While they're causing bedlam on the Scream 2 Tour, the boys of B2K are hoping to bring some of that commotion to wax. The foursome just started production on their second LP, Pandemonium, and are hoping to release it on December 17. ... Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Creed, Blink-182, Incubus, Rob Zombie, Aaron Carter, Janet Jackson and Kid Rock are among the artists who have painted or autographed clay masks for the Hospice of Michigan's Mask Project 2. The masks will be sold on eBay on September 27, and proceeds will help provide care for terminally ill patients and their families. ...

A hearing scheduled for Friday in Brooklyn Supreme Court, in which Junior M.A.F.I.A. rappers Larceny and Lil' Cease faced an attempted murder charge stemming from an August 2001 incident, was adjourned once again. The new court date is October 21. ... Former Dope guitarist Acey Slade has permanently replaced Tripp Eisen in the Slipknot side project the Murderdolls. Tripp appears on the group's debut record, but opted to make a full commitment to Static-X. ... While they work on the follow-up to 2000's Vapor Transmission, Orgy are prepping a still-untitled live album to accompany a live DVD slated for release in early 2003. In-concert performances of songs such as "History" and the New Order cover "Blue Monday" will be mixed with a few new studio tracks on the album. ...

Kid Rock and singer/songwriter Edwin McCain are co-producing an album for country newcomer Bart Adam Young. The prolific McCain is also collaborating with O-Town on their next album, finalizing his next release (The Austin Sessions, due in mid-February) and touring from September 24 in Atlanta to November 14 in Memphis. ... This year's Resfest, a traveling digital film festival, will include a segment called Videos That Rock featuring clips from the White Stripes, the Hives, Clinic, Cornershop and the Faint. The festival, which will hit San Francisco (September 18-22), New York (October 16-20) and Los Angeles (October 30-November 3) will also include the annual Cinema Electronica, featuring videos by the Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, Air, Björk and Basement Jaxx. ...

The Allman Brothers Band will play a benefit concert for the Alzheimer's Association on October 3 at the Grand Ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The band will be performing at the 18th Annual Rita Hayworth Gala, and founding member Butch Trucks (drums and tympani) will be presented a "Caregiver" award at the event. ... Harmonica-driven jam band Blues Traveler will drop a live album, What You and I Have Become, on October 22. The 11-track LP was recorded in November and December and is only the second live album in the 14-year career of John Popper and company, who have built their reputation on live performances. ...

09.19.02

Christina Aguilera's new album, Stripped, is scheduled for a October 29 release. A video for "Dirrty," a collaboration with Redman that serves as LP's first single, is expected to surface shortly. ... Nelly Furtado is planning to work with Argentinean producer Gustavo Santaolalla on her new album, the singer said at Wednesday's Latin Grammy Awards. Santaolalla has worked with Café Tacuba, Molotov and Juanes, with whom Furtado performed at the ceremony. ... To promote his Shortlisted second album, The Private Press, DJ Shadow will return to the road with confirmed dates starting September 18 in Las Vegas and trekking into October through Scottsdale, Arizona; Dallas; Austin, Texas; New Orleans; and Atlanta. The video for "Six Days," directed by venerable Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai ("Chungking Express," "In the Mood for Love") is airing now, while a remix of the track featuring Mos Def is being readied for a future release. ... Toni Braxton is expecting her second child early next year. Braxton, whose fifth album is due before the end of the year, and husband Keri Lewis had a son last December. ...

Corey Taylor might be in the market for a teeny-weeny jumpsuit as the Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman became a proud papa Tuesday. His fiancée, Scarlet, gave birth to a six-pound, 14-ounce boy. ... Premiere nights on UPN will get musical helping hands from Eve and the Goo Goo Dolls. Eve will perform "Gangsta Lovin' " during the "Monday Premiere Party" on September 23, while the Goos perform "Big Machine" the following day on "The Other Side of Tuesday" which will be hosted by James Marsters, a.k.a. "Spike" of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." ... In addition to Michelle Branch, Dido and P.O.D., Santana also collaborates with Macy Gray on his upcoming album, Shaman, due out October 22. ... Superjoint Ritual, the hardcore metal band formed by Pantera's Philip Anselmo, will release a concert DVD on September 24. "Live in Dallas, TX 2002" features 11 songs from the band's debut album, Use Once and Destroy. ... Soon you can have an "@masterp.com" e-mail address. The entrepreneurial rapper is launching an Internet service that will include nationwide dial-up and broadband Internet access, instant messaging, e-mail, interactive polls and quizzes, audio streams, digital downloads, chat rooms and, of course, exclusive Master P content, including advance concert tickets and unreleased music. ...

He brought his band, a tuba player, backup singers dressed in gangsta suits and openers Amerie and Donell Jones for his performance on the Coors Original Soul Tour Wednesday night, but Raphael Saadiq forgot to bring his map, as he repeatedly said "C'mon, New York" to excite the crowd at the P.A.C. Bank Arts Center in New Jersey. Diq, who will be co-directing the second single from his Instant Vintage album, "Still Ray," on Saturday in L.A. with Chris Morrison, did recover to laugh it off and leave the stage with a standing ovation at the night's end. ... "The Halloween Takeover," a CD-ROM created by Rob Zombie, will be handed out to Spencer Gifts and Spirit Halloween Store customers when they purchase select items this October. The CD-ROM features songs, videos, games and a preview of Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses." ... The Rolling Stones will strut their stuff live on HBO on January 18 when they play Madison Square Garden in New York. The broadcast of one of the final dates of their current Licks Tour will mark the first time the veteran rockers have performed a live concert on American television. ... Haunting Louisville, Kentucky, rockers My Morning Jacket have signed to the Dave Matthews-founded ATO Records — home to David Gray, Gov't Mule and Ben Kweller — and will soon begin work on their third album at their farm/studio in Shelbyville, Kentucky. They are currently on the road with Doves, with dates scheduled through a two-night stand at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 8 and 9.

