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Thirty-eight years after his dad went electric, Jakob Dylan and his Wallflowers are going acoustic. Well, not exactly. “The Carter Family might have played acoustic, but I don’t know if anybody has since,” says Jakob. “Once you plug in that first cable, y’know… ” Regardless, on their cross-country theater tour this month, the Wallflowers – keyboardist Rami Jaffee and bassist Greg Richling along with touring guitarist Yogi and drummer Fred Eltringhamwill be sporting wood. Dylan says that in addition to acoustic interpretations of Wallflowers hits, the band may throw in its cover of Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” (it appears… Read more »

Trey Anastasio spent 17 years ripping genres apart and sticking them back together at odd angles with the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink uber-jam band Phish. So maybe it’s no surprise he’s whipped up another unusual concoction: a jam/swing hybrid dotted with sugary-sweet love songs and chamber music. The self-titled release has the elements you’d expect from Anastasio, from the drawn-out, frenetic jams to the catchy guitar riffs. But it’s also a departure: It’s got horns, it’s got soul, it’s got more horns. It’s clearly not a Phish album hiding under a different name. “I’ve been listening to a lot of big band music,”… Read more »

John Ondrasik and his band Five For Fighting will be touring with the Goo Goo Dolls beginning June 7 in Atlantic City. The Goo Goo Dolls dates come on the heels of Five For Fighting’s headline tour which culminated May 1 with a sold-out show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. John Ondrasik has been winning kudos from critics for his live performances. Dan Aquilante, writing in the New York Post (March 14, 2002) praised Five For Fighting’s “… low-fi, high-energy show at Irving Plaza… this guy has a songbook full of tunes, many of which are as… Read more »

Starting next month, the Goo Goo Dolls will take their gig out of the gutter. Fresh off of their top five debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart, on which the band’s latest effort, Gutterflower, entered at #4 with over 100,000 copies sold, the Goo Goo Dolls will go on a 30-date tour in support of the LP. Information about opening acts is still forthcoming. The album, fueled by the first single, “Here Is Gone,” finds Johnny Rzeznik and company ridding themselves of the power ballads they have come to be known for – see 1998’s Dizzy Up the Girl… 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 »

“She’s Kobe, and I’m Shaq,” Kurupt said of himself and his fiancée, Blaque’s Natina Reed, on the heels of the Lakers’ championship series win last month. The lovebirds can currently be caught trading verses, Crip-walking and courting each other in the video for Kurupt’s “It’s Over.” The L.A. by way of Philly rapper may be on to something – their duet helped him debut at #10 on the latest Billboard 200 albums chart with Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey. It was just a year ago that the longtime buddies fell in love. As to who made the first move, we’ll probably… Read more »

Brian McKnight has been tapped to join the Sears, Roebuck and Co. family for a nationwide tour that coincides with the release of McKnight’s latest Motown project, “superhero,” streeting Aug. 28. The “Sears Presents An Evening With Brian McKnight” tour kicks off in Cleveland on Sept. 19, with stops in 38 cities, wrapping up in Hawaii in December. Together with his audience in an intimate setting, McKnight will perform songs from “superhero” in addition to some of his classics such as “Crazy Love,” “Anytime” and “Back At One.” “Sears is giving me an opportunity to get close to my fans… Read more »

On August 7 Jive Records will release Oh Aaron, the follow up album to Aaron Carter’s multiplatinum Aaron’s Party (Come Get It). This thirteen year old pop phenomenon’s Jive debut, Aaron’s Party (Come Get It), peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. “Oh Aaron,” the first single from the album of the same name, features a video directed by Andrew MacNaughtan. The song and video also feature performances by Nick Carter, of Backstreet Boys, and new Jive Records artists No Secrets. A promo only version of “Oh Aaron” has been shipped to Radio Disney. A home… Read more »

While ‘N Sync’s third album, Celebrity, won’t be released until July 24th (long after their tour is underway), fans can get a taste of the first single tomorrow. MTV will preview the song “Pop” during Total Request Live, five days before it hits airwaves officially, and on May 28th the network will premiere the video. “Pop” was co-written and co-produced by Justin Timberlake and Wade Robson. JC Chasez also has songwriting and producing credits on several Celebrity tracks. And, true to its title, the album is loaded with big-name producers, from Rodney Jerkins ( Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Backstreet Boys)… Read more »

On July 24 Jive Recording artist *NSYNC will release Celebrity the follow up to their Diamond certified Jive debut album No Strings Attached. The first single “Pop” will be available via satellite on May 15 at 7:00 PM ET via the DG system. On May 28 MTV’s Making The Video will debut the video. “Pop” was co-written by Justin Timberlake and Wade Robson and co-produced by BT, Justin Timberlake and Wade Robson. Celebrity has tracks written and/or produced by Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Max Martin, Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Brian McKnight and Wade Robson. * NSYNC will perform “Pop” on… Read more »