In Brief: Down from the Mountain tour extended
ByApr 21, 2002 10:00 PM
Plus news on the battle for Nirvana, Kid Rock’s copyright problems, the Creamfields festival and Billy Bragg.
Plus news on the battle for Nirvana, Kid Rock’s copyright problems, the Creamfields festival and Billy Bragg.
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A dozen new cities have been added to the summer Down from the Mountain tour, which features many of the artists who performed on the Grammy-winning “O Brother, Where Art Thou” soundtrack. Click here for the full itinerary.
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A Seattle judge will take a week to 10 days to decide if Courtney Love will be ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Love and ex-Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl are in a http://www.soundspike.com/story/164>legal squabble over the rights to administer Nirvana’s catalog.
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Billboard.com reports that Microhits Music Corp., the company that owns the rights to the Boys Don’t Cry club hit “I Wanna Be a Cowboy,” has filed a copyright-infringement suit against Kid Rock, his songwriting partners, his publishing companies and his labels over his 1998 song “Cowboy.” The suit reportedly claims that the Kid Rock hit copied “almost exactly the title-hook line.”
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The U.K.’s Creamfields festival, set for Aug. 24 at Old Liverpool Airfield, will feature Paul Oakenfold, Faithless, Paul Van Dyk, DJ Shadow, Underworld, Mis-Teeq, Futureshock and others. Click here for more information.
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Billy Bragg, no fan of the British royals, will release the single “Take Down the Union Jack” on May 20, during planned “Jubilee” celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the queen’s coronation, the BBC reports. “This single offers everyone a chance to register their opposition to the Golden Jubilee in a communal act of defiance,” Bragg reportedly said.