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Sheryl Crow and Train are among the first acts confirmed for the inaugural Jeep World Outside Festival 2002. The five-week, 23-city trek gets in gear July 10 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the tour’s publicist. Following a path that hits the West Coast later that month, the trek returns to the East Coast to wrap up in Philadelphia on August 18. The trek marks Crow’s first set of dates to promote her fourth and latest album, C’mon, C’mon, which was released Tuesday. Train, meanwhile, continue to support last year’s Drops of Jupiter, which has sold more than 2.1 million… Read more »

There aren’t any clever sex references in the title of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ follow-up to Californication, but that doesn’t mean the music is without a kinky quotient. “It’s going to spank your ass… in a good way,” singer Anthony Kiedis said Saturday at the ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards, where the band was given the Artist Contribution Award. The LP will be titled By the Way, and although the Chili Peppers are spending a little more time than expected on it, a spokesperson for the band said the album is still due in late June. “We could… Read more »

You would think that after winning five Grammys and selling close to 5 million albums, Alicia Keys might find time for a summer vacation. On the contrary, the braided wonder is delving deeper into work mode, touring and recording an album. “First I’m finishing up the second half of my tour, which starts July 3 in New Orleans at the Essence festival,” Keys said, outlining her plan of attack. “In the process, I’m always writing, recording, getting out ideas. After I finish this second half of the tour, I’m going to be in the studio hard, working on this next… Read more »

Singer-actor Tyrese is in a hospital after a motorcycle accident. His spokesman said Tyrese took a spill on his bike last Friday while riding off-road in a desert area of Riverside County in Southern California. Tyrese, 23, hurt his back and suffered cuts, and the motorcycle was totaled. At first, Tyrese was treated at a hospital and released. But he checked himself into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Monday after experiencing lingering back pains. He’s in stable condition and is expected to remain in the hospital at least until this weekend, a hospital spokeswoman said. Tyrese (last name: Gibson)… Read more »

Pink has signed a marketing agreement with health-and-fitness service provider Bally Total Fitness. The terms of the agreement call for a creative collaboration between the singer and Bally on a new hip-hop dance aerobics class called Get Your Body Started, and a national dance competition. In addition, Pink will be seen and heard in national and local print-and-television advertising for the fitness company, and she and her music will also be featured in a radio campaign. In return, Bally will serve as the presenting sponsor of Pink’s upcoming North American headlining tour, Pink: The Party Tour 2002, which will kick… Read more »

The drama behind the scenes of MTV’s white-hot reality comedy “The Osbournes” is starting to get almost as interesting as the show itself. America’s new favorite first family of television has signed with the Endeavor talent agency to help it explore a new deal for a possible second season of the show. While MTV has the production rights to future seasons, the music cablenetwork hasn’t locked up the services of the boisterous clan. While neither side is talking, industry insiders said the Osbournes are seeking a second season fee in the high seven figures – and perhaps even more, if… Read more »

Canadian power trio Rush will kick off its first tour in five years June 28 in Hartford, Conn. The 27 confirmed stops are the first in the band’s planned extensive tour in support of its latest Atlantic album, “Vapor Trails,” due May 14. First single “One Little Victory” thundered to a No. 22 debut on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart last week. The tour is billed as “An Evening With Rush,” and will not feature an opening act. Dates are expected to stretch into the fall and offer in the neighborhood of 30 songs each night. Tickets for the confirmed… Read more »

Island/UME will on May 14 release a box set containing Irish pop quartet the Cranberries’ first four albums, each expanded with bonus material from the recording sessions. “Treasure Box – The Complete Sessions 1991-1999” features digitally remastered versions of the original Island albums – 1993’s “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?,” 1994’s “No Need To Argue,” 1996’s “To the Faithful Departed,” and 1999’s “Bury the Hatchet” – as well as a total of 21 B-sides, remixes, and compilation tracks, plus redesigned artwork specific to each disc. The group’s 3-million-selling debut, “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why… Read more »

There aren’t any clever sex references in the title of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ follow-up to Californication, but that doesn’t mean the music is without a kinky quotient. “It’s going to spank your ass… in a good way,” singer Anthony Kiedis said Saturday at the ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards, where the band was given the Artist Contribution Award. By the Way, as the album will be called, was originally due in June, but the Chili Peppers have spent more time in the studio than expected and are now eyeing an August release date. “We could be [done],… Read more »

With its drums of vehemence and old-school claps, there is no “bling” in the Neptunes’ sound on their latest beat offering, the Clipse’s “Grindin.’ ” “We just wanted to strip it down,” Chad Hugo said last month of the beat he and his Neptunes partner Pharrell Williams created. “Just a break[beat] and a rapper. That’s how hip-hop was born. We just wanted to bring that element back to the music scene.” Signed to the Tunes’ new label venture with Arista, Star Trak Entertainment, the Clipse, composed of brothers Malice and Pusha T, have been grinding on the music scene for… Read more »