Ryan Cabrera's <i> You Stand Watching </i>
Photo: Atlantic Records

Look Out: Ryan Cabrera might not have finished high school, but he's certainly got skills, having produced his second record, You Stand Watching, all by himself. On top of that, he recorded the sucker in a mere three weeks. Tracks include: "Shine On" (first single), "Hit Me With Your Light" and "It's You."

Pollinating Pac: The Rose, Vol. 2 - Music Inspired by Tupac's Poetry commemorates the ninth anniversary of the rapper's death and finds Ludacris, Memphis Bleek, Talib Kweli and others using Pac's poetry as a launch pad for songs of their own. Teenagers Morgan McKenzie and Amber Granderson bring his story full-circle with the final track, "Poetry"; they're students at Pac's Kids, a summer performing-arts camp set up in memory of the rapper. Tracks include: "In the Depths of Solitude" (featuring Ludacris), "Power of a Smile" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) and "Life Through My Eyes" (featuring Memphis Bleek and Tupac).

5 Alive: Maroon 5 flipped the name of their CD/DVD combo collection from Live at the Santa Barbara Bowl to the more foreboding Live - Friday the 13th. It's hitched with a bonus DVD featuring an interview with writer/director Mitch Glaser and a photo montage consisting of behind-the-scenes and live footage. Tracks include: "Wasted Years" (unreleased song), "Hello" (Oasis cover) and "She Will Be Loved."

A Novel Idea: As if Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness wasn't enough to chew on, Coheed and Cambria are putting out a 118-page graphic novel to coincide with the long-winded release. Good Apollo tracks include: "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)," "The Suffering" and "Crossing the Frame."

DualDiscs Galore: Adding extra incentives for fans to buy instead of burn, the video portion of Bon Jovi's limited-edition Have a Nice Day DualDisc has five live clips from a November 2004 gig in Atlantic City, New Jersey, plus a behind-the-scenes video for the title track and a sticker to boot. Flip over Jamiroquai's Dynamite and you'll find two videos and an interview, while David Banner's Certified has some top-secret video goodies.

As Heard On TV: With the Emmys still fresh, the record racks are crossing over into TV land with the "Desperate Housewives" soundtrack (featuring Liz Phair, Macy Gray and Joss Stone); Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre, a companion to the INXS show; and "American Idol" contender LaToya London's Love & Life. Also, PBS packages three of its specials in video-disc form: the Martin Scorsese-directed Dylan biopic "No Direction Home"; the Carter Family's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"; and "The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation."

Astral Week: Tupac Shakur's The Rose, Vol. 2 captures Talib Kweli wishing on a "Fallen Star"; George Michael decides to "Blame It on the Sun" on Ray Charles' Genius & Friends; Coheed and Cambria take off with Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness; Pilotdrift see "Comets" on Water Sphere; and Trio da Paz "Look to the Sky" on Somewhere. In the meantime, Earth (Hex [Or Printing in the Infernal Method]) and Earth, Wind & Fire (Illumination) stay closer to home. Also going the global route are Alicia Keys and Jermaine Paul ("If This World Were Mine," on So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross); Anthax ("In My World," on Alive 2 (2005)); Jordis Unga (covering David Bowie's "Man Who Sold the World," on Rock Star); Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash ("King of the World," on Mile Markers); Most Precious Blood ("World War You," on Merciless); Bif Naked ("The World Is Over," on Superbeautifulmonster); New Order ("World in Motion," on their "A Collection" DVD); Cage ("Perfect World," on Hell's Winter); the Last Dance ("World Down," on Once Beautiful); and the Cruxshadows ("Edge of the World," on the "Sleepwatching: Volume 1" comp).

