To celebrate the release of his debut album, The Bathroom Wall, Jimmy Fallon will appear and sign autographs during an in-store at FYE at 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York City on Tuesday, August 27, starting at 5:00. Two days later, he'll host the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards just a few blocks away at Radio City Music Hall starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. ... Ashanti will help to usher in this year's traditional Turkey Day festivities by riding the M&M float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, according to Def Jam. No word yet if the Murder Inc. princess will also perform at the event, which will be televised from New York. ...

P.O.D. have canceled their October European tour because frontman Sonny Sandoval is suffering from a herniated disc in his neck and back. The condition, caused by years of performing, will eventually require surgery, the band's publicist said, but the band has no plans to drop off Ozzfest. ... Gloria Estefan and Jimmy Smits will co-host the 3rd annual Latin Grammy Awards, which will be broadcast live from L.A.'s Kodak Theatre on September 18 starting at 9 p.m. on CBS. ...

Redman, Onyx, Keith Murray, Poverty, Words and Madd Skillz will head out on the 2002 Lyricist Lounge Tour staring September 12 in Orlando, Florida. The itinerary's scheduled dates run through an October 9 stop in Washington, D.C. ... The drummer from Ash, Rick "Rock" McMurray, suffered broken ribs August 16 when the band's bus crashed en route to an Area2 show in Detroit, according to their Web site. No other members of the group were seriously injured, and the band hopes to return to the road soon. ...

Eighties pop-rockin' girl group the Go-Go's have written and recorded "Do It Over," a theme song for a new series called "Do Over." The Paramount-produced television series begins next month on the WB. ... Spiritualized drummer Kevin Bales is currently being treated for leukemia, according to the band's Web site. The English rock band, who have made swirling, dreamy pop their stock and trade, have delayed the recording of their next album, which was originally set to begin in September. ...

08.19.02

Marilyn Manson recently shot scenes for "Beat the Devil," the next film from director Tony Scott ("True Romance"), which co-stars Gary Oldman ("Bram Stoker's Dracula") and James Brown. "I am proud to have gotten a signature from the Godfather of Soul on my very own Bible," Manson posted on his Web site. ... Sebastian Bach has signed to star in a year-long national tour of "Jesus Christ Superstar," beginning November 1 in California, according to the hard rocker's Web site. The former Skid Row frontman has previously appeared on stage in Broadway's "Jekyll & Hyde" and "The Rocky Horror Show." ...

Robbie Williams emerged victorious from a case to evict a cybersquatter who was using www.robbiewilliams.info to direct users to Oasis' Web site, according to Reuters. Howard Taylor of Southampton, England, who said his intention was to use the URL as a fan site for Williams and made the Oasis link as a joke, was required by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization to transfer the site to Williams. ... Eleven previously unreleased tracks by crooner Jeff Buckley will be released on October 15. The album, Songs to No One, was culled from demos and live performances Buckley recorded with Gods and Monsters founder Gary Lucas. ...

Guitarist Erik Rutan has parted ways with death metal standard bearers Morbid Angel in order to focus on Hate Eternal, a project he formed in 1996. "Being in Morbid Angel for the past nine years has been the greatest time in my life," Rutan said in a statement released via Earache Records, home to both bands. ... Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted will be releasing a split CD from two of his long-running projects — IR8 and Sexoturica — through his own Chophouse imprint, according to the label's Web site. IR8 features Newsted, Tom Hunting of the Bay Area thrash band Exodus and Canadian Strapping Young Lad mastermind Devin Townsend, while Sexoturica includes Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser. ...

The Rolling Stones played a surprise gig in Toronto on Thursday at the Palais Royale, treating lucky fans to such Stones classics as "Wild Horses." The band has been rehearsing at a Toronto school for its upcoming world tour that kicks off on September 3 in Boston. ... Sheryl Crow, Sting, John Mellencamp and Don Henley have been confirmed to play both "Music to My Ears: In Celebration of Timothy White" concerts on October 7 in Boston and October 8 in New York. The concerts, benefiting the family of the late Billboard editor-in-chief, will also feature James Taylor and Billy Joel in Boston and Jimmy Buffet and Brian Wilson in New York, among others. ...

