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EMI Group, home to stars from the Rolling Stones to Norah Jones, came under more pressure to find a suitor on Wednesday after its debt was slashed to “junk,” sending its shares to their lowest level in more than 10 years. EMI, the world’s third-largest music company, saw its stock slump 13 percent after Moody’s slashed its debt below investment grade late on Tuesday on concerns about the weak outlook for the music industry, stoking fears about the group’s profits and dividend. Faced with an increasingly gloomy outlook, EMI has been in talks in recent months with two rivals –… Read more »

Sum 41 will be busy this summer, but it won’t be on Metallica’s Summer Sanitarium 2003. Vocalist and guitarist Deryk Whibley says that Sum was offered a slot on the tour with Metallica, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne, and the Deftones, but he thought that his band might not gel with the lineup. “I think we got offered some of the Metallica tour, but we’re not doing that,” Whibley said. “It was just too…We would love to tour with Metallica, but all the bands on the bill were just too weird for what we’re doing. I don’t know. I think… Read more »

The Donnas were added to the lineup of 2003’s Lollapalooza. The band joins Jane’s Addiction, Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, Jurassic 5, and others for the jaunt. Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell said in a statement: “I bought a pair of silk pajamas for the road because we’re going to have a Lollapajama party with the Donnas!” Torry Castellano, a.k.a. Donna C., said of joining the tour: “We all went to Lollapalooza when L7 was on the main stage in 1994. We are really excited to be a part of this festival because of its… Read more »

Cher’s production company has reported the theft of a wig valued at $8,000 to $10,000, apparently stolen from the singer’s collection of tresses during a sold-out concert stop. “The wig is described as half-black and half-teal, and it was braided,” said Christie Collins, a police spokeswoman. While police did not release the wig’s value, they have classified the case as a grand larceny – meaning the value exceeds $200. Cher’s tour manager estimated the value between $8,000 and $10,000, said Larry W. Wilson Jr., general manager of the Richmond Coliseum, where the “Living Proof – Farewell Tour 2003” made a… Read more »

Tickets for the Vans Warped Tour are set to go on pre-sale starting Thursday, March 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The first 1,000 fans who purchase tickets for the traveling tour will receive a copy of the 2003 Vans Warped Tour double CD compilation, which features songs from bands on this year’s festival. The CD is distributed through Sideonedummy Records. The tour starts June 19 in Boise, Idaho and wraps up August 10 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Already confirmed for the festival: AFI, Andrew W.K., the Ataris, Dropkick Murphys, Face To Face, Finch, Glassjaw, Less Than Jake, Pennywise, Rancid,… Read more »

Sharon, Ozzy, and Jack Osbourne are set to open their house in Los Angeles to journalists for the announcement of OzzFest 2003 on Tuesday (February 18). Media will check in at a Los Angeles-area hotel and be bussed to the house. At 12:30 p.m. there will be lunch followed by a 1:15 press conference. Members of confirmed bands from the tour will also be on hand. Unconfirmed reports have Korn, Disturbed, Chevelle, and Stereomud on the bill.

Viacom Inc., owner of the CBS network and Showtime movie channels, reported a fourth-quarter profit Wednesday, turning around a year-ago loss thanks to strong growth in its cable network and TV businesses. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations, but investors reacted cautiously amid concerns about the company’s leadership. For the three months ending Dec. 31, the media conglomerate earned $652.4 million, or 37 cents per share, compared with a loss of $42.5 million, or 2 cents per share, at the same time a year ago. Those figures beat the 34-cent per-share forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call. Looking… Read more »

Green Day vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong is set for a pre-trial hearing February 19 in Alameda County Superior Court for two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol. Armstrong will not be there as his legal counsel, Laurel L. Headley, is on the case. Armstrong did not attend his arraignment on February 4, but was represented by his counsel. He pled not guilty to both counts. Armstrong was arrested January 5, 2003 near his home in Berkeley, California, for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Armstrong was stopped near Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley speeding in his black… Read more »

An automobile dealership is offering a find for Eminem fans: a chance to buy a Chevrolet Camaro he once owned. George Glassman of the Glassman Automotive Group said the rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, came in with his 17-year-old brother and left with a silver 2003 Hyundai Sonata GLS Eminem left behind a trade-in – a red 1995 Camaro – The Detroit News reported. With Eminem’s permission, Glassman said, the dealership posted the car on eBay. A portion of the sale price will be donated to the Marshall Mathers Foundation, which helps troubled kids. The 6-cylinder automatic, listed… Read more »