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Fans at a sold-out rock show became unruly after the group Guns N’ Roses failed to appear, and police were called to the concert arena, officials said. Witnesses at the First Union Center on Friday night reported angry fans yelling and cursing, some throwing bottles and chairs, and ripping up plants, but a spokesman for the arena operator denied the accounts. Several fights were reported. Police reported no major injuries. A spokesman for the arena operator said officials were called shortly after 11 p.m. Friday and told one member of Guns N’ Roses was ill, and that the band would… Read more »

Considering that their debut Hybrid Theory was the best-selling album of 2001, Linkin Park don’t exactly need to alter their sound for the follow-up, due in March. “I’m sure we could do some crazy stuff now,” says Park rapper Mike Shinoda. “But we like what we like. We know what kind of music we want to make, and we just go after it.” For the past several months Shinoda and the rest of his band mates – guitarist Brad Delson, drummer Rob Bourdon, DJ Joseph Hahn, bassist Phoenix and singer Chester Bennington – have been hard at work on next… Read more »

Sixty years after his birth, one of the most important artists ever to emerge from Seattle is – at least officially – almost invisible here. There’s no Jimi Hendrix Boulevard, no Hendrix Arena, no Hendrix Elementary School. The only thing the city has done to recognize the man many consider the world’s greatest guitar player is to give him a rock – in the African Savanna exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo. Biographer Charles Cross of Seattle, who has spent years researching Hendrix for an upcoming book, called the oversight “almost criminal.” “The Seattle city government has never given any… Read more »

With the Osbournes hosting the next American Music Awards, the telecast could prove more edgy than in the past. But show producer Dick Clark is not concerned about his decision to enlist the services of the often-foul-mouthed Ozzy Osbourne and his now-famous family. Clark said, “Well, there’s a lot of talk about the Osbournes, everybody’s stirring up this worry, worry, worry! The only person that’s worried is the ABC censor lady. She’s a tad concerned but, you know, I said to her, ‘They’re professionals. It’s gonna be fine…I hope.’” The 30th annual American Music Awards take place January 13 at… Read more »

Nirvana’s self-titled “best of” collection has debuted in the top 10 in more than 11 countries, pushing the total sales of Nirvana’s catalog past the 50 million mark in worldwide sales. Nirvana’s groundbreaking Nevermind has sold 10 million albums alone in the U.S., and for that feat, it’s been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. Nirvana features the never-before-released song “You Know You’re Right,” which now stands at Number Two on the Billboard Modern Rock chart after four weeks at Number One. Ironically, this week the Foo Fighters, fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, own the… Read more »

Los Angeles rap-rockers Crazy Town return November 12 with Darkhorse, the follow-up to the band’s 2000 multi-platinum Columbia debut, The Gift of Game, The first single from the sophomore set, “Drowning,” has already been serviced to radio, with a video directed by Brendan and Emmett Malloy, whose credits include clips for Foo Fighters, Blink-182, 311, and the Used. Crazy Town co-frontman Bret “Epic” Mazur, who shares the mic with Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer, says the song was written on a tour bus while the group was on this year’s Ozzfest trek across the U.S. Previously announced as Nothing Comes From… Read more »

Does hip-hop speak to Pepsi’s “new generation”? Well, it depends on who you ask. Last week, Fox News Channel’s conservative ranter Bill O’Reilly denounced the soda giant for choosing Ludacris to appear in Pepsi ads, calling him a “thug rapper” who “espouses violence, intoxication, and degrading conduct toward women.” Just one day later, Pepsi announced that it was dropping Luda as its spokesperson and apologizing to anyone who was offended by its association with him. This move came despite Pepsi’s own research which had found that teens ranked the soda’s hip-hop spokesperson as popular as any celebrity associated with the… Read more »

The girls still screamed every time former bar mitzvah singer Justin Guarini flashed his pearly whites, but it was soulful girl-next-door Kelly Clarkson who took home the title of “American Idol” Wednesday night. Coming off her bravura performance on Tuesday, the 20-year-old Burleson, Texas, cocktail waitress brought down the house moments after being crowned the champion of the talent contest. “I can’t believe it’s happening to me,” Clarkson sang, as fireworks rained down behind her during a performance of her soon-to-be-released first single, “A Moment Like This.” A choked-up Clarkson blew a line during her command performance (one of her… Read more »

Never one to be constrained by rules, Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn has but one when it comes to his band’s new album. “We’re just trying to make it not suck,” the turntablist, remixer and video producer said. Linkin Park, recipients of the Moonman for Best Rock Video at last week’s MTV Video Music Awards for the Hahn-helmed “In the End”, are roughly midway through recording their second album, with about 20 tracks done, Hahn said. They’ll probably prune the lot down to 12 by the end of the year, and hope to have the follow-up to 2000’s Hybrid Theory… Read more »

In his continuing bid to be the hardest-working man in rock, Travis Barker has piled a few new endeavors onto his overstuffed plate. On top of firming up plans for side project the Transplants to drop their debut LP, setting off on the road with Box Car Racer, and preparing the new Blink-182 album, the drummer somehow found time to bring his collection of vintage Cadillacs up to 11 with the addition of a ’54 Coup De Ville and ’78 El Dorado. Although the Transplants album doesn’t yet have an official title, it’s scheduled for release October 22, according to… Read more »