July 18, 2007 - Rapper T.I.'s latest set, "T.I. vs. T.I.P.," sold 178,000 copies during its second week in stores, enough to hold on to the No. 1 spot on the US album chart.
July 13, 2007 - Six years after he dissolved it, Billy Corgan has once again revived The Smashing Pumpkins brand--though only drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has returned to join him from the group's '90s heyday.
July 9, 2007 - Once you put the energy-sucking and pollution-producing metropolis of New York City behind and start heading south, one of the next behemoths of conspicuous consumption, the Meadowlands sports complex, rises from the swamps of Jersey. The cold and uninviting concrete of Giants Stadium seems like the least 'green' location possible for a concert dedicated to saving the planet from environmental destruction, but the venue ended up substituting for what was originally planned as a Washington, DC, ground-zero destination for Live Earth US.
July 3, 2007 - With their new album set to hit shelves next week, The Smashing Pumpkins have announced their first full-scale North American tour since 2000.
March 28, 2007 - Pop-punk outfit Good Charlotte plans to back its just-released album, "Good Morning Revival," with a series of high-profile television appearance as the group gears up for a world tour behind the set.
Six years after he dissolved it, Billy Corgan has once again revived The Smashing Pumpkins brand--though only drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has returned to join him from the group's '90s heyday.
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