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The Get Up Kids are set to release their third album and will hit the road to support it beginning May 24. The 12-track On a Wire is scheduled for release May 14, according to a Vagrant Records spokesperson. “Overdue” will be the leadoff single from the LP, which was produced by Scott Litt (Incubus, R.E.M.). The album follows the Kansas City, Missouri, quintet’s last album, 1999’s breakthrough Something to Write Home About, a record which helped forge mainstream prominence of what’s often referred to as “emo.” The band will embark on a 40-show tour to support On a Wire… Read more »

Swedish punk export The Hives, who have stormed the British singles chart this year, are spreading their infectious thrashy sound to the United States, their label, Burningheart Records, said Friday. Along with retro-punk contemporaries The Strokes and the White Stripes, the Swedish rebels have swept onto the British alternative scene this spring with their apoplectic stage show and shiny white dancing shoes. “An offer came from Warner Brothers and Sire, which we’ve accepted,” Mudda of Burningheart told Reuters. “It’s a distribution, promotion and marketing agreement and they’ll start touring the States in May.” The Hives emerged from the small industrial… Read more »

Online music service Liquid Audio Inc. on Monday will launch its entry into the growing online subscription music market, focusing on a niche largely ignored in the new generation of digital downloads: Christian music. Redwood City, California-based Liquid Audio’s service, “Burn It First,” is unique in that it will launch with only one type of music, Christian songs from EMI Group’s catalog, under a deal the two companies signed last year. Users will pay $9.95 a month for the right to download 20 songs, with an additional five downloads available for $4.95. The 20 base credits will expire at the… 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 »

There’s no money like show money – just ask your favorite performer. Where else can you make tens of thousands of dollars for 90 minutes (or less) of work? Apparently somebody has hipped the guys of N.E.R.D. to this and they have decided to go out on the road in support of their LP, In Search Of…, for 12 dates this spring. In March, one third of the trio, Chad Hugo, said he and his musical mates had no intention of doing any concerts, affirming that their album was done just for “fun” and that the group didn’t consider itself… Read more »

When the Florida Marlins won the 1997 World Series, it was No Good’s remix of Luke Campbell’s “Raise the Roof” that blasted from the system at Pro Player Stadium. When the Miami Hurricanes won the national college football championship earlier this year, No Good’s “Ballin’ Boy” served as their theme song. As if that wasn’t enough to cement this particular sports-and-hip-hop connection, ESPN picked up “Ballin’ Boy” to play over its March Madness spots during this year’s NCAA hoops tournament. And No Good capped things off by performing the single – already a club staple in their hometown of Miami… Read more »

Though charges have yet to be filed, R. Kelly continues to defend himself against allegations that he taped himself having sex with underage girls. On Thursday, Kelly proclaimed his innocence again, even as he settled a lawsuit with a woman who accused him of seducing her when she was 17. After protesters shattered R. Kelly CDs at the offices of WGCI-FM in Chicago, urging the station to stop playing his music, Kelly phoned the station to ask his fans to stand by him. The leader of the protest, the Rev. Bamani Obadele, asked Kelly to explain why there was a… Read more »

You won’t have NetRadio to click around anymore… not that it’s a surprise; the Minneapolis-based Internet radio pioneer announced Oct. 17 that it would halt operations and fire most of its employees. But this week, NetRadio notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that its shareholders had overwhelmingly voted to liquidate its assets and dissolve the corporation. The vote, recorded April 2, shows 1,172,314 shares voting to liquidate, with only 3,440 shares voting against the plan. Another 442 share votes abstained. That same day, the company filed notice with the Minnesota Secretary of State announcing its intent to dissolve the 7-year-old… Read more »

Showcasing artists and bands on the cutting edge of alternative and rock, MTV’s Campus Invasion 2K2 promises not to disappoint. Nickelback jump-starts the tour with hard rock hits such as “How You Remind Me.” Fellow Canadians Default show off their riff-driven rock with “Wasting My Time,” and Atlanta-based Injected hops onboard with “Faithless.” Performing on this year ´s new MTV2 stage is Starsailor. Here Are The Tour Dates For Campus Invasion 2K2 April 4, 2002 – Russellville, AR – Arkansas Tech. Univ. April 5, 2002 – Ruston, LA – Louisiana Tech. Univ. April 6, 2002 – Mississippi State, MS –… Read more »