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U.S. lawmakers have asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to go after Internet users who download unauthorized songs and other copyrighted material, raising the possibility of jail time for digital-music fans. In a July 25 letter released late Thursday, some 19 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle asked Ashcroft to prosecute “peer-to-peer” networks like Kazaa and Morpheus and the users who swap digital songs, video clips and other files without permission from artists or their record labels. The Justice Department should also devote more resources to policing online copyrights, the lawmakers said in their letter. “Such an effort is increasingly… Read more »

The tiny, unassuming city of Devore, California, will be transformed into a punk-rock Mecca next month when it hosts a show featuring the Sex Pistols, X, Bad Religion, the Vandals, Unwritten Law, New Found Glory and others. The September 14 KROQ Inland Invasion concert at the 65,000-seat Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion will also feature the Damned, the Adolescents, the Distillers, T.S.O.L. and G.B.H, according to a source close to the show. Last month the Sex Pistols played a gig in London and re-released their song “God Save the Queen,” but this will be their first U.S. performance since their 1996… Read more »

The first commercial radio station to cybercast its over-the-air playlist is among the first to fall victim to newly imposed royalty rates for online broadcasts. KPIG stopped streaming music online Thursday, ending a near seven-year run on the Internet. According to its own estimates, the small-scale station would have been forced to pay $24,000 in back royalties (or approximately $3,000 per month) from this year alone on an arm of the station that generates little or no revenue on its own. It was purely for the benefit of those who were interested in hearing it. Based in Freedom, California, KPIG’s… Read more »

Eminem, Papa Roach, Xzibit, and Ludacris hit the road together beginning in Buffalo on Thursday (July 18) as part of this year’s Anger Management tour. The trek stretches through mid-September, spanning 30 dates across the continent. Others on the bill include the X-Ecutioners and D-12. Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix said that his group jumped at the change to tour with Eminem ( news – web sites) this year. “You know, Eminem’s manager was like, ‘Who do you want to go tour with?’ He’s like, ‘Man, is Papa Roach available?’ So they call us and I’m like, ‘Yes! We will tour,… Read more »

It’s a long way from the stage of Madison Square Garden to an HIV clinic in South Africa, or from the thunderous roar of an adoring audience to the buttoned-down halls of the U.S. Senate. For most people, perhaps, but not for Bono. Rock and politics have been strange bedfellows for decades, from folkie Pete Seeger’s civil rights work in the ’60s to Frank Zappa’s censorship battles in the ’80s and Rage Against the Machine’s anti-sweatshop agitation in the ’90s. But whether it’s peace in Ireland or restructuring third-world debt, few rock stars have been able to devote as much… Read more »

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers will launch a North American tour on June 27 in Grand Rapids, Michigan-and the band’s original bassist Ron Blair, who left the band in 1982, will return to the fold to replace Howie Epstein. In a statement, the group noted that it has “parted ways with Howie Epstein because of his ongoing personal problems.” Blair, who was on the first four Heartbreakers albums before he left and was replaced by Epstein, played with the band at its Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in March. Last year, Epstein was arrested in New Mexico with… Read more »

The good people of Buffalo may want to board their windows and lock up their pets. Eminem, Ludacris, Papa Roach, Xzibit and the X-ecutioners are headed to town to kick off their Anger Management Tour on July 18 at the HSBC Arena. So far, Em and company have lined up two months’ worth of dates for the trek, starting in the Northeast, rolling across the Midwest and down the Pacific coast before crossing the country again for a string of dates in the South. Rounding out the Anger Management bill are D12 and Obie Trice – who are expected to… Read more »

Warner Music Group (WMG) announced today that Janine Richardson has been promoted to vice president, special events. Richardson has been the Music Group’s senior director, special events, since 2000. As such, she has been responsible for managing the companies’ participation in industry special events, philanthropic activities and related programs. Based in New York, Richardson will continue to report to Dawn Bridges, WMG’s senior vice president, corporate communications. In making the announcement, Bridges said, “For years, Janine has served as Warner Music’s ambassador to the music industry and its numerous charitable organizations. She brings such a wealth of experience, class and… Read more »

Cocktail waitresses in black leather hot pants shuttled trays of drinks across the casino floor. Slot machines with names such as “Filthy Rich” and “Deuces Wild” chattered endlessly. Meanwhile, in a line that snaked past display cases bearing outfits worn by the likes of Prince, Shania, Alanis and Britney, Oasis fans from around the country anxiously waited to enter the Hard Rock Hotel’s small concert venue, the Joint. It was there that the members of Oasis chose to place their first foothold in the return climb for Stateside success with a ripping show on Friday for 1,400 of their closest… Read more »

Matt Sharp, founding bassist for Weezer, has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates, their ex-manager and a slew of band accountants seeking compensation and credit for songs on Weezer’s first two albums. At the heart of the lawsuit lies a catalog of some of Weezer’s most beloved songs, including their first single, “Undone (The Sweater Song),” as well as most of their album Pinkerton (“Tired of Sex,” “Getchoo,” “No Other One,” “Why Bother?,” “Across the Sea,” “The Good Life,” “El Scorcho,” “Pink Triangle,” “Falling for You”) and a handful of B-sides (“You Gave Your Love to Me Softly,” “I… Read more »