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By the close of business Wednesday, concert promoters across the country will know how many Internet-savvy baby boomers are hungry for the music of a generational hero, Bob Dylan. Dylan, whose “Love & Theft” album will be released Sept. 11, is taking a page from mega-sellers such as the Backstreet Boys and U2: a limited number of tickets for 32 North American concerts will go on sale Wednesday for fans who follow his activities on the Web site http://www.BobDylan.com. Although Dylan has toured relentlessly since the release four years ago of the album “Time Out of Mind,” which won three… Read more »

U.S. singer and actress Aaliyah was killed along with seven other people Saturday when a small Cessna passenger plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from an island in the Bahamas bound for Miami, police said early Sunday. Superintendent Basil Rahming of Grand Bahama police department named the 22-year-old star as one of the eight people, all U.S. residents, killed in the crash at the small airport at Marsh Harbour, the main town in the Abaco islands. The singer, whose full name was Aaliyah Haughton, was returning to the United States after completing filming of a music… Read more »

Recording a song with boyfriend Justin Timberlake as a co-producer made Britney Spears “a little nervous,” she says. The song, “What It’s Like to Be Me,” was recorded during sessions for Spears’ third album, due November 6. A track listing for the still-untitled album is starting to shape up, as are plans for a tour, which is set to begin October 26 in Miami. At least three songs have made the cut and and are “definitely making the album,” according to Spears’ spokesperson at Jive Records. They include the first single, “I’m a Slave 4 U,” written and produced by… Read more »

A.J. McLean is “doing great” and is ready to get back on the road with his fellow Backstreet Boys, bandmate Howie Dorough said on “TRL.” “[A.J.] looks great – he’s put on a little bit of weight, his hair is platinum blond,” Dorough told “TRL” host Carson Daly on Friday (August 17). “He’s really psyched to get back out there – he can’t wait.” McLean, who entered rehab last month for treatment of alcohol abuse, depression and anxiety, recently began care at a “transitional care” facility in Los Angeles. After postponing their tour twice because of McLean’s problems, BSB say… Read more »

It’s been 25 years since he graced the tube as a cartoon Jackson, but the Associated Press, reports that Michael Jackson is returning to his “picture”-esque roots with his role in The Way of the Unicorn, The Endangered One. Jackson will be starring in The Way of the Unicorn as the voice of Sailor, an orphan who works with a poor litte rich girl and a gaggle of endangered species to rescue Earth. The movie is Jackson’s first appearance in a film of any kind in five years. Jackson, 42, last appeared in a theatrical release in the 1978 musical… Read more »

The Weezer/Cold tour will kick off on Sept. 11 in San Jose, Calif., instead of the expected Sept. 6 date. Prior to the 14-date trek, which will wrap up on Sept. 29 in New York, Cold has a handful of shows from Aug. 25 in Southern California through Sept. 3 in Hartford, Conn. The band has been touring nonstop since the release of its second album, 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage, including tours with Limp Bizkit, Staind, Godsmack, and 3 Doors Down. Weezer/Cold Tour Dates Sept. 11, Events Center, San Jose, Calif. Sept. 12, Henry J. Kaiser Arena, Oakland,… Read more »

Funk/punk/rap-rockers 311 will follow their summer on the Warped Tour with an extensive headlining tour across North America. The group will kick off a two-month swing in support of its latest album, From Chaos, at the Street Scene in San Diego on September 8 and play more than three dozen shows through the end of October. The trek culminates in a Halloween performance at the Universal Amphitheater in the group’s home base of Los Angeles. Shows in Texas and New Mexico from October 22-27 are also expected to be announced in the coming days. Frontman Nick Hexum tells LAUNCH that… Read more »

As A.J. McLean continues treatment for alcoholism, depression and anxiety, the Backstreet Boys are on course to resume their tour as planned on August 24 in Milwaukee, the group’s spokesperson said. On August 4, McLean left the rehabilitation center where he had been staying since early July, and moved to a “transitional care” facility in Los Angeles, according to the Backstreet Boys’ publicists. When BSB first announced McLean’s problems, they said they would resume their tour August 7. On July 31, however, the group said that A.J. would need two extra weeks of treatment, pushing the resumption of the tour… Read more »

Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight was released from a federal prison in Oregon on August 6th after serving five years of a nine-year sentence. “Welcome Home Big Suge,” reads the Death Row record label Web site as well as the billboard above the Death Row Offices in Los Angeles, where Suge promptly returned following his release. “I’m back,” Knight said in a statement. “At my desk. In the studio… and on the street, which is where we’re going to find the next generation of Death Row superstars. Death Row is going back to where it belongs – at… 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 »