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Britney Spears wants everyone to know she’s not a little girl anymore. That’s the message in her third album, due out Nov. 6, and her live concert special from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas airing Nov. 18 on HBO. “I really want this to be shocking and edgier,” Spears said Friday at the Television Critics Association summer gathering. “This show will be an event. It’s going to be to the next level as far as stunts.” The show will include Spears in a duet with her idol Cher on “The Beat Goes On,” the old Sonny and Cher hit.… Read more »

Orange County, California rockers Lit are nearing completion on their third full-length album, due out October 9th. Working in North Hollywood’s NRG Studios with producer Don Gilmore, who handled the band’s 1999 sophomore breakthrough A Place in the Sun as well as recent efforts from Sugar Ray and Eve 6, the group has tracked fifteen tunes and is presently knee-deep in mixing. Although the album is currently without an official title, Lit – singer A.Jay Popoff; his brother, guitarist Jeremy; drummer Allen Shellenberger and bassist Kevin Baldes – say a recent obsession with Seventies arena-rock may weigh heavily in the… Read more »

In anticipation of their forthcoming release this fall, Modern rockers Lit have announced they will perform a special concert at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on August 3. Dubbed the Dr. Marten’s “One Night Stand,” Lit will rock the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino poolside area with Eve 6 and Handsome Devil. From July 2 thru July 24, the following participating sites: AOL, Collegeclub.com, HOB.com, ICQ, Kiwibox, Launch.com, MP3.com, MSN/Windowsmedia.com and Random House will link directly to the http://www.click2music.com/drmartens page where users can enter to win a trip to see Lit and Eve 6 perform live… Read more »

Atlantic Records has announced the forthcoming release of the new studio album from Tori Amos. Entitled “STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS,” this assemblage of songs is due in stores on September 18th. All the songs on the album were written by men, but are performed by Tori from the perspectives of a diverse cast of female characters. Songs composed by such artists as Neil Young, the Stranglers, Eminem, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Lou Reed, Lennon/McCartney, and others are taken apart and put back together darkly, gently, and in an uncompromising fashion. In crafting the new album, Tori wanted to talk about men –… Read more »

Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys was so grateful that Cherokee County deputies recovered his two Chihuahuas that he donated $10,000 to the Sheriff’s Department to buy new bulletproof vests. “Out of the blue, we received a check from Brian Littrell, who lives in Cherokee County,” said Sheriff Roger Garrison, who showed off the new vests Wednesday. “The $10,000 enabled us to buy 30 vests.” The new vests will allow Garrison to replace outdated ones. Littrell’s missing pets, Tyke and Litty, were taken from his home last July. Deputy Donald Evans, who recovered one of the dogs, was excited about… Read more »

Like Eminem’s last two solo albums, the debut LP from his hometown crew, D12, opens with a public service announcement. But this time, the announcer suggests that anyone offended by words like “bitch” and “faggot” should turn off their stereos immediately. “We want people to know what the f they gonna hear for the next hour,” D12’s Bizarre said, speaking from the group’s home base of Detroit last week. “It’s our own ghetto public service announcement.” The sextet asks those who keep listening to Devils Night, due Tuesday, not to draw conclusions from what they hear – a request that… Read more »

The old feud between rock music and organized religion has given way to a more open embrace of spirituality. But mixing the two is still as dangerous as ever – these days, appearing too religious can jeopardize an artist’s credibility and commercial appeal. “VH1 All Access: Rock & Religion” takes an in-depth look at the influence of religion on pop music – from imagery in music videos, to artists’ spiritual journeys, to the internal struggles faced by Christian roots rockers in the 1950s – when the latest edition of the hit weekly one-hour series premieres Thursday, June 21 at 10:00… Read more »

“We’re trying to be not just another metal band,” explains vocalist Sonny Sandoval, describing P.O.D.’s second album on Atlantic Records, Satellite, due out August 28th. “Hopefully,” adds guitarist Marcos Curiel, “we can be the next U2.” The album expands on the headbanging mix of hardcore, rap and Latin flavor that helped their 1999 debut, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown – which, appropriately enough, included a cover of U2’s “Bullet the Blue Sky” – go platinum. The band is taking a more melodic approach this time, placing acoustic guitars and ballads alongside what Sandoval calls “straight ol’ heavy rock” – tracks… Read more »

For the third consecutive Friday, litigants in the ongoing battle between webcasters and the recording industry have filed suit against each other, this time over the venue of the proceedings. In a legal action that equates essentially to a procedural step asking the court to consolidate all legal proceedings involving the Digital Media Association and its member companies, the RIAA has filed a motion against MTVi, MusicMatch, and Xact Radio. Today’s action marks the third straight week in which one party in the ongoing battle over rules in the DMCA legislation has filed suit against another. The RIAA today asked… Read more »

Dirty Martini, the label founded in 1999 by modern rock act Lit, will on June 26 release Handsome Devil’s single “Makin’ Money,” with the band’s album, “Love and Kisses From the Underground,” due to follow on Aug. 8. The debut set from the Orange County (Calif.) band was produced by Lit guitarist Jeremy Popoff and Ed Stasium (Ramones, Smithereens). Dirty Martini, distributed worldwide by RCA/BMG, has to date only been an imprint for Lit’s albums, beginning with the group’s debut, “Tripping the Light Fantastic.” Other non-Lit releases are planned from the label in the fall. Meanwhile, the members of Lit… Read more »