Thursday, July 11, 2002
In Brief: Dave Matthews Band, Brian McKnight, Ashanti, Dixie Chicks
New Tori Amos album. Billboard to launch bluegrass chart. Christian- and gospel-music sales on the rise.
New Tori Amos album. Billboard to launch bluegrass chart. Christian- and gospel-music sales on the rise.
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The new Dave Matthews Band track “Grace is Gone,” from the band’s forthcoming album, “Busted Stuff,” will debut on AOL Music (Keyword: First Listen) and Netscape Music on Friday (7/12). The album will be released on Tuesday (7/16).
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Singer-songwriter Brian McKnight will sing the U.S. National Anthem and R&B star Ashanti will perform during halftime at the 2002 WNBA All-Star Game, which takes place on Monday (7/15) at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.
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The Dixie Chicks‘ 1999 album, “Fly,” has been awarded a diamond award--representing shipments within the U.S. of more than 10 million copies--by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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A new Tori Amos album titled “Scarlet’s Walk” is scheduled for release on Oct. 15.
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Starting with its July 20 issue, Billboard magazine will add a new chart that tracks bluegrass album sales. The move comes several months after the bluegrass-heavy “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack received the Grammy award for 2001 album of the year.
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Sales of contemporary Christian and gospel music rose 18 percent over the first half of 2002, marking six straight quarters of growth, according to the Christian Music Trade Association. According to SoundScan, the total of contemporary Christian- and gospel-music albums sold from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2002 was 23.4 million, up from 19.8 million for the same period last year. Country was the only other genre to experience growth.
Ticket Window: Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, George Strait
This week’s major new on-sales also include tickets for Creed, Tool, and the Who.
This week’s major new on-sales also include tickets for Creed, Tool, and the Who.
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Aerosmith
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- Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach, 8/30), on sale 7/13 at 9 a.m. ET
- Columbus, Ohio (Polaris, 9/16), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. ET
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Riverbend, 9/20), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. ET
- Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon, 9/22), on sale 7/13 at 11 a.m. ET
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Bruce Springsteen
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- East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Arena), on sale 7/13 at noon ET
- Washington, D.C. (MCI Center, 8/10), on sale 7/13 at 11 a.m. ET
- New York (Madison Square Garden, 8/12), on sale 7/13 at noon ET
- Cleveland (Gund Arena, 8/14), on sale 7/13 at noon ET
- Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace, 8/15), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. ET
- Inglewood, Calif. (Forum, 8/24), on sale 7/14 at 10 a.m. PT
- San Jose, Calif. (Compaq Center, 8/27), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. PT
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Creed
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- Fargo, N.D. (Fargodome, 8/13), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. CT
- Richmond, Va. (Coliseum, 8/22), on sale 7/13 at noon ET
- Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion, 8/30), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. ET
- Dallas (Smirnoff Music Center, 9/24), on sale 7/13 at noon CT
- Woodlands, Texas, Woodlands Pavilion, 9/25, on sale 7/13 at noon CT
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George Strait
Read about the tour.
- Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena, 9/27), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. ET
- Dallas (American Airlines Center, 11/1), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. CT
- San Antonio (SBC Center, 11/2), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. CT
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Tool
Read about the tour.
- Normal, Ill. (Redbird Arena, 8/27), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. CT
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The Who
Read about the tour.
- Moline, Ill. (The Mark, 9/25), on sale 7/13 at 10 a.m. CT
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Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner plans solo dates
Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, who releases his debut solo album on July 30, is backing the release with a U.S. club tour.
Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, who releases his debut solo album on July 30, is backing the release with a U.S. club tour.
Pirner wrote and produced the new album, titled “Faces and Names,” and recorded it in his adopted hometown of New Orleans. In a recent statement, Pirner explained that the album was influenced by that city’s rich music scene.
“Moving to New Orleans [from Minneapolis in the mid-’90s] and listening to the local players really changed how I think about music,” Pirner said. “It had a huge impact on me.”
