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XM Satellite Radio will broadcast “The Concert for New York City,” featuring dozens of the biggest names in entertainment, live at 7 pm Saturday on both its VH1 and “Special X” channels. “XM is proud to carry VH1 among its 100 channels of amazing radio, and proud to broadcast Saturday’s benefit concert for New York City,” said XM President and CEO Hugh Panero. XM will broadcast the five-hour concert live from 7 pm Eastern to midnight on both its VH1 (# 26) and Special X (# 30) channels. XM’s VH1 channel is dedicated to VH1’s programming while Special X is… Read more »

*NSYNC singer and clothing designer Chris Kirkpatrick debuted his FuMan Skeeto fall and winter women’s clothing line at Planet Hollywood Times Square in New York City yesterday (October 16). The pop music superstar and CEO of FuMan Skeeto Enterprises was inspired to create his own clothing line after years of wearing other people’s designs while performing. Kirkpatrick launched Fu Man Skeeto, Inc. clothing as the first of many projects he is planning under the umbrella of his FuMan Skeeto Enterprises, which he describes as a creative arts and media company. Kirkpatrick explained to LAUNCH why he decided to have a… Read more »

Bassist Jason Newsted toured, recorded and partied with Metallica 24-7 for some 13 years. After quitting the band in February, at least partly because of a ban on side projects, he suddenly found the flexibility to work on multiple projects with different artists. Newsted, 38, is producing an album by punk-metal behemoth Speedealer and anticipating the major-label debut of his trio EchoBrain. Toward the end of the year, he’ll begin producing New York noise-metal band Dragpipe before entering the studio with Voivod to play bass on the band’s allegedly final album. And if he has time, he’ll play drums with… Read more »

The Grateful Dead played their final show more than six years ago. And thanks to a career-retrospective box set, an endless stream of live CDs, a documentary film featuring late guitarist Jerry Garcia and steady touring by the group’s surviving members and their new ensembles, the Dead’s legacy isn’t close to fading away. A 12-CD box set, The Golden Road (1965-1973), out October 16, chronicles the Dead’s six-year stint on the Warner Bros. label with remastered versions of each album – from Grateful Dead (1967) to History of the Grateful Dead Vol. I (Bear’s Choice) (1973) – along with studio… Read more »

Two new Billy Joel albums come out Tuesday (October 2)-a two-disc hits set called The Essential Billy Joel and, more notably, Fantasies & Delusions (Music For Solo Piano), his first set of instrumental classical music and his first album of new material since 1993’s River Of Dreams. Joel tells LAUNCH that the long gap between albums allowed him to develop as an instrumental writer and that he had resolved not to push anything out before he felt it was ready: “To tell you the truth, I wasn’t feeling compelled to put anything out. All I wanted to do was compose,… Read more »

Atlantic Records has announced that the eagerly awaited fourth album from Jewel, entitled This Way, will be released by the label on November 13th. This Way is Jewel’s first album since the 1999 release of Joy: A Holiday Collection, and marks her first album of all-new, self-penned material since 1998’s Spirit. The album’s first single, Standing Still, with lyrics by Jewel and music by Jewel and Rick Nowles, is set to ship to radio outlets nationwide this week. The companion video clip, directed by Darren Grant (Destiny’s Child), is slated to make its premiere later this month. Recorded in Nashville,… Read more »

Elton John says he has gone “back to basics” to produce his new album, “Songs from the West Coast,” and he believes it’s the best one in 25 years. Elton said the album, which is due out on October 1, was recorded in a studio in Los Angeles with musicians he’d never worked with before. “So I was a bit scared of working with them,” he told the Sunday Telegraph magazine. “Of course, I hadn’t written anything before I went into the studio. Ha! Ha! Ha!” Elton said he has “gone back to basics,” returning to his original line-up of… Read more »

Michael Jackson fans got the news they were waiting for Thursday: the “King of Pop’s” first studio album in six years – one that reportedly cost a record-setting $30 million to make – will be released in late October. “Invincible,” released on Sony Music’s Epic Records label, is slated to hit stores internationally on Oct. 29 and in the United States and Canada on Oct. 30, the label said. Sony Music is a unit of Sony Corp. “The release of this new album is a global event,” said Epic Records Group Chairman Dave Glew. “As a singer, composer, producer, arranger… Read more »

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted made his first live appearance with his new band, EchoBrain, on Sunday, playing an hour-long set of heavy yet melodic rock to close out Nadine’s Wild Weekend, a showcase of Bay Area bands. Newsted left Metallica in January, partly due to a strict policy barring side projects, and he had an air of rebirth about him at the posh Bimbo’s 365 Club. “Playing other types of music with other people always enabled me to play better for Metallica,” Newsted said before the show. “It really kept me fresh to hit that loud stuff, my forte.… Read more »

Virgin Music Group Worldwide announced that it has renewed its recording agreement with Lenny Kravitz. The announcement was made today by Nancy Berry, vice chairman, Virgin Music Group Worldwide. Comments Nancy Berry, “Virgin Records is very happy to be able to continue its extraordinary relationship with Lenny Kravitz. We couldn’t be more proud of Lenny, who began his career with us and who has since become a definitive Virgin artist. Working with him over the last twelve years has been a true privilege for everyone at Virgin around the world, and we look forward to even greater success.” Kravitz is… Read more »