Briefly: ODB, Bridge School webcast, Chumbawamba, Johnny Cash

Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard was being transferred from a Pasadena drug treatment facility to a Los Angeles courthouse when he fled, Sonicnet reported. The facility is one in which patients are not restrained. A warrant has been issued for his arrest, and if he is arrested, he will not be allowed to post bail.

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Intel.com will stream Neil Young's Bridge School benefit shows on Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time and on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time.

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Primal Scream will play four U.K. show in December prior to its New Year's Eve performance at London's Alexandra Palace: Brighton's Brighton Centre (12/17), Bristol's Colston Hall (12/19), Birmingham's Birmingham Academy (12/20) and Manchester's Apollo (12/22).

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Irish folk rock group the Saw Doctors will return to the U.S. in late November and December to play shows at Boston's Avalon (11/28), Washington D.C.'s 9.30 Club (11/30) and New York's Irving Plaza (12/1-2).

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Chumbawamba has made its new song "Pass It Along (MP3 mix)" available on its website. The song, which has a pro-file-sharing theme, samples musicians which have vocally opposed file-sharing such as Metallica and Dr. Dre.

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Johnny Cash said that he was misdiagnosed with Shy-Drager Syndrome, The Associated Press reported.

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Quincy Jones and Mos Def are among the performers who have contributed to "The Rose That Grew From Concrete, Volume I," a collection of interpretations of Tupac Shakur's posthumously published poetry.