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A judge ruled that George Harrison’s former brother-in-law is not allowed to sell Harrison memorabilia. A preliminary injunction was granted against Carl Roles, who used to be married to the sister of Harrison’s wife, Olivia. Olivia Harrison claims Roles stole ten boxes of clothes, records and memorabilia from their home in the 70’s, then tried to sell it the day after Harrison died. Roles says he had permission to remove the things from the house and he denies he tried to sell them. Harrison died November 29, 2001. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the last remaining Beatles.

What was supposed to be a peaceful, private gathering of the West Coast hip-hop community on Thursday turned into a heated four-hour open-mic assembly dominated by two very different sermons: one from Minister Louis Farrakhan and one from Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight. Tempers flared at the West Coast Hip-Hop Summit inside the posh ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel when Knight spent much of his time at the podium insulting everyone from Dr. Dre, Eminem and Master P to Janet Jackson, women and homosexuals. Knight’s tirades prompted a few outbursts and resulted in several people storming out… Read more »

Rocking a stadium is no mean trick. Plenty of bands do stadium tours because they’ve got the audience, but the ability to blow the roof off a 5,000-seat venue doesn’t mean you can knock ’em dead in an arena. Some have done it – get your hands on Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan and hear the decibels erupt – but many have not. Platonically, Weezer is a band fit for arena rock. Their guitars sound huge, their music is full of explosive dynamics and their choruses invite fans to sing along. At their show Monday night at the Continental Airlines… Read more »

When they finish the Projekt Revolution Tour, which also features Linkin Park, Cypress Hill and DJ Z-Trip, Adema will join Alien Ant Farm, Fenix TX, Glassjaw and others on the already-in-progress SnoCore Festival, which runs until March 30. After that, the band will likely tour on its own through the end of the year. Some bands in such a position long for all those seemingly endless months to pass so they can get home and work on new material. Adema, however, plan to write their next record while they’re on the road, and they’ve already got three complete songs and… Read more »

Nickelback’s former management company, Amar Management, filed a breach of contract suit against the band in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada. The suit, filed on January 25, contends that Nickelback wrongfully terminated the contract and has failed to pay the management company commissions, disbursements, and various other fees as a result of services rendered. The band allegedly signed a contract with Amar Management in 1996 and worked with the company through two independent albums and its first Roadrunner Records release, The State. The label contends it was responsible for the development of Nickelback’s career and played a… Read more »

Online music company MP3.com said Friday it filed a malpractice lawsuit against its former legal counsel, Cooley Godward LLP, seeking several hundred million of dollars in damages and compensation over a slew of copyright lawsuits that it faced. In the suit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, MP3.com said it launched its “My.MP3.com” service in January 2000 based on allegedly inaccurate and incomplete legal advice from the Palo Alto, California-based law firm. The service, which enabled users to store recordings contained on their CDs and listen to them from any available Internet connection, provoked several copyright lawsuits by major… Read more »

Olivia Harrison, widow of the late George Harrison, has sued her former brother-in-law in regards to some Harrison memorabilia stolen from a home the family used to own in Los Angeles. Harrison filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (January 11) against her sister Linda Arias’s ex-husband Carl Roles and his current wife Carol Roles, accusing the couple of wrongfully possessing, selling, and profiting from the material, which is described as “household and personal items of sentimental value.” The suit asks for return of the property, unspecified damages (including interest), and attorney’s fees and other costs. A… Read more »

The court has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against singer Marc Anthony, which alleged that his award-winning hit song “I Need to Know” was not written by Anthony and composer/producer Cory Rooney. According to Anthony’s lawyer, Orin Snyder of the firm Parcher, Hayes & Snyder, the lawsuit was dismissed by United States District Judge Denny Chin after Daniel Agren determined that his claims were legally insufficient. The lawsuit had alleged that “I Need to Know” infringed the copyright of an unpublished song by Agren of the same title. “This lawsuit was frivolous from the outset and Marc should be… Read more »

Defining Australian rock band Midnight Oil is back with their first album release in the United States in over four years, “Capricornia,” slated to street February 19, 2002. “Capricornia” – the 14th full-length studio recording of the Oils’- is the legendary group’s debut CD for the newly formed, BMG-distributed Liquid 8 Records, to which they were signed earlier this year. Midnight Oil originally conjured up their unmistakable sound in 1976, and ever since, fronted by fiercely passionate lead vocalist Peter Garrett, has been internationally recognized for the take-no-prisoners style of consciousness-raising they bring to their always commanding and often incendiary… Read more »

R.E.M. and Jewel will perform short sets at the third You Gotta Have Friends benefit for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis on January 31 at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The alternative rock pioneers are expected to play a 30 to 45-minute electric set, and Jewel will play an approximately 20-minute-long acoustic set. The event will be hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and will honor AOL Time Warner for their commitment to the fight against AIDS. You Gotta Have Friends will also feature a performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy-winning female a cappella gospel/jazz/blues ensemble, and appearances by Rosie… Read more »