Confusion over Harrison ceremony
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Vigils have been held for a third day for George Harrison on the banks of India's River Ganges, but there is still uncertainty over where the former Beatle's ashes will be scattered. Officials of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) said that Harrison's ...
| The Strokes have had two UK top 20 singles
LONDON, UK (BBC) - An American guitar band who were unknown a year ago have impressed music critics so much that their debut album has been named album of the year in two separate polls. The Strokes have topped end-of-year lists in alternative music magazine NME and internet retailer Amazon.co.uk, ...
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George Harrison Update: Ashes To India, Memorials Set, & More Artists Mourn
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Beatles guitarist George Harrison's ashes are reportedly being released into India's sacred Ganges River in a private ceremony in Varanasi, India, on Monday (Dec. 3), according to the BBC. The ritual adheres to the tenets of Hare Krishna, the sect of Hindi Harrison belonged. The ...
| U2 Confirms Halftime Performance At Super Bowl
NEW YORK (AP) - U2 has finally confirmed that it will perform during the halftime special at the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 at the Louisiana Superdome on Nov. 19 that the band had signed on for the event. The band posted the announcement on its official Web site on Sunday (Dec. 2). The E*Trade Super Bowl ...
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Beatle Harrison made secret last album - paper
LONDON, UK (Reuters) - Former Beatle George Harrison was secretly recording a last album in the months before he died, according to British media reports on Sunday. The Sunday Times newspaper said Harrison played tracks from the album to his family at a Los Angeles hospital last Sunday, four days before ...
| Britain's PJ Harvey beats Madonna in music poll
LONDON, UK (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter PJ Harvey is the greatest female rock and pop artist of all time, according to a music magazine poll. Harvey, the daughter of a sheep farmer in rural Somerset, west England, beat Madonna into second place and Kate Bush into third in Q Magazine's survey ...
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Fans pay tribute to Harrison
LIVERPOOL, UK (Reuters) - Thousands of Beatles fans have been leaving flowers and cards at makeshift shrines to George Harrison in cities around the world. A day after the news of Harrison's death, tributes continued to come in from those who knew him or were touched by his music. The Queen said she ...
| Tributes flood in for Harrison
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts) - Public figures, friends and colleagues of George Harrison have been paying tribute to the former, who has died at the age of 58 after a long illness. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "People of my generation grew up with the Beatles, and they were the background to our ...
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Semisonic Singer Doing Solo CD
CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) - Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson is at work on songs for his debut solo record, which is due for release next year. The album follows Semisonic's All About Chemistry, which was released earlier this year. While Wilson has been at the helm for the still-together Semisonic for the last ...
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Kick Off Tour Of America Feb. 6
NEW YORK (AP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young will kick off a 35-city Tour of America on Feb. 6 in Detroit. The tour follows the foursome's successful CSNY2000 tour, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash's tour this past August and September. Tickets for the new trek will begin going on sale on Saturday (Dec. 1) ...
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Korn's Jonathan Davis's Movie Music To Hit Screen In February
NEW YORK (AP) - Korn singer Jonathan Davis's musical compositions with Clive Barker are set to debut in Queen Of The Damned, which hits movie screens February 22. The Warner Bros. picture, directed by Michael Rymer, is the film adaptation of the third installment of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The ...
| Everclear Frontman Planning Solo Album
NEW YORK (AP) - Everclear frontman Art Alexakis is planning to begin work early next year on a solo album for Capitol, the artist tells in the Dec. 1, 2001, issue. "I'm not defined by Everclear," Alexakis says. "There are things I want to do, even if the music isn't worlds away. This can be just my ...
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U2 rule the World!
NEW YORK (AP) - 'The Joshua Tree' by U2 has been voted the greatest album of all time, in a massive poll questioning a quarter of a million music fans. The result sees The Beatles loosening their eternal stranglehold on the procession of surveys bidding to gage the most influential recordings in the ...
| Springsteen Sets Holiday Benefit Concert Series
NEW JESREY (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen will once again host a series of holiday benefit shows at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, N.J. The five concerts, set for Dec. 3-4 and 6-8, will feature the Max Weinberg 7 from "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and will benefit local charities. Tickets to the shows ...
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Hootie Gives to Education Program
TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Pop-rock band Hootie and the Blowfish has donated $60,000 to benefit a family learning and a reading program. Gov. Jim Hodges at the Timmonsville Education Center on Friday when the band announced its commitment at the center, which holds the town's elementary, middle and high ...
| Mick Jagger Celebrates 'Goddess In The Doorway' In Style
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Mick Jagger threw quite the bash in celebration of his new solo album, Goddess in the Doorway (due Nov. 20 on Virgin), Thursday (Nov. 15) night at the El Rey in Los Angeles. The Rolling Stones frontman - dressed in tight black jeans, a red T-shirt with the Statue of Liberty ...
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Bon Jovi's Sambora Says Olympic Gig Is 'Significant' To Band's Image
SALT LAKE CITY (Top40 Charts) - Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora is pleased with the group's inclusion at the closing ceremonies at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on February 24, where the band will perform along with *NSYNC and Christina Aguilera. He tells that their participation ...
| Mick Jagger Says New Album Full Of 'Very Personal' Songs
NEW YORK (AP) - With the release of his new solo album Goddess In The Doorway looming, Mick Jagger is using his website to tell us what it's all about. In an interview posted at mickjagger.com, the Rolling Stones frontman says, "These are all very personal songs. The thing about this album is that it ...
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Van Morrison wins libel damages
NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Van Morrison has won substantial damages over a newspaper allegation that he had an affair with American singer Linda Gail Lewis. A lawyer for the Sunday Independent apologised to Morrison and his long-term partner Michelle Rocca in the High Court in Belfast on Wednesday. The ...
| Santana Sets 2002 Euro Tour
NEW YORK (AP) - After a well-deserved rest in the wake of the extensive promotional activity that followed 1999's Arista album "Supernatural," Santana has scheduled a slate of European tour dates for late May and early June. The itinerary kicks off May 16 at Copenhagen's Parken Stadium, and concludes ...
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