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Waitresses will have to excuse Nickelback if they order their eggs Silver Side Up – the Canadian rockers are focused on promoting their new record, and to that end they’ve just announced dates for a headlining fall U.S. tour. Silver Side Up, the band’s second album, features the hit single “How You Remind Me” and currently sits at #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after peaking at #3. Nickelback will jet to Europe on Thursday for three weeks before returning to the States for their headlining stint, which begins October 30 at the Showbox in Seattle. Fellow Canadians Default… Read more »

Bust-ups, divorce and family feuds have kept British rock band Oasis and the battling Gallagher brothers in the news as much as their music. But as Oasis nears its 10th anniversary, guitarist Noel Gallagher told Thursday’s Evening Standard newspaper that despite their well-publicized rows, his relationship with Liam was one of the few constants in his life. “Slowly but surely, my personal life started falling apart and all I had left was my brother and my band,” Gallagher told the paper. “And I thought, ‘well I’m not giving that up because that’s Our Kid and that’s my band. Why should… Read more »

Viacom Inc. today issued the following update on its operations and business outlook for the full year 2001 in light of the extraordinary events surrounding the attacks on the United States last week. Sumner M. Redstone, Chairman and CEO of Viacom, said, “We want to thank and commend all Viacom employees, particularly our dedicated news staffs, for their extraordinary efforts during this very difficult period. Joining the rest of our nation, Viacom is back at work and focused on continuing to grow our businesses for the benefit of the American economy and our shareholders. We want to take the opportunity… Read more »

Britney Spears will grab another page from the Madonna playbook this fall with a “really, really theatrical” tour that will chart her journey toward full-blown, snake-toting adulthood, according to tour director and choreographer Wade Robson. The tour is slated to kick off in Miami next month and will include revamped versions of Britney’s hits, plus plenty of new songs from her upcoming third album, presumably including the just-debuted “I’m a Slave 4 U,” which she performed at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards. “The show is gonna be really, really theatrical – it’s really complicated,” Robson said on the red carpet… Read more »

Irish rock band U2, which just finished a European tour, will return to North America in October for 15 arena dates, the group’s promoter said. The tour will begin on Oct. 10 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and will conclude on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas, according to a statement issued on Monday by Clear Channel Entertainment, a unit of Clear Channel Worldwide. U2 will also play Chicago, Baltimore, New York City, East Rutherford, Providence, Philadelphia, Austin, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Oakland and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Hamilton. U2 have already grossed an… Read more »

In support of its forthcoming album fifth album, Live will hit the road in October with Jane’s Addiction, according to a source close to the band. While the dates for the jaunt are still not set in stone, a likely kickoff date of Oct. 2 in Boston has been tentatively set for the tour. The trek was originally set to begin on Aug. 15 and a tentative routing was released in June but it was later postponed. Live will belt out tunes from its latest effort, V (previously known as Estatic Fanatic), due Sept. 18 on Universal/Radioactive Records. The first… Read more »

Funk/punk/rap-rockers 311 will follow their summer on the Warped Tour with an extensive headlining tour across North America. The group will kick off a two-month swing in support of its latest album, From Chaos, at the Street Scene in San Diego on September 8 and play more than three dozen shows through the end of October. The trek culminates in a Halloween performance at the Universal Amphitheater in the group’s home base of Los Angeles. Shows in Texas and New Mexico from October 22-27 are also expected to be announced in the coming days. Frontman Nick Hexum tells LAUNCH that… Read more »

The Counting Crows will road test material from their upcoming record when they head out on a thirty-four-date tour later this month. The road trip kicks off on August 18th in Englewood, Colorado and wraps up in Lawrence, Kansas on November 7th. Meanwhile, the Crows will continue working on their follow-up to 1999’s This Desert Life, due out next spring. The band has been working on the project in Hollywood with various producers, including Steve Lillywhite, Ethan Johns and Eric Valentine, and former Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams will guest on the album. Counting Crows’ Tour Dates: 8/18 – Englewood, CO,… Read more »

Proper Management, in conjunction with GET Management and the Creative Artist Agency, announces the Songs 4 Worship – The Tour set for this fall with 10 shows in 10 days beginning on Oct. 11, featuring worship leaders Michael W. Smith, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen, Nicole C. Mullen, Caedmon’s Call and Watermark. “Worship music is a true passion of mine,” said Smith, who is releasing his first worship project on Sept. 11, “so to be on tour with this group is such an honor. We are all going to be on stage together every night with the goal of corporate worship,… Read more »

Ditching the usual motive to profit through stinging ticket costs and merch fees, one 2001 tour is ready to hit the road on Aug 23 in hopes of bringing the profits back to the people, making the benefits of attendance more than just musical. “One of the primary goals is to provide youth with both the knowledge and the resources to overcome the dilemmas they face today,” the official press release for the Plea For Peace-Take Action Tour states. Founded with a charitable purpose just as fierce as the rock performances it’s delivering, the outing seems to be riding on… Read more »