In Brief: TLC’s T-Boz and Chilli back in the studio
Private funeral services planned for John Entwistle. Major labels reportedly planning campaign against file-swappers. Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform on Ellis Island. Radio station promotes Asbury Park Springsteen show.
Private funeral services planned for John Entwistle. Major labels reportedly planning campaign against file-swappers. Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform on Ellis Island. Radio station promotes Asbury Park Springsteen show.
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Surviving TLC members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas have resumed work on TLC’s fourth studio album, the Associated Press reports. TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes died in an automobile accident two months ago. Arista Records reportedly hopes to release the album, which is being produced by Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, this fall.
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Funeral services for the Who‘s John Entwistle will be held next week, and Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will attend, according Universal Music Enterprises. A memorial service will be held later in the year. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Teenage Cancer Trust and the British Heart Foundation.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that “major music companies are preparing to mount a broad new attack on unauthorized online song-swapping” that “would include suits against individuals who are offering the largest troves of songs on peer-to-peer services.” The labels reportedly have also hired companies “to distribute ‘decoy’ files labeled with the names of movies or songs. The idea is to frustrate illicit downloaders with dummy files that don’t work.”
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With the dual purpose of promoting the release of their new album, “By the Way,” and helping with the revitalization of lower Manhattan, Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform a Tuesday (7/9) concert on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. Tickets are being distributed via a contest on New York-area radio station WXRK-FM (K-Rock).
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Though no Bruce Springsteen concerts have been announced besides an upcoming appearance on the “Today” show, Los Angeles-area radio station Star 98.7 is promoting a contest in which it is awarding three nights hotel accommodations, roundtrip airfare for 2 from Los Angeles and a pair of tickets to a “private” July 26 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performance in Asbury Park, N.J. Details are available at the Star 98.7 website.
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