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Great White offers to settle lawsuits over club fire

Great White has offered $1 million to settle lawsuits over a 2003 nightclub fire in which 100 people died and more than 200 were injured. More than 300 parties and the presiding federal judge must approve the settlement. which stipulates that the band does not admit to any wrongdoing for the fire. The blaze started when pyrotechnics ignited packaging foam that the club owners had used as soundproofing, according to an Associated Press report.

Rock the Bayou takes over Houston

A good sampling of rock's most notorious hair bands--including Warrant, Great White, Bret Michaels and Slaughter--will gather in Houston over Labor Day Weekend for the inaugural "Rock the Bayou" music bash.

Briefly: Madonna, Great White, Goo Goo Dolls, Kevin Federline

Madonna's current world tour is now the highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist, according to promoter Live Nation.

Briefly: Tool, Pearl Jam, Great White, Ne-Yo

With sales of about 550,000 copies, rockers Tool top the latest Billboard 200 album chart with "10,000 Days," their first new album since 2001's chart-topping set "Lateralus."

Briefly: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, Ruben Gonzalez, George Clinton, Rhode Island club fire

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have already lined up several performances in Europe for next summer, including some stops on the festival circuit.

Briefly: Rolling Stones, Great White, Jam Master J, file sharing, Delbert McClinton

The Rolling Stones postponed Wednesday (8/20) night's show in Amsterdam because frontman Mick Jagger was suffering a sore throat.

Briefly: Andrew W.K., Master P and Lil' Romeo, Inland Invasion III, Great White

Rocker Andrew W.K. has announced a promotion in which he will place a personal phone call to 1,250 fans who purchase his forthcoming album, "The Wolf."

Great White plots new headlining dates to benefit club-fire victims

Just days after scrapping a multi-act benefit tour due to "insurance issues," Great White is lining up shows of its own to benefit the survivors and families of victims of a deadly nightclub fire earlier this year.

Great White scraps benefit tour due to 'insurance issues'

Great White, citing an inability to secure insurance, has canceled a multi-act tour that was to have benefited the families of victims of a deadly Rhode Island nightclub fire earlier this year.

Rhode Island club fire claims 100th life

A woman who suffered severe burns more than two months ago in a fast-moving Rhode Island nightclub fire is now the blaze's 100th fatality, according to Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital.