Thursday, October 31, 2002
Emmylou Harris leads anti-landmine benefit shows
Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn and Patty Griffin will tour five Southeast cities in November “to raise money for, and awareness of, the global landmine crisis,” according to organizers.
Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn and Patty Griffin will tour five Southeast cities in November “to raise money for, and awareness of, the global landmine crisis,” according to organizers.
The tour, which will feature an acoustic set by each artist, is the fourth that Harris has organized in the last five years. All proceeds will benefit “programs of the Washington, D.C.-based Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation that assist civilian victims of conflict around the world, and its work to raise American public awareness of the global landmine crisis,” according to a press release.
“Global events and the war on terrorism in the post-September 11th climate have made the landmine issue more topical to the American public,” VVAF president Bobby Muller said in a statement. “The lift these artists give to our cause, and the direct benefit to our overseas work is just tremendous.”
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay shot dead
Jam Master Jay, DJ for seminal rap trio Run-DMC, was shot and killed in a New York recording studio on Wednesday (10/30). He was 37.
Jam Master Jay, DJ for seminal rap trio Run-DMC, was shot and killed in a New York recording studio on Wednesday (10/30). He was 37.
Jay--real name Jason Mizell--reportedly was sitting on a couch in a lounge area of the Queens, N.Y., studio at about 7:30 p.m. when he was shot once in the head. The shooter, who is still at large, was reportedly one of two men who were buzzed into the secure building just before the shooting.
A second man, Urieco Rincon, 25, who reportedly was in the lounge playing a video game with Mizell at the time of the shooting, suffered a gunshot wound to one of his legs and was taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
The shooter’s motive remains unknown, according to police.
Mizell leaves behind a wife and three children.
Joseph “Run” Simmons--younger brother of Def Jam records founder Russell Simmons--Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Mizell grew up in New York’s Queens borough, and formed Run-DMC in the early ‘80s. The trio is considered one of rap’s most influential and pioneering acts.
Run-DMC’s self-titled, 1984 debut and 1985 follow-up, “King of Rock,” spawned a series of popular singles, including “Sucker M.C.’s,” “Rock Box” and the “King of Rock” title track. Both albums featured tracks that put the spotlight on Mizell, including “Run DMC“‘s “Jam Master Jay” and “Jay’s Game,” and “King of Rock“‘s “Jam Master Jammin’.”
The group’s third album, “Raising Hell,” was the first rap album to sell more than one million copies. The album’s sales were propelled by its chart-topping hit “Walk This Way,” a remake of the Aerosmith track. The cut features Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, and is credited in part for reviving Aerosmith’s then-flagging career.
Run-DMC’s most-recent album of new material is last year’s “Crown Royal.” A greatest-hits compilation surfaced earlier this year. The trio had recently been on tour with Aerosmith and Kid Rock.
Ticket Window: Aerosmith, James Taylor
Upcoming onsales also include Guns N’ Roses, Korn, Meat Loaf, Nelly, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Upcoming onsales also include Guns N’ Roses, Korn, Meat Loaf, Nelly, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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Aerosmith
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Guns N’ Roses
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James Taylor
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Korn
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Meat Loaf
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Nelly
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Peter Gabriel
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tori Amos
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Aaliyah album to reach stores in December
A retrospective album that combines seven of the late R&B singer Aaliyah’s hits with six previously unreleased tracks is set for release on Dec. 10.
A retrospective album that combines seven of the late R&B singer Aaliyah’s hits with six previously unreleased tracks is set for release on Dec. 10.
The previously released tracks that will appear on the new album are “Try Again,” “Back and Forth,” “One in a Million,” “Are You That Somebody,” “At Your Best (You Are Love),” “More than a Woman” and “I Care 4 U.”
The first single is a previously unreleased track titled “Miss You,” which premiered on AOL’s First Listen and on Netscape Music on Oct. 28.