Keyboardist Billy Preston appears on the album’s first single, “Never Recover.”
Pirner, who has served as Soul Asylum’s frontman for 20 years, recorded his solo material while writing and touring with Soul Asylum between 1999 and 2001.
Recording a solo album “wasn’t in any way something I’d always wanted to do, and it wasn’t because I was having problems with Soul Asylum or anything like that,” Pirner said in his label biography. “It was a window that I saw and just went, ‘I wonder what it would be like to make a record without the support system I’ve had for the last 20 years. I wonder if I can do it.’”
Soul Asylum plans to release a new album in the spring of 2003.
Randy Travis gets anthology treatment, hits the road
Randy Travis, who rose to stardom as a country singer but has edged toward gospel in recent years, has mapped an extensive tour in support of a new anthology album that covers 15 years of his career.
Randy Travis, who rose to stardom as a country singer but has edged toward gospel in recent years, has mapped an extensive tour in support of a new anthology album that covers 15 years of his career.
“Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology,” is set for release on July 16 by Rhino Records. The two-disc, 44-track set features hits and album cuts released from 1986 to 1999. Travis has recorded more than a dozen albums in for Warner Bros. and DreamWorks during that span, more than half of which have reached multi-platinum status.
Travis’ latest single is “America Will Always Stand,” a song he wrote with a team of other writers two days after the Sept. 11 attacks. All proceeds from the sale of the single will go to the American Red Cross.
A new Travis song titled “Counting on Me” appears on the recently released Gaither Gospel Series album “Homecoming Lullabies,” a collection of original lullabies.
Last year, Travis released his first live video, “Randy Travis Live – It Was Just A Matter Of Time,” which was recorded in December of 2000 in Anaheim, Calif. A companion soundtrack was also issued.
Two-disc ‘XXX’ soundtrack features Moby, Nelly, more
The forthcoming Vin Diesel movie “XXX,” scheduled to hit theaters on Aug. 9, will also spawn a two-disc soundtrack that includes songs from Moby, Orbital, Nelly, Big Tymers and others.
The forthcoming Vin Diesel movie “XXX,” scheduled to hit theaters on Aug. 9, will also spawn a two-disc soundtrack that includes songs from Moby, Orbital, Nelly, Big Tymers and others.
“Music From and Inspired By XXX” features one rock disc and one hip-hop disc, and is set for release three days before the film opens. The first single from the rock disc is Hatebreed’s “I Will Be Heard,” which is featured during the movie’s climactic scene. The first hip-hop single is Pastor Troy’s “We Are Cuttin’” a Timbaland-produced track that features newcomer Ms. Jade.
German act Rammstein appears in the movie’s opening scene while performing “Feuer Frei,” which is the first cut on the soundtrack’s rock disc.
A second rock single titled “Adrenaline,” written for the movie by Glen Ballard and performed by Bush’s Gavin Rossdale, will be shipped to radio soon, according to Universal Records.
The full tracklisting for the soundtrack follows:
Rock album:
“Feuer Frei,” Rammstein
“Bodies (Vrenna XXX mix),” Drowning Pool
“I Will Be Heard,” Hatebreed
“Millionaire," Queens Of The Stone Age
“Before I Die,” Mushroomhead
“Get Up Again,” Flaw
“Landing," Moby
“Adrenaline," Gavin Rossdale
“004," Fermin IV
“Technologicque Park,” Orbital
Hip-hop album:
“Stick Out Ya Wrist,” Nelly featuring Toya
“Look At Me,” Lil’ Wayne
“Truth or Dare,” N*E*R*D featuring Kelis and Pusha T
“Are We Cuttin’,” Pastor Troy featuring Ms. Jade
“Still Fly,” Big Tymers
“Connected for Life,” Mack 10 featuring Ice Cube, W.C., and Butch Cassidy
“Lights, Camera, Action! (remix),” Mr. Cheeks featuring Missy Elliott and P. Diddy
“I’m Okay,” Postaboy featuring Rashad
“Yo, Yo, Yo,” Dani Stevenson
“Lick," Joi
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
Ozzfest launches as Sharon Osbourne recovers
The Ozzfest tour, which launched four days late so that Osbourne-family matriarch Sharon Osbourne could undergo colon cancer surgery, got underway in Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday morning (7/10).
