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Thanks to the thumping, Britney-like hit “I Wanna Be Bad,” Willa Ford has made the transition from one of the most hated figures in pop music to one of its fastest rising stars. A child prodigy as a singer, the 20-year-old Ford – whose real name is Amanda Williford – first claimed fame as the girlfriend of Backstreet Boys cutie Nick Carter. For that she was vilified by jealous fans, who spread rumors about her mistreating Carter physically and emotionally. At one point before their breakup last October, there were more nearly four dozen anti-Willa chat groups operating on Yahoo!… Read more »

Melanie Jayne Chisholm, also known as Melanie C or Sporty Spice, says being a Spice Girl has both helped and hindered her solo career. “I probably would never have had the funding and the experience to go out and be a solo artist,” Chisholm told The Associated Press. “It hinders me in a way that people have preconceptions about people from boy or girl pop bands. But that doesn’t bother me because I am very secure with my music and my ability.” “Melanie C: Northern Star” (Virgin Records) is a reflection of her musical tastes, the 27-year-old British singer said.… Read more »

Platinum teen superstar Billy Gilman makes a return appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly on June 1st to perform his new single “She’s My Girl,” from his sophomore Epic Nashville album Dare To Dream. Released on May 8th Dare To Dream debuted in the Top 10 on the Country Album Charts and has already shipped Gold. Gilman first performed the new single on the CBS presentation of The 36th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which is the second year in a row he has appeared on the show. With it’s sentimental ballads and lively melodies, Dare To Dream… Read more »

Janet Jackson’s ‘All For You Tour 2001’ has quickly become one of the hottest concert events of the year. New York, Chicago, Washington and Boston have already registered multiple sell-outs and with more performances still to be added to the tour itinerary to meet ticket demand, Janet today announced the launch of a nationwide campaign to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The tour, named after her 8th album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, will see a portion of the proceeds from each ticket sold going to support the education, leadership and arts… Read more »

Fat chance Melanie Szepvolgyi is going to forget this year’s HFStival. Out of the 30-plus bands at the two-day musical extravaganza going on at RFK Stadium, she had wanted most to see Coldplay, the up and coming Britpop band. She was as surprised as anyone yesterday when lead singer Chris Martin pulled her up on stage to sing. “I was in the front of the stage, and nobody knew them up there. [People in the crowd] were being so rude and obnoxious,” said the still-glowing 24-year-old who had flown in from Columbus, Ohio. “Then they started playing my favorite song,… Read more »

Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson may have just married a famous actress, but the man at the helm of America’s “most rock ‘n’ roll” rock band has not gone Hollywood just yet. Yes, that is the lanky, longhaired Robinson accompanying his wife, Kate Hudson, to the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Yes, he does hobnob with famous actors and directors, but they discuss obscure records and movies, not box office grosses. “I’ve met so many cool people in my lifetime, but… just because you’re famous and wealthy doesn’t make me want to sit down and have dinner with you,” he… Read more »

Madonna is the latest jewel in the crown that has become HBO’s original music programming. The cable company, which has aired successful concerts by ‘N Sync, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Marc Anthony and numerous others will broadcast Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour on August 26th. The broadcast will be Madonna’s third collaboration with HBO, having previously worked together in 1993 for Madonna Live Down Under: The Girlie Show and in 1990 on Madonna Live! Blonde Ambition World Tour 90, which was filmed in France. The Drowned World Tour, behind the release of her 2000 release, Music,… Read more »

‘NSYNC have found themselves in a pickle. The group’s forthcoming album, Celebrity, has been shelved until mid summer. The Backstreet Boys’ most recent record, a bellwether for Celebrity if ever there was one, wasn’t quite the huge success the Boys’ previous two were, causing some observers to even decree teen pop dead. And come to think of it, no one in ‘NSYNC is even a teen any more. What’s a boy band to do? Well, creating the largest musical production in concert history is one solution. The PopOdyssey Tour began Wednesday in Jacksonville’s Alltel Stadium with a video montage chronicling… Read more »

Bob Dylan, who gave voice to the youth revolt of the 1960s and revolutionized rock ‘n’ roll in the process, turns 60 on Thursday with many arguing that he was the most influential musician of the second half of the century. With his entry into the world of senior citizens, one thing remains certain: Dylan’s inner core and personality remain as elusive today as nearly 40 years ago when he burst onto the folk music scene in New York City’s Greenwich Village. “What he achieved was a reinvention of popular music – a maturation of postwar popular music,” said David… Read more »

Irish boy band Westlife will rock Indonesia’s capital on Thursday under heavy security as police take no chances following the death of four fans in a stampede when another band toured Jakarta in March. Organizers said 2,000 security personnel including police would guard the 15,000-seat concert stadium in central Jakarta, along with 200 paramedics backed up by a number of ambulances and fire engines for the late afternoon event. Bands such as the chart-topping Westlife are hugely popular with Indonesian teenagers, but visits have become less common since the country sank into crisis in the late 1990s. The British boy… Read more »