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*NSYNC, Ricky Martin, and Enrique Iglesias are among the artists who have contributed tracks to the Maverick Musica collection, pLATINum rhythm, due October 30. Maverick Musica is the new Latin imprint of Madonna’s Maverick Records. The pLATINum rhythm set is highlighted by the previously-unreleased Robbie Rivera remix of Madonna’s “Music” and Ricky Martin’s “Cambia La Piel,” as well as exclusive tracks including *NSYNC’s Spanish-language version of “This I Promise You” (“Yo Te Voy A Amar”) and the Pablo Flores remix of Backstreet Boys’”The One.” Latin superstars Luis Miguel, Alejandro Sanz, and Laura Pausini as well as up-and-comers like Cafe Quijano,… Read more »

In anticipation of their forthcoming release “Atomic,” Lit have lined up a slew of TV performances and other promotional activities surrounding its October 16 CD release date. “Atomic” is the follow-up to their platinum-plus “A Place In The Sun,” which garnered the hit singles “Miserable,” “Zip-Lock,” and the #1 Billboard Modern Rock song of 1999, “My Own Worst Enemy.” Earlier this summer fans got a taste of “Atomic” with the song “The Last Time Again” when it was featured in the #1 smash comedy movie “American Pie 2.” The official first single, “Lipstick and Bruises,” is currently #11 on Billboard’s… Read more »

Echoes, Pink Floyd’s long-awaited “best of” compilation, will hit stores November 6th. The album will include twenty-seven of Floyd’s classic tracks – over 140 minutes of music – mixed together into a single piece. James Guthrie, the band’s longtime producer, did the mixing for the two-disc set, which will also be available on vinyl and cassette. The collection will also feature one track never released on CD. “When the Tiger Broke Free,” written by Roger Waters for the film version of the The Wall in 1982 and released that summer as a seven-inch single, chronicles the death of Water’s father… Read more »

Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews, Stone Temple Pilots, Moby, and Nelly Furtado are among the acts set to honor John Lennon in front of live and television audiences tonight (October 2). Come Together: A Night For John Lennon’s Words & Music will air live from Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall on both cable channel TNT and the WB broadcast network at 8 p.m. ET. All performing acts will deliver renditions of Lennon songs, including “Dear Prudence” (Morissette), “In My Life” (Matthews), “Revolution” (Stone Temple Pilots), “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” (Marc Anthony), and “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Cyndi Lauper). Others participating… Read more »

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez plans to marry choreographer Cris Judd on Saturday, just seven months after she publicly split from rap impresario Sean “Puffy” Combs, according to New York tabloid reports Friday. Lopez’s spokesman, Alan Nierob, declined comment on the reports. The Bronx-born Latina bombshell and her fiancee went public as a couple at the Academy Awards in March. They plan to be married in Los Angeles, reports in the New York Post and Daily News said. It would be the first trip to the alter for Judd and the second for Lopez, whose previous one-year marriage to male model Ojani… Read more »

SyncCast, LLC and Exodus Communications ®, Inc.,, the premier managed hosting provider for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations, today announced that they will jointly prepare streaming proposals to top radio broadcasting groups. One of the highlights of the SyncCast/Exodus joint proposal is that we are able to show broadcasters the revenue and the costs of legally streaming today. We have taken a lot of the “what if” out of streaming. The deals we are putting together are aggressive and include some very creative financing that significantly lowers broadcasters’ out of pocket capital and signal acquisition costs. We think our proposal… Read more »

American songwriters and music publishers have reached preliminary agreement with the on-line file sharing service Napster to settle the class-action lawsuit currently pending in federal court in California. The agreement includes terms under which the songwriters and music publishers will license their music to Napster’s new membership-based service. The announcement of the proposed settlement was made jointly by Edward P. Murphy, president and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, Inc., Gary L. Churgin, president and CEO of The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., George David Weiss, president of The Songwriters’ Guild of America, Inc., and Napster president and CEO Konrad… Read more »

If music can be a great escape from the cares of the day, whatever they be, then Blink-182’s fun show on Wednesday, rescheduled from a week earlier in light of recent events, was a perfect getaway. The San Diego pop-punk trio discharged their usual output of between-song locker room comments, and their three-minute tunes, which generally address little more than the standard teen concerns (first dates, school, loneliness), were all delivered with the players’ trademark sense of humor still very much intact. The 75-minute production opened with recent radio hit “The Rock Show,” which was accompanied by a giant flaming… Read more »

Britney Spears will release her 3rd album, Britney on November 6 worldwide. The first single, “I’m A Slave 4 U,” will impact CHR and Rhythm Crossover radio on September 24. The song was written and produced by The Neptunes. The video, directed by Frances Lawrence, will debut on MTV’s Making The Video on September 24. Britney Spears co-wrote 5 of the 12 songs on the album. Other producers/writers on Britney include Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Wade Robson, Rami and Rodney Jerkins. The Britney World Tour kicks off in Miami, Fl. on October 26. The tour sponsored by Pepsi goes through… Read more »

While Weezer prepare to kick off the most recent leg of their tour in support of their third self-titled release, better known as “The Green Album,” the band is already looking ahead to its next record, which is tentatively set for a May 2002 release. The band has been recording demos in Los Angeles including songs so far titled, “Song From Yesterday,” “I Wanna Know,” “Diamond Rings” and “How Long?” Meanwhile, their tour with temporary bassist Scott Shriner kicks off on September 11th in San Jose, California. Shriner was called in to replace Mikey Welsh after he had been admitted… Read more »