The Ozzfest tour, which launched four days late so that Osbourne-family matriarch Sharon Osbourne could undergo colon cancer surgery, got underway in Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday morning (7/10).
“Sharon Osbourne wishes to thank everyone for their support and kind thoughts over the past week,” reads a statement posted Tuesday (7/9) on the Ozzfest website. “Mrs. Osbourne is in good spirits and doing well. She recently underwent surgery to treat the very early stages of colon cancer. Doctors expect Sharon to make a full recovery and as a result Ozzy will resume headlining Ozzfest 2002 tomorrow (7/10) in Scranton, Pa.”
Ozzfest’s Scranton stop is scheduled to feature 19 acts, with the first second-stage act, Neurotica, taking the stage at 9:30 a.m. The main-stage lineup includes headliner Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Rob Zombie and P.O.D.
Ozzfest’s Saturday (7/6) stop in Bristow, Va., and Sunday (7/7) stop in Pittsburgh, Pa., were postponed. Make-up dates had yet to be announced at press time.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to mount summer tour
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kick off a 39-city North American tour in August, and are planning additional U.S. dates for the summer of 2003.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kick off a 39-city North American tour in August, and are planning additional U.S. dates for the summer of 2003.
The outing opens on Aug. 7 in the New York City area, and the last 2002 date is set for Dec. 13 in Albany, N.Y. Seven European dates are scheduled to take place from Oct. 14-27, but specific dates and venues haven’t been announced.
The tour’s first ticket sales are expected to begin this weekend, with Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; Cleveland, Ohio and New York, NY among the shows lined up to go on sale Saturday morning (7/13), according to Ticketmaster. Tacoma, Wash. is currently listed to go on sale next Saturday (7/20). Visit SoundSpike’s Ticket Window column on Thursday (7/11) evening for updated ticket on-sale information.
“Our approach is to bring the music out to as wide a cross-section of the country as we could,” Jon Landau, Springsteen’s manager, told the Associated Press. “So we’re taking this barnstorming approach--one city, one show.” Landau added that floor tickets will be general admission.
In 2003, the tour will continue with dates in Australia, a return to Europe, and additional U.S. concerts. The band will play multiple shows in major cities during its 2003 summer run, according to Springsteen’s publicist.
Prior to the tour, at least two warm-up performances at New Jersey’s Asbury Park Convention Hall are planned: on July 26 for radio contest winners and on July 30 for NBC-TV’s “Today" show.
Springsteen’s sold-out 1999-2000 world tour grossed more than $107 million in North America, according to Pollstar. It was Springsteen’s first U.S. tour with the E Street Band in more than a decade.
A new album titled “The Rising"--the first that Springsteen has recorded with the E Street Band since 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A."--is set for release on July 30.
Album Chart: Nelly spends second week in top spot
Compilations from Aerosmith and Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. each debut in the Top 10 this week, but neither is able to dethrone “Nellyville,” which debuted at No. 1 last week and will remain there on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
Compilations from Aerosmith and Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. each debut in the Top 10 this week, but neither is able to dethrone “Nellyville,” which debuted at No. 1 last week and will remain there on the forthcoming Billboard 200 album chart.
After scoring first-week sales of about 714,000 copies, St. Louis rapper Nelly moved about 447,000 more copies of “Nellyville” during its second week in stores, according to industry sources. That’s more than enough to keep it well ahead of “The Eminem Show,” which sold about 263,000 copies during its seventh week out and will spend its second week at No. 2.