Song Titles Of The Week:

• Horse the Band - "Octopus on Fire" (The Mechanical Hand)
• Most Precious Blood - "Narcoleptic Sleepwalker" (Merciless)
• Shaggy - "Ready Fi Di Ride" (Clothes Drop)

Other Notables:

Miri Ben-Ari's The Hip-Hop Violinist and Ray Charles' Genius & Friends: The Jay-Z/Wyclef collaborator has arrived at long last, and she joins forces on her maiden release with Kanye, Fabolous and Musiq ("Fly Away"); Scarface ("Sunshine to the Rain"); and John Legend and Consequence ("I've Been Waiting on You"). Don't miss the bonus reggaetón remix of "Jump & Spread Out," with Fatman Scoop, Zion, Lennox and Pitbull along for the ride. John Legend also crops up on Genius & Friends, which also features Mary J. Blige, Diana Ross and Angie Stone. (And, on that note, Rhino issues the behemoth Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) the same day.)


Disturbed's Ten Thousand Fists: The metal band enlisted comic-book guru Todd McFarlane for a special edition of its latest; he crafts original art for the expanded, 24-page booklet. Previously, iTunes offered a video for "Stricken," a bonus track ("Monster") and a McFarlane sketch with pre-orders.


So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross, Love to Love You, Baby: A Tribute to Donna Summer and The Killer in You: A Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins: The speedily released Vandross tribute corrals Beyoncé, Elton John, Wyclef and Donna Summer, who gets her own salute the same day via Tom Tom Club, Soft Cell, Heart and others. On the other end of the spectrum, Poison the Well, A Static Lullaby and Hopesfall give Smashing Pumpkins a metalcore makeover with The Killer in You.

New Releases:

