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Dream Street is gearing up to hit the road early next year with Aaron Carter. The Aaron Carter/Dream Street Tour kicks off on January 25th, 2002 in Jacksonville, FL. In addition, Dream Street will warm up to Florida as the opening act for Britney Spears in Tampa, Florida on December 18th, 2001 at the Ice Palace Arena. Dream Street’s self-titled debut (UEG Records / edel Entertainment July 10th) has sold over 500,000 units and certified gold in just under six months of release. The album debuted at #37 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart and at #1 on Billboard’s Independent… Read more »

After a whirlwind year that saw Destiny’s Child headlining the “TRL” tour and selling more than 3.4 million copies of Survivor, Beyoncé Knowles, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland are showing no sign of slowing down in 2002. In the works: a springtime world tour with Knowles’ singing sister, Solange, after which they’ll begin work on their fourth studio album, according to a Columbia Records spokesperson. A start date for the trek hasn’t been set, and no additional details on the album were available at press time. In the meantime, the ladies continue to work on solo albums, and Knowles is… Read more »

Recipients of the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and Trustees Awards were announced today by Michael Greene, President/CEO of the Recording Academy. Pianist and band leader Count Basie and recording artists Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Al Green, and Joni Mitchell will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards. Engineer/producer Tom Dowd and original rock disc jockey Alan Freed will be honored with Trustees Awards. Formal acknowledgment of the awards will be made in conjunction with the 44th Annual GRAMMY ® Awards ceremony, which willbe held at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Wednesday, Feb. 27. The show will be a prime-time television special on… Read more »

As troubled as her All for You tour may have been, Janet Jackson has decided to take it back out on the road. The singer will perform 10 dates across the U.S. in January and February, culminating with a Hawaii show on February 17 to be broadcast live on HBO. The first All for You trek seemed plagued by problems from the moment it began – or the moment it was supposed to begin. Opening night was postponed because an important part of her stage equipment didn’t arrive at the venue on time. Later, dates were canceled after Jackson needed… Read more »

The Goo Goo Dolls are in a Los Angeles studio putting finishing touches on their seventh album, Gutterflower. Band members John Rzeznik, Robby Takac and Mike Malinin have recorded twelve songs for the disc which is due out in 2002. Gutterflower is being produced by Rob Cavallo (Dizzy Up The Girl). Beginning December 2nd and concluding December 17th, John Rzeznik’s 1967 Pontiac GTO will be put up for bids on VH1 and eBay in connection with VH1-1’s My Music Awards (Dec. 2 at 9:00 pm ET/PT). The classic car is white with black interior and is being auctioned off with… Read more »

“Death Row Records Presents: Tha Dogg Pound: 2002,” featuring never before heard tracks with Tupac, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Crooked I and Soopafly. “2002” also boasts the production work of Dr. Dre, as well as COLD187UM. The hot debut single “Gangsta Rap” is going for radio adds now and has been posted on Death Row’s Web site www.ThaRow.com. Proteges of Snoop Dogg, the Long Beach, CA-based duo Tha Dogg Pound teams rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. The duo have contributed to soundtracks including “Above the Rim” and “Murder Was the Case,” which introduced a sound that used Dre’s… Read more »

Boston, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Patti Smith Group, the Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers head the 2002 class of newly eligible artists for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, sources close to the process revealed to allstar on Thursday (May 24). An artist has to have first recorded 25 years ago (1977) in order to be newly eligible. Others eligible for the first time are Will Ackerman, Blondie, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Peabo Bryson, Burning Spear, John Cougar, Dwight Twilley Band, Firefall, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Amy Grant, Greg Kihn Band, Sammy Hagar, Richard… Read more »