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Anthrax never wanted this kind of publicity. The seminal New York metal band’s name is all over the press these days for all the wrong reasons – a small outbreak of the bio-terrorist disease of choice in Florida has an already understandably edgy America in panic mode. Set to launch their Operation Enduring Metal tour with Judas Priest in early 2002 (“the tour the terrorists tried to stop”), the group has let it be known they have no immediate designs on a name change. A statement from the band jokingly begins, “In light of current events, we are changing the… Read more »

Singer, musician, composer, actress, dancer, businesswoman, role model and leader – Aaliyah had accomplished incredible things by the time she turned 22. But Aaliyah Dana Houghton, the reigning Queen of Urban Pop, wasn’t sitting still. She was hard at work, shooting her next video, when a plane crash ended her life on August 25 – leaving her family, friends and fans to ask “How?” and “Why?” “Behind the Music: Aaliyah” traces the all-too-brief life story of this soaring young superstar when the latest episode of VH1’s Emmy-nominated hit series debuts on Sunday, October 14 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). “Behind the… Read more »

Ass-smacking enthusiast Wes Scantlin and his Puddle of Mudd bandmates will launch a monthlong headlining tour October 18 in Atlanta, but they’ll also take time to pay back some of the radio stations spinning their hit “Control.” Prior to the tour’s launch, Puddle of Mudd will play WAVF-FM’s Wavefest in Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday with 311, the Long Beach Dub Allstars and others. WFXH-FM’s Fustercluck, with Sevendust, Pete Yorn and others in Savannah, Georgia, and WCHZ-FM’s Rockfest, featuring Sevendust, Days of the New and others in Augusta, Georgia, have also been worked into their itinerary. St. Louis band Mesh… Read more »

‘NSYNC, Shaggy and Tim McGraw are slated to perform at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards, taking place December 4 in Las Vegas. The event will be held at the MGM Grand Garden and broadcast live on Fox, according to the trade magazine. The Billboard Music Awards are given out based on year-end sales. John Mellencamp will be given the 2001 Billboard Century Award, the magazine’s highest recognition for distinguished creative achievement, at the ceremony. Mellencamp will become the 10th Century Award recipient since the honor’s inception in 1992. Randy Newman received the prize last year. Sisqó took home the lion’s… Read more »

Nickelback has booked a headlining tour, which will start in Seattle on October 30 and wind down on December 11. The band’s platinum-certified sophomore album Silver Side Up is holding steady at Number Five on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the single “How You Remind Me” is holding on to Number One on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart. In light of these achievements, LAUNCH asked singer/songwriter Chad Kroeger if he thinks Nickelback is successful. “I’d say we’re definitely on the right track to getting there,” he said. “As far as all of my expectations, they’ve been exceeded. They really… Read more »

Sting has announced initial concert dates in support of his upcoming live album, All This Time, due November 20. The singer-songwriter is set to play a half-dozen shows across the country, beginning on December 6 at New York’s Beacon Theatre, according to his official website (sting.com). Other dates on the initial schedule include two shows in Colorado (Colorado Springs, December 9; Denver, December 10), a pair of charity-related shows in Los Angeles (December 12, 13), and one in Las Vegas (December 14). The first Los Angeles show, at the Universal Amphitheatre, is part of the Elton John AIDS Foundation Benefit… Read more »

Cher is planning her return to the music scene this fall, releasing her new single “The Music’s No Good Without You,” in Europe November 5th. The diva’s label are banking on the same strategy they used on Cher’s comeback effort, 1998’s Believe, taking the new single and upcoming LP, Living Proof to Europe first, before bringing it stateside early next year. Living Proof will feature twelve tracks recorded this summer in Los Angeles and London with producers including Believe’s Mark Taylor, Scandinavian producers Stargate, and producer/artist Chicane, who previously collaborated with Bryan Adams. Included on the disc will be a… Read more »

Live have lined up a series of headlining tour dates for the fall. The band will wrap their stint on Jane’s Addiction’s Jubilee trek on October 6th, before starting their own tour with an October 7th show in Mobile, Alabama. The group will venture to Europe for a handful of dates mid-month before returning to the road in the U.S. and wrapping the tour up in Sunrise, Florida on November 16th. Meanwhile, Live has an unlikely hit on their hands with “Overcome,” which was not intended to be the first single from their new album, V. Nonetheless, the song has… Read more »

Brian McKnight, Elton John, Don Henley, Tim McGraw, Dennis Miller, and Ray Romano are scheduled to take part in Andre Agassi’s sixth Grand Slam For Children at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Grand Slam For Children benefits the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists at-risk youth in Las Vegas, Agassi’s hometown. McKnight will perform songs from his new album Superhero at the event. McKnight recently told LAUNCH that while working on the album, he tried to write songs that were easy to sing: “I don’t really put that much merit on singing. I… Read more »

On the heels of their hit single “Alive,” which has served as an inspirational anthem in recent weeks, San Diego’s rap-rockers P.O.D. are hitting the road to support their second major-label album, Satellite. The headlining trek, titled the Youth of the Nation Tour after a song off the quartet’s new album, kicks off October 18 in Phoenix, Arizona, according to P.O.D.’s publicist. Although 22 dates are confirmed at press time, additional shows are expected to be scheduled, extending the jaunt into mid-December. Satellite debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after its release September 11 and now sits… Read more »