black all lent their services to the annual ...
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