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Concert-goers who want to see some of their favorite bands this summer may have to dig deep into their wallets. Tickets to see major performers like the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney are expected to reach into the hundreds of dollars. The Wall Street Journal said average Stones’ tickets will run between $50 and $100, with top-tier tickets going for about $350. Average ticket prices for McCartney’s tour are running about $135 dollars and that’s before ticketing and service charges, according to a publication that tracks the concert industry. Tickets for The Who vary on location. At New York’s Madison… Read more »

Pink is sick of business managers, lawyers and talking to radio disc jockeys, and you definitely won’t find her singing about chocolate. The themes of her current album, “M!ssundaztood,” find Pink fighting against bad relationships in her strident, sorely independent ways. “To me, it was all about freedom,” she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of her music. “Life is not always flowers and chocolates, and I figured people could relate to that.” She’s happy, she says, although she’s sick of the politics of music. Pink, 22, broke onto radio and MTV in 2000 with the hit “There You Go.” In… Read more »

Major labels EMI Group and Warner Music Group separately unveiled new online systems Monday to streamline and improve the way their music is licensed. EMI Music Publishing has revamped its online rights clearinghouse, adding a new search-and-license feature that lets users browse a catalog of more than 500,000 EMI songs and get an immediate rate quote over the Web. The service does not include rights to EMI Recorded Music’s library of recordings, but EMI Music Publishing holds the rights from such hit songwriters as Rodney Jerkins, Carole King, Lenny Kravitz and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The site also expands… Read more »

When Pink phoned Lenny Kravitz last month, the party starter made sure the reason for her call was not at all missundaztood. “I was like, ‘You should come down for rehearsals.’ And he was like, ‘What are you rehearsing for?’ And I was like, ‘Your tour,’ ” Pink explained. “I’m like, ‘You would be very smart to take me on tour.’ And then like two or three weeks later he called and we hooked it up. I take what I want.” She certainly does, especially when it comes to men. For her next video, “Just Like a Pill,” Pink requested… Read more »

Pink has signed a marketing agreement with health-and-fitness service provider Bally Total Fitness. The terms of the agreement call for a creative collaboration between the singer and Bally on a new hip-hop dance aerobics class called Get Your Body Started, and a national dance competition. In addition, Pink will be seen and heard in national and local print-and-television advertising for the fitness company, and she and her music will also be featured in a radio campaign. In return, Bally will serve as the presenting sponsor of Pink’s upcoming North American headlining tour, Pink: The Party Tour 2002, which will kick… Read more »

With the surprise U.S. success of Kylie Minogue, Capitol Records is starting to regain its footing in the current release marketplace. The EMI-owned label certainly has to hope the Minogue revival – her album “Fever” has sold 250,000 copies in three weeks of release in the U.S., and the single “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” has sold nearly 3 million worldwide – portends a solid spring for its established stars. Paul McCartney, whose “Driving Rain” album was met with relative indifference upon its release in November, could see boosted sales coinciding with his 24-date tour of the U.S.… Read more »

The following is a complete list of winners at the 44th annual Grammy Awards, which took place at the Staples Center on Wednesday. Categories marked with an asterisk were handed out during the main, televised ceremony. * RECORD OF THE YEAR “Walk On” – U2 * ALBUM OF THE YEAR “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” – various artists * SONG OF THE YEAR “Fallin”‘ – Alicia Keys, songwriter (Alicia Keys) * NEW ARTIST Alicia Keys * FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE “I’m Like a Bird” – Nelly Furtado MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – James Taylor… Read more »

‘NSYNC are sure making it difficult for the Johnny-come-latelys – you know, the concert stragglers who make it to the show just in time to catch the headlining act. After already lining up Smash Mouth and Ginuwine to set things off on various dates of their upcoming Celebrity 2002 Tour, which kicks off March 3, the fivesome has secured even more star power with opener P. Diddy. “I just signed on to do the last couple of weeks of the ‘NSYNC tour,” Diddy said last week on the set of his video for “I Need a Girl” (see “P. Diddy,… Read more »

The track listing for Sheryl Crow’s follow-up to 1998’s The Globe Sessions has been firmed up, and the album is now slated for March. Crow spent time in New York City last year working on the record, popping up for star-studded surprise gigs that included appearances by the likes of Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kid Rock. And while Rock and Paltrow were initially rumored to be singing on the upcoming album, Nicks is the only one from those performances confirmed for the album. Nicks lends backing vocals to “You’re Not the One.” But Crow has enlisted a… Read more »

The following is a complete list of winners at the 29th annual American Music Awards, which took place Wednesday at the Shrine Auditorium. POP/ROCK Favorite male artist – Lenny Kravitz Favorite female artist – Janet Jackson Favorite band, duo or group – ‘N Sync – news – web sites Favorite album – “Survivor” – Destiny’s Child Favorite new artist – Alicia Keys SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES Favorite male artist – Luther Vandross Favorite female artist – Aaliyah Favorite band, duo or group – Destiny’s Child Favorite album – “Aaliyah” – Aaliyah Favorite new artist – Alicia Keys COUNTRY Favorite male artist… Read more »