In Brief: Pink, Smash Mouth, Britney Spears
ByApr 18, 2002 10:00 PM
Plus news on “illicit” Oasis recordings, Barry Manilow’s TV special, posthumous Tammy Wynette legal matters and the Indy Jazz Fest.
Plus news on “illicit” Oasis recordings, Barry Manilow’s TV special, posthumous Tammy Wynette legal matters and the Indy Jazz Fest.
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Pink will kick off Nickelodeon’s 15th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards with a performance of her hit “Get the Party Started.” Smash Mouth and Usher are also scheduled to perform during the program, which will be hosted by Rosie O’Donnell. The show takes place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday (4/20), and airs at 8 p.m. PT/ET.
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Britney Spears called off a free mini-concert at a 10,000-capacity outdoor venue in Sydney on Wednesday (4/17) due to rain. Instead, she appeared the next day at a 1,000-capacity nightclub, according to Australian press reports. Fans could also see the performance on giant video screens that were set up in the parking lot outside the venue.
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From the official Oasis website:
- The MP3s of Oasis tracks in circulation on the net appear to be illicit recordings (probably made with a hidden Walkman or similar device) of early mixes of tracks for the band’s new album, which were made some time ago.
The recordings are of very poor quality and are not of the final album mixes. We hope anyone who has downloaded the tracks enjoys them but does not take them as any indication of the finished album which has come a long way since these recordings were made. In particular we would ask that music journalists do not use these tracks as the basis for album reviews as they are a very poor substitute for the finished record.
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Barry Manilow will tape an hour-long concert special for CBS on Wednesday (4/24) at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, Variety reports. It’s scheduled to air on May 18.
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The four daughters of Tammy Wynette have reached an undisclosed out-of-court settlement with a Pittsburgh doctor, whom they accused of contributing to Wynette’s 1998 death. The daughters, who claimed the doctor had mismanaged Wynette’s treatment, sought $50 million from the doctor, according to the Associated Press.
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B.B. King and Aretha Franklin will headline this year’s Indy Jazz Fest, set to take place in Indianapolis on June 14-16. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Arturo Sandoval and David Sanborn are also scheduled to perform.