Flag-waving at the Flameworthy awards
Red-blooded Americans with modems voted, and Toby Keith--who in his eloquent song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” expresses his desire to insert his boot into the rectum of Osama Bin Laden (remember him?)--was the hands-down winner over the Dixie Chicks at Monday’s (4/8) CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards.
Among Keith’s honors was the “Cocky Video of the Year” award, a category so weird that it made us pine for the Blockbuster awards.
The Dixie Chicks, by the way, were nominated for four awards, and won none. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the trio--which has been taking abuse since singer Natalie Maines made some anti-George W. Bush comments at a recent London concert--was booed heartily.
Red-blooded Americans with modems voted, and Toby Keith--who in his eloquent song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” expresses his desire to insert his boot into the rectum of Osama Bin Laden (remember him?)--was the hands-down winner over the Dixie Chicks at Monday’s (4/8) CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards.
Among Keith’s honors was the “Cocky Video of the Year” award, a category so weird that it made us pine for the Blockbuster awards.
The Dixie Chicks, by the way, were nominated for four awards, and won none. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the trio--which has been taking abuse since singer Natalie Maines made some anti-George W. Bush comments at a recent London concert--was booed heartily.
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Bon Jovi keeps ‘Bounce’-ing this summer
New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi head to Europe next month for a string of May and June tour dates, but the group will mount another U.S. run this summer. Details about the outing--which kicks off in July--are available at the band’s official fan-club website.
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Pavarotti, Bono to duet for Iraqi refugees
Luciano Pavarotti and U2’s Bono will duet at a May 27 concert to benefit the United Nations refugee agency. Funds raised at the concert in Modena, Italy will benefit Iraqis uprooted by the war, Reuters reports.
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Avril Lavigne cleans up at Canada’s Juno Awards
Canadian native Avril Lavigne--who, despite five nominations, was shut out at this year’s Grammy Awards--fared better at her country’s equivalent, the Juno Awards. On Sunday (4/6), the 18-year-old singer scored trophies for Single of the Year ("complicated"), Album of the Year ("Let Go"), Best New Artist and Best Pop Album ("Let Go").
A complete list of winners is posted at the official Juno Awards website.
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Paul McCartney explains songwriting-credit controversy
Remember last year, when Paul McCartney was getting ready to release his live album “Back in the U.S.A. Live 2002,” a brouhaha kicked up when he sought to have the songwriting credit on some of the Beatles tracks switched from “Lennon-McCartney” to “McCartney-Lennon”? Well, the singer recently explained his side of the story during an interview with British newspaper the Mirror.
Reading between the lines, it would appear that the whole thing can be chalked up to Yoko Ono, who continues to be a pain in the collective ass of the Beatles’ legacy.
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