The initial shipment of the album will also contain a DVD that features various Aaliyah music videos, including the hits “Try Again” and “One in a Million.” A portion of the proceeds from the album will be donated to the Aaliyah Memorial Foundation, which benefits the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program and Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Harlem.
Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas on Aug. 25, 2001, shortly after the release of her self-titled sophomore album. She was 22 years old.
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Album Chart: Santana lands first No. 1 debut
Commercially revitalized by the success of 1999’s “Supernatural,” Santana scores its first No. 1 debut with that album’s successor, “Shaman.”
Commercially revitalized by the success of 1999’s “Supernatural,” Santana scores its first No. 1 debut with that album’s successor, “Shaman.”
Like its predecessor, “Shaman” features Santana backing a roster of high-profile singers, such as Michelle Branch, who is featured on the album’s first single, “The Game of Love.” That hit helped “Shaman” move almost 300,000 copies during its first week out, according to Arista.
Also scoring high-charting debuts are the Foo Fighter’s latest, “One By One,” which enters the chart at No. 3 after selling about 121,000 copies; and Rod Stewart’s “It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook"--a collection of classic covers--which lands at No. 4 with sales of about 114,000 copies, according to industry sources.
Sandwiched among the chart-topping newcomers is Faith Hill’s “Cry,” which slips one spot to No. 2 after debuting at No. 1 last week.
The Elvis Presley best-of set “Elvis: 30 No. 1 Hits” also loses ground, down two spots to No. 5. The album, which spent its first three weeks at No. 1, has sold almost 1.3 million copies in five weeks.
The Dixie Chicks’ “Home” and Eminem’s “The Eminem Show” both stay put at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively, while Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” drops three places to No. 8, the Rolling Stones’ “Forty Licks” slips five spots to No. 9 and Nelly’s “Nellyville” dips two spots to No. 10.
Ducking out of the Top 10 are LL Cool J’s “X,” which drops to No. 11 after debuting at No. 2 last week; Geralt Levert’s “G Spot,” which is down to No. 18 after debuting at No. 9 last week; and Dave Hollister’s “Things in the Game Done Changed,” which sinks from No. 10 to No. 29.
Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland lands just outside the Top 10 with her solo debut, “Simply Deep,” which enters the chart at No. 12 thanks to sales of about 77,000 copies. Close behind are Michael W. Smith’s “Worship Again” and 3LW’s “Girl Can Mack,” which debut at Nos. 14 and 15, respectively.
Other albums debuting this week include Field Mob’s “From the Roota to tha Toota” at No. 33, Scarface’s “Greatest Hits” at No. 40, Kenny G’s “Wishes” at No. 64, “The Best of David Bowie” at No. 70, Jaguares’ “El Primer Instinto” at No. 95, the Transplants’ self-titled set at No. 96, VH1’s “Divas 2002” compilation at No. 104, SR-71’s “Tomorrow” at No. 138, the Donnas’ “Spent the night at No. 140, and Black Crowes’ frontman Chris Robinson’s solo debut, “New Earth Mud,” at No. 141.
Monday, October 28, 2002
Phish surprises fans with pre-Christmas album release
A new Phish studio album--the band’s first since 2000’s “Farmhouse"--is scheduled to hit stores on Dec. 10.
A new Phish studio album--the band’s first since 2000’s “Farmhouse"--is scheduled to hit stores on Dec. 10.
News of the new release, titled “Round Room,” comes as somewhat of a surprise. According to a posting on the band’s official website, the album grew from rehearsals for the band’s upcoming New Year’s shows.
The album’s 12 tracks, recorded in four days in October by producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, The Ramones), clock in at more than 70 minutes.
Phish will end a two-year hiatus with a New Year’s Eve performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
The band’s website also reveals that, “in addition to their sold-out New Year’s shows, Phish will hit the road several times in 2003, including a run of dates in the second half of February that spans both coasts--details to follow in the coming weeks.”
