SoundSpike Blog: Eminem, Master P, Pete Townshend
ByDec 29, 2002 11:00 PM
Also: Bruce Springsteen, “Suge” Knight, Sonic Youth, Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, Bonnaroo 2003.
Also: Bruce Springsteen, “Suge” Knight, Sonic Youth, Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, Bonnaroo 2003.
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Eminem, in an interview with Brian McCollum for a Detroit Free Press feature, said that his fame is “almost to the point where I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good. And I never really asked for that.” The story also confirms that the rapper and his ex-wife Kim are again living together.
And lest we forget, Chuck Eddy talked with Eminem’s grandma for a Village Voice feature.
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Speaking of grandmas, a judge has ordered rap mogul Master P to pay his grandma $105,000 in damages. According to published reports, Grandma claimed she was embarrassed and suffered anxiety after hearing her voice--which had been secretly recorded--on a “crude gangsta rap CD.”
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Pete Townshend, in a recent posting on his official website, resolved to get to work on a new Who album. “Expect some new music to arrive in about a year, maybe later,” he wrote.
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The New Jersey Star-Ledger’s Lisa Rose reports on Bruce Springsteen‘s annual appearance at the Light of Day benefit concert. The show took place on Saturday (12/28) at the Tradewinds nightclub in Sea Bright.
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In a jailhouse interview, Marion “Suge" Knight told the Los Angeles Times that “his arrest for parole violations two days before Christmas is a misguided effort by authorities to force him to talk about homicides he knows nothing about.”
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A deluxe edition of Sonic Youth‘s 1992 album “Dirty” will be issued on March 4. The album includes “numerous B-sides,” 11 previously unreleased rehearsal recordings and a 28-page booklet, according to the band’s official website.
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Ani DiFranco will support Bob Dylan on several upcoming dates in Australia and New Zealand, according to Bill Pagel‘s incomparable Bob Dates website.
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Organizers have announced that the 2003 Bonnaroo Festival will take place June 13-15 in Manchester, Tenn.
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