Behind the pair of chart-topping rappers come this week’s two Top 10 debuts, the first of which is Murder Inc.’s “Irv Gotti Presents ... the Inc.”, which sold about 193,000 copies to earn a No. 3 debut. Fueling the album’s sales is its hit single, “Down 4 U,” a collaboration that features Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita and Charli Baltimore.
Debuting at No. 4 is Aerosmith’s latest best-of compilation, “Oh Yeah! Ultimate Greatest Hits,” which sold about 137,000 copies. Spurring sales is the group’s latest hit, “Girls of Summer,” one of two new tracks included on the album.
Down one notch to No. 5 is Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go,” featuring her hit “Complicated.” Both Staying put for the second consecutive week, meanwhile, are Ashanti’s self-titled debut at No. 6, and Korn’s “Untouchables” at No. 7.
Slipping five places from its No. 3 debut last week is Capone-N-Noreaga rapper N.O.R.E.’s “God’s Favorite,” which drops to No. 8. Trailing that album are Pink’s “Missundaztood” and the “Totally Hits 2000” compilations, which swap their previous week’s positions to land at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.
Checking out of the Top 10 are Papa Roach’s “Lovehatetragedy,” which debuted at No. 2 two weeks back, slipped to No. 8 last week and is down to No. 13 this week; and Truth Hurts’ “Truthfully Speaking,” which drops from No. 5 to No. 16.
Albums debuting outside of the Top 10 include the “Like Mike” soundtrack at No. 18, Oasis’ “Heathen Chemistry” at No. 23, Green Day’s “Shenanigans” at No. 27, and Chicago’s “The Very Best Of: Only the Beginning” at No. 38.
In Brief: Enrique Iglesias, John Entwistle, Britney Spears
Elton John, Carlos Santana among Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children performers. ‘NSync’s Joey Fatone on Broadway. Spend a day with Metallica.
Elton John, Carlos Santana among Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children performers. ‘NSync’s Joey Fatone on Broadway. Spend a day with Metallica.
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The first all-Spanish language album from Enrique Iglesias in five years will hit stores on Sept. 17. “Mentiroso,” the lead single from the as-yet-untitled CD, goes to radio on July 22.
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The Who‘s John Entwistle was laid to rest in his hometown of Stow-on-the-Wold, England, on Wednesday (7/10). The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and Kenny Jones (who replaced original Who drummer Keith Moon after his 1978 death) were among those in attendance.
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One hour of a Britney Spears concert recorded during her summer tour will be beamed into more than 2,600 Wal-Mart stores on July 27. The concert footage will be broadcast at 7 p.m. local time on all of Wal-Mart’s in-store televisions and on Wal-Mart’s in-store radio network
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Elton John, Carlos Santana, Martina McBride and comic Dennis Miller will be among the performers at the at the 7th annual Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children benefit show. The event takes place on Sept. 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and will raise funds for at-risk youth in Southern Nevada.
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‘NSync‘s Joey Fatone will play the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway musical “Rent” from Aug. 5 through Dec. 22.
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Metallica fans can visit eBay to bid on the opportunity to spend an entire day with the members of Metallica and producer Bob Rock in their new private studio in San Francisco as the band works on its new album. All proceeds from the auction will be given to the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research. Click here to visit the auction site.
Dave Matthews Band plans rooftop performance in New York
Dave Matthews Band will perform on the roof of New York City’s Ed Sullivan Theater for Monday’s broadcast of (7/15) the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
Dave Matthews Band will perform on the roof of New York City’s Ed Sullivan Theater for Monday’s broadcast of (7/15) the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
The band’s performance--which is to take place 13 stories above the streets of Manhattan--will be taped between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time for broadcast on CBS-TV later that night. According to a press release, a specially constructed floor and platform will be set up for the band, which will play its new single “Where Are You Going.”
A new Dave Matthews Band album titled “Busted Stuff” is scheduled for release on Tuesday (7/16).
According to CBS, the Dave Matthews Band performance will mark the second time that a musical act has performed on the roof the of Ed Sullivan Theater building. Bon Jovi was the first, on June 13, 2000.