The track listing for “Round Room”:
Pebbles and Marbles
Anything but Me
Round Room
Mexican Cousin
Friday
Seven Below
Mock Song
46 Days
All of These Dreams
Walls of the Cave
Thunderhead
Waves
3 Doors Down launches new album with tour dates
3 Doors Down has hit the road to push its mid-November release, “Away from the Sun.”
3 Doors Down has hit the road to push its mid-November release, “Away from the Sun.”
The group’s itinerary includes a performance at Georgia’s Fort Gordon army base, the latest in a handful of dates it has played for U.S. troops; earlier this month, the group performed at naval stations in Iran, Italy and Spain.
Set to hit stores on Nov. 12, “Away from the Sun” features the single “When I’m Gone,” which is streaming at 3 Doors Down’s official website.
“Away from the Sun” is the follow-up to 3 Doors Down’s multi-platinum 2000 debut, “The Better Life.”
Sunday, October 27, 2002
Snoop Dogg, Mudvayne, more set for Cypress Hill’s Smoke Out
Hip-hop group Cypress Hill sparks up its latest Smoke Out festival--which will also feature Snoop Dogg, Mudvayne, Face to Face and others--on Nov. 23 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Hip-hop group Cypress Hill sparks up its latest Smoke Out festival--which will also feature Snoop Dogg, Mudvayne, Face to Face and others--on Nov. 23 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Tommy Chong, of the famed stoner-comic duo Cheech & Chong, will host the festivities. Among the other acts on the bill are Redman, Taproot, Adema, Everlast, Circle Jerks, The Used, Pharoahe Monch, Kottonmouth Kings, 3rd Strike and Kool Keith. The event’s full lineup is posted at its official website.
Tickets are set to go on sale at 4:02 p.m. Pacific Time on Nov. 2.
Cypress Hill’s Smoke Out festival has been a regular event in the Los Angeles area for several years, usually taking place at the National Orange Show grounds in San Bernardino. This year marks the event’s first appearance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The group had planned to take its Smoke Out festival to four cities last year, but logistical problems limited the tour to just two cities.
Street Date Oct. 29: Christina Aguilera, ‘8 Mile’ soundtrack
Also: Tori Amos, Nick Carter, Shaggy, Sixpence None the Richer and more.
Also: Tori Amos, Nick Carter, Shaggy, Sixpence None the Richer and more.
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Christina Aguilera - “Stripped” (RCA)
Aguilera’s latest--which is her first English-language album of original material since her multi-platinum 1999 eponymous debut--features the new hit, “Dirrty.” That song, along with the album’s remaining 15 tracks, “decisively shred Christina’s squeaky clean persona,” according to an RCA press release. The “Dirrty” music video is streaming at the label’s official website.
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Various artists - “8 Mile” soundtrack (Interscope)
Eminem makes his motion picture debut in this Curtis Hanson film, and three new songs from the rapper anchor the soundtrack. The album also includes new music from 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Nas, Xzibit, D12, Rakim, Gangstar and Obie Trice. Early pressings will include a free Shady/Aftermath sampler and enhanced CD.
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Tori Amos - “Scarlet’s Walk” (Epic)
Amos left Atlantic Records last year, and quickly signed on with Epic. Her new label describes “Scarlet’s Walk” as “a sonic novel” featuring a main character named Scarlet, “a woman who crisscrosses the country in search of answers, in search of herself.” Amos self-produced the album, and recorded it in the same Cornwall, England studio where she recorded several of her previous albums.
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Nick Carter - “Now or Never” (Jive)
This Backstreet Boys member’s solo debut houses his new hit, “Help Me.” The singer will launch the album with an appearance on Tuesday’s edition of MTV’s “Total Request Live,” on which the “Help Me” music video has been turning up as of late. A limited-edition version of the CD will feature a bonus DVD, according to Carter’s official website, which is streaming six of the album’s tracks.