Course of Nature, newcomers who are currently touring with Nickelback, will appear in season premiere of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" on the WB on September 20. In the episode, Sabrina encounters the band (fronted by Melissa Joan Hart's real-life boyfriend Mark Wilkerson) at their rehearsal space, playing their single "Caught in the Sun." ... Glenn Lewis' duet with Amel Larrieux, "What's Come Over Me," will be the third single from the "Barbershop" soundtrack, due August 27. Lewis' Hennessy Privilege Music Tour with Kelly Price and Dave Hollister kicks off September 25, ... Eddie Money, Loverboy and Survivor will hit the road on what is being dubbed the Triple Shot of Rock Tour. Opening night is August 22 in Cleveland.

• Jimmy Fallon
• Ashanti
• Redman
• Keith Murray
• P.O.D.

Orgy drummer Bobby Hewitt  
Photo: Warner

The only thing that comes between Korn's Jonathan Davis and his couch is a kilt, and the only thing standing between you and that very same couch is a winning bid.

StarTrader, a new online auction site, also boasts clothes right out of Tommy Lee's closet and a drum machine used by Orgy drummer Bobby Hewitt.

So how does a Web site only 3 months old have so much cool stuff? Well, it helps that it was launched by Hewitt himself.

Not only does he have connections, Hewitt has been around the rock 'n' roll block enough times to realize how much stuff artists accumulate.

"Bobby wanted to create a way for artists to auction and sell stuff that they had collected from years of touring and being involved in music and entertainment," StarTrader co-founder Skip McNevin explained. "Many artists like Bobby have tons of stuff in their houses, but don't feel comfortable using eBay or Yahoo auctions."

Since StarTrader works closely with groups like the Musicians' Assistance Program, the Domestic Violence Intervention Service and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the site also gives artists an easy way to make charitable donations.

"They are thrilled to help others, while at the same time safely selling their extra stuff and in some cases making some extra space in a closet or bedroom at home," McNevin said.

Aside from Davis' couch, which at press time was going for $800 and closes Tuesday, StarTrader is also auctioning an autographed Linkin Park poster, Go-Go's CD and Meat Loaf autobiography. Items from Kid Rock, Blondie, Godsmack, Lit and Jimmy Page are also available, though McNevin's favorite item is an autographed backstage pass from Sugar Ray drummer Stan Frazier for a concert sponsored by none other than Enron.

Hewitt came up with the idea for StarTrader in the spring of 2000 and got it off the ground when he met McNevin, a former Web designer and television producer for NASA, at an Orgy show.

Hewitt, McNevin and entertainment attorney Richard Joseph spent more than a year studying auction sites and building StarTrader before launching it in December.

The Web site is centered around the celebrity memorabilia auction but also features links to Web sites of participating artists and charities and a collector-to-collector marketplace where anyone can auction items.

Although only about a quarter of the roughly 200 items on StarTrader are from celebrities (actors and athletes are also auctioning items), that's the driving force behind the Web site. "Everyone who has bought an item from a celebrity has sent some incredibly great feedback about the site, working with us, and how cool it was to get something that used to be owned by their favorite artist," McNevin said.

• Korn
• Tommy Lee
• Linkin Park
• The Go-Go's
• Meat Loaf

The Go-Go's
Photo: BMG

Instead of going the route of singer Belinda Carlisle, who will appear nude in the August issue of Playboy, her Go-Go's bandmates are taking a more traditional approach to promoting the group's first new album in 17 years — they're going on tour.

Carlisle and the rest of the band — singer/guitarist Jane Wiedlin, guitarist Charlotte Caffey, drummer Gina Schock and bassist Kathy Valentine — released God Bless the Go-Go's last week, and it'll debut at #57 on next week's Billboard 200 albums chart. The tour kicks off Friday at the WPLJ-FM Summer Blast Off show in New York.

"Unforgiven," the album's first single, was co-written by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who also plays guitar and provides background vocals on the track (see "Go-Go's, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Pairing On Single").

The Go-Go's — known for such hits as "We Got the Beat," "Vacation" and "Head Over Heels" — haven't released a new album since 1984's Talk Show, but they have regrouped several times over the years to tour and release best-of collections.

