Lollapalooza has announced their 2 day schedule that will feature 60 bands to perform on five stages over the course of July 23 and 24 in Chicago
Three more pop concerts around the world are being arranged for next month’s Live8 charity event, according to Irish organiser Bob Geldof.
The pop star-turned aid activist, who was receiving an honorary degree in Dublin, said concerts in Tokyo, Toronto and Johannesburg on July 2 would be formally announced on Friday.
While the South African concert had long been planned, the others were hastily arranged to put pressure on the Japanese and Canadian governments to increase assistance to Africa, Geldof was quoted as saying by Britain’s Press Association newswire.
“Three weeks ago Europe agreed, unbelievably, to double aid, throwing the ball back to the Yanks (Americans), the Japanese and the Canadians.,” he said.
“So that forced me now to do, which I didn’t want to do, a concert in Tokyo, Toronto, which we are announcing tomorrow.”
The Johannesburg concert would be officially introduced by ex-South African president Nelson Mandela, if he was healthy enough, Geldof added.
Other concerts have already been announced for the same day: in London — at which Paul McCartney, Elton John and REM, among others, will appear — Philadelphia in the United States, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Geldof, who organised the massive Live Aid fund-raising charity concerts in 1985, hopes the latest event will raise awareness of African aid issues ahead of the G8 leaders’ summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, starting four days later.
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Canadian journalist and author Scott Young has died at the age of 87.
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The Bridge are sending out a message for those willing to listen and watch. Whether outside the box or inside the funk, the band
Making music so ethereal, it could come down from the sky, Sigur Ros are easily Iceland’s most popular group (Bj
The Allman Brothers Band are set to release American University 12/13/70, on Sanctuary Records, July 12th, 2005. Recorded live at American University, the performances features the band’s original line up of Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks.
Tracklisting:
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Trouble No More
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
4. Leave My Blues At Home
5. Stormy Monday
6. You Don’t Love Me
7. Whippin’ Post
Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled dates for their previously announced fall tour. The outing will begin Sept. 16 in San Diego and has shows on tap through Nov. 3 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Additional dates are expected to be added.
Nine Inch Nails recently wrapped a North American tour with Dresden Dolls and is now immersed in international festival and headlining dates through August. Queens Of The Stone Age is touring Europe through July 10 in Dublin and will resume Aug. 17 in Portugal.
Here are NIN/QOTSA’s tour dates:
Sept. 16: San Diego (Cox Arena)
Sept. 17: Tucson, Ariz. (TCC Arena)
Sept. 19: Phoenix (America West Arena)
Sept. 20: Fresno, Calif. (Selland Arena)
Sept. 23: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 24: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)
Sept. 26: Vancouver (Pacific Coliseum)
Sept. 28: Sacramento, Calif. (Arco Arena)
Sept. 30: Oakland, Calif. (Oakland Coliseum)
Oct. 1: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)
Oct. 4: Salt Lake City (E Center)
Oct. 5: Denver (Pepsi Arena)
Oct. 7: Chicago (Allstate Arena)
Oct. 8: Detroit (Joe Louis Arena)
Oct. 9: Cleveland (Gund Arena)
Oct. 11: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
Oct. 13: Madison, Wis. (Alliant Energy Center)
Oct. 14: St. Louis (Savvis Center)
Oct. 16: San Antonio (SBC Center)
Oct. 17: Dallas (American Airlines Arena)
Oct. 19: Houston (Toyota Center)
Oct. 21: Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Arena)
Oct. 22: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Oct. 24: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Office Depot Center)
Oct. 25: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Centre)
Oct. 27: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
Oct. 29: New Orleans (Voodoo Music Experience)
Oct. 31: Nashville (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
Nov. 2: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
Nov. 3: New York (Madison Square Garden)
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Pop superstar Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all counts of his child molestation trial today (June 13) in Santa Maria, Calif. Jackson, 46, had been charged with molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor in 2003, serving him wine and conspiring to hold the boy and his family hostage at his Neverland estate in order to get them to rebut a television documentary.
The jury listened to 14 weeks of testimony and deliberated for parts of seven days before settling on a verdict today.
In the documentary, “Living With Michael Jackson,” Jackson was shown holding hands with the accuser. He also said he allowed children to sleep in his bed but that it was non-sexual.
The accusations hammered home how far Jackson’s career has fallen since the mid-1980s, when he became the most adored pop star in the world via such iconic albums as “Thriller” and “Bad.” The prosecution, led by District Attorney Thomas Sneddon, portrayed him as a serial pedophile that utilized Neverland to lure young boys into acts of molestation.
The defense’s case centered on discrepancies in the testimony of the accuser and his mother, who was made out to be a con artist that cooked up the accusations in retaliation for being cut off from Jackson’s good graces.
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The Supreme Court refused to hear a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by a jazz flutist against the New York-based rap-rock trio, claiming the Beasties failed to obtain proper permission to sample a piece of his music for their tune “Pass the Mic.”
The decision by the nation’s highest judicial authority to pass on the case means a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will stand as the last word on the case–and that leaves the Beasties victorious.
Per the appellate court ruling, the flute-toting James W. Newton didn’t have any legal ground to sue the Beastie Boys. Newton had claimed that though the group paid a fee to license a six-second, three-note stretch of a Newton composition from his music publisher and record company, the trio did not pay him specifically for the underlying rights to the work.
The appeals panel concluded that the jazzy clip used in “Pass the Mic,” a tune off the rappers’ 1992 album, Check Your Head, was not unique enough to warrant an infringement. The court ruled against Newton, despite friend-of-the-court briefs filed on his behalf by the American Composers Forum, the Electronic Music Foundation and Meet the Composer, among other jazz and artists-rights organizations.
Source: yahoo
Coldplay’s third studio album, “X&Y,” opened with the second-highest first week sales tally in British chart history. The Parlophone album, released June 6, debuted at No. 1 on the British album chart with 464,471 over-the-counter sales, according to charts compiler the Official U.K. Charts Company.
Only Oasis’ August 1997 album “Be Here Now” (Big Brother/Sony BMG) — with 695,761 copies — sold more units in its first week of release. ‘X&Y’ accounted for more than one out of every six albums sold in Britain last week and has already earned triple platinum status there; EMI has shipped more than 900,000 units to retailers.
The set’s debut pushed Oasis’ “Don’t Believe the Truth” (Big Brother) to No. 2, followed by a No. 3 entry for the White Stripes’ “Get Behind Me Satan” (XL Recordings). The new compilation “All Over the World — The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra” (Epic) came in at No. 11 and John Legend’s “Get Lifted” (Columbia) reached a new peak with a 24-12 climb.
Source: Billboard
