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U2, EMINEM IN NEWS NOTES
U2’s Vertigo tour received four nominations for this year’s Billboard Touring Awards, the most of any nominee. Neil Diamond, Kenny Chesney, and the Dave Matthews Band are among the other nominees…
Eminem’s publishing companies filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michigan seeking a court order to prohibit five companies from selling the rapper’s song ring tones on the Internet. Eminem’s lawyers also plan to sue karaoke companies that sell his songs without obtaining the proper licenses…
Wyclef Jean will co-write and provide music for a comedy series for HBO which will be based loosely on his life. The series is currently in the early stages of development…
The White Stripes, Iggy & the Stooges, and Franz Ferdinand are among the initial performers announced for the 2006 Big Day Out festival tour, which will kick off January 20 in Auckland, New Zealand, and move to Australia for five shows from January 22 through February 5. Other acts confirmed include The Living End, Cut Copy, Sleater-Kinney, the Magic Numbers, Kings of Leon, and The Mars Volta…
Badfinger drummer Michael Gibbins died in his sleep at his home in Florida Tuesday (October 4). He was 56. The cause of death was not made public at press time…
Rapper Beanie Sigel’s stepfather, Sam Derry’s buried remains were discovered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he was shot to death and his body was then set on fire. Sigel’s lawyer, Fortunato Perri Jr., told the Associated Press that there appeared to be no connection between the murder and Sigel’s recent acquittal on attempted-murder charges…
Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty will be re-released November 15 in an expanded and remastered CD/DVD edition via Rhino. The DVD side is mixed in DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound and produced by Browne from the original multi-track recordings…
Source : groovevolt
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