Good Charlotte are becoming Great Charlotte to animal-rights activists. The group has recruited PETA to hand out anti-vivisection and pro-vegetarian pamphlets to kids leaving the group's shows. They've also borrowed a van from a
Minneapolis-area activist to hammer home their message. The vehicle, which will be manned by a PETA volunteer, is equipped with a screen on the side to broadcast footage of abused farm animals. ...
Like he did for Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Grohl is playing the drums on the upcoming album from Killing Joke, another of the Foo Fighters frontman's favorites. Tentatively titled Axis of Evil, the follow-up to 1996's Democracy is being produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill and is due in June. ... Beck will continue supporting his Sea Change on a summer tour with Dashboard Confessional and the Black Keys. Only the first seven dates have been announced so far, with the outing beginning May 28 in Vienna, Virginia. ...
All the videos by seminal English rock group the Clash will be compiled on "The Essential Clash DVD," which comes out June 10. The package will include the short home movie "Hell W10," which was directed by late vocalist/guitarist Joe Strummer and stars the members of the band. Essential Clash, a double-CD band retrospective, was released last month. ...
Vince Neil pleaded "no contest" via his attorney at the Beverly Hills Superior Court Monday in his misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an altercation with a record producer in April of last year. The judge ordered the Mötley Crüe singer to complete 100 hours of community service, pay restitution for punching Michael Schuman, complete a diversion program and go through a booking process. Neil had faced a maximum of six months in jail and a $2,000 fine. ...
Ricky Martin has set a May 20 release date for Las Almas del Silencio (meaning The Souls of Silence), his first Spanish-language album since 1998's Veulve. Venezuelan songwriter Franco de Vita, who wrote the title track to that album, also wrote the first single from the new LP, "Tal Vez" ("Perhaps"). ...
04.08.03
R. Kelly is staying busy while deciding what his next official single will be. He recently finished producing and singing on a remix of Marques Houston's "That Girl," and Kelly's spokesperson said that in addition to the work he's done recently for Beyoncé, Swizz Beatz and Cam'ron, there's also talk of him collaborating once again withJay-Z. ...
Britney Spears continues to plug away at her upcoming album. Her label, Jive, estimates that she should be done recording in mid-May, at which point they'll set a release date. ... The Deftones will launch a guerilla club tour in May to support their self-titled fourth album, due May 20. Each show will be announced the day before. ...
The original Big Willie will be celebrating his 70th birthday receiving love from his friends and fans. Norah Jones, Ray Charles, Wyclef Jean, Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow will be among those onstage for the tribute concert Willie Nelson and Friends: Live and Kickin'. Although Nelson doesn't turn 70 until April 30, the bash will take place on April 9 at New York's Beacon Theatre. ... Michelle Branch will make a guest appearance during the third season of "The Chris Isaak Show," which is shooting now and will begin airing in the fall. Poison singer Bret Michaels has also filmed an episode. ...
The Stray Cats are reuniting for their first live performance in over a decade. Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom will take the stage at Irvine, California's annual Hootenanny festival on July 5. Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday. ... Members of the Vandals are suing each other over the credits of a song used in the Vin Diesel movie "XXX." Former members Steve "Stevo" Jensen and Steve "Human" Pfaufer dispute that current bassist Joe Escalante owns the sole credit on "Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)," which he gave the movie permission to use. Escalante filed a $6 million suit against his former bandmates in Los Angeles Superior Court, charging interference with a contract, while Jensen and Pfaufer are looking into filing a countersuit. A settlement hearing is scheduled in Los Angeles for June 27. ...
Third Eye Blind will play the Kinks and sing "All Day and All of the Night" in an upcoming episode of the NBC drama "American Dreams," filming on the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles this week. ... Sugar Ray have set a June 3 release date for their fifth album, In the Pursuit of Leisure, which was produced by longtime collaborator David Kahne (Sublime) and features a cover of Joe Jackson's 1979 hit, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" Steven Murashige (Rage Against the Machine) directed the video for the first single, "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)," which Mark McGrath and company will certainly play when they kick off an arena tour with Matchbox Twenty on April 25 in New Orleans. ...
K-Ci and JoJo were arrested on tax-evasion charges over the weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina. The brothers, who are accused of failing to pay taxes for shows performed in the state in 1999, 2000 and 2001, were freed on bail Sunday and said they had no prior knowledge of the tax problem. ... Trey Anastasio will embark on a 10-date solo tour starting May 26 in New York. On July 7, the jam maestro will join his band Phish for a month of shows beginning in Phoenix, Arizona. ... British rockers South will release the follow-up to their From Here on In LP on August 26. Dave Eringa (Idlewild) produced the album, titled With the Tides. ...
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