Go-Go's tour dates, according to their spokesperson:

• 5/25 - New York, NY @ WPLJ-FM radio show
• 5/27 - Tampa, FL @ WSSR-FM radio show
• 5/28 - Buffalo, NY @ WKSE-FM radio show
• 5/30 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
• 6/22 - New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage
• 7/3 - St. Paul, MN @ Taste of Minnesota
• 7/4 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Trump Taj Mahal
• 7/5 - Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Casino
• 7/7 - Chicago, IL @ Taste of Chicago
• 7/8 - Danbury, CT @ Charles Ives Concert Park
• 7/10 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
• 7/12 - Milwaukee, WI @ WMYX-FM radio show
• 7/13 - Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
• 7/14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Iron City Light Amphitheatre
• 7/16 - Charlotte, NC @ WLNK-FM radio show
• 7/19 - Boston, MA @ FleetBoston Pavilion
• 7/20 - Baltimore, MD @ The Pier
• 7/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
• 7/27 - Sunrise, FL @ Sunrise Musical Theatre
• 7/28 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live

• The Go-Go's

Joey Ramone
Photo: MTV News

While close friends and family of Joey Ramone honored the punk-rock icon at his funeral Tuesday, other music figures spoke out publicly about the importance and influence of the Ramones frontman.

Ramone died of lymphatic cancer on Easter Sunday at age 49 (see "Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead At 49") and was buried Tuesday at Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey (see "Joey Ramone Laid To Rest").

"I can firmly say that rock 'n' roll will not be the same without Joey Ramone alive," Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said Tuesday. "The one thing no one will ever be able to [capture] was how cool he was. He was rock 'n' roll coolness. The glasses. The leather jacket. And he barely moved a finger. He just stood there." Armstrong first heard the Ramones at age 9 when he saw their movie "Rock 'n' Roll High School." "To me, what I saw was the perfect rock band," he said. "They had songs that just stuck in your head, just like a hammer they banged right into your brain." Years later, Armstrong named his first son, now 6, Joey. Green Day drummer Tre Cool named his daughter, born a month after Armstrong's son, Ramona. Green Day recently recorded a cover of the Ramones' "Outsider" to use as a B-side.

"There's a real romance to the Ramones," Armstrong said. "Those lyrics. It wasn't just about being a meathead punk-rocker. It was also a great date too. If you think about every person who has been inspired by the Ramones, directly and indirectly, you're talking about half of what you hear on the radio today. A lot of that has to do with the spirit and passion Joey Ramone always, always had. He never was jaded. He was never one of those guys who would go around and say, 'More should have happened to me.'" Among the bands the Ramones inspired were U2. "In Dublin in 1977 when I saw Joey singing I knew nothing else mattered to him. Pretty soon nothing else mattered to me," the Irish rock band's singer, Bono, said in a statement released Wednesday.

"The Ramones stopped the music world long enough for U2 and the other garage bands to get on," Bono said. "They invented something ... the idea that your limitations were what made you ... your street, your neighborhood, the clothes on your back, your record collection was the size of your universe." Bono called Ramone in his hospital room on Good Friday, and U2's song "In a Little While" was playing in the room when Ramone died two days later.

Even closer to Joey, at least at one time, was Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin). Although the two had not spoken for several years, Dee Dee said he has been mourning the loss of his old pal.

"I know it was really hard being in the Ramones, and I don't think I appreciated them enough when I was in them, and I took advantage of a lot of things," Dee Dee said. "Whatever the situation, we all need each other. With me, John and Joey, it was a real good combination, and without us together, it's not going to be the same." Joey was a hardworking musician, Dee Dee said, who should have stopped recording and working with other bands when he fell ill more than a year ago. Instead, Ramone finished his first solo album (see "Joey Ramone Solo Album Due Later This Year").

"It's hard when you're a musician to understand that," Dee Dee said. "You don't understand it when you're sick, and you just don't want to stop, so I'm sure he probably felt that way." Joe Strummer, singer of influential British punk band the Clash, said he listened to the entire Ramones catalog in his Somerset, England, home after he heard of Ramone's death.

"This music not only stands the test of time, it totally obliterates everything before it and after it," Strummer said in a statement. "He made the primetime 6 o'clock newscast in Britain, triggering a strange sense of pride in all the rock 'n' rollers watching, as if the aboveground world was finally going to accord Joey the status he always deserved." Strummer got to know Ramone when their bands played together throughout the late '70s.

