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The 12th season of MTV’s reality series, which is scheduled to go into production in January, will be shot in Las Vegas, and air in July. The 11th season of the “Real World,” which recently wrapped production in Chicago, is set to premiere in January. At a time when broadcast networks are backing down on their commitment to reality programming, MTV continues to have confidence in the genre. The music cable network will in February begin production on the 11th season of “Road Rules,” which will tape throughout the South. It will also air in July. MTV had been planning… Read more »

HBO and Dolby Laboratories announced today that HBO’s live concert event, “Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas,” will be broadcast in Dolby ® Digital 5.1 sound on November 18, 8:00 p.m. (ET). This marks the first HBO concert to be offered with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Britney Spears performs her first live, full-length television concert from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This no-holds-barred performance promises to break new boundaries in the superstar singer’s skyrocketing career, and will feature songs from her new album Britney, as well as many of her greatest hits. “A Britney Spears’ concert encompasses an entire… Read more »

Republic/Universal recording artist 3 Doors Down has topped the charts again. Their single “Be Like That” has hit the #1 spot on the Modern AC chart. The song has also reached the top 5 on the Hot AC chart. “Be Like That” is the fourth single from 3 Doors Down’s five-time platinum debut CD The Better Life, which has already spawned the smash singles “Kryptonite”, “Loser” and “Duck and Run”. “Be Like That” is also the single that launched the Republic/Universal’s American Pie 2 soundtrack, which is becoming a smash worldwide. 3 Doors Down’s Grammy-nominated song “Kryptonite” has been nominated… Read more »

Next week Backstreet Boys will release their first greatest-hits package, The Hits: Chapter One, which includes 14 songs from their three studio albums as well as the new single “Drowning,” which features Kevin Richardson on piano. On November 6 they’ll follow with the VHS and DVD release “The Video Hits: Chapter One.” While the obligatory “best-of” release, is often a signal of creative drought, that’s not the case for Backstreet Boys. The group worked on a batch of new songs on its last tour, which ended October 19 in Las Vegas. “We had a writing studio and we got five… Read more »

Two ’80s alternative legends, the Psychedelic Furs and Echo & the Bunnymen, will tour together this fall. The Furs will be supporting of their live album, Beautiful Chaos (Greatest Hits Live), due out November 20. The album also features a new studio track, “Alive.” Echo & the Bunnymen also have a recent release, Flowers. In addition, Rhino Records recently released an Echo & the Bunnymen boxed set, Crystal Days 1979-1999, which includes rarities, singles, and live tracks. Furs’ bass player Tim Butler told LAUNCH how the band chooses its setlist. “We play what we know is going to be demanded,… Read more »

GoodVibe Recordings & JCOR Entertainment today confirmed that Mystic will be part of the MTV2 and VIBE Magazine “Sisters For Hip-Hop & Soul” Tour. The tour will also feature India.Arie and other special guests and will be hosted by DJ Jazzy Joyce. The club tour kicks off at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on November 8th and will include dates in New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Mystic will be touring in support of her critically acclaimed “Cuts For Luck and Scars For… Read more »

Pop star Britney Spears has delayed the start of her U.S. tour by five days to Oct. 31 after being laid low by the flu, her label said. The tour will now kick off in Washington at the MCI Center, Jive Records said in a statement issued late on Tuesday. It was originally supposed to begin in Miami on Oct. 26, but will now end there on Dec. 19. The Oct. 28 date in Tampa, Florida, has been rescheduled for Dec. 18. Spears was stricken after returning from a promotional trip to Australia, which she aborted following the Sept. 11… Read more »

Pop / R&B superstar Usher has just announced his plans to headline his own U.S. Tour to kick-off in November 2001 in support of his explosive album, 8701. Usher fans worldwide have been anxiously anticipating a concert tour from the talented superstar. At last, they’ll get a chance to see Usher perform in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC and Miami, among others. The tour will kick-off in Baltimore, MD on November 29. Opening acts and venues will be announced shortly. Usher is set to play theatre-sized venues and will roll-out the second leg of the… Read more »

“No Shoes” or “No Shirt” will get you “No Service” at 7-Eleven stores, and treading on the convenience store’s copyrighted logo will get you a warning from corporate headquarters. 311 learned that lesson when they recently received a cease-and-desist letter from 7-Eleven Inc., according to the band’s management company. The rap-and-reggae rockers have been selling a T-shirt that features the familiar 7-Eleven logo with the numeral “7” replaced by a “3.” They’ve since stopped selling the shirts on their current tour in support of From Chaos, which winds down November 1 in Las Vegas. An outside law firm working for… Read more »

Judas Priest and Anthrax have rescheduled their tour for January and February of next year. The tour will kick off January 18 in Los Angeles and end February 17 in Washington, D.C. The trek was originally set to kick off in Los Angeles on September 14, but the dates were rescheduled after the September 11 terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C. and New York City. Judas Priest/Anthrax Tour Dates (Subject To Change): January 18 – Los Angeles, CA – Universal Amphitheater January 19 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield January 20 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues January 22… Read more »