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Spending several years away from the limelight has not changed the Prodigy. It took only one broadcast of their new single and the band that sparked debate with “Smack My Bitch Up” is already stirring up controversy. “Baby’s Got a Temper,” which debuted on Britain’s Radio 1 Thursday night, was heavily edited by the station because of the track’s many references to Rohypnol, a tranquilizer that causes muscle relaxation and memory loss and is often called the “date rape drug.” The song, which the Prodigy performed at last month’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, features Keith Flint singing lyrics… Read more »

Grammy Award-winners U2 and Celine Dion will each headline new concert specials during the 2002-3 TV season on CBS. U2’s concert from the famed Slaine Castle in Dublin, Ireland, will air later this year to coincide with the release of a new album by the band. In addition to their performance, the special will include a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s most successful rock bands. The special’s airing will coincide. Dion will return to CBS in a new concert special set to coincide with the opening of her new show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which will… Read more »

Singer Dionne Warwick was arrested Sunday when baggage screeners at Miami International Airport said they found 11 suspected marijuana cigarettes inside her lipstick container. Warwick, 61, of Miami Beach, was charged with possession of less than 5 grams of marijuana. She signed an affidavit promising to appear in court and was released. Warwick was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles when screeners at Concourse D noticed a suspicious item in her carry-on bag at about 7:30 a.m. She missed the flight. The five-time Grammy award winner and cousin to Whitney Houston became famous in the 1960s for such songs as… Read more »

Considering their last album was released in 1993, you’d think the Breeders could have come up with an album title in that time. Instead, they named their new release Title TK, which in journalism jargon means “title to come” – used when information is still forthcoming. As coolly detached as she is, frontwoman Kim Deal wasn’t being a slacker. This title was conceived even before this album, due May 21, was. “I always thought Title TK sounded cool. Even when Last Splash didn’t have a name, I thought I’d call it Title TK, but I didn’t use it then. And… Read more »

Hundreds of Web broadcasters went silent on Wednesday in an organized protest against proposed U.S. royalty rates they say would undermine the industry and stifle innovation on the Internet. The Web radio stations started their protest at dawn to oppose rates recommended in February by a Copyright Royalty Arbitration Panel working for the U.S. Copyright Office. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Librarian of Congress is required to set sound recording performance royalty rates for Web radio stations by May 21. The arbitration panel recommended Webcasters pay recording companies a rate of 14/100ths of a cent per listener per… Read more »

Universal Music is in talks with its best-selling rap artist Eminem to deploy copy protection technology on all upcoming CD releases of “The Eminem Show,” marking the biggest move yet to protect its top acts from music piracy, a label official told Reuters Wednesday. Discussions are under way between Universal, a division of French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal, Eminem and his Universal-owned label Interscope Records to make the anticipated top-selling release copy proof, thwarting the industry’s biggest concern – piracy. Universal and Eminem would need to strike an agreement on whether or not to release the security-enhanced CDs in the… Read more »

A photographer has caught pop star Britney Spears on film smoking a cigarette, after she’s been preaching for years that she was against the habit. The 20-year-old singer once told the News-Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn., “I don’t believe in drugs or even smoking. I believe in God.” The New York Post is carrying the photo today showing the singer, dressed in short-shorts, apparently turning her back to the photographer. The paper quotes the singer’s spokeswoman as issuing a “no response” when asked whether Britney’s smoking might encourage her young followers to light up. Spears has been challenging her good girl… Read more »

The “boogeyman of rap” is busting his gun, pistol-whipping one of his cheating mate’s lovers, contemplating other grisly forms of violence and taking a leak on the White House lawn – and that’s just by the midpoint of The Eminem Show. Yes, ladies and gents, “Shady’s back,” as he proclaims in his first single, “Without Me,” and Eminem still has a lot to vent. As soon as the curtain opens on Em’s third solo album, it’s clear all of the rapper’s frustrations that have been building up over the last two years since The Marshall Mathers LP are going to… Read more »

Shakira spoke out against unfair labor practices Tuesday in response to a New York Daily News article that sought to connect her to an alleged sweatshop in Brooklyn. The 25-year-old Columbian-born chanteuse did a one-time promotion for Delia’s, a clothing line for teen girls, in January, appearing on the cover of the spring catalog and in window-size display posters at retail shops. According to the article, published Monday, Delia’s once carried clothes manufactured by the Danmar Finishing factory, which has been accused of forcing employees to work unpaid overtime hours and threatening to deport those who complained. “To all the… Read more »

After a three-year hiatus, groundbreaking hip-hop tour Smokin’ Grooves will return this summer armed with a lineup that includes Outkast, Lauryn Hill and the Roots. The outing, which will also feature West Coast rhyme slingers Jurassic 5, is scheduled to kick off July 18 near San Francisco and hit 15 major markets before wrapping up August 7 in Atlanta. DJ Shadow, Cee-Lo, and Damien Marley and the Ghetto Youth Crew will appear at some of the dates, along with several other surprise performers, according to the tour’s promoter. Two shows, August 1 and 4, will feature Black Lily, an all-female… Read more »