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If you’re not able to catch one of the airings of the 60-minute Incubus studio concert, “Morning View Sessions,” on MTV or MTV2, you’ll still be able to pick it up in stores come February. The concert will be part of a DVD that will also include band interviews, backstage footage and the original version of the video “Wish You Were Here” from the band’s new album, Morning View. The original video depicts vocalist Brandon Boyd running across a bridge being chased by a crowd of fans, and escaping them by climbing over the railing and jumping into the water,… Read more »

Creed has always sought to take its audiences higher with deeper lyrics than the average hard rock band has, so it’s no surprise that the songs on the trio’s new album, Weathered, due out Tuesday (November 20), also resonate with meaning. In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, however, those meanings might seem even more profound, and Creed frontman Scott Stapp said it’s something he and guitarist Mark Tremonti are ambivalent about. “I definitely think after the fact that people are gonna perceive some of these songs a lot different because of the events that happened on September… Read more »

Van Morrison has won libel damages because of an Irish newspaper report that alleged he had an affair with singer Linda Gail Lewis. A lawyer for the Sunday Independent apologized for the report to Morrison and his long-term partner Michelle Rocca in Belfast’s High Court Wednesday (November 14). The allegations had been taken from extracts of an interview Lewis did last month on an Irish television talk show. Following Lewis’s appearance on the show, Morrison issued a statement denying her claims that they had a sexual relationship, saying, “These outrageous allegations are a complete and utter fabrication.” The newspaper’s publishers… Read more »

Throughout their two-decade career, the Cure have always made music for lonely hearts, so it’s only fitting that frontman Robert Smith be alone for once. Smith hopes to begin recording his first solo album in January or February, once he’s through promoting the Cure’s Greatest Hits, which includes two new songs and acoustic renditions of fan favorites. The pale-faced misanthrope said he started fostering ideas for the LP after finishing the Cure’s last studio album, 2000’s Bloodflowers, and it’s been an on-and-off endeavor ever since. “I was just at the point of coordinating it all earlier this year when the… Read more »

British band Depeche Mode said on Thursday the September 11 suicide hijack attacks in the United States had hardly affected European musicians and concert-goers. He contrasted this to the U.S. situation, where the music industry had slowed down. Andy Fletcher, keyboardist in the technopop band that is still going after 22 years, said Europeans had had more experience of “terrorist attacks” than Americans and as a result were able to get on with their lives more quickly. “A lot of American bands and acts have canceled because they are not really used to terrorism in their own country,” Fletcher said… Read more »

Fireplaces and feet are not the only places you’ll see tube socks this Christmas season. Southern California funk rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose members occasionally wear only a strategically placed tube sock, are getting ready to release their first concert video in a decade. “Off the Map,” due December 4 on VHS and DVD, was filmed by Dick Rude at a September 2000 show in Portland, Oregon. The video includes recent Chili Peppers hits “Californication,” “Scar Tissue,” “Otherside,” “Under the Bridge” and “Give It Away,” along with older gems like “Blackeyed Blonde” from 1985’s Freaky Styley, according to… Read more »

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios today announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. has created an exclusive teaser trailer for “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” that will only appear at the head of the new animated Disney/Pixar film “Monsters, Inc.” The film will be released in theaters nationwide on November 2nd. George Lucas commented, “I have great respect for Pixar and deep admiration for John Lasseter and his team. I’m thrilled to be able to show audiences their first glimpse of ‘Episode II’ with ‘Monsters, Inc.’ It gives me an immense sense of pride to see our… Read more »

On December 19, 2001, audiences everywhere will be taken on a journey unlike anything they have ever witnessed when New Line Cinema releases the epic adventure, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. On November 20, Reprise Records will release the soundtrack that will let people everywhere live this dazzling experience – a breathtaking album showcasing two new songs from multi-platinum recording artist Enya, as well as an all-new original score by heralded composer, arranger and conductor Howard Shore. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING soundtrack features two new songs by two-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Enya, including the… Read more »

Sony Corp is expected to report weak results for the July-September quarter after a profit warninglate last month, with analysts looking for more aggressive restructuring moves to confront the slowing global economy. The world’s largest maker of audio and video equipment cut its consolidated operating profit forecast for the full year to next March by more than half to 120 billion yen ($980 million) and announced a handful of restructuring steps, including procurement cost cuts. “That’s not enough,” said Merrill Lynch analyst Hiroshi Kuriyama. “Of course it has made efforts in the past, but current business conditions are far worse… Read more »

A California state senator plans to draft a bill that would free recording artists from restrictive, multi-year contracts, a system stars have attacked as unfairly stacked in favor of the major music labels. Under current California law, record companies are granted a special exemption that allows them to sue musicians and singers for albums not produced over the course of seven-year contracts. Stars including Don Henley, Courtney Love and the Dixie Chicks testified in the state Senate last month that the special status granted to the record labels in California in 1987 was unfair and should be repealed. State Sen.… Read more »