Lineup takes shape for Willie Nelson’s picnic
ByApr 13, 2003 10:00 PM
Willie Nelson will be joined by Toby Keith, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Pat Green, Billy Bob Thornton, and the Dead at his annual Fourth of July Picnic, Billboard.com reports. The event takes place at Two River Canyon Amphitheatre in Spicewood, Texas.
Willie Nelson will be joined by Toby Keith, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Pat Green, Billy Bob Thornton, and the Dead at his annual Fourth of July Picnic, Billboard.com reports. The event takes place at Two River Canyon Amphitheatre in Spicewood, Texas.
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Queen of Soul announces final tour
Aretha Franklin, who later this year plans to release her first new studio album since 1998, is planning to mount a spring, summer and fall outing this year that she says will mark her retirement from touring, according to Arista Records. The label said that she will “continue to perform select dates in the future, but the [2003] tour ... will be the last major full-scale tour schedule of her career.
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New Ween album finished, but in limbo
Quirky alt-rock duo Ween has finished recording its latest studio album, according to the pair’s official website. No telling when the set will see the light of day, however, as the duo--who go by the fictitious names Gene and Dean Ween--are without a label.
“The album is called ‘quebec’ (please note the lowercase ‘q’
and it contains 16 songs,” reads a message posted at Ween’s website. “The bad news is that I can’t give you a definitive release date right now. We were in negotiations with a record label and things fell apart, setting us back even further.”
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Sharon Osbourne and necklace winner come to blows
Sparks flew last Thursday (4/10) when Sharon Osbourne and International Creative Management agent Renee Tab ended up at the same West Hollywood restaurant. Tab--with whom the Osbournes had a public feud earlier this year after they claimed that Tab illegitimately claimed a $15,000 diamond necklace that the family gave away during a party--allegedly hit Osbourne in the face; Osbourne was taken to an area hospital where she was treated for a dislocated jaw, chipped tooth and sprained neck, according to a statement her publicist released on Friday (4/11).
Tab claims Osbourne spit on her, according to VH1.com. So far, no criminal charges have been filed.
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Radiohead, Beastie Boys to headline inaugural Field Day Fest
Radiohead and the Beastie Boys top the bill of the first Field Day Festival, which is set to take place June 7 and 8 at Enterprise Park in Calverton, Long Island, 70 miles east of New York City. Other scheduled performers include Beck, Sigur Ros, The Roots, Ellitot Smith and Blur. More information is available at the event’s official website.
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Sigur Ros quietly issues new album
Icelandic experimental rockers Sigur Ros have released a new album titled “Hlemmur,” “the soundtrack to a documentary by Icelandic director Olafur Sveinsson about a Reykjavik bus station and the homeless people who gather there,” according to RollingStone.com. The album was reportedly sold on the band’s recent tour, and a formal release is planned for some as-yet-unnamed date in the future.