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Zomba Music Group, home to pop stars Britney Spears, ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, is talking with several big recording companies regarding a Canadian distribution deal for its music, sources familiar withthe company said. According to sources, Bertelsmann AG’s BMG Music was told in late March that New York-based Zomba would not renew its Canadian distribution deal, giving it six months to find a new partner. The distribution deal has provided a big boost to BMG’s market share in Canada for several years. Since Jan. 1, Zomba has also had the option to renew or sever its U.S. distribution… Read more »

Next-generation music company MCY (MCY.com, Inc.) today announced the signing of hit swing fusion band Kid Creole and the Coconuts to MCY subsidiary Pyramid Music. Pyramid will release the group’s new album, “Too Cool to Conga,” in June and will create a digital production from the groups American Tour performances in July. The audio-visual spectacular will be produced for distribution through CD, DVD, Television and secure digital downloading and streaming. MCY CEO Bernhard Fritsch commented, “Kid Creole and the Coconuts are among the music world’s most compelling performers – their music meshes infectiously groovy tunes with the artists’ wit and… Read more »

Irish rock band U2 kicked off a two-night stand in Canada’s French-speaking metropolis on Sunday night with lead singer Bono declaring, “This is the noisiest crowd of the whole tour.” Some 20,000 fans packed Montreal’s Molson Center for U2’s “Elevation 2001 Tour,” named after a track on the group’s latest album, “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.” The foursome played for more than two hours, combining early 1980s hits such as “Pride (In The Name of Love)” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday” with more recent songs such as “Discotheque” and “Mysterious Ways,” as well as a half-dozen songs from the new… Read more »

Recently-signed band Dakona, currently hard at work on their debut album for Maverick Recording Company, will take a break from recording to headline a benefit concert to help teen suicide prevention. The event takes place May 26th at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY, just outside of New York City. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Mental Health Association of Westchester, NY, Teen Suicide Prevention Program. Dakona’s concern for the issue of teen suicide prevention stems from last year’s suicide death of a fan of the band’s in Vancouver. Earlier this year, the band staged an SRO… Read more »

Alanis Morissette is not letting a contract dispute with her label prevent her from hitting the road to try out some new songs. The Canadian pop singer will begin a 12-country tour of European festivals, arenas and clubs in Nuremberg, Germany on June 1, which also happens to be her 27th birthday. She will warm up with two shows at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater on May 25 and 26, her publicist announced Thursday. Tickets for the El Rey shows will be available exclusively at http://www.alanismorissette.com on May 13 at 10 a.m. PDT. The El Rey holds about 700 people.… Read more »

Tickets In Select Markets To Go On Sale This Weekend. Four-time Grammy Award winner Janet Jackson today announced one of the most anticipated concerts events of the year, “All For You World Tour 2001.” Named after her just released 7th album, the tour will be her first since the critically acclaimed sold-out Velvet Rope Tour of 1998. July 5th, at Vancouver’s 16,000-seat GM Place, will mark the first of 56 performances in the United States and Canada, concluding on October 13th in Denver, Colorado’s Pepsi Center Arena. Jackson will then head to Europe, where she will perform 25 shows in… Read more »

The Boys’ previously announced summer tour, which begins June 8 in their hometown of Orlando, Florida, has just added venues to its itinerary. The trek is in support of the group’s latest album, the multiplatinum Black & Blue, which has sold nearly 5 million copies since its release in November, according to SoundScan. Reggae-pop star Shaggy, with the momentum of his fifth album, Hotshot, at his back, and 19-year-old singer/pianist Krystal, whose Me and My Piano is scheduled for a summer release on the Boys’ own as-yet-untitled label, will open all the dates of the tour. Over the weekend, the… Read more »

‘N Sync have enlisted the galaxy’s hottest producers, the Neptunes, for their follow-up to No Strings Attached, tentatively set for a June release. The quintet is in a New York studio this week with the Virginia-based production duo, which has worked with rappers Mystikal, Jay-Z and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, R&B diva Kelis and pop-rockers No Doubt. ‘N Syncers Justin Timberlake and Chris Kirkpatrick recently said the album will dip into such genres as electronica, hard R&B, “straight-up dance music” and even country. The boys, who have already recorded material in Orlando, Florida, and Los Angeles, have said they hoped to… Read more »