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For what was supposed to be a valentine to Bono (“Bahn-o”), there sure were a lot of references to Bono (“Bone-o”) Thursday night. First, on the red carpet leading into the new Kodak Theatre, Evan and Jaron joked that they thought the inaugural “Love Rocks” concert was honoring the late Sonny Bono. Then, R.E.M. carried on the joke by bringing out Cher during their four-song set to duet with singer Michael Stipe on “I Got You Babe,” after which Cher said, “I’ve never done that song without my Bono, so that was for you, Bono.” Finally, when accepting his Heart… Read more »

The soundtrack to the vampire movie Blade II has been finalized. The compilation will feature hip-hop/electronic pairings of Fatboy Slim and Eve, Redman and Gorillaz, and Mos Def and Massive Attack, and others. “I liked his stuff, but had never done anything with him,” Eve says of her collaboration with Fatboy on the track “Cowboy.” “It came out really hot. I’d like to work with other producers like that.” The Blade II soundtrack is due March 19th. The film, which stars Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson, is the second film based on the vampire-hunting title character created by Marvel Comics.… Read more »

Hip-O Records will on March 26 release “Nick Carter: Before The ‘Boys’ 1989-1993,” a collection of recordings made by the Backstreet Boys member before the boy band launched him to international fame. The 14-track set consists of recordings Carter made with his vocal teacher Mark Dye between the ages of 9 and 13. Among the selections are two tracks written by Dye, “Summer!” and “Hard to Get,” as well as Carter singing the National Anthem, “Love Is A Wonderful Thing,” “Runaround Sue,” “Breaking up is Hard To Do,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Uptown Girl,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” and a medley… Read more »

The mystery surrounding former Beatle George Harrison’s death certificate has been solved-and it appears he really did die at Paul McCartney’s house. Sort of. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said Tuesday that friends of the late guitarist have corrected Harrison’s death certificate, after the first version listed a fake address as the place where he died. As it turns out, Harrison died at a Hollywood Hills mansion once leased by McCartney. District Attorney Steve Cooley said that noted security expert Gavin de Becker, who was with Harrison in his final days, submitted a different address for Harrison’s location… Read more »

Epic modern rock act Fuel has requested that Toyota cease and desist using the name of a rock tour the auto manufacturer is sponsoring. The band feels the similarity of Toyota’s “Fuel The Music Tour,” concocted to herald its new Matrix model vehicle, confusing to the band’s fans. “We want to clarify any confusion among our fans, and just feel this is an unfortunate oversight by the organizers of this tour,” guitarist Carl Bell said in a statement. “We wish the tour well, but we’ve fought long and hard to make a name for ourselves and don’t want to mislead… 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 »

Friends of former Beatles guitarist George Harrison have corrected a death certificate that listed a bogus address as the place where he died. The original document filed with Los Angeles County authorities listed a nonexistent Beverly Hills address as the place where the 58-year-old Harrison died Nov. 29 of lung cancer. The musician who wrote “Here Comes the Sun” actually died at a home several miles away in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley said Tuesday. Families of dead celebrities sometimes try to distract grim curiosity-seekers by withholding the actual site of the death. Falsifying such information,… Read more »

Recording Industry Association of America President and CEO Hilary Rosen recently testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on international and domestic intellectual property theft. The subject of music piracy has been top on Rosen’s agenda since the advent of Napster in late 1999, and the emergence of post-Napster progeny since the RIAA successfully shut down the peer-to-peer music exchange in July last year. Targeting her testimony to the foreign relations audience she was addressing, Rosen said, “In Russia, China, and Brazil alone-the world’s three leading pirate marketplaces-the music industry loses more than $1 billion per year.” Rosen added… Read more »

Sony announced that it is an associate sponsor of the first-ever Mountain Dew Ice Village in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 8-24, 2002. Located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, the Ice Village offers excitement to consumers of all ages during the entire 17 days of the Olympics. The Mountain Dew Ice Village is an action sports and music festival featuring more than 150 of the world’s best athletes from skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, Moto-X as well as a stellar line-up of musical performances from acts such as Cheap Trick, Cake, and George Clinton and P Funk AllStars. Fans… Read more »

At the closing news conference of a meeting of G-7 finance ministers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill mentioned he met Bono last year at the singer’s request, adding he initially feared it would be “just another rock star who wants to use me for something.” Instead, the scheduled half-hour session lasted more than 90 minutes as the two discussed issues such as development aid for Africa. “He’s a serious person,” O’Neill said Saturday of Bono. “He cares deeply about these issues and you know what? He knows a lot about them.” O’Neill noted Bono has traveled to Africa and other… Read more »