"Offstage, just hanging out, he was the funniest kind of wisecracking guy. Very sharp, with a strictly dry sense of humor," Strummer said. "It was all kind of hidden behind his shyness, but then it would suddenly pop out." Lemmy Kilmister, singer of English metal band Motörhead, met Joey in the late '70s. Motörhead recorded a song called "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." — which the Ramones later covered — and Kilmister appeared onstage at one of the punk band's final shows.

"It's a bad day for rock and roll, it's a bad day for me," Lemmy said in a statement. "He was one of the most underrated artists. He understood rock and roll." Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's said she saw the Ramones live 50 times or more. "They were one of the most influential bands for me," she said in a statement. "[Joey] was so unique and wonderful." Added Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt in a statement: "Thanks always comes a day late and a dollar short, but my respect has and will always be there for the band that showed me that simple songs and a simple life could make you happy. ... And the kid in the Ramones T-shirt will always be cool."

• Joey Ramone
• Green Day
• The Clash
• The Go-Go's
• Motörhead

Joey Ramone
Photo: Atlantic

With the passing of Joey Ramone on Sunday, music fans lost a genius who changed the world, according to the many artists — from Blink-182 to the Go-Go's — who were influenced by the lanky, leather jacket-clad godfather of punk rock.

"I wish I could have met him and told him what a huge influence he had on my life, and what an inspiration his music was, and what a genius he really was," Blink-182 singer/bassist Mark Hoppus said. "The Ramones came out at a time when music wasn't being done like that, and they came out with three-chord pop-punk just played exactly the way they wanted it to be. Without the Ramones, there wouldn't have been three generations of great punk-rock music, and there certainly wouldn't have been a Blink-182." Ramone, born Jeffrey Hyman, died of lymphatic cancer, a disease that attacks the body's ability to fight infection (see "Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead At 49").

The Ramones are considered the first true punk band, though their catchy melodies, irresistibly inane lyrics and rock and roll attitude inspired artists of all genres.

"They were my first real influence, a bunch of local kids from Queens that made me realize that I could actually start a band myself," the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz said.

Joey Ramone was more than just the founder and frontman for the group, he was an icon to his peers, who range from New York art-rockers Patti Smith, Talking Heads and Television to West Coast rebel-rousers X, Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys.

"He was the most important person of the punk scene," X singer Exene Cervenka said. "More than those other bands, he was the most important person. And he was the symbol, he was definitely the symbol of the punk thing." The Ramones changed popular culture tremendously, Cervenka said, and have the best legacy of any punk band.

"The best thing about them was that they didn't mean to do it," Cervenka said. "The Ramones were just a band, playing music and having fun, and [yet] it was so important." To many, including former Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz, the Ramones, armed with classics like "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "I Wanna Be Sedated," were the first punk band they ever heard.

"It was hearing the Ramones that made me want to be in a band," Gurewitz said. "Joey Ramone is the most influential person ever in rock 'n' roll. He was a beautiful, loving, funny, intelligent man, and he will be missed." Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey first saw the Ramones play with Blondie in 1977 at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go-Go. She went to four shows in two nights.

"I had a life-altering experience," she said. "These shows ignited something inside of me that led me to write all those songs for the first Go-Go's record. And to this day, when I hear Joey singing a Ramones song, I am transported to an altered state." Ramone did more than just perform. Hilly Kristal, owner of New York's renowned CBGB club — itself an important factor in the birth of punk music — said the singer spent his later years working with young musicians and keeping punk music alive in New York.

"Joey lived a good life, and he gave back as much as he could," Kristal said. "He tried to help a lot of new bands. He would throw his birthday parties and have them play, and he would get up and sing with them." Kristal said Joey and his bandmates were one of the first underground bands to find other ways to get their music out.

"Joey wrote very catchy songs that were used in commercials and movies," he said. "Though they never sold millions of records, the Ramones played before crowds of 60 and 70,000." As a person, Ramone was known for his kindness and had many friends.

"Joey was a sweet guy, a really sweet guy," Cervenka said. "Every time I hung out with him ... he was just always really happy to see you, really friendly. You felt part of [something]. You felt the punk thing was a family." Added rocker Joan Jett: "He was the best person, a terrific artist, a wonderful friend, and a huge influence on my music and career."

