Search Results for: Set It off

Pink will kick off her first ever headlining tour on May 2nd in Phoenix. The twenty-seven-date tour will hit mainly theaters from coast to coast. The jaunt comes in support of her sophomore release, Missundaztood, and on the heels of her recent Grammy win for “Lady Marmalade,” along with Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim. As for Missundaztood, the album remains a Top Ten mainstay sixteen weeks after its release, and with another week in stores will likely top 2 million copies sold. Tickets go on sale this week. Pink Tour Dates: 5/2 – Phoenix, The Webb Theater 5/5 –… Read more »

The Offspring has been playing a few scattered shows recently. The band visited Russia and played the Recording Artists Coalition concert in Long Beach, California last month. Guitarist Noodles (real name Kevin Wasserman) wrote on the band’s website, “The RAC Is a lobbying union for musicians who, up to this point, have been painfully unrepresented as a whole when it comes to legal issues that affect us. When laws are being considered that affect musicians, especially young and new acts, the RAC will make sure that the artist’s rights are not overlooked.” He added, “I know what you’re all thinking;… Read more »

Onesidezero has scored a coveted spot on the Ozzfest 2002 Second Stage. The LA based band joins the prestigious list of former second stage bands that went on to multi-platinum success. The metal festival is expected to kick off in July. Onesidezero is excited to be joining the summer’s hottest rock festival. Jasan Radford (vocalist) says, ” We are extremely grateful to Ozzy and Sharon for giving us the opportunity to play and tour with some our favorite bands, and to be a part of the Ozzfest experience.” Onesidezero is currently one of the most sought after bands on the… Read more »

More than four years after the suicide of their elegant frontman, Michael Hutchence, the five members of Australian rock band INXS will return to the U.S. concert circuit in May with a substitute vocalist. The group, famed for such hits as “Need You Tonight” and “Devil Inside,” will kick off a 40-city club tour in Anaheim, Calif., on May 30 with Jon Stevens at the helm, the group’s publicist said in a statement on Friday. Stevens, who has performed with INXS on short tours of Australia and Europe, is the former singer with Australian rock band Noiseworks, and a longtime… Read more »

A federal judge’s deadline has passed, but the recording industry still has not settled its 3-year-old copyright infringement case against Napster, the online music-sharing company said Tuesday. Last month, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel agreed to a 30-day delay in the lawsuit brought by major record labels. They accuse Napster of violating copyright laws by allowing millions of Internet users to share unauthorized digital music over the Web. Patel’s deadline expired Tuesday, and no deal was reached. The recording industry is seeking a ruling that finds Napster liable for copyright infringement, and it wants to seek damages. A pending… Read more »

“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Michael Stipe asked the crowd soon after R.E.M. took the stage Thursday night at the venerable venue. “Practice,” the crowd blurted in unison. “Well, we didn’t,” Stipe responded. “So if you hear a bum note or something that doesn’t sound right, I urge you to sing louder in your head.” The tour-shy Athens rockers and granola-pop folkie Jewel were among those on hand for an evening of spirited entertainment at “You Gotta Have Friends: Partners in the Fight Against AIDS,” a benefit for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. ( from the event.) Judging… Read more »

A week after paying Mariah Carey nearly $30 million to walk away from her contract, EMI Recorded Music CEO Alain Levy took the wraps off a massive restructuring at the top of the company’s North American unit, marking his most aggressive moves yet to yank the British music major out of a persistent financial slump. Levy’s plan infuses EMI’s U.S. executive suite with new blood: His longtime deputy David Munns becomes chairman and chief executive of EMI North America, overseeing the flagship Capitol Records and Virgin Records America imprints. Veteran producer Matt Serletic has been named chairman and CEO of… Read more »

A Los Angeles judge has tentatively approved a deal requiring record giant Universal Music to pay $4.75 million in back royalties to as many as 300 performers to settle a class-action lawsuit led by torch singer Peggy Lee, court papers showed Wednesday. Lee, 81, was the lead plaintiff in the two-year court case that claimed that Universal, a unit of Vivendi Universal, failed to pay her and other artists – many of whom are now dead – millions of dollars by underreporting sales figures and overcharging for services. Legal experts said this was the first class-action lawsuit on behalf of… Read more »

From the big screen to the small screen to the studio to the stage, DMX is going to be everywhere this year. The rapper’s spokesperson said he just signed on to kick butt alongside Jet Li in the Warner Bros. action vehicle “Cradle to the Grave,” which ramps up next month and reunites the two “Romeo Must Die” stars. Warner Bros. said that while X has not officially signed on, they are close to sealing the deal. At the beginning of May, DMX will embark on a 30-city tour with artists from his Bloodline label that will carry on through… Read more »

The country’s leading concert ticket distributor will be more cautious in offering free trial magazine subscriptions to callers after an investigation found consumers were being automatically charged for full subscriptions, something many of them did not want. Ticketmaster and Time, Inc. answered allegations from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Monday (January 7) over the concert ticket giant’s “up-selling” of subscriptions to customers who phoned to purchase tickets for events across the country. An investigation by Spitzer’s office discovered that since 1999, Ticketmaster operators have been offering free eight-week subscriptions to Entertainment Weekly or Sports Illustrated to its customers only… Read more »