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Authorities were investigating Thursday whether singer Bobby Brown, charged with battery after he allegedly hit his wife, singer-actress Whitney Houston, violated his probation on a prior drunken driving conviction. Brown is on probation until Feb. 17, 2005, for a drunken driving conviction in DeKalb County, said Courtney Johnson, a lawyer with the DeKalb County solicitor general’s office. The 34-year-old Brown was charged with misdemeanor battery Wednesday, three days after he allegedly hit Houston. He’s scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing Jan. 7. Simple battery is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Normally on… Read more »

Police are looking to speak to Bobby Brown after a weekend altercation that left wife Whitney Houston with a cut lip and bruises on her face. Fulton County Police arrived at the couple’s home in Alpharetta, Georgia, at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday after Houston called to report a domestic dispute. “Ms. Houston called and stated her address and asked for someone to be sent out, but did not identify herself,” said Corporal Kurtis Young, spokesperson for the Fulton County Police Department. “She wasn’t hysterical or anything, she was very calm.” When police arrived, the pop diva told officers that she… Read more »

A track from Marilyn Manson’s recent Nothing/Interscope album, “The Golden Age of Grotesque,” will be featured on the new “Spawn Armageddon” videogame, Billboard has learned exclusively. “Use Your Fist, Not Your Mouth” will be included in the game, which arrives in stores Nov. 26. “If any artist epitomizes my antihero Spawn, it’s Marilyn Manson,” says Todd McFarlane, creator of the noir comic character and head of McFarlane Enterprises. Manson previously contributed “Long Hard Road out of Hell” with the Sneaker Pimps to the 1997 “Spawn: The Movie” soundtrack. Software company Namco Hometek is using one minute of the song in… Read more »

In a move aimed at stemming wide-scale online piracy on college campuses, Penn State University on Thursday reached a deal to offer thousands of students free access to the Napster music service. Penn State President Graham Spanier said the school will offer students access to digital music and limited downloading from Napster’s newly relaunched music service at no cost. Students can also buy permanent downloads that can be burned to CDs or transferred to portable devices for 99 cents each, he said. Napster, the song-swap pioneer that revolutionized online music and turned the music industry upside down, was bought last… Read more »

International artists are joining MTV in a multimedia campaign to raise awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. The “46664” initiative takes its name from the prisoner number of former South African president Nelson Mandela when he was jailed under the apartheid regime in his country. Mandela is the figurehead of the new campaign. He was in London for the Oct. 21 launch of 46664, which will deliver a concert, CD and DVD and organize a global petition on AIDS. “AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines… Read more »

With the new Barenaked Ladies album, Everything To Everyone, dropping into record shops continent-wide today, ChartAttack thought this would be a good time to check in with the band. After all, unless your name is Michael Jackson (and it’s not, is it?), a new album release means a new North American tour. And news of a new tour is particularly exciting, given the BNL are justifiably known as one of this nation’s most awesomest of live acts. Strangely enough, frontman Steve Page says the band’s rep for fine performance can sometimes be a bad thing. “It’s funny, but I think… Read more »

A spokeswoman for Maryland’s first lady said the governor’s wife made “an inadvertent figure of speech” when she spoke at a domestic violence prevention conference of shooting pop singer Britney Spears. In remarks taped by WFMD-AM in Frederick, Kendel Ehrlich, wife of Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, addressed an audience Friday at Hood College in Frederick as part of a program called, “Men and Women: Partners in the Fight Against Domestic Violence.” She talked about the need for “educating our women to get as much schooling as possible, to not become dependent on anyone else.” “It is incredibly important to get… Read more »

The father of pop stars Nick and Aaron Carter faces a criminal charge for allegedly shoving his wife to the ground during an argument over their separation, authorities said. Robert G. Carter, 50, was arrested Thursday after the fight with his wife, Jane Carter, at their Marathon home, Monroe County sheriff’s spokeswoman Becky Herrin said Monday. He faces a misdemeanor domestic battery charge, punishable by up to a year in jail. The Carters told deputies they were arguing over dividing up their personal belongings under their separation, according to an arrest report. Robert Carter became angry when he noticed pictures… Read more »

Having wrapped summer tours in the U.S. and Europe, Good Charlotte have lined up another twenty-three dates for this fall in continued support of their second album, 2002’s The Young and the Hopeless. The new itinerary starts September 18th in Madison, Wisconsin, and is currently scheduled to run through October 17th in Uniondale, New York, though additional dates will likely push the tour into November. Mest and Something Corporate will open. After the tour’s completion, Good Charlotte plan to begin work on their third album. Good Charlotte Tour Dates: 9/18 – Madison, WI – Dane County Exhibit Hall 9/19 –… Read more »