• The 88 - Over and Over (Mootron)
• Agent Sparks - Not So Merry EP (Immortal/Epic)
• The American Analog Set - Set Free (Arts & Crafts)
• Anthrax - Alive 2 (2005) (Sanctuary)
  Buy Now: Alive 2 (2005) (Sanctuary)
• A.R.E. Weapons - Free in the Streets (Defend)
• At All Cost - It's Time to Decide (Koch)
• The Audition - Controversy Loves Company (Victory)
• The Bad Plus - Suspicious Activity? (Columbia)
• Bang 'Em & Domination - God Giveth, God Taketh Away (Koch)
• David Banner - Certified (DualDisc same day; Universal)
  Read: "Blessed By Lil Scrappy, Produced By Lil Jon, David Banner Gets Certified"
  Buy Now: Certified (Universal)
• Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Mile Markers (Emergent)
• Josh Bates - Perfect Day (Reunion)
• Miri Ben-Ari - The Hip-Hop Violinist (Universal)
  Read: "Violinist Miri Ben-Ari Enlists Mya, Fabolous, Kanye West For Hip-Hop Debut" 1485394
• Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (limited DualDisc edition same day; Island)
• Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Warp)
• Kev Brown - I Do What I Do (Up Above)
• Burning Spear - Our Music (DualDisc; Burning Music)
• C-Dott - Loyal to Da Block (Empire Musicwerks)
• Ryan Cabrera - You Stand Watching (Atlantic)
  Read: "Ryan Cabrera's Love-Song LP Isn't All About Ashlee"
  Buy Now: You Stand Watching (Atlantic)
• Cage - Hell's Winter (limited-edition version with bonus disc of instrumentals due same day; Definitive Jux)
• Cartel - Chroma (The Militia Group)
• Ray Charles - Genius & Friends (Rhino)
• Ken Clark Organ Trio - Mutual Respect (Severn)
• Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (Columbia Records)
  Read: "Coheed And Cambria Map Out Final Stages Of Their Convoluted Saga"
  Buy Now: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (Columbia Records)
• Cold Blood - Transfusion (Dig Music)
• Curumin - Achados E Perdidos (Quannum Projects)
• D:Fuse - People 3: Both Sides of the Picture - Live (Moist)
• Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists (special edition due same day; Warner Bros.)
  Read: "Disturbed Songs Will Be 'United In Anger' On Third Album"
  Buy Now: Ten Thousand Fists (Warner Bros.)
• DJ Three - Hallucienda (System Recordings)
• Jerry Douglas - The Best Kept Secret (Koch)
• Earth - Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method) (Southern Lord)
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Illumination (Sanctuary Urban)
• Echo and the Bunnymen - Siberia (Cooking Vinyl)
• Marty Ehrlich - News on the Rail (Palmetto)
• El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven (Bar/None)
• End of Level Boss - Prologue (Exile on Mainstream)
• Estéfano - Código Personal: A Media Vida (Universal Latino Media)
• The Five Corners Quintet - Chasin' the Jazz Gone By (Milan)
• Forgas Band Phenomena - Soleil 12 (Cuneiform)
• God Forbid - IV: Constitution of Treason (DualDisc; Century Media)
• Alex Gold - Back From a Break (Koch)
• Horse the Band - The Mechanical Hand (Koch)
  Buy Now: The Mechanical Hand (Koch)
• Innerstance.Beatbox - Your Eyes Are Like UFO's My Darling (Consumers Research)
• John Hall - Rock Me on the Water (Siren Song)
• Jackson - Smash (Warp)
• Jamiroquai - Dynamite (DualDisc same day; Epic)
  Buy Now: Dynamite (Epic)
• Kyle Jason - Revolution of the Cool (Slam Jamz)
• JD & the Straight Shot - Nothing to Hide (Rhino)
• Djam Karet - Recollection Harvest (Cuneiform)
• The Kingsbury Manx - The Fast Rise and Fall of the South (Yep Roc)
• The Lackthereof - Christian the Christian (Film Guerrero)
• The Last Dance - Once Beautiful (Dancing Ferret)
• Christine Lavin - Folkzinger (Appleseed)
• Lil Al - The Self Made LP (P.R.)
• LaToya London - Love & Life (Peak/Concord)
• Eric Marienthal - Got You Covered! (Peak/Concord)
• Maroon 5 - Live - Friday the 13th (with DVD; Octone)
  Buy Now: Live - Friday the 13th (Octone)
• Masterplan - Aeronautics (Candlelight)
• Mats/Morgan Band - Thanks for Flying With Us (Cuneiform)
• Katy Moffatt - Up Close & Personal (Fuel 2000)
• Mojo Gurus - Shakin' in the Barn (Empire Musicwerks)
• The Morning After Girls - The Morning After Girls (Rainbow Quartz)
• Most Precious Blood - Merciless (Trustkill)
• Mr. Oizo - Moustache (Half a Scissor) (Mute)
• Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation (Earache)
• Bif Naked - Superbeautifulmonster (Bodog)
• Na'sha - My Story (Pure)
• Nashville Pussy - Get Some! (Spitfire)
• NDIO - Airback (Cuneiform)
• New Recruits - Attila Sex Shock (Cancer)
• Old 97's - Alive & Wired (New West)
• Oranger - New Comes and Goes (Eenie Meenie)
• P$C - 25 to Life (Atlantic)
• Paint by Numbers - Plastic (Victory)
• Charlie Peacock - Love Press Ex-Curio (Emergent)
• Pilotdrift - Water Sphere (Good)
• Psyche Origami - The Standard (ArcTheFinger)
• Jon Randall - Walking Among the Living (Sony Nashville)
• Ray J - Raydiation (Sanctuary)
  Read: "R. Kelly, Timbaland Help Ray J Bring The Heat On Raydiation"
  Buy Now: All the Right Reasons (Sanctuary)
• Jenni Rivera - Parrandera, Rebelde y Atrevida (Fonovisa)
• Shaggy - Clothes Drop (Geffen)
  Buy Now: Clothes Drop (Geffen)
• Billy Joe Shaver - The Real Deal (Compadre)
• Tupac Shakur - The Rose, Vol. 2 - Music Inspired by Tupac's Poetry (Koch)
• Shipwreck Union - Self Defense (Detroit Management)
• Darden Smith - Field of Crows (DualTone)
• Barbra Streisand - Guilty Pleasures (DualDisc same day; Columbia)
• Swords - Metropolis (Arena Rock)
• Tiana - Tiana (Warlock)
• Trio da Paz - Somewhere (Megaforce)
• Paul Van Dyk - The Politics of Dancing 2 (Mute)
• Andreas Vollenweider - Vox (DualDisc; Kin Kou)
• Kim Waters - All for Love (Shanachie)
• We Are Wolves - We Are Wolves (Fat Possum)
• Withered - Memento Mori (Lifeforce)
• Zero Hour - A Fragile Mind (Sensory)
• Various artists - Anjunabeats Volume Three (Epic)
• Various artists - Instrumental Icons, Vol. 3 (Koch)
• Various artists - The Killer in You: A Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins (Reignition)
• Various artists - Love to Love You, Baby: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Koch)
• Various artists - Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre (Epic)
• Various artists - So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross (J)
• Various artists - "Desperate Housewives" soundtrack (Hollywood)
• Various artists - "Roll Bounce" soundtrack (Sanctuary)

