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Pepsi has a new affiliation with a hot, rising music star. But this time, Apple Computer’s iTunes is shoving aside the likes of Britney Spears and Beyonce. The soft-drink giant plans to give away 100 million downloads from iTunes next year and plug the service in a Super Bowl commercial. The relationship between Pepsi and Apple – the brainchild of Interscope chief executive Jimmy Iovine – is an effort to drive consumer interest in the iTunes service, which is now available for Windows-based computers. The offer kicks off Feb. 1 with the Super Bowl ad, and it will run until… Read more »

Canadian rockers Simple Plan will release their new DVD/EP titled A Big Package For You on November 25. The three-hour DVD contains footage of the band shot over the last three years, including backstage footage, bloopers, outtakes, live performances, and interviews. The package is accompanied by a bonus EP, which contains the newly recorded song “Crash & Burn,” as well as two previously unreleased live songs from their September 2003 MTV Hard Rock Live performance. Drummer Chuck Comeau explained the release to LAUNCH: “It’s gong to be about two hours of us being stupid and retarded. And backstage like all… Read more »

Arista on Oct. 21 will release a Sarah McLachlan EP as a download, to be available for the first 30 days exclusively via Apple’s iTunes Music Store. “Acoustic Live EP 2003” has five cuts recorded in concert earlier this year: a pair from McLachlan’s new album “Afterglow,” due Nov. 4, and three older tracks. “Fallen,” the first single from “Afterglow,” debuted in two versions last week on Billboard’s Hot Digital Tracks chart, at No. 1 (album mix) and No. 4 (radio mix). The former logged 2,500 paid downloads, the largest one-week tally in the chart’s three-month history. Both tracks were… Read more »

Avril Lavigne and the Neptunes are going to each release a DVD later this year, under a deal Arista Records has made with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Lavigne’s DVD is of a live concert, and the Neptunes are releasing a straight-to-DVD movie. Lavigne’s My World is her first live concert DVD, and it features behind the scenes footage, five music videos, and a bonus six song CD. The concert was filmed in Buffalo on May 18, the closing night of her five-week North American Try To Shut Me Up tour. Performances include “Complicated,” “Sk8er Boi,” “I’m With You,” “Losing… Read more »

Led Zeppelin has agreed to let one of their songs be used in the soundtrack for the upcoming film School Of Rock-but only because its star, Jack Black, asked personally. According to the studio, Black-who makes music with the comical rock act Tenacious D-stepped in after School Of Rock director Richard Linklater was unable to get permission to use “Immigrant Song.” Black reportedly sent a humorous videotaped request for the song to the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin, who subsequently gave their approval. The School Of Rock soundtrack comes out September 30, while the film opens October 3. Led… Read more »

Three years ago, Juanes was a relative unknown and wondering whether his decision to move to Los Angeles and start a solo career was a good idea. On Wednesday, the Colombian singer-songwriter was showered with five Latin Grammys, including album of the year for “Un Dia Normal” (A Normal Day) and record and song of the year for “Es Por Ti” (It’s For You). “I never thought that this was going to happen to me,” said Juanes, whose album “Un Dia Normal” spent a record 65 weeks on the Billboard Latin charts. “Three years ago I was lost completely in… Read more »

Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies have completed their sixth full-length studio album, “Everything to Everyone,” and will release it on Oct. 21. The 14-track Reprise set will be preceded by the radio single “Another Postcard.” Chris Bowen, Matt Goldman, Brian Scott, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink of Blue Man Group fame contribute their PVC tube percussion to the song “Shopping,” which is one of four songs featuring strings arranged by bassist Jim Creegan. Producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Days Of The New) adds percussion, guitar and banjo to the set. Over the past few months, fans of the band have been… Read more »

On August 28, 2003 Billboard Magazine officially awarded KOCH Entertainment with the coveted prize of Independent R&B/Hip Hop Label of the Year. “It’s been 3 years of hard work,” says KOCH/In The Paint President, Alan Grunblatt. “Bob Frank and Michael Koch have been side-by-side with me on this at every turn. Now that we’ve reached #1… we have to stay #1. If you look at our release schedule, that shouldn’t be a problem.” In October 2003, KOCH Entertainment will release new albums by platinum selling artists Montell Jordan and The Goodie Mob. “Montell Jordan’s album is entitled Life After DEF… Read more »