October 9, 2000 - LONDON--Australian popsters Savage Garden have added two new U.K. dates to their upcoming European tour in November and December. The duo of Daniel Jones and Darren Hayes will now kick off their 15-date trek on Nov. 9 at Newcastle, England’s Telewest Arena, not at the Olympia in Paris as originally planned.
September 7, 2000 - Variety reported that Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) introduced legislation to repeal a 1999 law that makes an artist's recordings "works for hire." The law allows record companies to own a recording for 95 years instead of the previous term of 35 years.
June 7, 2000 - Savage Garden is assembling a North American summer tour that focuses mainly on the fair circuit in the East and Midwest, though the Australian pop duo will open the month-long tour at New York's Radio Music Hall on July 25.
May 25, 2000 - LONDON--The 3rd annual Party in the Park 2000 festival--which will feature Christina Aguilera's first U.K. appearance--set a world record on Thursday (5/25) by selling out all of its 100,000 tickets in less than seven hours, a new single-day concert sales record, according to the event's publicist.
