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Bow Wow and B2K have finalized the itinerary for their Scream 2 Tour, which will crisscross the country from the end of July to the end of September. The ambitious outing – currently boasting 35 dates – will also feature IMX and newcomer Jhene, a cousin of B2K’s Lil’ Fizz who will finish recording her debut album before the tour kicks off July 25 in Memphis, Tennessee, according to Columbia Records. Bow Wow is supporting Doggy Bag, released in December, and his latest single, “Take Ya Home,” though he will also be garnering attention with his star role in “Like… Read more »

AOL Time Warner Inc. said Thursday it named Michael Lynton to the newly created position of president of international efforts as well as executive vice president. Lynton, 42, will work to further develop the company’s international growth strategy through cross-divisional collaboration and the integration of international initiatives, alliances, acquisitions and investments, the New York-based media and communications company said. Lynton, currently president of AOL International, and will continue to lead the organization and its operations in Asia, Latin America and Europe. “He is the perfect choice to lead our combined international efforts and enable our divisions to more easily coordinate… Read more »

Her collarbone may be broken, but her spirit seems barely bruised, given Jewel’s plans to resume touring earlier than expected. She’ll return to the stage Monday for shows that looked as though they wouldn’t happen after she fell from a horse on April 24, according to an Atlantic Records spokesperson. Doctors had suggested she not perform for at least a month. The singer’s first day back in the saddle, so to speak, will be May 13 in Stuttgart, Germany. Although she’s capable of singing, she won’t be able to play guitar. Only two dates of her European tour – May… Read more »

Universal Music is in talks with its best-selling rap artist Eminem to deploy copy protection technology on all upcoming CD releases of “The Eminem Show,” marking the biggest move yet to protect its top acts from music piracy, a label official told Reuters Wednesday. Discussions are under way between Universal, a division of French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal, Eminem and his Universal-owned label Interscope Records to make the anticipated top-selling release copy proof, thwarting the industry’s biggest concern – piracy. Universal and Eminem would need to strike an agreement on whether or not to release the security-enhanced CDs in the… Read more »

John Ondrasik and his band Five For Fighting will be touring with the Goo Goo Dolls beginning June 7 in Atlantic City. The Goo Goo Dolls dates come on the heels of Five For Fighting’s headline tour which culminated May 1 with a sold-out show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. John Ondrasik has been winning kudos from critics for his live performances. Dan Aquilante, writing in the New York Post (March 14, 2002) praised Five For Fighting’s “… low-fi, high-energy show at Irving Plaza… this guy has a songbook full of tunes, many of which are as… Read more »

At an age when most rockers are just trying to get their careers started, singer/songwriter Ben Kweller is already working on his second musical life. The subject of a sprawling profile in the New Yorker magazine at age 16 when he led the grunge trio Radish, Kweller has been woodshedding for the past several years, developing a new sound and vision. “Radish was basically my high school punk band with my two best friends,… only we got to put out a record on a major label,” Kweller said. Now 20 and recording under his own name for the Dave Matthews-founded… Read more »

They’ve delved into disturbing subject matter many times before, but with their new video for “Here to Stay,” Korn make their most direct and pointed commentary on sex and violence to date. The clip, which views like a graphic channel-surfing journey between CNN and the Discovery Channel, depicts a boy in front of a television broadcasting rapid-fire images, including a mob tipping over a car, fires, car collisions, open-heart surgery, animals mating and crocodiles attacking prey. Throughout, the band is depicted in black-and-white against a wall of TV static. In the end, the boy touches the TV screen and disappears… Read more »

Alanis Morissette has added a second leg to her North American itinerary in support of Under Rug Swept for the first half of June while also scratching a half-dozen concerts that had been tentatively scheduled in the Southeast. New gigs are based in the Northeast, beginning May 30 in Philadelphia. They include radio festival appearances in Boston and New York on June 1 and 2, respectively. A third radio-related performance is slotted for June 15 in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, shows listed for nearly a month on Morissette’s website (alanismorrissette.com) in the Southeast were not finalized and are no longer on… Read more »