Briefly: U2, Cypress Hill's Smoke Out, Mary J. Blige, Barenaked Ladies, Blaque And Fatone, Sneaker Pimps

On Tuesday (8/8), U2's Bono and Larry Mullen introduced U2.com via a video on the website.

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Cypress Hill's annual Smoke Out concert is scheduled for Oct. 7 in San Bernardino, Calif. Acts include Cypress Hill, 311, Redman, Gang Starr and Dilated Peoples.

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Mtv.com reported that Mary J. Blige attended a St. Louis protest against a recent incident in which white police officers shot two unarmed black men during drug arrests.

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Barenaked Ladies will soon have downloadable answering machine messages on their website, Webnoize reported.

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Blaque and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone have collaborated on "As Is," a song on the forthcoming "Bring It On" soundtrack.

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The Sneaker Pimps have split from their label One Little Indian, also home to Bjork.

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There is a digital music site that shall remain nameless that will pay $5,000 to 10 parents or couples that give their child the name of the site. Like, let's say that the company's name is Scum.com: the family would have to name the child Scum, then submit a birth certificate proving that the child's name is legally Scum. People suck.