SoundSpike Blog: Britney Spears, Suge Knight, Phish

Also: Slick Rick, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Bob Dylan, Interpol, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Crow, Dave Navarro, Michelle Branch.

Also: Slick Rick, Shania Twain, Kenny Chesney, Bob Dylan, Interpol, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Crow, Dave Navarro, Michelle Branch.

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Britney Spears filed suit against shoemaker Skechers on Monday (12/23), alleging she didn’t get enough money to properly market her line of roller skates and accessories, according to the AP.

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Rap mogul Suge Knight is back in the pokey for alleged parole violations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Unnamed law enforcement sources told the newspaper that Knight allegedly associated with reputed gang members.



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Phish will offer free downloads of unedited soundboard recordings from all four of the band’s upcoming http://www.soundspike.com/story/659>New Year’s Eve shows.

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The AP’s Alex Veiga has a jail conversation with Slick Rick. Rick says there’s a 95% chance he’ll be deported to England, where he hasn’t lived since he was 11.



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Shania Twain and Kenny Chesney are the first performers announced for the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards. The ceremony takes place on April 7 at Nashville’s Gaylord Entertainment Center.

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Bob Dylan is atop Blender magazine’s list of the top 50 rock geniuses of all time, Reuters reports.



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Interpol‘s “Turn on the Bright Lights” tops Pitchfork‘s top 50 albums of 2002. Pitchfork is cooler than you are.

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Sharon Osbourne “will comment on her ‘rollercoaster’ year in a Christmas Day speech” that will be broadcast on Great Britain’s Channel 4 at the same time the Queen delivers her traditional address on the BBC, according to British press reports.



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MTV reports that Sheryl Crow and Dave Navarro have recorded songs with Michelle Branch that are expected to turn up on Branch’s forthcoming album, which is expected in April.

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