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It’s not exactly what Van Halen fans had hoped for, but it’s definitely intriguing. David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, former singers for the group, will co-headline a national tour beginning May 29 near Cleveland. And if Tuesday’s (April 16) press conference to announce the outing is any indication, Diamond Dave and the Red Rocker are going to be the perfect pairing. Like a rock and roll comedy duo, the blond bastions of partying traded gags one-after-another at the Sky Bar, setting each other up and flashing face-wide grins at each punch line. “Sammy and I are like fraternity brothers… Read more »

Two New York tribute events are in the works for May 19, which would have been late Ramones frontman Joey Ramone’s 51st birthday, Billboard.com has learned. Ramone’s mother Charlotte Lesher and brother Mickey Leigh are organizing a benefit concert at the Bowery Ballroom, which will raise funds for the not-for-profit Joey Ramone Cure for Lymphoma fund. Lineup and ticket information is still being finalized. Just up the road at the city’s legendary CBGB club, Ramones creative director Arturo Vega will stage the Bowery Electric Festival. Last month, Vega supervised the recording of “The Bowery Electric,” a tribute song penned in… Read more »

Web music firm FullAudio on Tuesday said it licensed Warner Music, clinching its third licensing deal with a major record label for a subscription service it plans to launch this month through Clear Channel Communications Inc. radio stations. FullAudio plans to include Warner-controlled tracks, along with recordings from EMI Group Plc and Vivendi Universal’s Universal Music Group on its service through Clear Channel, which will be called MusicNow. Warner Music is a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc. The service, which enables users to download songs for a monthly fee, is currently being tested in Phoenix. FullAudio is providing the… Read more »

Liquid Audio, Inc. today announced that it has finalized a non-exclusive agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest music company, to act as a digital music service provider. Liquid Audio will provide UMG with end-to-end, secure digital distribution services including encoding, hosting, clearinghouse and delivery. As part of its ongoing strategy to distribute and market its music catalog online, UMG will take advantage of Liquid Audio’s advanced technology to distribute digital music through a broad network of affiliates including record retailers. Music fans will have secure digital downloads available for purchase from a wide variety of artists. UMG… Read more »

Comverse and BMG Europe today announced an agreement for BMG to supply both international & local music content for Comverse’s VoiCD advanced mobile music solution. This agreement represents the collaboration of two leading players in their respective industries, to build a complete and comprehensive music solution that will provide premium value to telecom service providers. Visit Comverse at the Mobile Entertainment Event in London on April 9-10, 2002, Booths 7 & 9. This cooperation combines the technology and music worlds and opens a new distribution channel for the music industry. BMG is one of the first of the major labels… Read more »

A mohawked Eddie Vedder put the regal Waldorf-Astoria hotel in a punk rock state of mind Monday night when he inducted the Ramones into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nearing the end of his 17-minute speech, Vedder said, “After this, I’m sure the evening will move quickly, but it’s the Ramones and it’s punk rock and I’m just about finished and I hope you’re OK with that.” The crowd’s response included some jeers and boos. “Apparently you’re not. F– you,” he replied. But overall, the night was filled with special moments – including a Talking Heads induction and… Read more »

CenterSpan Communications Corp. on Thursday said it struck a deal to distribute Sony Music Entertainment’s music on its peer-to-peer service, marking the first time a major record label has licensed its content to a file-sharing company. CenterSpan agreed to pay Sony Music, a unit of Sony Corp., about $2 million in cash plus 283,556 shares and a warrant to buy 189,037 additional shares of its common stock at an exercise price at $8.11 per share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CenterSpan’s stock on Thursday closed up almost 41 cents at $8.75 on Nasdaq. Internet content… Read more »

The parents of the boy who drowned at Tommy Lee’s home last summer are suing the rocker for wrongful death and negligence. Actress Ursula Karven and television producer James Veres filed a lawsuit on February 15 in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Lee of failing to provide proper supervision of their 4-year-old son, Daniel, who died at Lee’s Malibu mansion on June 16. The lawsuit claims Daniel, who had no swimming experience, and other children were left unsupervised in a swimming pool at Lee’s home. The children were attending a birthday party for Brandon Lee, the 5-year-old son of Lee… Read more »

‘NSYNC are sure making it difficult for the Johnny-come-latelys – you know, the concert stragglers who make it to the show just in time to catch the headlining act. After already lining up Smash Mouth and Ginuwine to set things off on various dates of their upcoming Celebrity 2002 Tour, which kicks off March 3, the fivesome has secured even more star power with opener P. Diddy. “I just signed on to do the last couple of weeks of the ‘NSYNC tour,” Diddy said last week on the set of his video for “I Need a Girl” (see “P. Diddy,… Read more »

Sony Music Entertainment Senior Vice President Al Smith this week announced that Philip R. Wiser has been named Chief Technology Officer. Wiser will be based in New York and will report directly to Smith. In this newly-created position, Wiser will be responsible for overseeing technical operations of the company’s existing digital media initiatives, including electronic music distribution (EMD) systems, as well as for developing and implementing new digital media technologies. He will also oversee the company’s senior technology and engineering staff and act as SME’s liaison to other Sony operating companies on relevant technology issues. “Phil Wiser has a well-deserved… Read more »