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• The Ramones
• blink-182
• The Go-Go's

Uncle Kracker
Photo: Atlantic

Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, the Go-Go's, the Wallflowers, Eve 6 and Uncle Kracker will be playing Los Angeles' Fan Nation festival on May 6.

The festival is sponsored by L.A.'s 98.7 FM, the same station that brings its listeners Danny Partridge — er, Bonaduce.

The event will be held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California. Tickets are on sale now.

• Counting Crows
• Third Eye Blind
• The Go-Go's
• The Wallflowers
• Eve 6

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong
Photo: Jason Campbell

It seems that God and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong are smiling on the Go-Go's and their punk rock past.

Armstrong and the Go-Go's have co-written a new track, titled "Unforgiven," which will be released March 20 as the first single off God Bless the Go-Go's, the girl group's first new studio album in 17 years.

The track should provide the Go-Go's — singer Belinda Carlisle, guitarists Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey, bassist Kathy Valentine and drummer Gina Schock — with an opportunity to touch base again with their punk roots. The Go-Go's initially formed in Hollywood, California, in the late '70s as a novelty punk outfit, and they were considered peers of such seminal acts as X, Black Flag, and the Germs.

"[Green Day were] influenced by us, and we ended up getting re-influenced by them," Wiedlin said of the collaboration with Armstrong on "Unforgiven," for which the Green Day frontman also performs backing vocals and guitar.

Other new tracks slated for God Bless the Go-Go's, which was co-produced by Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, include "Daisy Chain," "Stuck in My Car," "Vision of Nowness" and "Apology." God Bless the Go-Go's is the group's long awaited follow-up to its 1984 swan song, Talk Show. Wiedlin left the group a few months after the album's release, prompting the band to call it a day in 1985.

Carlisle and Wiedlin both ventured out into solo careers with varying degrees of success — Carlisle had a #1 single in 1987 with "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", while Wiedlin had a #9 hit, "Rush Hour", a year later.

Despite an acrimonious breakup, the Go-Go's have staged several reunions over the years, including one in 1990 to support a best-of album, Greatest, and another four years later, to record several new cuts for Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's, a double-disc compilation.

Most recently, the Go-Go's re-formed for a tour last summer (see "Go-Go's Go on Tour With B-52's, Psychedelic Furs"), and in spring last year they released another anthology, The Go-Go's Collection. God Bless the Go-Go's is due May 15 on Beyond Records.

• The Go-Go's
• Green Day

The Go-Go's will spend this summer touring with The B-52's and the Psychedelic Furs, introducing a new audience to the sound that made them legends.

During the 1980s, the sexy quintet were known for fusing punk's energy with pop chops and scoring Top 20 hits with pop anthems like "We Got The Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed."

Before the tour, the group's music will be showcased on the album "VH1 Music First: Behind The Music Go-Go's Collection," hitting stores on May 23, 2000.

Their "Summer Road Trip" tour will reunite the original line-up and set the stage for their first studio recording in fifteen years, set for release next spring on the Beyond Music label (see "Jane Wiedlin Talks New Go-Go's Projects").

Dates for the Go-Go's tour with the B-52's and Psychedelic Furs:

8/6 - San Diego, CA @TBA

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]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425082/20000518/b52s.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425082/20000518/b52s.jhtml 18 May 2000 07:55:00 EDT
Go-Go's "We Got The Beat"

The year 2000 is finding '80s pop faves the Go-Go's as busy as they've ever been.

According to singer-guitarist and founding Go-Go Jane Wiedlin, this year the groundbreaking all-female combo (which formed over 20 years ago) will be active on tour, in the studio, on television, and even on the literary scene.

First up on the group's list of endeavors will be a special edition of VH1's "Behind The Music" devoted to the band.

"'Behind The Music' approached us about six months ago," Wiedlin told MTV News. "First they interviewed each of the bandmembers separately. Each of the interviews was an all-day thing, so it was hours and hours of footage. Then they go to all your colleagues and friends, people you worked with in the past, and they interview all of them.

"Now they changed producers, and the new producer wants to shoot more of us, all of us together. I personally have been trying to tell them everything I can, but the main thing is they want some 'juicy dirt' or whatever," Wiedlin said, laughing.

