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Previously unreleased material from Coldplay, Dido, the Doves and others is slated for the soundtrack to the teen sci-fi drama Roswell. Due out February 26th, the album will include Dido’s “Here With Me,” the show’s theme song, both in its original version and in a remix done by Dido’s brother, Rollo, of the dance outfit Faithless. The soundtrack also includes Coldplay’s “Brothers and Sisters” and Ash’s “Shining Light” (both previously unavailable in the U.S.), as well as Hybrid’s remix of Sarah McLachlan’s “Fear,” a remix of Ivy’s “Edge of the Ocean” and the Doves’ cover the Beatles “Blackbird,” which was… Read more »

While the 2001 season of Showtime’s Chris Isaak Show featured cameos by Stevie Nicks, Bret Michaels and Shawn Colvin, next year’s will see Green Day, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins and Shelby Lynne trot on. Green Day filmed their episode, “The Wrong Number,” in Vancouver, British Columbia, several weeks ago. Although the full details are still under relative wraps, Isaak says that episode finds the punk triad behaving in typically punk fashion. “They pretty much destroy my amps,” he says. “They wreck my house. I have to throw them out, but [Green Day singer] Billie [Joe Armstrong]… Read more »

Dido Armstrong had worked in a lot of different low-paying clerical jobs while struggling to make ends meet, but said Thursday nothing beats her current line of work: being a pop star. The British singer known around the world as “Dido” said that because she made such a belated breakthrough into the industry that is infamous for devouring young talent before their prime, she isn’t going to let her career be squandered. “I just know this is the best job I’ve ever had because I have had so many other jobs,” said Dido, 29, one of Britain’s biggest-selling female recording… Read more »

Dido may be out of the spotlight while working on her next album, but she will still be heard literally by millions thanks to a contribution to the new Britney Spears album, Britney, due in stores Tuesday (November 6). The London singer-songwriter co-penned the song, “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman,” with behind-the-scenes teen-pop kings Max Martin and Rami. Others contributing to Britney include *NSYNC’s Justin Timberlake, while Spears herself also co-wrote songs on the album. Of note too is Spears’s choice in cover songs-Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll.” Dido is currently working on the follow-up… Read more »

More than 25 artists – from boys (of the Backstreet, ‘NSYNC and O-Town variety) to men (elder statesmen such as Aerosmith, James Brown and Rod Stewart), from vocal queens (Destiny’s Child, Mariah Carey, Carole King) to the King of Pop – took the stage Sunday at RFK Stadium for the all-day United We Stand – What More Can I Give benefit concert for victims of September’s terrorist attacks. Themes of unity and perseverance permeated every performance, with artists often thanking the sold-out crowd for the message they were sending to the rest of the country – that no matter the… Read more »

As Fred Durst says, the title tells it all: New Old Songs. The Neptunes do it all for the nookie, Timbaland tries a mission impossible and P. Diddy shows his way on Limp Bizkit’s upcoming remix album, due in December. Also among the hitmakers who are contributing versions of Bizkit’s songs are DJ Premier and William Orbit – in addition to Limp’s own DJ Lethal, guitarist Wes Borland and Durst. “The remixes are like brand new songs,” Durst said Thursday. “We’re writing our new record, so this is something you can put in your stereos and bump to.” E-40 and… Read more »

Music publishers on Wednesday won an important legal ruling against the world’s largest record label in a case that could set rules for streaming copyrighted songs over the Internet. New York federal Judge John S. Martin Jr. found that Universal Music Group’s Farmclub.com online music service streamed songs without obtaining licenses from music publishers. Universal had asked that the case be dismissed on the grounds that Farmclub’s service was covered by licenses its parent previously secured in the context of recording songs for sale on albums. “This decision means record companies aren’t in total control of how music will be… Read more »

Waves, Ltd., a leading supplier of audio signal processing solutions for the professional audio and multimedia markets, has today announced the release of the Restoration processor bundle for Native (PC and Macintosh) platforms. Removal of unwanted background noise and disturbing signal transients without affecting the original sound has always been a major challenge in audio postproduction, remastering, broadcasting, video, film and forensics. Waves audio processing Plug-Ins are the quality standard for thousands of top audio professionals all over the world. Waves new Restoration bundle has addressed the increasing demand for real-time noise and transient elimination tools. It establishes a new… Read more »

Soul Train mastermind, Don Cornelius, has sent a letter to the Justice Department alleging that MTV is violating antitrust laws, according to the Los Angeles Times. Cornelius is accusing the music network of pressuring performers who appear on MTV shows not to perform on rival shows for a 30-day period. For example, Cornelius says, MTV won’t let artists booked on next month’s Video Music Awards to appear on his upcoming Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. The veteran music-TV exec’s Lady of Soul show tapes next Tuesday and begins airing in syndication on Saturday. MTV’s Video Music Awards are September… Read more »

Old associates of TUPAC SHAKUR attempted to resurrect the West Coast/East Coast rap feud with P DIDDY at rehearsals for this week’s MTV 20th birthday show in NEW YORK. Trouble flared on Wednesday night (August 1) when rap outfit The Outlawz, whom Shakur formed before his death in 1996, gatecrashed rehearsals for a tribute to Shakur and Biggie Smalls. The rehearsal featured Run DMC, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature and Puffy. According to the New York Post, the Outlawz began “messing around and yelling”. Combs ignored them until one of the Outlawz grabbed the microphone from his… Read more »