Everything has had a good year. They released their 5th album, "Supernatural." They toured extensively. They released their single "Hooch," which spawned a successful video and earned a place in Adam Sandler's wildly and inexplicably popular "The Waterboy" (although it was not featured on the soundtrack). But the year is not over yet...

The Virginia based sextet decided to re-record the Kinks' "Father Christmas" and release it as a year end bonus. When we spoke with Everything, lead singer Craig Honeycutt talked about recording the holiday track, concluded bassist David Slankard.

In other year end Everything news, to sing out the old and ring in the new the band will play a much anticipated, bittersweet New Year's Eve farewell to the Bayou. This December 31 show will mark the closing of the Bayou, a well known Washington, D.C. venue where many bands including Everything got their start. Tickets for that New Year's Eve show, and info on how to get their holiday single are available at Everything's website. (www.ecolon.com)

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Goo Goo Dolls, Semisonic, Fuel and K's Choice are among the acts slated to appear at Atlanta's annual Big Day Out concert on September 12, with proceeds from the concert being donated to two charities, the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children and the Giving Tree.

Other artists flying south for the show, which is being sponsored by local area radio station WNNX, include Fastball, Guster, the Urge, Everything, Better Than Ezra and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, among others.

Organizers currently plan for the concert, which will host more than 20 bands on three stages, to be held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, located just outside of Atlanta and the site of the 1996 Olympic equestrian events.

Tickets for the all-day show are available through Ticketmaster, and more information on the Big Day Out, including concert updates, can be found at the WNNX website (www.com/99x).

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