Madonna’s hype machine revs up
Madonna issues a new album titled “American Life” on April 22, and the master of self promotion will be hard to avoid on the television during that week, Billboard.com reports.
The main event will be a one-hour MTV special dubbed “Madonna on Stage and on the Record,” which airs the day the album hits stores. Also that day, she appears on “Today,” “Dateline” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
On April 23, she appears on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” and makes a guest appearance on the sitcom “Will & Grace.”
Madonna issues a new album titled “American Life” on April 22, and the master of self promotion will be hard to avoid on the television during that week, Billboard.com reports.
The main event will be a one-hour MTV special dubbed “Madonna on Stage and on the Record,” which airs the day the album hits stores. Also that day, she appears on “Today,” “Dateline” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
On April 23, she appears on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” and makes a guest appearance on the sitcom “Will & Grace.”
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Four more ‘Live Phish’ volumes on the way
The next four volumes of the “Live Phish” album series are scheduled for release on May 20, according to Phish’s official website. The shows were chosen this time by Phish bassist Mike Gordon, and are: Portland, Ore. (July 15, 1998); Dallas (May 7, 1994); Keane, N.H. (July 12, 1991); and Providence, R.I. (Dec. 29, 1994).
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Paul McCartney back in action
Though a nasty cold forced the cute Beatle to call off a concert in Sheffield, England, over the weekend, Paul McCartney was back on stage by Wednesday, Ananova.com reports.
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The Lou Reed ‘curse’
Though he’s generally known as the author of the media column “Stop the Presses” in The Nation and a of new book titled “What Liberal Media,” Eric Alterman writes today in his Altercation blog of the Lou Reed “curse.”
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Indie promoters given the boot by Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications, the Oz behind 1,200 radio stations in the U.S., announced this week that it will stop dealing with independent promoters, RollingStone.com reports. Independent promoters are paid by record companies to get songs placed on radio station playlists, a practice that has been criticized as being akin to “pay for play.”
Perhaps not coincidentally, a U.S. Senate committee has been looking closely at Clear Channel’s business, and is pondering whether media deregulation has gone too far.
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The Rolling Stones skip Bangkok
A technical problem that grounded their crew’s airplane in Bombay forced The Rolling Stones to call off a scheduled concert in Bangkok, the Associated Press reports.
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