"It's funny, because there's five of us, and everyone has their own opinion about what should be made public," the guitarist said with regard to the band's "juicy dirt." "I guess I'm kind of an exhibitionist, because I'm like, 'I don't care what they know about me.' The others are more private. We haven't seen the piece, so we have no idea what they will include [in the final show]."

In addition to the usual "juicy dirt," for the first time "Behind The Music" will release a CD in conjunction with the show, with the disc featuring the music that can be heard during the hour-long Go-Go's program.

"Along with all the music, they'll have rare photos and new liner notes and all that kind of stuff about us," Wiedlin added.

As far as Go-Go's music is concerned, there's more than reissues on the way. Late this summer, the band will head to the studio to record its first full album since 1984's "Talk Show."

"We started writing in around September," Wiedlin explained, "kind of taking our time and writing a lot and throwing out a lot, because obviously it's important that it be really good. It's really cool, because right now Belinda (singer Carlisle, who lives in Europe) is in town, and we are teaching her the songs. We'll be recording by August, which means we should have a spring release."

The new Go-Go's record will be released on Beyond Music (home of the recent Blondie album, "No Exit") and is likely to be titled "Vision Of Nowness," a phrase which has a most impressive source.

"It's kind of a classic story," Wiedlin began. "Belinda actually got to meet the late, great Sammy Davis, Jr., and when he met her, he said to her, 'You are a vision of nowness.' We always really loved that. It's like, 'Wow, Sammy!' It doesn't get any better than that."

Between now and the start of recording the new album, the group will be busy with a summer tour that will take the band to amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada with the B-52's which, according to Wiedlin, is "always super fun." (Dates for the tour are expected to be released this week.)

Despite the current trend toward live shows being more about choreography and production, the Go-Go's are more about delivering a straight-up rock and roll show.

"It's just us," Wiedlin said of group's live offering. "We've never really been into having extra people or anything. We've never really had choreography, or staging, or extra musicians. This summer we are going to have a few costume changes, because we decided it would be funny. But basically we are a rock band, kind of no-frills. People have a lot of fun when they come see us, and that's really what we are all about."

In addition to all the other activities, the band is also planning to tell its story via a tell-all autobiography and possible film project.

"We've had a lot of interest from both book publishers and movie producers," Wiedlin said. "The point we are at right now is we have several publishers fighting for the book. We want to write the book first, and it will be a juicy, fun, tell-all-type book, and do the movie after that. We were trying for a while to do the book and movie concurrently, but it's way too confusing.

"It is a really great story," the guitarist offered in reference to the Go-Go's saga. "And what I think makes it interesting is, it hasn't really been repeated. There hasn't been a bunch of successful girl bands.

"I guess [the recently disbanded] Luscious Jackson have done pretty well, and L7, but they haven't done as well as they should," she considered. "We wrote all our own tunes and played our own instruments, and we still do. I guess our story is pretty unique."

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]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429560/20000508/go.gos.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429560/20000508/go.gos.jhtml 8 May 2000 02:15:00 EDT

Today brings good news and bad news for those hungry for comebacks by 80s girl groups.

The good news... The Go-Gos will be mounting a reunion tour this summer, possibly with another big 80s act on the bill. The group, whose guitarist Charlotte Caffey has a credit on the latest Hole album, also has a bio film in the works too with Ted and Amanda Demme producing.

The bad news... Reports that the Bangles will also soon be mounting a reunion are "greatly exaggerated" according to guitarist Vicky Peterson. Peterson says that she and her sister (drummer Debbie Peterson) and singer Susannah Hoffs are getting together to write some songs on an informal basis, and that the group has been invited to join the third annual Lilith Fair this summer. However, Peterson says that a reunion will not happen unless Bangles bassist Michael Steele agrees to take part, and she hasn't.

We'll keep you posted.

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Whole World Lost Its Head

• Artist: The Go-Go's
• Label: IRS
• Director: Roger Avary
• Album: Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's

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The Whole World Lost Its Head

• Artist: The Go-Go's
• Label: I.R.S.
• Album: Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's

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Our Lips Are Sealed

• Artist: The Go-Go's
• Label: I.R.S. Records/A&M Records
• Album: Beauty and the Beat

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We Got The Beat

• Artist: The Go-Go's
• Label: I.R.S. Records
• Album: Beauty and the Beat

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The Go-Go's Photo Flipbook

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