Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones are rock’s richest
ByMar 16, 2003 11:00 PM
Paul McCartney ($72.1 million) and The Rolling Stones ($44 million) were rock music’s top earners in 2002, according to Rolling Stone’s annual “Rock’s 50 Richest” report. Dave Matthews Band, Celine Dion and Eminem round out the Top 5.
Paul McCartney ($72.1 million) and The Rolling Stones ($44 million) were rock music’s top earners in 2002, according to Rolling Stone’s annual “Rock’s 50 Richest” report. Dave Matthews Band, Celine Dion and Eminem round out the Top 5.
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Country fans turn on Dixie Chicks following anti-Bush remarks
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines apparently pissed off a large number of U.S. country-music fans last week after she dared to voice dissent toward President Bush and his current push for a war in Iraq.
“Just so you know, we’re ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas,” Maines told a London audience, which responded with a hearty round of applause.
Country-music radio stations in the U.S. were soon hit with many calls from fans demanding that the stations boycott the trio’s music, which all three country stations in Kansas City did, http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030316-24182798.htm >according to the Washington Times.
The group’s subsequent damage control included a press release in which Maines offered a terse apology.
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Travis Tritt to protesters: shut up
Meanwhile, country star Travis Tritt issued a statement that essentially says that silly entertainers shouldn’t speak out against the war because it damages the morale of troops. Of course, given that logic, it’s hard to imagine a situation in which anyone is allowed to speak out against any war a president might choose to pursue.
But logic was outlawed by the USA PATRIOT act.
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The Polyphonic Spree leads the charge
The Polyphonic Spree, which was on hand at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, may have taken The Best Band Photo Ever on Saturday.
The scene: Austin’s Congress Avenue, where 7,000 anti-war protesters had just begun a march from the state capitol through downtown. As the wall of marchers approaches, the 20-plus members of the band--all wearing long white gowns-- dart into the middle of the street with a photographer. The band poses with the throng in the background, and the photographer snaps the shot.
Cool! Let’s hope it turned out.
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Lollapalooza is coming to a town near you-za
Dates and venues have been locked down for this summer’s Lollapalooza tour, Billboard.com reports. The run--which is due to kick off on July 3--features Jane’s Addiction, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Jurassic 5 and the Donnas.
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Grand Ole Opry Member Bill Carlisle dead at age 94
Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member “Jumpin’” Bill Carlisle died at his home in Nashville on Monday (3/17) from complications stemming from a stroke that he suffered last Wednesday (3/12).
Carlisle--whose country-music career spanned over 70 years--became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1953, and performed at the Opry as recently as March 7 of this year.
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KISS extinguishes the pyro in Las Vegas
KISS--heeding the orders of local fire officials--had to forego its pyrotechnics during a Sunday (3/16) concert at Rain in the Desert at the Palms casino in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Sun reported.
“There are some things we couldn’t do here tonight,” Paul Stanley reportedly told the crowd. “But you can’t stop rock and roll!”