In Brief: George Strait, Paul Westerberg, MTV video awards
Plus news on David Lee Roth, C-Murder, George Clinton, Simon & Garfunkel, Five for Fighting and Joan Jett.
Plus news on David Lee Roth, C-Murder, George Clinton, Simon & Garfunkel, Five for Fighting and Joan Jett.
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A Nov. 2 George Strait concert will inaugurate the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. The arena will be the new home of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs.
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Paul Westerberg has canceled the last two appearances on his in-store solo acoustic tour due to exhaustion, according to a statement issued by his management. The performances were to take place at Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas, and at Borders Books & Music in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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This year’s MTV Video Music Awards will take place on Aug. 29 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Tenacious D‘s Jack Black and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will host.
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Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth has dropped his lawsuit against VanHalenStore.com, the company’s Van Halen magazine (titled The Inside) and company owner Jeff Hausman, according to a press release. Last year, Roth filed a suit in which he alleged that Hausman was advertising fraudulent “Official Van Halen” merchandise.
“Mr. Roth has determined that nothing illegal has been done by Mr. Hausman, The Inside or VanHalenStore.com and he has decided to drop his lawsuit in this regard,” reads the statement.
Later this month, Roth launches a co-headlining tour with fellow ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar.
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Rapper C-Murder‘s $2 million bond was revoked by a judge after prosecutors accused the rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, of using a cell phone he allegedly smuggled into jail to threaten potential witnesses in his murder trial.
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Funk legend George Clinton has filed a malpractice suit against attorney Johnnie Cochran, the Los Angeles Times reports. The suit alleges that inadequate representation by one of Cochran’s employees cost Clinton his copyrights.
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Simon & Garfunkel‘s “Live from New York City 1967,” a previously unreleased 19-track concert album recorded at Lincoln Center on Jan. 22, 1967, will be released by Columbia/Legacy in July. The acoustic set includes songs from the three albums they had released up to that date: “Wednesday Morning 3 AM,” “The Sounds Of Silence,” and “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.”
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Five for Fighting will support the Goo Goo Dolls on a month of tour dates that begin on June 7.
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Several independent female musicians--includingDeena Miller, Lava Baby, Ina May Wool and Julia Greenbe--have joined forces for “It’s About Eve (Music for the Cure),” a benefit album to support breast cancer awareness. The album also includes Joan Jett‘s rendition of the Beatles song “The Word.” All net proceeds will benefit the TJ Martell and Libby Ross foundations.
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