Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band add more shows
ByJul 21, 2003 10:00 PM
More summer stadium tour dates continue to trickle in for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The latest additions are the group’s Aug. 16 performance at San Francisco’s Pacific Bell Park (home of Major League Baseball team the Giants) and Aug. 17 performance at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (home of the Dodgers).
More summer stadium tour dates continue to trickle in for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The latest additions are the group’s Aug. 16 performance at San Francisco’s Pacific Bell Park (home of Major League Baseball team the Giants) and Aug. 17 performance at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (home of the Dodgers).
Tickets for the new shows go on sale on July 28.
Read more at Billboard.com
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Sergio George emerges as Latin Grammy frontrunner
Producer/songwriter Sergio George has garnered six nominations for this year’s Latin Grammy awards, the most snagged by any of this year’s nominees. His nominations include Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song” for Bacilos’ “Mi Premer Millon”; Album of the Year for Bacilos’ “Caraluna”; and Best Tropical Song for Tito Nieves’ “La Salsa Vive.”
Other nominees include singer-songwriter Juanes and producer Gustavo Santaolalla with five apiece.
The ceremony will air on CBS-TV on Sept. 3.
Read more at the Latin Grammy Awards website
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Radiohead, Coldplay among Mercury Music Prize finalists
The Panasonic Mercury Music Prize--an annual award that “aims to celebrate the best in British Music--has unveiled its 12 Album of the Year nominees for 2003: Radiohead’s “Hail to the Thief,” Dizzee Rascal’s “Boy In Da Corner,” The Thrills’ “So Much for the City,” Soweto Kinch’s “Conversations with the Unseen,” Floetry’s “Floetic,” The Darkness’ “Permission to Land,” Coldplay’s “A Rush of Blood to the Head,” Martina Topley-Bird’s “Quixotic,” Eliza Carthy’s “Anglicana,” Athlete’s “Vehicles and Animals,” Terri Walker’s “Untitled,” and Lemon Jelly’s “Lost Horizons.”
The winner will be named on Sept. 9.
Read more at the Panasonic Mercury Music Prize website
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BuyMusic.com launches Windows-based music store
Almost three months after Apple Computer made a significant splash in the world of digital music by launching its proprietary iTunes Music Store--and several months before Apple’s intended launch of a Windows-based version--Buy.com has launched a Windows-only digital-music store dubbed BuyMusic.com.
The company--which has hired former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as its poster boy--is heralding a pricing spectrum that begins at 79-cents per-song and $7.95 per-album; at press time, very few items shown on the site were less than 99 cents per-song or $12-$13 per album.
Read more at BuyMusic.com