Ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Southern rockers the Black Crowes have canceled the rest of their U.S. tour — including eight
shows rescheduled from late August — due to a back injury to Page, which may lead to surgery, according to a tour press release. The canceled gigs include U.S. dates from Sept. 15–Oct. 7, as well as a planned co-headlining run with the Who in New York's Madison Square Garden and all dates in Europe. Tickets for canceled shows will be refunded at the place of purchase. The group hopes to reschedule the New York shows and play Japan in December. ...
Indigo Girl Amy Ray, X's Exene Cervenka and country singer Kim Richey are among the artists confirmed to participate in the ROCKRGRL Music Conference 2000, to be held Nov. 2–4 in Seattle. Also on tap are folk-rocker Penelope Houston, Jill Sobule, Wendy & Lisa, Jack Off Jill vocalist Jessicka, Michelle Malone, ex-Luscious Jackson drummer Kate Schellenbach, Ann Wilson, the Bangs, Bonfire Madigan and the Need. Former Ronettes singer Ronnie Spector will give the keynote address. ...
Run-D.M.C. are working on a track with producer Jermaine Dupri and plan to be in the studio next week with pop-rock group Third Eye Blind, as they finish up their long-delayed album Crown Royal, rapper Rev. Run said Thursday (Sept. 7). The seminal rap group's long-delayed follow-up to 1993's Crown Royal is due Dec. 12. Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins said he is putting together tape loops for next week's session. ...
Country legend Johnny Cash has been added to the roster of artists contributing to Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, due Nov. 7. The tribute features covers of songs from the Boss' spare, 1982 album, as well as of three tracks recorded at the same time but released two years later on Born in the U.S.A. The track listing is: "Nebraska," Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour; "Atlantic City," Hank Williams III; "Mansion on the Hill," Johnny Cash; "Johnny 99," Los Lobos; "Highway Patrolman," Dar Williams; "State Trooper," Deana Carter; "Used Cars," Ani DiFranco; "Open All Night," Jay Farrar; "My Father's House," Ben Harper; "Reason To Believe," Aimee Mann and Michael Penn; "Downbound Train," Raul Malo; "Working On the Highway," Crooked Fingers; "Wages of Sin," Damien Jurado and Rose Thomas. ...
Hole are considering Nashville Pussy bassist Corey Parks to replace Melissa Auf Der Maur, who left to join the Smashing Pumpkins, according to Carol Sloat, Hole's assistant manager. Hole are beginning work on the follow-up to 1998's Celebrity Skin. Nashville Pussy are on the Tattoo the Earth tour, sans the 6-foot-3-inch tall, fire-breathing Parks. Meanwhile, Hole frontwoman Courtney Love is in talks with Regan Books to write a book about making it in the music industry, Sloat said. ... Rap-rockers Limp Bizkit shot a video for their song "Rollin' " on Wednesday (Sept. 6) on top of the World Trade Center in New York, frontman Fred Durst told Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. The singer said the clip was inspired by Guns N' Roses' video for "Don't Cry." The video will premiere Sept. 15 on MTV, along with a clip for "My Generation," which features performance footage from the band's Napster-sponsored free tour. Limp Bizkit will release Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Oct. 17. (Sonicnet.com's parent company, Viacom, also owns MTV). ...
After performing Sept. 22 in Mexico City, Slipknot will swing through the South and up into the Midwest, playing a series of dates through Oct. 15 in Columbus, Ohio. At the end of the year, the metal group will head into the studio to work on a follow-up to its debut album, a band spokesperson said. ... To commemorate what would have been John Lennon 's 60th birthday, the late singer/guitarist's first and last post-Beatles solo albums — John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) and Double Fantasy (1980) — will be reissued and remastered with bonus tracks. Plastic Ono Band features "Power to the People" and "Do the Oz," while Double Fantasy includes "Central Park Stroll," a conversation between Lennon and wife and collaborator Yoko Ono, as well as "Help Me To Help Myself" and "Walking on Thin Ice," a track completed the night Lennon was shot to death in 1980. Lennon was born on Oct. 9, 1940. ...
Supernatural Live — An Evening With Carlos Santana and Friends, documenting a star-studded April concert, will be released Sept. 12 on DVD and VHS. Carlos Santana jams with guests from the 13-times platinum 1999 album Supernatural, including Lauryn Hill and Cee-Lo, Rob Thomas, the Product G&B, Everlast, Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford, as well as Sarah McLachlan and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. The DVD includes a Santana interview and biography, rehearsal footage and videos for "Smooth," "Maria Maria," "Put Your Lights On" and "Corazon Espinado." ... Southern jam-rockers Widespread Panic have announced the first leg of their U.S. fall tour. The run will begin Oct. 19 in North Charleston, S.C., and will include a three-night stand Oct. 27–30 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. A complete tour itinerary is expected to be announced next week, according to the band's publicist, and can be found at the group's Web site, widespreadpanic.com. ...
"Demystifying the Devil," an unauthorized documentary on shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, will be released Sept. 26 on DVD. Originally released on video last year, the film traces Brian Warner's transformation from a Tampa, Fla., music journalist to controversial rock superstar Marilyn Manson, and includes home video footage of the singer appearing to perform oral sex on a man, sacrificing a rabbit to a snake and playing with his penis as he sings "Beautiful People." ... Victoria Williams ' Sweet Relief organization is working on a tribute album to funk and rock legend Sly Stone. The project is only in the conception stage, but Sweet Relief's Bob Bortnick told the Los Angeles Times that he felt the influences of Sly and the Family Stone would be such that assembling a commercially potent roster of artists to participate in the project should be easily accomplished. Sweet Relief, founded in 1993, helps musicians pay for medical care. Earlier projects have been tributes to songwriters Vic Chesnutt and Williams. ...
Monday's birthdays (Sept. 11): Mickey Hart, 57; Dennis Tufano (Buckinghams), 54; Tommy Shaw (Styx), 47; Jon Moss (Culture Club), 43; Mick Talbot (Style Council, Dexy's Midnight Runners), 42; Moby, 35; and Bart Van Der Zeeuw (K's Choice), 32.
— sonicnet.com staff report
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