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‘Tis the season for holiday radio shows. As much a tradition as eggnog, mistletoe and broken resolutions, December always brings a bumper crop of all-star shows in which bands give back to their fans (and the radio stations that play their music) by jetting around the country and serving up short hit-heavy sets. The month of December will be especially star-packed for those living near Indianapolis, San Diego or Philadelphia. If you love Good Charlotte, Coldplay, Destiny’s Child and Queens of the Stone Age, you might want to cash in some frequent flyer miles, because those bands are among a… Read more »

Riddlin’ Kids, the ferociously melodic powerpunk band from Austin, Texas, are preparing to start touring in earnest in anticipation of the June 4 release of Hurry Up And Wait, their album debut on Aware/Columbia Records. They will be part of the Warped Tour starting mid-July; preceding the Warped dates, the group will tour with Mest and Dynamite Boys beginning in early April. The first single from their upcoming album is “I Feel Fine.” The music video for “I Feel Fine” is being filmed by Smith N Borin of Geneva Films on April 1 in Los Angeles. Last summer, the band… Read more »

The Stereophonics arrive stateside on Jan 21. They were originally going to headline in Sept. but the dates had to be postponed due to 9/11. They are currently (UK) double Platinum with their latest release, “Just Enough Education To Perform” and have just completed a quick 5 US City jaunt in the coveted opening spot on U2’s “Elevation Tour.” No stranger to arena shows, the Stereophonics are the biggest live act in the UK and constantly sell out shows abroad. The Stereophonics second single “Have A Nice Day” can be seen on Vh-1 and M2 as well as heard on… Read more »

Radio One, Inc. today announced it is bringing Urban programming, much of it formerly unavailable in thousands of U.S. cities, to every corner of the contiguous 48 states, with the national launch of XM Satellite Radio. Radio One, as a third party XM Radio partner, is providing five channels of programming targeted at the African-American and Urban listener. These formats include African- American Talk, Gospel, Urban Mixes, Hip-Hop and Mainstream Urban. In many places of the country, especially outside of large metropolitan areas, African-American targeted programming is limited or non-existent. Radio One is committed to providing a totally unique radio… 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 »

Lowry Mays, Chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Worldwide and Barry Ackerley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Ackerley Group today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The Ackerley Group is a diversified media company with outdoor, television, radio and interactive media assets. Clear Channel Worldwide is a global leader in the out-of home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor displays, and entertainment venues in 64 countries around the world. Under the merger, Clear Channel will acquire assets such as outdoor advertising in Boston, Seattle, and Portland, Ore. as well as radio… Read more »

In response to this week’s terrorist attacks, many artists, from the Robert Cray Band to the Sisqo took the stage and had a moment of silence for the victims of the attacks. One of those victims was Daniel Lee, a crew member for the BSBs who was on one of the hijacked flights from Boston to Los Angeles, heading home to be with his pregnant wife. Incubus have also announced that they will donate all proceeds from their two sold out shows at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom this weekend to relief funds set up to help the city and… Read more »

In times of trouble, people often turn to music for comfort. Right now, they can also turn to musicians and the music industry for direct aid, as the industry mobilizes to help victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks and their families. Most tours and performances scheduled for this week have either been canceled or postponed, but many of the artists who chose to carry on will be donating portions of their concert proceeds to relief efforts. Madonna pledged proceeds from Thursday’s performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to disaster victims and their families, according to the Associated Press, while… Read more »

The Crystal Method will release their new album, TWEEKEND, on July 31st on Interscope Records. To coincide with the release, TCM will offer a limited number of CDs that will include a “Tweekend Pass.” With the “Tweekend Pass,” fans of The Crystal Method can register for meet and greets on the group’s upcoming SEVEN DAY TWEEKEND TOUR. The “Tweekend Pass” will also offer fans access to exclusive downloads of unreleased mixes at the band’s official website, www.thecrystalmethod.com and much more. Fans can also sign up to win T-shirts and free CDs from The Crystal Method. In other news from The… Read more »

Gracenote (formerly CDDB ®), a content delivery platform specializing in music recognition technology, today announced a service that can track PC-based music listening habits, thereby revealing the most popular albums on the Internet and what people are listening to regionally. Gracenote Data Services (GDS) aggregates this information weekly from over 27 million listeners worldwide, and 4,000 media players powered by the Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service(SM). Every time a music fan listens to a CD in a Gracenote CDDB-enabled player, the database recognizes the song or album and logs it into the GDS database. Gracenote Data Services then compiles this… Read more »