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Rappers are known for their large entourages, but rap star Nelly might have broken a record. The rapper and an accompanying crowd estimated at about 3,000 people were refused entry to a Lake of the Ozarks night club Saturday night. “We were already full by midnight and had anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 people already inside,” Shooter’s 21 owner John Teichman told the Lake Sun Leader newspaper in Sunday’s edition. “When I realized Nelly and thousands of friends were trying to get inside the front door, I called the cops for help.” The crowd was not violent, said Missouri Water… Read more »

It is Friday night in the San Fernando Valley and the regulars at Paladino’s, a tiny biker bar, are out in full force. Hell’s Angels gun their engines in the parking lot while lines of leather-clad rock fossils straighten their acid-washed jeans, run combs through their mullets and get ready to rock. Most of the crowd has come to catch the Atomic Punks, a blue-ribbon Van Halen tribute band. But there’s another contingent on-hand. Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk, actor/singer Jack Black, and porn queen Jenna Jameson are in the house, and it’s unlikely they made the trek… Read more »

Virgin Music Group Worldwide announced that it has renewed its recording agreement with Lenny Kravitz. The announcement was made today by Nancy Berry, vice chairman, Virgin Music Group Worldwide. Comments Nancy Berry, “Virgin Records is very happy to be able to continue its extraordinary relationship with Lenny Kravitz. We couldn’t be more proud of Lenny, who began his career with us and who has since become a definitive Virgin artist. Working with him over the last twelve years has been a true privilege for everyone at Virgin around the world, and we look forward to even greater success.” Kravitz is… Read more »

Singer Mariah Carey checked herself out of a Connecticut clinic where she was being treated after suffering an emotional breakdown last month, her spokeswoman said. “MC is feeling better,” Carey’s spokeswoman, Cyndi Berger, told the Daily News in Wednesday’s editions. “She’s under a doctor’s care at an undisclosed location with her mother.” The 31-year-old Grammy winner canceled all public appearances, including headlining last week’s MTV 20th birthday party, and checked herself into a hospital two weeks ago after suffering “an emotional and physical breakdown,” Berger said. Just before her hospitalization, Carey left two messages on her official Web site complaining… Read more »

Ron Townson, founding member of the Grammy winning pop group the 5th Dimension, died in his home in Las Vegas on August 2nd. Townson suffered renal failure after a four-year battle with kidney disease. He was sixty-eight. The St. Louis, Missouri native began singing at the age of six in school and church choirs, something he would do throughout his career. At Lincoln University in Jefferson City he directed university and church choirs. Throughout school Townson toured with the Wings Over Jordan Choir for eight years and served as conductor for two. In 1957 Townson left Missouri for Los Angeles,… Read more »

Nearly two weeks after Mariah Carey’s emotional and physical breakdown, the studio releasing her new movie has announced that the release date has been pushed back to next month. “Glitter,” which stars Carey as an aspiring pop singer, was to open Aug. 31. But 20th Century Fox said Monday it would now open Sept. 21. Studios delay release dates regularly. A Fox spokesperson did not immediately return a call seeking details on why the film’s release was delayed. Carey had canceled her publicity tour for the film, along with other public appearances. Her new album, also titled “Glitter,” was scheduled… Read more »

Eagle-Eye Cherry is preparing for a fall club tour to major U.S. cities. Cherry, whose MCA debut, Present/Future, is to be released domestically on October 30, will be joined by special guest Leona Naess, whose sophomore MCA album, I Tried To Rock You But You Only Roll, is set for an October 9 release. The son of legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and the brother of singer Neneh Cherry, Eagle-Eye Cherry grew up in Sweden and New York City, playing drums, attending Manhattan’s School of Performing Arts, and touring frequently with his father. He began writing songs in 1994 and… Read more »

Kid Rock is not dumb. That’s according to Sheryl Crow, who recently dated him. “He has an overview of what entertainment is that just blows my mind, a great scope of what people want and what’s considered kind of challenging to the audience,” Crow said in the September issue of Esquire magazine. “The other thing is, he’s wildly talented. As he gets out and plays with other people, people are shocked at how talented he is.” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, is known for his sometimes racy lyrics. But the 30-year-old rocker also performed a duet with… Read more »

Whitney Houston has signed a new exclusive long-term recording agreement with Arista Records, it was announced today by Antonio “L.A.” Reid, President and CEO, Arista Records. The recording agreement, valued in excess of $100 million, provides for a multi-album commitment from Ms. Houston, who has sold more than 140 million combined albums, singles and videos around the world since her career began at Arista in 1983. “I couldn’t be more thrilled that Whitney has decided to continue her career here at Arista Records. No one in the world can sing like Whitney, which is why she is regarded as the… Read more »

Epic Records is set to release the sophomore album from multi-platinum recording artist, Macy Gray. After two years of touring in support of her Grammy-winning debut, On How Life Is, Macy returned to the studio to begin work on The id. Many of the musicians and vocalists that Macy befriended along the way make special appearances on The id including: The Roots’ Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, Slick Rick, Erykah Badu, Sunshine Anderson, Angie Stone and Mos Def. The first single from The id will be “Sweet Baby” featuring Erykah Badu. The video was directed by Dave Meyers (known for his work… Read more »