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BURBANK, Calif. – Warner Bros. Pictures has announced plans for a special nationwide sneak preview of “The Polar Express” on Saturday, November 6 at 4:00 p.m. The picture will preview in approximately 500 venues and in specially selected IMAX houses in IMAX 3D. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. The highly anticipated film stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks and is directed by Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis. Combining classic storytelling with cutting-edge filmmaking, “The Polar Express” debuts performance capture, a highly advanced version of motion-capture technology developed and tailored to meet Zemeckis’… Read more »

Even when adopting the most drastic measures, record labels seem helpless to prevent albums from surfacing online before their release dates. So now one label is taking the “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” approach. Four months before the debut album by New York trio the Secret Machines hits stores, Reprise Records, a Warner Bros. subsidiary, is making it available for sale online. In a campaign tied to Reprise’s online marketing campaign, the label is trying to make sure fans have a legal way of acquiring new music they hear about on the Internet. “[When] there’s no legal alternative,… Read more »

Pop-punk trio Green Day is working on its first studio album since 2000’s “Warning,” and plans to release it later this year. In an audio message posted to the band’s official Web site (http://www.greenday.com), singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong said he was “really excited” about the new set. “It’s really blowing me away… As long as I’m blowing myself away, I’ll continue to.” A Reprise Records spokesperson said no specific date is on the label’s release schedule. “Warning” debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 994,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The group has… Read more »

The Network might call itself a new band, but exactly how green is this masked group? On September 30, a mysterious five-piece group called the Network, a band “brought together by an ancient prophecy,” released its debut album, Money Money 2020, on the indie label Adeline Records. Now, Internet sleuths believe they’ve sniffed out the true identity of the Network, and all clues point to Green Day. Or so they think. First off, there’s no arguing the Network sounds like a new-wave version of Green Day, with such tunes as “Spastic Society,” “Supermodel Robots” and “Right Hand-A-Rama.” Plus, the band’s… Read more »

Songstress Sheryl Crow is on track to be the highest debut performance when the latest pop album charts are released Wednesday, challenging reigning Universal Music labelmate Ashanti for the top spot. But Crow’s latest effort, “C’mon C’mon,” her first studio release since the platinum “Globe Sessions” four years ago, also leads a sizable roster of artists bowing this month that have had a rocky history with the rapidly consolidating major-label system. Crow herself was one of several artists to question her future with Universal Music after the label giant acquired her alma mater, A&M Records. While the star and her… Read more »

Rock legend Neil Young has written and recorded a song about the passengers who fought back against their Sept. 11 hijackers – a song described by one record company executive “as so chilling you feel like you are on that plane.” The song, a salute to heroism called “Let’s Roll,” was shipped to radio stations this week but will not be sold in stores, Young’s recording company Reprise Records said Wednesday. It was inspired by the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11 who apparently decided to fight back against their hijackers after hearing by telephone of the… Read more »

Enya’s latest album, A DAY WITHOUT RAIN, continues to score success in the U.S. for the gifted Irish singer and multi-instrumentalist, as sales this past week move the album to the #7 position with over 98,000 copies sold, returning the album to Billboard’s Top 10. Released November 20 of last year, Enya’s A DAY WITHOUT RAIN has sold over 7 million copies worldwide, 2.6 million of them in the U.S. The album has also spent 43 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s New Age charts. “Only Time,” the first single from A DAY WITHOUT RAIN, is reaching new fans daily almost… Read more »

CMJ today announced its showcase lineup for CMJ Music Marathon 2001 and the lineup for its annual College Day, a day-long symposium with panel discussions focusing on issues facing the college music community today. Complementing the day’s programming are live performances from My Vitriol (Epic), Beulah (Velocette), and (International) Noise Conspiracy (Epitaph). CMJ New Music Report charts the music activity and evolution of 800 college radio stations 52 weeks every year, ensuring that the annual College Day symposium is the music industry’s premier college radio event and brainstorming session. A intensive day-long workshop, College Day thoroughly examines how to manage… Read more »

While West Coast Tool fans will be treated to King Crimson as show openers, those on the East Coast will be primed by the sonic antics of Fantômas. Though an itinerary is still being plotted, Fantômas, fronted by former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton, are tentatively scheduled to begin their three-week stint with Tool on September 22, according to an Ipecac Records spokesperson. The tour, supporting the band’s second album, The Director’s Cut (see “Patton Scores With Second Fantômas LP”), will be routed to hit major markets such as New York; Boston; Philadelphia; Portland, Maine; Washington, D.C.; Albany, New… Read more »

Sonic Foundry Inc. announced its partnership with Reprise Records to create and host the Depeche Mode “Exciter” Remix contest at Sonic Foundry’s ACIDplanet.com website. Two tracks from Depeche Mode’s latest release, “Exciter,” will be available on June 18 for remixing at ACIDplanet (www.acidplanet.com). The first single, “Dream On,” is already a staple of playlists across the country. The second single, “I Feel Loved,” will be going to radio soon. Together, these tracks create a new level of experience for remixers: two songs simultaneously available from a major act, with loops cut direct from the master tapes. Participants in the contest… Read more »