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MTV, known for “The Real World” series, is ready to turn its cameras on small town, U.S.A. Producers of a new reality series, tentatively titled “Sex in the Itty Bitty City,” will hold auditions in Columbus, Miss., on Jan. 7; Hope, Ark., on Jan. 9; and Opelousas on Jan. 11. The documentary-style show will feature women 18 to 30 years old who are looking for a husband. It is scheduled to air in late April. “We want young women who are outgoing, women with lots of personality with nothing to hide,” producer Craig D’Entrone said this week. “We want women… Read more »

Bruce Springsteen (news) is postponing two more concerts because E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons is recovering from surgery for a detached retina. A concert scheduled Saturday in Columbus has been moved to Dec. 16, and a Sunday show in Indianapolis has been rescheduled for Dec. 17, according to Springsteen’s Web site. Clemons, 60, underwent surgery after a show Monday night in Houston, causing a Wednesday performance in Austin to be postponed until March 2. Justin Doyle, marketing manager for Value City Arena in Columbus, said tickets issued for the Saturday concert will be valid for the December show… Read more »

The Vines will return to the road next month in support of their gold-certified debut album, Highly Evolved. The Australian rockers have lined up 14 shows in the Northeast and Midwestern parts of the country, beginning November 19 in Philadelphia. The dates are being packaged as the MTV2 Handpicked Tour. The Vines’ Capitol Records labelmates the Music will serve as the opening act. The British band’s debut album is due in February, 2003. The Vines’ Highly Evolved features the single, “Get Free.” Vines Tour Dates (Subject To Change): November 19 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA November 20 – Pittsburgh, PA… Read more »

Merging several styles into Christian music has helped increase its audience and sales and attract young listeners, industry leaders say. “The music is amazing and refreshing,” Dale Baker, a marketing representative with EMI Records, told the Chillicothe Gazette. “You’ve got every style in there: rap, hard rock, dance, everything.” Christian music sales increased 13.5 percent in 2001 and 18 percent through the first seven months of this year, the newspaper reported in a recent series. Recent figures from the Gospel Music Association show that Columbus is one of the top 10 U.S. markets. “We have a lot of people in… Read more »

“Some bands, when they go away for a while, people start talking bad about you.” said Benji, guitarist for Good Charlotte. “It’s good to come home and see all you kids still supporting us,” said lead singer, Joel, finishing his twin’s comment. Good Charlotte has always been a live band. Both their Self-Titled debut, as well as their sophomore effort, The Young and The Hopeless, tries to capture their spirit – and while some of the fun shines through the recording, nothing can match the energy of their live show. Playing to a packed crowd for their CD Release at… Read more »

The White Stripes will hit the dead leaves and dirty ground of New York’s Union Square on Tuesday to play a free show. The noon performance is the latest in a series of guerilla concerts staged by Nissan. Train played the first gig, in St. Louis on September 17, followed by Pink in Chicago, Eve in Philadelphia, Dashboard Confessional in Boston, Enrique Iglesias in Brooklyn and Cheap Trick in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Additional free shows will continue in other cities, a spokesperson for the concert series said. After Tuesday’s free show, Detroit duo Jack and Meg White only have two… Read more »

After a raucous summer tour, the pride of NYC hardcore’s scene, H2O, is back with a spankin’ new EP, “All We Want.” Set for release on October 29, 2002, this low-priced CD is sure to keep the band’s rabid fanbase satisfied until the release of their fifth full-length, tentatively scheduled for spring ‘03. “All We Want” is packaged in a special digipak and contains three new studio recordings, two live tracks and a video. True to the band’s DIY ethic, and harkening back to their earliest indie days, the EP’s recording session started August 25 and finished mixing a short… Read more »

W. Axl Rose will exhibit his appetite for reconstruction when Guns N’ Roses re-emerge for their first U.S. tour in nine years with many new band members and a batch of new material. The first date of the group’s trek will be November 7 in Vancouver at General Motors Place. An additional 25 dates have been announced, the last of which will be December 21 in Dallas at the American Airlines Center. More shows will be booked in the coming weeks. Guns N’ Roses, who have been out of the U.S. spotlight for the past decade, performed on television for… Read more »

In his continuing bid to be the hardest-working man in rock, Travis Barker has piled a few new endeavors onto his overstuffed plate. On top of firming up plans for side project the Transplants to drop their debut LP, setting off on the road with Box Car Racer, and preparing the new Blink-182 album, the drummer somehow found time to bring his collection of vintage Cadillacs up to 11 with the addition of a ’54 Coup De Ville and ’78 El Dorado. Although the Transplants album doesn’t yet have an official title, it’s scheduled for release October 22, according to… Read more »

Sheryl Crow looks to make it an endless summer with a string of headlining dates that will carry her into October. The shows are her first solo outings to promote her latest platinum album, C’mon, C’mon. They will follow five weeks of dates on the Jeep World Outside Festival with Train, Ziggy Marley and O.A.R., which wrap on August 17. Crow will kick off her tour August 18 at Riley Summer Music in Manchester, Vermont. Support acts have not yet been announced, according to a Crow spokesperson. The singer recently filmed the action-packed video for the second single from the… Read more »