Briefly: Rod Stewart, Jessica Simpson, Gravity Games, Blondie

Rod Stewart's Monday night (8/30) concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles--the last date on his summer tour of North America--featured a surprise reunion of members of the Faces.

According to published reports, Stewart was joined on stage for five songs by former Faces members Ron Wood and Ian McLagan.

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Jessica Simpson will sing a duet with David Bisbal during Wednesday's (9/1) Latin Grammy Awards, which will air live on CBS-TV.

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Sum 41, The Donnas and Fat Joe with Terror Squad and Fabolous are among the acts scheduled to perform during the 2004 Summer Gravity Games, which take place Sept. 17-18 at Voinovich Park in Cleveland.

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Blondie will issue "Live by Request" Sept. 14 on both CD and DVD. The sets were recorded May 7 in New York City during the group's performance for the A&E cable network's "Live by Request" series.