Notable Reissues:

• Anthrax - Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991) (Island)
• James Brown - Gettin' Down to It (Verve)
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (DualDisc; Mercury/Universal)
• Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber - The 25th Anniversary Series (Roadrunner)
• Ray Charles - Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (Rhino)
• Sam Cooke - Night Beat (limited edition), One Night Stand!: Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club and The Best of Sam Cooke (RCA)
• King Diamond - Abigail - The 25th Anniversary Series (Roadrunner)
• King's X - Box Set (limited edition; Metal Blade)
• Steve Lukather - SantaMental (one bonus track; features Slash, Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai; Favored Nations)
• Master P - ReMix Classics (Koch)
  Buy Now: ReMix Classics (Koch)
• Premonitions of War - Glorified Dirt/The True Face of Panic (Metal Blade)
• VHS or Beta - Le Funk (with bonus remixes; Astralwerks)
• Various artists - Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 Volume Two (with bonus remixes; Astralwerks)

DVDs:

• Anthrax - "Alive 2" (Sanctuary)
• The Carter Family - "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (PBS/Paramount)
• Bob Dylan - "No Direction Home" (directed by Martin Scorsese; PBS/Paramount)
• Jesse McCartney - "Up Close" (Hollywood)
• New Order - "A Collection" (Rhino)
• Traffic - "The Last Great Traffic Jam" (Epic)
• Various artists - "The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation" (PBS/Paramount)
• Various artists - "Sleepwatching: Volume 1" (Dancing Ferret)

Coming Attractions:

September 27:

• Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights (Lost Highway)
• Sheryl Crow - Wildflower (A&M)
• Lil Kim - The Naked Truth (Atlantic)
  Read: "Lil' Kim's Wrath For 50, Foxy Has No Bounds On Naked Truth"

October 4:

• Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (DualDisc; Epic)
  Read: "Fiona Apple's Long-Delayed LP Slotted For October 4 Release"
• Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (Epic)
  Read: "Set A Man On Fire, Name Next LP - Franz Ferdinand Do Whatever They Want"
• Nickelback - All the Right Reasons (Roadrunner)

October 11:

• Ricky Martin - Life (Columbia)
• Alicia Keys - Unplugged (J)
  Read: "Alicia Keys Taps Mos Def, Common For 'Inspired' 'Unplugged' "
• Ashlee Simpson - In Another Life
  Read: "Ashlee Remembers 'SNL' Incident But Forgets Boys On New LP"

• Ryan Cabrera
• Tupac
• David Banner
• Maroon 5
• Coheed and Cambria

Jay Kay
Photo: Sony

Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay's legal funk has just been junked by U.K. prosecutors.

Assault and criminal damage charges were dropped by the attorneys because they couldn't compile enough evidence for a case against Kay, according to an Epic Records spokesperson.

The charges stem from an April 14 incident, when Kay was arrested outside of the Attica nightclub in London's West End for allegedly punching photographer Dennis Gill and breaking his camera, worth about $367. The singer pleaded not guilty to the accusations in October (see "Jamiroquai Singer Pleads Not Guilty To Assault Charges").

