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Along with the release of Amnesiac Tuesday (June 5) and a trippy new video on the air, Radiohead announced a dozen more summer U.S. tour dates. Following seven previously announced shows between June 18 in Spring, Texas, and June 30 in Santa Barbara, California, the British prog-rockers will kick off a second leg of the tour July 30 in Atlanta. They’ll wrap things up August 20 at the Hollywood Bowl. Amnesiac, the band’s fifth full-length, sticks close to the ethereal, electronics-heavy sound of 2000’s Kid A – it was recorded during the same sessions – but throws in a few… Read more »

As the German media giant prepares for a possible IPO, the company will shed some of its non-core businesses to cuts costs. According to the Financial Times, Bertelsmann will sell off some of its operations as it prepares for a possible stock market flotation. Citing a company memo from Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff, the newspaper said the planned “revolution’” at the privately held group was made possible when Reinhard Mohn-the company’s principal shareholder-accepted the idea of a new direction. “Our aim is to achieve a return on sales of at least 10 percent in the next three years,” the FT… Read more »

Stone Temple Pilots are vying to be the first band in space. They donned red astronaut suits on Thursday for their “Days of the Week” video, in which they play door-to-door salesmen who escape their monotonous lives by blasting into space and rocking out on an unidentified planet. “Who looks better in a spacesuit – me or Ben Affleck?” singer Scott Weiland joked during a break, referring to the actor’s astronaut role in the 1998 film “Armageddon.” The “Days of the Week” clip, directed by Kevin Kerslake – who also helmed STP’s “Interstate Love Song” and “Vasoline” videos – opens… Read more »

Janet Jackson’s ‘All For You Tour 2001’ has quickly become one of the hottest concert events of the year. New York, Chicago, Washington and Boston have already registered multiple sell-outs and with more performances still to be added to the tour itinerary to meet ticket demand, Janet today announced the launch of a nationwide campaign to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The tour, named after her 8th album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, will see a portion of the proceeds from each ticket sold going to support the education, leadership and arts… Read more »

Irish rock band U2 kicked off a two-night stand in Canada’s French-speaking metropolis on Sunday night with lead singer Bono declaring, “This is the noisiest crowd of the whole tour.” Some 20,000 fans packed Montreal’s Molson Center for U2’s “Elevation 2001 Tour,” named after a track on the group’s latest album, “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.” The foursome played for more than two hours, combining early 1980s hits such as “Pride (In The Name of Love)” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday” with more recent songs such as “Discotheque” and “Mysterious Ways,” as well as a half-dozen songs from the new… Read more »

Looks like this year’s Vans Warped Tour could get at least one controversial guest appearance. With Eminem’s latest rap group D12 now officially hitting the road with all the punkers on the big summer fest, fans can expect the infamous Marshall Mathers to pop up for surprise performances as well. The Detroit ensemble’s first album, Devils Night will hit Virgin Megastores on Jun 19, and following the Warped Tour promotion, D12 are scheduled to spread the love in Europe.

Madonna is the latest jewel in the crown that has become HBO’s original music programming. The cable company, which has aired successful concerts by ‘N Sync, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Marc Anthony and numerous others will broadcast Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour on August 26th. The broadcast will be Madonna’s third collaboration with HBO, having previously worked together in 1993 for Madonna Live Down Under: The Girlie Show and in 1990 on Madonna Live! Blonde Ambition World Tour 90, which was filmed in France. The Drowned World Tour, behind the release of her 2000 release, Music,… Read more »

Controversy and online music seem to go hand-in-hand and the next big showdown may be in Washington, where the recording industry’s online tactics could come under fire from Congress and top-level regulators, experts said on Monday. In a sign of how quickly the industry has shifted to embrace the Web, Vivendi Universal on Sunday said it would buy its one-time legal foe Web music company MP3.com for $372 million to bolster its online business. But having waged a legal battle against MP3.com and other online start-ups for more than a year, the recording industry may now stand accused of having… Read more »

Launch announced that it will eliminate approximately 60 positions, reducing its staff levels to a total of 175 while consolidating its Santa Monica operations into one facility. Additionally, the company discontinued its European expansion plans. The company reported that net revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were $3.8 million, compared to $6.4 million for the same quarter last year. According to a company announcement, 70 percent of revenues were from advertising and 30 percent from content licensing. Launch also announced today that it has signed a non-binding term sheet providing for $5 million in a secured convertible note financing.… Read more »

Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst, eager to become a movie director, is now eyeing a different project on which to make his debut. Daily Variety reported on Monday that he would shoot “Life Without Joe,” a thriller described as “Deliverance” for the younger set. But Durst told Daily Variety on Tuesday he wants to launch his career with “Runt.” “‘Runt’ needs to be done now,” he said. “I made a band so I could direct videos and then direct a movie.” The $10 million project is the story of a teen who is endlessly taunted and persecuted by a trio… Read more »