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‘Resolve’ CD Earnings to Be Donated; Patriotic Songs Available Free To All Commercial Radio Stations Via Special MP3.com Page SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ – With the click of a mouse, visitors to MP3.com (www.mp3.com) can donate funds that will assist victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Major recording artists, independent musicians and commercial radio networks alike are tapping the global reach of MP3.com to generate funds for the American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund and other organizations. MP3.com – which features more than 168,000 artists from 188 countries and hosts… Read more »

From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee, across the plains of Texas and from sea to shining sea, Americans are storming record stores for patriotic music, like Lee Greenwood’s country standard “God Bless the U.S.A.” Retailers said Wednesday that other in-demand artists include Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Depression-era singer Kate Smith, and even Irish musicians U2 and Enya. The use of particular songs on television and radio fueled demand, said Dawn Bryant, a spokeswoman at Best Buy Co. Inc. -owned Musicland Group Inc., parent of the Sam Goody music retail chain. Greenwood’s Grammy-winning 1984 tune… Read more »

NSYNC has released a statement regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks on America. Singer Lance Bass posted a message on the band’s official website (nsync.com) on behalf of the entire group, saying: “My heart and the hearts of the guys break for those who have lost loved ones in this tragedy. Please know that my prayers are with you and the rest of our country in the coming days of recovery.” Bass continues: “It is important that we not resort to the same type of evil by mistreating innocent people because of our anger. I trust our government will find… Read more »

Teenage pop idol Britney Spears has canceled her promotional tour of Europe and South America, Australian Associated Press reported on Saturday. “After much thought and deliberation it is with great regret that I have decided to cancel my planned European and Latin American promotion trips,” AAP quoted a weekend statement from her record company Jive as saying. Spears arrived here last week on the last flight to leave the United States for Australia just before the devastating attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington. Her announcement meant she would not take her promotional tour… Read more »

Irish rock band U2, which just finished a European tour, will return to North America in October for 15 arena dates, the group’s promoter said. The tour will begin on Oct. 10 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and will conclude on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas, according to a statement issued on Monday by Clear Channel Entertainment, a unit of Clear Channel Worldwide. U2 will also play Chicago, Baltimore, New York City, East Rutherford, Providence, Philadelphia, Austin, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Oakland and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Hamilton. U2 have already grossed an… Read more »

Since Bob Dylan’s Grammy-winning album “Time Out of Mind” was released four years ago, the 60-year-old rock master has played 460 live shows, soaking up the cheers from crowds around the world. He feeds off his Never Ending Tour, dancing, grinning, cracking jokes, engaging in guitar duels with his band, then standing at solemn attention, his suit coat soaked with sweat, bending in a deep bow before leaving the stage. In the spring he went into the studio to give some of the energy back, and the result is “Love and Theft,” an album already hailed as one of the… Read more »

In support of their debut release, Is This Room Getting Smaller (September 25 – Maverick Records), ONESIDEZERO joins 311 and Incubus for their North American tours. Following a string of sold-out LA club dates, ONESIDEZERO will pick up with 311 from September 11 in Las Vegas, NV through October 19 in Pensacola, FL. After a short break, the band will join Incubus for their West Coast tour dates beginning November 10 in Boise, ID, ending December 1 at the Universal Amphitheatre. “New World Order,” the first single from Is This Room Getting Smaller, is already making its mark on radio,… Read more »

Funk/punk/rap-rockers 311 will follow their summer on the Warped Tour with an extensive headlining tour across North America. The group will kick off a two-month swing in support of its latest album, From Chaos, at the Street Scene in San Diego on September 8 and play more than three dozen shows through the end of October. The trek culminates in a Halloween performance at the Universal Amphitheater in the group’s home base of Los Angeles. Shows in Texas and New Mexico from October 22-27 are also expected to be announced in the coming days. Frontman Nick Hexum tells LAUNCH that… Read more »

You might think that after parting ways with a major label, Jimmy Eat World would take the opportunity to further indulge in the thoughtful experimentation that marked 1999’s Clarity, their second and final release on Capitol. After all, no label means no more A&R guys frowning at songs like Clarity’s 16-minute-plus “Goodbye Sky Harbor,” with its drum-loop buildup and crescendo of overlapping, programmed vocals. But left to their own devices, Mesa, Arizona’s favorite sons made their most straight-up pop record to date – Bleed American, which hit stores Tuesday. “Things still got pretty gnarly in the studio as far as… Read more »

The once fertile scene of Lollapalooza, Lilith Fair, the HORDE and Furthur has dried up in recent years, leaving the U.S. summer tour circuit a less festive place for traveling rock music festivals. So pop auteur Moby, in the wake of the success of his latest album, “Play,” has decided to do something about that. “I’ve spent a long time playing European festivals and was impressed by how eclectic and open they were,” explains Moby, whose Area: One tour opened Wednesday in Atlanta. “There was a period in the States where we had a few really interesting festivals…. When those… Read more »