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Madonna’s hit single, “Don’t Tell Me,” from her 2000 album, Music, was among the songs honored as one of the most performed of the year at the 19th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on Monday (May 20) in Beverly Hills, California. The award meant accolades for acclaimed singer-songwriter Joe Henry, who wrote the song. Henry, who is also Madonna’s brother-in-law, says that he originally had different plans for the song, but is not complaining about how things played out. “Initially I wrote it for the Sopranos and they turned it down because I wasn’t a Sony artist or a big… Read more »

Having a song on the successful “Spider-Man” soundtrack hasn’t gone to Corey Taylor’s head. Actually, “Bother” has deflated the Slipknot frontman’s ego… or superego, as it were. Taylor has forgone using Superego as the moniker for his now-unnamed side project, who hope to release their debut in late summer or early fall, according to a Roadrunner Records spokesperson. Taylor’s Slipknot bandmate Jim Root (guitar) joins him in the endeavor, as do two members of their previous band, Stone Sour, and an acquaintance from the group’s hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The quintet has recorded 16 songs that run the gamut… Read more »

Two New York tribute events are in the works for May 19, which would have been late Ramones frontman Joey Ramone’s 51st birthday, Billboard.com has learned. Ramone’s mother Charlotte Lesher and brother Mickey Leigh are organizing a benefit concert at the Bowery Ballroom, which will raise funds for the not-for-profit Joey Ramone Cure for Lymphoma fund. Lineup and ticket information is still being finalized. Just up the road at the city’s legendary CBGB club, Ramones creative director Arturo Vega will stage the Bowery Electric Festival. Last month, Vega supervised the recording of “The Bowery Electric,” a tribute song penned in… Read more »

Boston native Joey McIntyre will host the 15th annual Boston Music Awards (BMAs) at the city’s 2,700-seat Orpheum Theatre on Thursday (April 11). Acts scheduled to perform at the event include Godsmack, American Hi-Fi, Reveille, Bill Morrissey, Kay Hanley, Tracy Bonham, Tribe of Judah, Must, the Sheila Devine, Mission Of Burma, and, of course, McIntyre. Staind, Aerosmith, and American Hi-Fi lead the pack of 162 BMA nominees with seven nominations each, with Godsmack close behind with six. Other major label acts receiving multiple nominations include LFO (three), Jo Dee Messina (two), Vertical Horizon (two), Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (two), Reveille… Read more »

R&B singer-songwriter Joe has responded to embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly’s recent negative comments. In a Vibe magazine interview, Kelly said, “He (Joe) has a beautiful voice, but I think he needs a producer who is going to give him who he is, not who I am.” During a conference call on Wednesday (April 10), Joe offered LAUNCH the following to response to R. Kelly’s comments. “I think it’s kind of distasteful, you know, especially with what’s going on with him right now,” he said. “I think he would have more things to be concerned with opposed to talking about… Read more »

While his ‘NSYNC-mate Lance Bass is making waves in outer space, Joey Fatone – like Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst – just wants to direct. Already a veteran in front of the camera, Fatone recently filmed a video for Latin music star Luis Fonsi in Florida, where the two were high-school friends and members of an a cappella pop group called Big Guys. The clip is for Fonsi’s “Secret,” the lead single from his first English-language album, Fight the Feeling, due July 2. In the video, Fonsi plays the secret lover of a female celebrity (who looks strikingly similar to… Read more »

Billy Joel and Elton John postponed the remaining stops on their Face to Face tour Monday. The dates affected stretch through April 11th, and include the pair’s second show at Madison Square Garden – originally scheduled for last night – four nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, three in New Jersey and one in Boston. Those shows, as well as a previously postponed date in Tampa, Florida, will be rescheduled for “the earliest appropriate time,” according to Joel’s Web site. According to the post, doctors diagnosed Joel with “acute laryngitis, inflamed vocal chords and an acute upper respiratory… Read more »

When Joey Fatone needed a break from ‘NSYNC, he decided a wedding would be nice. Nah, the singer didn’t tie the knot – he took on a role in the independent film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” which hits theaters April 14. “Obviously [‘NSYNC] can get old or tiring after a while and you’re like, ‘I want little bit of a change,’ ” Fatone said at a screening of the movie last week. “[So you] go do a movie. Be a character. Be nutty. Be silly. Whatever the case may be. And then you’re like, ‘OK, well, now I can… Read more »

Billy Joel and Elton John postponed a concert in their “Face to Face” tour after Joel became ill. The singer is suffering from “acute upper respiratory infection and laryngitis,” and has been feeling under the weather for several days, said Max Loubiere, his tour manager. Monday night’s concert at the Ice Palace was scheduled as part of a national tour featuring the two artists. Arena officials said the concert will be rescheduled, but no date was released. Ticketholders were advised to keep their tickets. “We’re trying to see what the schedule is, what Elton’s schedule is,” Loubiere told the St.… Read more »

There’s good news for Billy Joel and Elton John fans who had tickets to the duo’s February 2 concert at the FleetCenter in Boston, which was canceled because Joel was ill. The concert has now been rescheduled, and tickets from February 2 will be honored on the new date, April 3. The “Piano Man” and the “Rocket Man” kick off the first of six shows at the First Union Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday (February 13), where they are also scheduled to perform Friday (February 15), Sunday (February 17), Tuesday (February 19), Friday (February 22), and Sunday (February 24). After… Read more »