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Shaggy - “Lucky Day” (MCA)
After selling more than 10 million copies of 2000’s “Hotshot,” Shaggy returns with “Lucky Day,” which features the track “Hey Sexy Lady.” Both the single and its companion music video are available via the Shaggy Jukebox posted at Shaggy’s official website.
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Sixpence None the Richer - “Divine Discontent” (Reprise)
This Christian pop group broke through to the mainstream with its self-titled 1997 release, which featured the Grammy-nominated No. 1 hit “Kiss Me.” Though the band entered the studio to begin work on a new album in the spring of 2000, a contractual dispute with its previous label kept the group’s new music from hitting stores until now. Among the new album’s tracks is a cover of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream it’s Over.”
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Other new releases:
Add N to X - “Loud Like Nature” (Mute)
Avantasia- “ The Metal Opera Pt. 2” (Century Media)
Bellamy Brothers - “The Reason for the Season” (Curb)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - “Thug World Order” (Epic)
Victor Davies - “Remixed” (JCR)
James Luther Dickinson - “Free Beer Tomorrow” (Artemis)
Gabin - “Gabin” (Astralwerks)
The Gloryholes - “Want a Divorce” (Dirtnap)
Hallucinogen - “In Dub” (Twisted)
I Am Spoonbender - “Shown Actual Size [EP]” (Gold Standard Laboratories)
Justincase - “Justincase” (Maverick)
Lacuna Coil - “Comalies” (Century Media)
Bill Laswell - “Dub Chamber 4 - Book of Exit (ROIR)
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz - “Kings of Crunk” (TVT)
Patty Loveless - “Bluegrass & White Snow - A Mountain Christmas” (Epic Nashville)
Jimmy McGriff - “McGriff Avenue” (Milestone)
Jo Dee Messina - “A Joyful Noise” (Curb)
Meredith Monk - “Mercy” (ECM)
Mr. Scruff - “Trouser Jazz” (Ninja Tune)
Laura Pausini - “From the Inside” (Atlantic)
Race for Titles - “Race for Titles” (Redemption)
Rascal Flatts - “Melt” (Hollywood)
Bic Runga - “Beautiful Collision” (Columbia)
Sigur Rós - “ ( )” (MCA)
Simian - “We Are Your Friends” (Source/Astralwerks)
The String Cheese Incident - “On the Road” (six live shows) (SCI Fidelity)
Suicide - “American Supreme” (Mute)
Rob Swift - “Sound Event” (Table Turns)
Tandy - “The Lowdown 1997-2002” (Gammon)
Tank - “One Man” (Blackground)
Titiyo - “Come Along” (Lava/Atlantic)
Too $hort - “What’s My Favorite Word” (Jive)
Caetano Veloso - “Live in Bahia” (Nonesuch)
Joe Louis Walker - “Pasa Tiempo” (Evidence)
Kirk Whalum - “The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2” (Squint/Curb)
Yu-Gi-Oh - “Music to Duel By” (DreamWorks)
Various artists - “The Excelsis Box Set” (Projekt)
Various artists - “Lenny Dee Presents Industrial F**king Strength 4: Chillin’ Is Killin’” (The Music Cartel)
Various artists - “Songs in the Key of Z II” (Gammon)
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Pearl Jam plans Seattle charity show
Pearl Jam has set a Dec. 8 benefit performance in Seattle, a show that will mark the band’s first hometown concert appearance since October of 2001.
Pearl Jam has set a Dec. 8 benefit performance in Seattle, a show that will mark the band’s first hometown concert appearance since October of 2001.
The show will raise money for several as-yet-unnamed charities. Tickets will be priced at $36, and will go on sale on Nov. 2 at 9 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
The group, which is expected to launch a world tour early next year, releases a new album titled “Riot Act” on Nov. 12.
Pearl Jam is set to perform on CBS-TV’s “The Late Show with David Letterman” on Nov. 14 and 15.