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With Blink-182’s continued trek across North America tour in support of its latest album, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, comes the crass nightly onstage humor and language. The trio compounds its behavior by performing it front of a flaming, 12-foot-high sign boasting the F-word. Singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge says that it’s always been that way with the group and always will be, regardless of their occasional concern about the message to their younger fans. “When we first started playing, I remember we had so much fun just cracking jokes on the microphone, it’s like we just talked all the time,”… Read more »

He couldn’t have been more eager to talk about Live’s fifth album, V, which comes out September 18. Every time frontman Ed Kowalczyk started to explain the creative process for the disc, though, a Chihuahua circled his feet and yapped noisily. “Will you just shut up?” the singer snapped at the dog, momentarily breaking his Zen-like disposition. “She’s a girl and we fixed her,” he continued. “They say sometimes after you fix them they get all barky.” The animal is one of three dogs that circulate through Kowalczyk’s Los Angeles house, where he lives with his wife, Erin, when he’s… Read more »

O-Town and Myra will perform a free concert in New York on August 11 at Roseland Ballroom as part of Limited Too’s “Passion for Fashion Grand Finale.” Joining the extravaganza are Hilary Duff, star of the Disney Channel original series “Lizzie McGuire,” and celebrity stylist Stephanie Wolf, who has dressed such stars as Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, Britney Spears and Dream. The culmination of Limited Too’s six-city “Passion for Fashion” tour, at the event, Tween girls (ages 7 – 14), who are dressed like their favorite pop stars participate in a variety of fashion-fueled games involving lip syncing, makeovers and a… Read more »

Rock-band theme songs went out with the Monkees, but you wouldn’t know that when Susan Cowsill of the Continental Drifters steps to the microphone for “Someday.” It sounds like she’s singing about the very reasons for her band and its work. “I’m gonna pay my bills and stand where I stand,” she sings, “and maybe even start a little rock ‘n’ roll band. And maybe my friends will give me a hand. And if that doesn’t take away my sorrow, I’m gonna get up again and do it tomorrow.” Eyes closed, she holds the last note – bathed in the… Read more »

Colombian rock artist Juanes was nominatedTuesday for six Latin Grammy awards, including record of the year, album of the year, song of the year and best new artist, the Latin Recording Academy announced. The 27-year-old artist “was stunned, those guys kept saying my name again and again.” Juanes began his music career with a band in Colombia 15 years ago. Even though he never considered giving up, the most trying part of his journey to success was having patience, he told reporters after the announcements. Another strong contender in the Sept. 11 awards in Miami will be Spanish artist Alejandro… Read more »

Even as Chuck Leavell watches Mick Jagger for cues or listens to Keith Richards’ riffs, his mind sometimes drifts from rock ‘n’ roll to the trees and seedlings on his 2,200-acre farm in central Georgia. Being part of one of the world’s great rock bands is just one side of Leavell, who tours with the Rolling Stones but always returns to Charlane Plantation eager to get his hands dirty again. “Part of my job is to really keep a close eye on Mick. They look to me for changes, and to signal to let them know the verse or chorus.… Read more »

The Backstreet Boys have postponed the next month of their Black & Blue world tour to allow the group’s A.J. McLean to get treatment for alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety. The other four members of the group told MTV News on Monday (July 9) that they will postpone all dates of their tour until an August 7 show in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the meantime, McLean will seek help at an unspecified rehabilitation center, according to the group, who shared McLean’s plight with tearful fans on “TRL” Monday afternoon. “[A.J.] came to us yesterday and said, ‘Guys, I need help,’”… Read more »

Napster’s legally challenged song-swap service went dark last week and sentiment among many former users grew even darker. Napster suspended file-sharing July 2 for a self-imposed shutdown as it battled technical glitches related to its latest upgrade, which is intended to help it comply with a court order barring it from offering copyrighted material on its service. No time for a resumption had yet been given as of Sunday. Many habitual music downloaders seemed to agree that Napster’s latest technical woes were the nail in the coffin of the once phenomenally popular service. “Napster was dead six months ago. They… Read more »

On their first U.S. jaunt in three years, Radiohead have overcome their fears of touring the States by coming to terms with their popularity and acclaim. With last year’s Kid A and the recently released Amnesiac debuting at #1 and #2, respectively, and selling more than a million copies combined, according to SoundScan… well, to quote the title of the film documenting the band’s grueling tour supporting their third album, 1997’s OK Computer, meeting people really is easy. “I really didn’t think I could deal with it at all,” frontman Thom Yorke said after the band’s performance at the Red… Read more »

Fat chance Melanie Szepvolgyi is going to forget this year’s HFStival. Out of the 30-plus bands at the two-day musical extravaganza going on at RFK Stadium, she had wanted most to see Coldplay, the up and coming Britpop band. She was as surprised as anyone yesterday when lead singer Chris Martin pulled her up on stage to sing. “I was in the front of the stage, and nobody knew them up there. [People in the crowd] were being so rude and obnoxious,” said the still-glowing 24-year-old who had flown in from Columbus, Ohio. “Then they started playing my favorite song,… Read more »