"I am pleased the charges have been dismissed," Kay said in a statement. "I always maintained they had no grounds for these allegations and I'm glad sense has prevailed."

Jamiroquai's latest album, A Funk Odyssey, the follow-up to 1999's Synkronized, was released September 11.

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Jamiroquai's Jay Kay
Photo: Epic

Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay appeared in a U.K. court Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and criminal damage stemming from an incident earlier this year in which he was arrested for hitting a photographer.

The photographer, Dennis Gill, alleges that on April 14, Jay Kay punched him and destroyed camera equipment worth 250 pounds (about $367) outside the Attica nightclub in London's West End, according to a spokesperson for Bow Street Magistrates Court, where the singer appeared.

The case was adjourned until October 22.

Jamiroquai's latest album, A Funk Odyssey, was released September 11 in the United States. Neither the singer nor his U.S. label had any comment at press time.

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R.E.M.
Photo: Warner Bros.

Cows are sedentary creatures. They like to eat grass, stand still and occasionally moo. And they don't like to rock. However, they do seem to enjoy calming pop ballads.

That's what a pair of scientists at Leicester University determined after playing a variety of songs to more than 1,000 Holstein-Friesians. Dr. Adrian North and researcher Liam MacKenzie found that the cattle that heard slower music produced 3 percent more milk than average cows did.

R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts," Lou Reed's "Perfect Day," Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Aretha Franklin's version of "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" were among the songs most enjoyed by the bovine crowd.

However, faster songs seemed to trouble the animals, slightly reducing their milk yield. Sadly, the Wonder Stuff's "Size of a Cow" was one of those tracks. Others included Supergrass' "Pumping on Your Stereo" and Jamiroquai's "Space Cowboy." Researchers played music 12 hours a day for cows in the nine-week study. It's unclear whether record retailers will try to milk the findings, and there's no word on whether playing Limp Bizkit for livestock increases the frequency of mad cow disease.

• R.E.M.
• Lou Reed
• Aretha Franklin
• Simon & Garfunkel
• The Wonder Stuff

The British dance and jazz outfit Jamiroquai will keep things on the down low for New Year's Eve, as the band has apparently turned down a million-dollar gig in the U.S. in favor of staying at home.

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Nostalgia was thick in the air for the opening afternoon of Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York on Friday, as artists both young and old took a look back at the history of the fabled music fest (as well as rock in general) during the first full day of performances.

Legendary Godfather of Soul James Brown, who by all rights should have played the inaugural edition of Woodstock back in 1969, made up for lost time by delivering a set of crowd favorites, including "Get Up Offa That Thing," "Mother Popcorn," and "Living in America."

But Brown surprised the early crowd with an absolute rave-up of "Purple Haze," a number in which his 20-piece band delved into the blues roots of Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic classic. Brown's crowd-warmer, singer Bobbie Ray, helped set the mood for Brown's set by belting out a pair of Janis Joplin tunes, "Mercedes Benz" and "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)."

Philadelphia's G. Love and Special Sauce admirably stepped in for Sugar Ray as a last-minute substitution (see "Sugar Ray Off Woodstock As McGrath Takes Ill"), although it was hard to tell whether the audience's withered response had more to do with dashed expectations or the sweltering heat. Wielding his harmonica and slide guitar, G. Love broke out into an extended "Woodstock" scat before revisiting the spirit of the '60s with a faithful reading of Donovan's "Season of the Witch."

G. Love closed out his set, which featured numerous calls for the security to hose the crowd down with water to offset the rising temperatures, by incorporating an audience call and response as an intro for his indie hit, "Cold Beverage."

Reminding the audience of the group's Woodstock pedigree (having also played Woodstock II back in 1994), Live drew the majority of its live show from its "Throwing Copper" LP (also released in '94), including thunderously definitive versions of "I Alone" and "All Over You."

