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Madonna’s Drowned World Tour keeps getting bigger, with the singer adding an extra date in each of the 12 U.S. cities she’s hitting, beginning with a July 22 date in Philadelphia. May 12 is the first on-sale date, for shows in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Oakland and Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Miami shows go on sale May 19, with the remainder of the tour on sale May 21. Ticket prices range from $45 to $250. Tour organizers promise a set list heavy with material from Madonna’s latest album, Music, as well as past hits such as “Ray of Light” and “Like… Read more »

Just a day after canceling a promotional tour and pushing back the release date of their second album, Slipknot have committed to a fall tour with System of a Down. The first annual Pledge of Allegiance Tour will launch on October 1st at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, and will run six weeks. In addition to the two main acts, the tour will include a second stage featuring new artists and non-music entertainment. Slipknot’s second album has been pushed back from a June release to July 17th, as the group needed additional time to complete the final… Read more »

www.warpedtour.com – The Vans Warped Tour and Blink-182 come together for a one-time only show on July 14 in Minneapolis, Minn. at Somerset Park. LAUNCH Media Inc. today announced that MCA recording artist Blink-182 will join this summer’s Vans Warped Tour for a one-time only performance in Minneapolis at Somerset Park on July 14. Veterans to the Warped Tour, Blink-182, first played the punk and skate festival back in 1997. Since then, they have experienced worldwide success, with their records reaping platinum status and their concert tours packing ’em in all across Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Americas. Just six… Read more »

Tickets In Select Markets To Go On Sale This Weekend. Four-time Grammy Award winner Janet Jackson today announced one of the most anticipated concerts events of the year, “All For You World Tour 2001.” Named after her just released 7th album, the tour will be her first since the critically acclaimed sold-out Velvet Rope Tour of 1998. July 5th, at Vancouver’s 16,000-seat GM Place, will mark the first of 56 performances in the United States and Canada, concluding on October 13th in Denver, Colorado’s Pepsi Center Arena. Jackson will then head to Europe, where she will perform 25 shows in… Read more »

In what promises to be one of the most exciting concert events of the summer season 200l, singer/songwriter Paul Simon and his 11-piece band will kick-off a 28-city tour of the United States Saturday, June 9th, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Seattle, Washington. Simon will be joined on the tour by one of rock’s most deeply revered figures, the legendary Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys. Wilson will be accompanied by his 10-piece band, which includes the four-member group, The Wondermints. The Paul Simon Summer 200l tour comes hot on the heels of Simon’s Grammy Nomination for Album of… Read more »

With the Hollywood-Washington war expected to be reignited today, Motion Picture Assn. of America prexy-CEO Jack Valenti on Monday warned lawmakers in no uncertain terms to back off. “May God save the First Amendment,” Valenti said during a keynote speech before the National Assn. of Broadcasters, which is meeting here for its annual confab. Valenti, like his counterparts in the music biz, was gearing up for the release this morning of a Federal Trade Commission report that will chart how well the entertainment biz has done in stopping the marketing of violent or suggestive fare to kids. The FTC reportedly… Read more »

Sony Corp. and Accenture Ltd. have entered into a joint venture intended to aid media companies in their attempts to bring programming to the digital world. According to Bloomberg News, Accenture, formerly Anderson Consulting, will work with Sony to create software, services, and equipment for broadcasters to manage, archive, and distribute digital content ranging from photos to digital music. The companies announced the partnership at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas, calling the joint venture Concadia Solutions LLC. Norm Rickeman, currently a partner in Accenture’s Media & Entertainment industry group, has been named acting president of Concadia Solutions. Edward Grebow,… Read more »

He beat Shaq, and now he’s taking on the rest of the country. Aaron Carter, whose Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) jumps 11 spots to #4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, is launching a 46-date American tour on June 17 in Santa Barbara, California. Sweden’s A*Teens will open the shows, which will hit amphitheaters and arenas from the West Coast to the East. Aaron, the male Carter for those who find older brother Nick too wizened for their tastes, is riding on the success of his single, “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” which he performed at Nickelodeon’s… Read more »

Co-founder of Death Row Records Marion “Suge” Knight will be released from state prison next week after serving more than four years. Knight, who turns 35 tomorrow, has been serving time on a nine-year sentence since October 1996 for a probation violation. He is currently at Mule Creek State Prison near Sacramento, Calif. and will be transferred on April 25 to an undisclosed federal facility to serve an additional 60 days. The co-founder and owner of Death Row Records hopes to return to the label after his summer release. The label has had a dip in popularity (and profit) since… Read more »

Pop icon’s Drowned World Tour, kicking off June 5, is her first outing in eight years. Madonna announced on Monday (April 16) the 18 dates of an international outing that will launch June 5 in Cologne, Germany, and end September 9 in Los Angeles. Dubbed the Drowned World Tour, the trek will be the most extravagant stage spectacle of the singer’s illustrious career, according to Madonna’s spokesperson. Madonna will be promoting last year’s neo-cowgirl endeavor Music, which includes the title track and the current single, “What It Feels Like for a Girl” , though organizers promise plenty of past hits,… Read more »