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There was no floor collapsing this time, and the only damage was the broken red guitar belonging to Mest’s lead singer, Tony Lovato. Mest and Unwritten Law played to a sold out crowd last Wednesday in Houston, Texas, and although entertaining, it is also a little frightening for an audience who didn’t exactly know what to expect when a musician expresses his temper on stage. During their fifty minute set, afraid that he was going to get hurt, Lovato warned crowd surfers to watch where they were landing and to not hit his microphone stand. As luck would have it,… Read more »

South by Southwest, Austin’s annual music conference that usually showcases the best new artists coming down the pike, kicked off, oddly enough, with a plea to go back. The call came from Robbie Robertson. The onetime leader of the Band expressed mild alarm at the state of the music business during his keynote address Thursday morning. Go back, he suggested, to that first moment of musical discovery. “Music took us on a journey, and we’re still on that journey,” he told a packed ballroom at the Austin Convention Center, noting that his own first impressions came during childhood visits to… Read more »

The Offspring has been playing a few scattered shows recently. The band visited Russia and played the Recording Artists Coalition concert in Long Beach, California last month. Guitarist Noodles (real name Kevin Wasserman) wrote on the band’s website, “The RAC Is a lobbying union for musicians who, up to this point, have been painfully unrepresented as a whole when it comes to legal issues that affect us. When laws are being considered that affect musicians, especially young and new acts, the RAC will make sure that the artist’s rights are not overlooked.” He added, “I know what you’re all thinking;… Read more »

Onesidezero has scored a coveted spot on the Ozzfest 2002 Second Stage. The LA based band joins the prestigious list of former second stage bands that went on to multi-platinum success. The metal festival is expected to kick off in July. Onesidezero is excited to be joining the summer’s hottest rock festival. Jasan Radford (vocalist) says, ” We are extremely grateful to Ozzy and Sharon for giving us the opportunity to play and tour with some our favorite bands, and to be a part of the Ozzfest experience.” Onesidezero is currently one of the most sought after bands on the… Read more »

Jurors who ruled that a woman was wrongly fired from soul singer James Brown’s company awarded her $40,000 in damages Wednesday – about a year’s salary in the job. The jury earlier rejected the woman’s claim of sexual harassment by Brown. Its award was for compensatory damages; no punitive damages were given. “We’re extremely happy,” Brown’s attorney, Debra Opri, said after the award was announced. The 68-year-old “godfather of soul” was not in court. Lisa Ross Agbalaya, who was West Coast president of James Brown Enterprises, had sued Brown for $1 million, claiming sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful firing and infliction… 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 »

Having completed its biggest tour in its home country of Canada, Nickelback now heads to Europe this week to spread the word about its second album, Silver Side Up. The Vancouver rockers begin a 10-show trek beginning Wednesday (February 12) in London, with shows scheduled in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The tour commences as Silver Side Up climbs to Number 15 on the U.K. Top 75 Albums chart. With Nickelback’s newfound headlining status comes the group’s insistence on having a good reputation on the road among fans, fellow bands, and the staffs of local venues. Nickelback frontman… Read more »

Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, and Elton John will each perform during Sunday’s (February 10) NBA All-Star Game. The event takes place at Philadelphia’s First Union Center, and will be televised on NBC beginning at 5 p.m. ET. The pregame ceremony will feature John singing “Philadelphia Freedom,” followed by a Keys and Stone duet rendition of “America The Beautiful.” The honor of performing the national anthem will go to Philadelphia native Patti LaBelle. During the game’s halftime, John will again take center stage and sing “I’m Still Standing” and his new track “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore.” Hall… Read more »

Having just left their label following 23 years and 11 albums, Van Halen’s career is in limbo and their future seems uncertain. The band severed ties with Warner Bros. Records last month, according to a source close to the group, who emphasized that the band willingly left the company. “There’s been a major housecleaning at the company over the last couple months, and anybody that was actually any part of anything when we were around is gone,” he said. “They’re all about taking care of their young bands now.” A publicist at Warner Bros. confirmed the band is off the… Read more »

Pressplay today announced a music content licensing agreement with TVT Records, the largest freestanding independent record label in the U.S., which will add TVT’s music to pressplay’s growing library. The agreement brings music from artists including Nine Inch Nails, Sevendust, XTC, Default, Underworld, Naughty By Nature and C.M.C. featuring Ja Rule, among others, to pressplay’s music library. Default’s debut album “The Fallout” and Sevendust’s latest “Animosity” are currently #1 and #2, respectively, on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart. Pressplay’s online music library already includes songs from the world’s three largest record companies – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and… Read more »