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Forty-five-show, 88-truck excursion expected to be largest pop tour ever. ‘NSYNC’s highly anticipated summer tour, PopOdyssey, is apparently such a spectacle, the group has been forced to delay opening night by six days to properly prepare. The outing is now scheduled to kick off May 18 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, according to promoters. The previous opening night, May 12 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida, has been moved to August 2. Other dates have been changed (May 15 in Tampa, Florida, to July 31; May 24 in Atlanta, Georgia, to August 11; June 6 in Cincinnati, Ohio,… Read more »

After Friday performance filled with profanities, drug references, Florida city’s mayor says Slim Shady can’t come back. Eminem is too much for even the rowdiest of American cities. The mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, vowed Slim Shady won’t perform in the city again after the controversial rapper used profanities and referenced drugs at a free concert Friday night. “He would definitely not be welcome back to perform,” Mayor Bud Asher told the Associated Press. “Evidently this guy is a renegade and he does whatever he wants.” Eminem was in Daytona Beach over the weekend to take part in a series… Read more »

For years recording artists and the executives who promote their work have had a love-hate relationship. Executives at recording companies, which make billions of dollars a year distributing music on compact discs and in other formats, say their business is risky and they should be compensated for taking chances on young talent. Recording artists, for their part, have long grumbled that companies are too controlling, lining their pockets by exploiting musicians unschooled in business. Now, while the debate in the music industry has focused on how recording companies should deal with the public online, the controversy has also reheated long-simmering… Read more »

‘N Sync premiered ‘BIGGER THAN LIVE’, the giant screen version of the group’s ‘No Strings Attached’ tour at the IMAX theatre at LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTRE yesterday (March 30). The group arrived with a fleet of limousines and heavy security presence, and faced a barrage of media attention as they walked the 200-metre red carpet outside the cinema. Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick quipped: “I see they have a lot of popcorn around. I really want nachos. Can I get nachos?” Justin Timberlake said: “This is a way for all our fans to experience the front row experience.” He declined to… Read more »

Napster CEO Hank Barry issued a response to Tuesday’s (March 27) U.S. District Court non-compliance report filing by the Recording Industry Association of America, calling the complaint “unsurprising.” “The RIAA’s call for a fundamental change in Napster’s technology is unsurprising: It is an attempt to change the subject rather than cooperate with Napster as the injunction specifies,” said Barry in the statement, released late Tuesday night. In Tuesday’s filing, the RIAA accused Napster of not complying with a March 5 injunction ordering Napster to immediately begin the process of removing requested copyrighted material from its file-swapping service. The filing also… Read more »

With Napster a shell of its former self and services like MP3.com paying hefty tribute, record labels are poised to conquer cyberspace with their own streaming and downloading services. Ironically, only one thing stands in the way: copyright. Record companies aren’t the only ones that hold copyright on music recordings. Music publishers, who represent lyricists and composers, do too – owning the rights to the piece of music itself. For every copy a record company distributes, the publisher gets a small cut. That’s how the people who write the songs get paid. Suddenly, the industry finds itself on the other… Read more »

Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink have hooked up for a cover of LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” for the soundtrack to Moulin Rouge. The track, produced by Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott and Rockwilder, will be the first single from the Interscope Records soundtrack to the film, due April 24. In addition to “Lady Marmalade,” the album also includes tracks by Beck, Fatboy Slim, Timbaland, and Ozzy Osbourne, among others. Produced by Strictly Ballroom’s Baz Luhrman, Moulin Rouge stars Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. Twentieth Century Fox will release the film April 27 in New York and Los Angeles with national distribution… Read more »

‘N Sync are ready to tear up a few more hearts with a new studio album and major tour. Justin Timberlake says that he, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass are busy in the studio laying down tracks for the as-of-yet-untitled third album (due in June), and they can’t wait to get out and perform again. The group will hit the road on May 12th, starting with a performance in Miami to an already sold-out audience. “I didn’t think it was going to be this crazy,” Timberlake says. “Something keeps happening every time we put an album… Read more »

Although ‘N Sync are still working on their new album, they’ve gone ahead and announced five dates for an upcoming summer tour, tentatively set to begin on May 12 in Miami. Tickets for the five shows, which include stops in Tampa, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi; and Hershey, Pennsylvania, will go on sale Saturday via Ticketmaster. BBMak have been tapped to open the Miami show as well as the May 15 concert in Tampa, and additional dates are expected to be added in between the five that have just been confirmed. ‘N Sync’s label, Jive Records, is mapping out the… Read more »