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Cold is one fortunate band. Not only is Interscope about to work the fourth single from its album (regardless of moderate – yet climbing – album sales and radio airplay), but the Florida-bred hard rockers have landed yet another key opening slot. Weezer has asked the band to open its upcoming shows from Sept. 6 through Sept. 29 (the full itinerary will be unveiled shortly). Cold’s been on the road non-stop since the September 2000 release of its second album, 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage. The band previously opened for Limp Bizkit, Staind, Godsmack, and 3 Doors Down. A… Read more »

Smash Mouth’s enterprising front man Steve Harwell has teamed with Sound Management CEO Robert Hayes, Tambourine Music president, Scott Kellner, and veteran rocker Jack Blades to form Spun Out Records. With a combination of 30 years experience in the entertainment industry, Hayes and Kellner will control business operations, while Harwell and Blades will handle A&R and creative elements. Spun Out has already signed San Francisco’s pop-rock band, Fuse, rap-rock-funk band Triple Seven, hard rock band Soul Circle and twelve-yearold country pop-singer, Brittany Breed, the winner of Ed McMahons’ “The Next Big Thing.” Blades has twenty successful years in the business,… Read more »

Try as they might to display a more mature side as songwriters and lyricists, the members of Green Day – a third, fourth or maybe even fifth-generation punk band – are still working the same schtick that powered them to rock supremacy in the mid-1990s. It’s snotty and obnoxious, a blur of three- and four-chord rockers strung together in a manner that puts exclamation points after every barre chord and chorus. But when it’s working, Green Day is far and away the head of the class. Green Day delivered an involving, career-spanning show that included five tunes from the new… Read more »

Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield has entered a rehabilitation facility to undergo treatment for alcoholism and other addictions, the hard rock band said Thursday on its official Web site. The band was forced to postpone recording sessions for its new album, as well as a party for the official launch of its Web site originally set for July 29 in San Francisco. “James has entered an undisclosed facility and he will continue to receive treatment until further notice,” the band said in a statement. One of the band’s publicists declined to elaborate on what other addictions Hetfield is… Read more »

While Madonna prepares to bring her “Drowned World Tour” to North America, her record label has reportedly jettisoned a half-dozen staffers. Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition that the president of Maverick Records had resigned while five other staffers were axed. The label, whose top acts include Canadian pop singer Alanis Morissette and hard rock band the Deftones, blamed deteriorating market conditions, the trade paper said. Label president Bill Bennett, who had been with Maverick for only two years, will not be replaced, Daily Variety said. It was not clear how many people are employed at Maverick. Madonna runs… Read more »

As their debut album, Sinner, screams up the Billboard albums chart and its first single, “Bodies,” continues on a path toward becoming hard rock’s summer anthem, Drowning Pool seem to have a lock on the title of Ozzfest’s breakout band. Such high expectations, however, haven’t made the Dallas quartet forget what landed it a slot on the tour in the first place. “It’s crazy. It’s hard from my perspective to explain [the position we’re in] because I’m in it,” singer Dave Williams said. “We’re just four jackasses from Texas who love to play music. We love doing what we do… Read more »

R&B sensation, soul man’s 25-date, 14-city tour kicks off August 13. New R&B sensation Alicia Keys will join soul man Maxwell for a 25-date, 14-city tour that kicks off August 13 in New York. In an unusual scheduling move, Keys and Maxwell will play seven shows in the Big Apple – at seven venues. Washington, D.C., and Atlanta will also receive multiple dates. The 20-year-old Keys is touring behind her Songs in A Minor, her first album, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart and will fall to #2, just 300 copies behind D12, next week. Maxwell is… Read more »

SmackDown! Records, the music label of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, will offer its first new artist release this fall with Neurotica, the eponymously titled new album from the hard hitting Florida-based band. “We are going to be releasing two to three new artists per year, and we’re excited that our first new artist is a band as strong and talented as Neurotica,” said Ron McCarrell, President, SmackDown! Records. “We want SmackDown! Records to be known for finding and developing unique musical talent, and for effectively using the marketing power of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and its various media platforms to… Read more »

Embattled song-swap service Napster Inc., facing a judge’s order which could put it permanently out of business, announced Thursday it had settled copyright infringement lawsuits brought by hard rockers Metallica and rap artist Dr. Dre. “I think we’ve resolved this in a way that works for fans, recording artists and songwriters alike,” Metallica co-founder Lars Ulrich said in a statement announcing the deal. “Our beef hasn’t been with the concept of sharing music,” Ulrich said. “The problem we had with Napster was that they never asked us or other artists if we wanted to participate in their business.” Under the… Read more »

In anticipation of their forthcoming release this fall, Modern rockers Lit have announced they will perform a special concert at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on August 3. Dubbed the Dr. Marten’s “One Night Stand,” Lit will rock the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino poolside area with Eve 6 and Handsome Devil. From July 2 thru July 24, the following participating sites: AOL, Collegeclub.com, HOB.com, ICQ, Kiwibox, Launch.com, MP3.com, MSN/Windowsmedia.com and Random House will link directly to the http://www.click2music.com/drmartens page where users can enter to win a trip to see Lit and Eve 6 perform live… Read more »