In a more somber moment, Live dedicated "Lightning Crashes" to the memory of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette before leaving the stage to the adulation of the crowd, which had easily swelled to close to a quarter of a million people by midday.

Sheryl Crow, another repeat performer from Woodstock '94 who knows a thing or two about delivering hits (and winning Grammys for them), capped off the afternoon with such crowd-pleasers as "If It Makes You Happy" and a revamped take on her signature tune, "All I Wanna Do."

But when you get to work with the likes of Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, then you probably know a thing or two about songwriting. Crow demonstrated the depth of her own songbook with sloppy, but head-bobbin', renditions of second-tier tunes such as "A Change" and "Am I Getting Through?"

• Sheryl Crow
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ANAHEIM, California — Creed vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti will start working nights this week as they resume writing the follow-up to 1999's smash Human Clay. Refreshed from taking the holidays off, the songwriting duo plans to buckle down four nights a week and pen an album that intensifies the larger-than-life feel of its predecessor.

"It's gonna be more extreme on all extremities — the harder stuff a little harder, the epic stuff a little more epic," Tremonti said Saturday.

Creed plan to spend the next few months writing before heading into the studio in July and hopefully releasing the disc in October or November. Tremonti said the band, which worked with longtime friend and producer John Kurzweg on both My Own Prison (1997) and Human Clay, has not picked a producer for the album.

The spiritual Florida rockers parted ways with bass player and founding member Brian Marshall in August and hired Brett Hestla as their touring bassist. Hestla will be working on an album with his group Virgos while Creed are recording their LP as a trio, but the bands are considering a joint fall tour after both albums hit stores. Hestla said he would play both sets.

Tremonti, Hestla and Creed drummer Scott Phillips attended last weekend's National Association of Music Merchants trade show in Anaheim, where Paul Reed Smith Guitars unveiled Tremonti's new signature model.

Tremonti said he had been working with PRS to design the guitar for about a year. "It's the baddest guitar on the planet. It's a technically perfect, thick, massive-sounding guitar. I think it's the best in the world today." Creed, who cleaned up at several recent award ceremonies, are up for two Grammys next month. "With Arms Wide Open" is nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rock Song, the latter of which would go to its songwriters, Tremonti and Stapp.

"A Grammy would be great — I'm just not gonna count on it," Tremonti said. "We've won a lot of awards this year, and I'm happy about 'em. If we don't win a Grammy, we don't win a Grammy. We've got a lot more albums ahead. But we're up for two of them, so we'll keep our fingers crossed." For much more on Creed, don't forget to check out the MTV News Online feature Creed: Higher Learning"

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Jamiroquai is gearing up for the release of its new album, "Synkronized," and has just announced dates for a brief North American tour, scheduled to kick off on July 4 in San Francisco. "Synkronized" is due in stores on June 8.

• 7/4 - San Francisco, CA @ Union Square
• 7/ 6 - San Diego, CA @ RIMAC/UC San Diego
• 7/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek
• 7/10 - Denver, CO @ Winter Park Music Festival
• 7/12 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera
• 7/13 - Detroit, MI @ State Theater
• 7/15 - Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis
• 7/16 - Toronto, ONT @ Molson Amphitheater
• 7/18 - Boston, MA @ Bank Boston Pavilion
• 7/19 - Washington, DC @ TBC
• 7/21 - New York, NY @ Roseland
• 7/23 - Rome, NY @ Woodstock '99
• 7/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

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The newly added Woodstock '99 act Jamiroquai is finally following up its 1997 breakthrough album, "Travelling Without Moving," with another danceable work dubbed "Synkronized."

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Nas didn't make it, but Usher, Mya, Pras, Eagle Eye Cherry, and Black Eyed Peas turned up in Miami on Saturday to help Wyclef Jean stage his "Carnival 1999" Haitian Benefit Concert.

• The Fugees
• Lauryn Hill
• Jamiroquai
• Wyclef Jean
• Mya