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A decade ago, Tori Amos made a musical breakthrough with an autobiographical tale of rape called “Me and a Gun.” On her new album, Strange Little Girls, she again addresses the subject of female victimization – this time by turning Eminem’s fantasy about killing his wife inside-out. She does so without changing the lyrics to “’97 Bonnie & Clyde,” but by adopting the voice of his dead wife in the trunk of the car, just before her body is thrown in Lake Michigan. “‘Bonnie & Clyde’ is a song that depicts domestic violence very accurately, right on the money,” Amos… Read more »

A complete retrospective on the life and music of 26-time Grammy winner Quincy Jones is set for release October 16. The main feature will be the four-CD set titled Q: The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones from Rhino Records; additionally, Doubleday is releasing Q: The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones, a book penned by Jones with help from friends and family. The boxed set, which retails for $59.98, covers all aspects of Jones’s five-decade career, which spans from big band to jazz, pop to blues, soundtracks and film scores to R&B and hip-hop. The first disc covers work Jones did as… Read more »

Bolt, a leading communication platform for teens and young adults, today announces the launch of the “Ford Focus Sound Check Tour – Presented with Bolt and Freevibe.com.” The free concert series will tour malls in 18 markets nationwide and feature performances by 2KSounds artist Brooke Allison and Columbia Records group Play. Ford Motor Company is the title sponsor of the tour. Freevibe.com, the youth Web site of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, is a partner in the tour. As the title sponsor of the Ford Focus Sound Check Tour, Ford Motor… Read more »

Gorillaz, the cartoon indie-beat band formed by Damon Albarn of the rock band Blur, picked up six nominations, including best group, in the eighth annual MTV Europe Music Awards noms, announced here Tuesday. Gorillaz will compete with Destiny’s Child, Limp Bizkit, R.E.M. and U2 for the best group prize in a ceremony to be aired live Nov. 8 on MTV’s worldwide channels from Frankfurt, Germany. Additionally, Gorillaz’ international hit single “Clint Eastwood” is up for best song. Nominees in the female act category include Dido, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and Mariah Carey, while Robbie Williams, Eminem, Ricky Martin, Shaggy… Read more »

When you’re one of the game’s most sought-after producers, working with somebody of your choice is usually not that difficult. Unless, of course, it’s another heavily sought-after producer you’re looking to work with. In August, Timbaland said he was hoping he and Dr. Dre could juggle their hectic schedules long enough to work on a major collaboration. “I want to do a Dr. Dre/Timbaland album,” he said. “We’ve been talking about that. We’re trying to do something real crazy.” On Thursday, Tim said it looks like that project is becoming more of a reality. “[We’ve] been talking about doing an… Read more »

Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson has released a statement clarifying and apologizing for comments he made on MuchMusic last week. While the group visited the network’s Toronto studio in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, Richardson said, “I just think [the United States] are a little bit of an arrogant nation, and maybe this is a little bit of a humbling experience. It raises questions in my mind, what has our government done to provoke this action, that we don’t know about?” This week, after by beginning with thanks to fans for the “love and support you’ve… Read more »

Britney Spears’ video for “I’m a Slave 4 U” – the first of two recently filmed clips from her new album, Britney – might look familiar to fans who saw her debut the song earlier this month at the Video Music Awards. In the clip, Spears and 15 dancers employ the same choreography seen in her VMA performance, only this time the bunch is moving and grooving in an underground Asian bath house. Spears is portrayed as a slave to the music who dances all night until she and the other dancers are sweaty and near dehydration, forcing them to… Read more »

According to the latest results of an Arbitron Webcast Audience Profiles(SM), the company’s new tool for profiling streaming media audiences, a majority of listeners for the Internet radio network MTVi are well-educated, affluent and active online. The survey, conducted in July and August 2001, reveals that more than two-thirds of MTVi’s listeners (69 percent) are college graduates and/or are attaining a post-graduate degree. More than half (55 percent) have household incomes over $50,000 per year. Nearlyone-third (61 percent) live in households with more than two people, and a third (33 percent) have teens in the home. On average, nearly half… Read more »

Rock troubadour Bruce Springsteen sang the prescient “My City of Ruins” and pop diva Mariah Carey gave a comeback performance of “Hero” during an internationally televised pledge drive on Friday benefiting victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on America. The unprecedented, commercial-free show, dubbed “America: A Tribute to Heroes” and simulcast live from candle-lit studios in Los Angeles and New York, was carried on at least 31 U.S. broadcast and cable networks and beamed to 156 countries around the globe. Dozens of stars from the movie, television and music industries took part in the emotional but subdued event, providing entertainment… Read more »

Paul McCartney will perform a concert in New York City to benefit the city’s firefighters in the next month. McCartney was on board a plane on a New York City airport runway when terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them into the World Trade Center’s twin towers last week, and has been in the city since the tragedy. McCartney told New York’s WPLJ radio station today that he was headed back to the U.K. to plan a concert for Red Square in Moscow, which he has since postponed. “I am going to do a concert here in New York within… Read more »