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WIRE: FROM WYCLEF TO BANGLES TO LORETTA LYNN |
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The News Wire that says along with Gary Glitter, hello hello, it's good to be back (and not in jail)... • If you're looking for news that will get you excited today, then the latest Billboard 200 album chart is bound to
Otherwise, the top 10 looks very much like it has all summer. At No. 2 reigns Queen Britney Spears, while her archenemy, Eminem, is at No. 3. The usual suspects of Creed and 'N Sync are at No. 5 and No. 6; newcomers 3 Doors Down and Papa Roach are at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively; and the compilation Now That's What I Call Music 4 and the Coyote Ugly soundtrack are at No. 4 and No. 10, also respectively. That leaves Wyclef Jean as the week's most compelling new entry at No. 9 with The Ecleftic, the only record ballsy enough to mix Kenny Rogers and Pharoahe Monch, then cover Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," credit the song to Wyclef himself, and hope nobody notices. Wyclef chose to celebrate by considering how far he has come from his days as a gypsy cab driver. "That was dangerous, but I always had my gun in the cab," he told the London Telegraph. "I just turned around and said, 'Give me my money or I'll kill you.'" We think Wyclef might have driven our mother to JFK Airport the other day. • If you're a Bangles fan, then you might want to be seen sniffing around Los Angeles' Spaceland this Friday, September 1. That's when the reunited Egyptian strollers are said to be playing a secret gig under the name of Liquid Circus, according to the Web site All Star Music News. The band is allegedly playing its hour-long hits set beginning at 10 p.m. PT. • Cristin Keleher, who was discovered in December living out of George Harrison's estate in Maui, was released from prison on Friday, August 25 after serving a four-month sentence for trespassing. As part of her probation, the 27-year-old stalker has been ordered to return to her parents' home in New Jersey. Police discovered her in Harrison's house doing the laundry and eating pizza, although she said she was seeking shelter from the storm. Wrong Traveling Wilbury, Cristin. • Fatboy Slim's third album will be called Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, and brings the big beat back to American record stores on November 7. Guests on the album include Macy Gray and Bootsy Collins. According to Astralwerks Records, the first single from Stars, whose title refers to a quote from Victorian playwright Oscar Wilde, is "Sunset (Bird of Prey)," featuring a sample of Jim Morrison reading his poetry. Be very afraid. • When Sting concertgoers complained about not being able to see the stage due to camera equipment at last October's show in Universal City, Calif., the former Police man tried to appease them with a fans-only live album. Now the limited-edition album is selling for as much as $150 on eBay, so Sting is giving it an official release. Brand New Day Tour: Live From the Universal Amphitheater, featuring guest spots from Stevie Wonder and "Desert Rose" singer Cheb Mami, hits stores on September 26. • One star whose new album isn't likely to be spinning on your CD player anytime soon is Perry Farrell. The former Jane's Addiction frontman was so enthusiastic about releasing his solo debut in the year 2000 he even named it The Diamond Jubilee, blathering that it was "all new music and attitude for the millennium, bringing inspiration to the global dance culture." That's proving harder than he thought, so it's likely to be out in the beginning of 2001, according to Virgin Records. • It ain't easy watching Creed these days. Never mind the lingering suspicion that you'd have more fun seeing Pearl Jam. Chris Schneck of Pennsylvania was assaulted with an axe in the parking lot of Camden, N.J.'s E-Centre after a Creed show there on Saturday, August 26. The attacker has yet to be found, but although Schneck's hand was nearly cut off, doctors expect he will keep it. On the end of his arm, of course. • It isn't easy going to overseas festivals either. The Carling Weekend Festival in Leeds, England, ended early Tuesday, August 29 with some 500 concertgoers setting fire to the portable toilets, and then engaging in a pitched battle with West Yorkshire police clad in riot gear. The local constabulary said that several people were arrested. The final verdict was that the festival, which saw Oasis' last performance this year, "passed without major incident." • Remember when in The Agony and the Ecstasy Pope Rex Harrison kept asking Charlton "Michelangelo" Heston when the Sistine Chapel would be finished? We fell asleep at around the same place. But country goddess Loretta Lynn knows what it's like to be badgered for her art. Her new solo album, Still Country, is her first release in 12 years. And it's in stores on September 12. Advance reports say get ready to weep. • Country god (or devil, depending on his medication) Johnny Cash also has a new album ready for release. But the ornery Man in Black is going to issue American III on vinyl first on September 26. If you've got one of those newfangled CD players, you'll have to wait for the album to drop on October 3, when you can enjoy collaborations with Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Merle Haggard, and June Carter "Mrs." Cash. • If it's been a while since you've heard a vocalist who sounds like the Sundays' Harriet Wheeler, don't despair. No, the Sundays aren't getting back together, but Sixpence None the Richer's Leigh Nash is contributing a solo song, "I Need to Be Next to You," to the soundtrack of Bounce. Leigh, along with the band, also has new songs on the concept compilation Roaring Lambs and the TV cash-in Today Presents: The Best of the Summer Concert Series, Vol. 1. • Blues Traveler are about to live up to their name. The jam band godfathers head out on tour this autumn, their first since the death of bassist Bobby Sheehan on August 20 of last year. The "Run-Around" hit-makers are scheduled to kick off things on October 6 in Mobile, Ala., and wrap up on November 22 at New York's Roseland, just in time for John Popper to catch a Thanksgiving dinner or two. • Everybody's got an opinion on the $6 bottles of water at Woodstock '99. Even Al Gore. He stopped petrifying for a moment to tell Spin magazine, "I think there were obviously serious mistakes in the way Woodstock was put on, and that shouldn't be used to condemn a generation at all." But it's so fun to do, Al. Anyway, it turns out Dave Lee Roth and his bit of wood got the cover of Spin instead. • Model Jerry Hall on the Rolling Stone she can't seem to shake: "Mick's a wonderful man, but a terrible husband. My friendship with Mick is so deep. Divorce is a normal everyday thing and I think it's wrong to hate people you once loved." |
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Sheryl Crow |
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Johnny Cash |
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Creed |
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Jane's Addiction |
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