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The guitar pop of Weezer has been interpreted by a cast of underground rock bands for the collection, Rock Music-A Tribute To Weezer, due February 5 from Dead Droid Records. Songs featured include, “Say It Ain’t So,” by Further Seems Forever; “Susanne,” by Midtown; and the Weezer rarity “Jaime,” as interpreted by Dashboard Confessional. A vinyl version includes two extra tracks. The complete track listing is: “My Name Is Jonas” (Affinity), “No One Else” (Piebald), “Holiday” (Glasseater), “Surf Wax America” (Grade), “Say It Ain’t So” (Further Seems Forever), “The World Has Turned” (Christopher John a.k.a. Elliott), “Susanne,” (Midtown), “Jamie” (Dashboard… Read more »

LFO has announced that it will open for Britney Spears on select December dates of her Britney 2001 U.S. tour, including December 11 at the FleetCenter in Boston; December 14 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina; December 15 at Philips Arena in Atlanta; and December 16 at the New Orleans Arena. O-Town is opening Spears’s current concerts. LAUNCH spoke to LFO singer Rich Cronin recently, and he said that LFO feels very comfortable with its new record label, J Records, a private joint venture between Clive Davis and BMG Entertainment. “It feels good. Like Brad always… Read more »

“Shhhhh!” is printed across the front of one of the T-shirts Ryan Adams is hawking during his current tour in support of his fabulous second solo disc, “Gold” (Lost Highway). It suggests that fame is the intention of least value for this 27-year-old singer-guitarist, an artist who has managed to fly ever so slightly above the radar as a solo artist and, previously, as leader of Whiskeytown, making one impressive artistic statement after another. On a night when a Mick Jagger performance was the hottest celeb-filled event in town, Adams’ show was the hottest ticket – the House of Blues… Read more »

Despite what legions of metal followers would have you believe, Ozzy Osbourne is apparently mortal after all. The heavy music pioneer has suffered a stress fracture and will have to reschedule 10 dates on his Merry Mayhem tour, according to a statement released late Friday (November 9). Ozzy injured his leg when he slipped stepping out of the shower before last week?s Merry Mayhem stop in Tucson, Arizona. The metal kingpin then proceeded to tour on the broken leg for a week before seeing a doctor on Thursday and being ordered to rest. As a result, Ozzy?s Merry Mayhem trek… Read more »

Rounding out its programming lineup as it launches the nation’s first digital satellite radio service, XM Satellite Radio’s “NASCAR Rig” will tour the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit throughout the Southern United States this fall. XM launched its service Sept. 25 in its two lead markets and expanded throughout the entire Southwest and Southeast in mid-October. XM will complete its national rollout in November. “XM is proud to offer NASCAR fans the world’s first 24-hour radio channel devoted to America’s most popular spectator sport,” said XM President and CEO Hugh Panero. “Our XM rig will help spread the word as we… Read more »

Pop star Britney Spears has delayed the start of her U.S. tour by five days to Oct. 31 after being laid low by the flu, her label said. The tour will now kick off in Washington at the MCI Center, Jive Records said in a statement issued late on Tuesday. It was originally supposed to begin in Miami on Oct. 26, but will now end there on Dec. 19. The Oct. 28 date in Tampa, Florida, has been rescheduled for Dec. 18. Spears was stricken after returning from a promotional trip to Australia, which she aborted following the Sept. 11… Read more »

In response to this week’s terrorist attacks, many artists, from the Robert Cray Band to the Sisqo took the stage and had a moment of silence for the victims of the attacks. One of those victims was Daniel Lee, a crew member for the BSBs who was on one of the hijacked flights from Boston to Los Angeles, heading home to be with his pregnant wife. Incubus have also announced that they will donate all proceeds from their two sold out shows at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom this weekend to relief funds set up to help the city and… Read more »

In support of the President’s wishes that the country return to its normal routine following yesterday’s tragedies, the Lynyrd Skynyrd and Backstreet Boys performances tonight in Raleigh, North Carolina and Toronto, Ontario, respectively, will be held as originally scheduled. The bands also announced that in honor of the victims and families affected by the tragedies, each group will donate at least $10,000 of tonight’s ticket sales to help kick-off the ClearChannel.com Relief Fund, a newly established fund created by Clear Channel Worldwide. Clear Channel Entertainment, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide, is the promoter of tonight’s concert. The ClearChannel.com Relief… Read more »

While West Coast Tool fans will be treated to King Crimson as show openers, those on the East Coast will be primed by the sonic antics of Fantômas. Though an itinerary is still being plotted, Fantômas, fronted by former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton, are tentatively scheduled to begin their three-week stint with Tool on September 22, according to an Ipecac Records spokesperson. The tour, supporting the band’s second album, The Director’s Cut (see “Patton Scores With Second Fantômas LP”), will be routed to hit major markets such as New York; Boston; Philadelphia; Portland, Maine; Washington, D.C.; Albany, New… Read more »

Earlier this year, the rap magazine XXL raved about Cormega’s Mega 2001 bootleg, and Vibe magazine gave the Queens rapper props in its article on the infamous Queensbridge housing projects called home. None of these accolades, however, has erased the fact that Cormega – who has recently appeared on albums by rhymers such as Prodigy, Screwball and Tragedy – had a falling-out with former friend Nas and was replaced by fellow Queensbridge rapper Nature in the Firm, the ill-fated supergroup that also featured Nas, Foxy Brown and AZ. Yet Cormega hopes his first legitimate album, The Realness, scheduled to arrive… Read more »