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A.F.I. is on the road in support of its latest and most successful effort Sing The Sorrow. The band has a rare off day this Sunday (May 11) which is Mother’s Day. A.F.I. singer/songwriter Davey Havoc remembers an uncomfortable Mother’s Day on the road where the band was stranded in the middle of nowhere. “Grand Island, Nebraska. It was a Mother’s Day, it was a Sunday,” Havoc said, recalling the memorable day. “And we were stuck in the middle of the tour and our van broke and we had to turn the van in and put all of our equipment… Read more »

Two days into 2002 and the superproduction group the Neptunes are already carrying out one of their New Year’s resolutions: eliminate the fake. Under their alias, N*E*R*D, an outfit that also includes MC Shay, the Virginians pull the cards of those who front on “Rock Star,” the next single from their long-delayed In Search of N*E*R*D LP. “Basically, it’s about people posing to be something they’re not,” Shay explained. “Posers have always been wack, though,” interjected Pharrell Williams, who sings on the track about how there will be no one left once he and his group “sets it off.” “It’s… Read more »

Rapper DMX is currently in Los Angeles shooting a video for the third single, “I Miss You,” from his platinum-plus fourth album, The Great Depression. The album is currently Number 30 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while the most recent single, “Who We Be,” is currently Number 75 on the Hot 100 singles chart. The video for “I Miss You” will be directed by Chris Robinson and will feature R&B singer Faith Evans. The video will also include segments that are flashbacks of DMX’s interactions with his deceased grandmother. In related news, DMX will release his new DVD, Angel,… Read more »

Eminem’s mother may be indecisive regarding her defamation lawsuits against her son, but a Michigan judge didn’t have that problem last week. In a June 20 letter, according to lawyers for both parties, Macomb County Circuit Judge Mark Switalski denied a motion for reconsideration of a $25,000 settlement Debbie Mathers-Nelson accepted last month in the pair of lawsuits she filed in September 1999. She sought more than $10 million in punitive damages from her estranged son. Mathers-Nelson said in February she planned to drop the lawsuits, then accepted the settlement in May. She later said she was pressured to settle… Read more »

Madonna still rocks and rules the world of pop – her sold-out Drowned World tour has set fans alight and sparked rave reviews. On the first date of the global tour two weeks ago the “Material Mom” had a capacity crowd at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi at her spike-heeled feet – and she delivered. From behind the cavorting bodies of dancers, the queen of pop glided onto the stage – hailed by critics as one of her most sophisticated yet. Flying through the air on trapeze wire, riding a mechanical bull and donning a punk-inspired kilt in honor of her… Read more »