• B2K
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Janet Jackson
• Lil' Cease
• Murderdolls

Everything new is old again as Black Sabbath's Past Lives, a double live album of '70s material, hits shelves Tuesday (August 20). The LP features such classics as "Sweet Leaf," "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" in addition to the haunting "Symptom of the Universe" and the 10-minute "Megalomania."

Rocker girls Sleater-Kinney release One Beat, the follow-up to 2000's All Hands on the Bad One, while the Murderdolls, a side project of guitarists Joey Jordison of Slipknot and Tripp Eisen of Static X, exhume their raucously macabre Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls.

The Black Crowes also offer up a live double album, appropriately entitled Live. Finally, comedian Andy Dick and his band the Bitches of the Century are sure to win over fans with endearing tunes such as "Love Ninja (The Stalker Song)," "C--k & B---s," and "I'll F--- Anything That Moves." No way, Andy! You?

Out Tuesday, August 20:

• Ah Nee Mah - Grand Circle (New Pacifica)
• Amber - Naked (Tommy Boy)
• Anchor & Breakdance Vietnam - Anchor Vs. Breakdance Vietnam (EP, Triple Crown)
• Ape Breaks - Volume 1 (Ubiquity)
• Ape Breaks - Volume 2 (Ubiquity)
• Armik Lost in Paradise (Paras Group/ Bolero)
• Eric Bachmann - Short Careers: Music from Ball of Wax (Merge)
• Bad Boy Joe - Ultimate House Mega Mix (What If Prod.)
• Berlin - Voyeur (iMusic)
• Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky (Beggars Banquet)
• Big Tray Dee - General's List (Empire Musicwerks)
• Frank Black - Black Letter Days (SpinART)
• Frank Black - Devil's Workshop (SpinART)
• The Black Crowes - Live (2 CDs, V2)
• Black Sabbath - Past Lives (2 CDs, Sanctuary)
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• Blindside - Silence (Elektra)
• Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough to Dance (Silvertone)
• Calhouns - Made in the Dirdy South (Empire Musicwerks)
• Kirstin Candy - Another Sweet Mess (Liquid 8)
• Capital D With the Molemen - Writer's Block (All Natural)
• Seana Carmody - Struts and Shocks (Kimchee)
• Cash Money Millionaires - "Undisputed" soundtrack (Cash Money)
    Read: "Lil' Wayne, Big Tymers, Bubba Sparxxx On 'Undisputed' Disc"
• Neko Case - Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
• Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval (Relapse)
• Clipse - Lord Willin'' (Arista)
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• Wolf Colonel - Something/Everything! (K)
• Julee Cruise - The Art of Being a Girl (Water)
• Dark Tranquility - Damage Done (Century Media)
• Diamond Rio - Completely (Arista)
• Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century - Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century (Milan)
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• Dissection - The Somberlain (Century Media)
• DJ Acucrack - Dope King (Underground Inc.)
• Drive By Truckers - Alabama Ass Whuppin' (Terminus)
• Dubtribe Sound System - Chilifunk Recordings (Shadow)
• Explorers Club - Raising the Mammoth (Magna Carta)
• Dino Felipe - Xanaconversex (Schematic)
• Future Bible Heroes - Eternal Youth (Instinct)
• Gordon Gano - Hitting the Ground (Instinct)
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• Great Lakes - The Distance Between (Orange Twin)
• Hellecasters - Essential Listening Vol. 1 (Hightone)
• Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
• Mike Johnson - What Would You Do (Up)
• Katatonia - Dance of December Souls (Century Media)
• Kidz Bop - Kidz Bop 2 (Razor & Tie)
• King Britt - Philadelphia Experiment Remixed (Ropeadope)
• Lady May - May Day (Arista)
   Read: "Lady May: Savage Hip-Hop Straight From the Suburbs"
• L.A. Guns - Waking the Dead (Spitfire)
• Lava Baby - Big Muff (Liquid 8)
• Lovers - Starlit Sunken Ship (Orange Twin)
• Maná - Revolución de Amor (Warner Bros. International)
• Manishevitz - Private Lines (EP, Jaguwar)
• Denison Marrs - Then is the New Now (Word)
• Angie Martinez - Animal House (Elektra)
• Mecca Normal - The Family Swan (Kill Rock Stars)
• The Mekons - Oooh! (Out of our Heads) (Quarterstick)
• Motion Man/ Kut Masta Kurt - Clearing the Field (Threshold)
• Mudhoney - Since We've Become Translucent (Sub Pop)
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• Murderdolls - Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (Roadrunner)
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• Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines (Relapse)
• Nocturne - Paradise Wasted (Underground Inc.)
• Non - Children of the Black Sun (Mute)
• John Oates - Phunk Shui (Beyond)
• Orbital - Work 89-02 (FFRR/ WSM)
• June Panic - Baby's Breadth (Secretly Canadian)
• Paralysed Age - Into the Ice (Dancing Ferret)
• Penance - Proving Ground (Martyr)
• Phantomsmasher - Phantomsmasher (Ipecac)
• Grant Lee Phillips - Ladies' Love Oracle (Zoe)
• Plain White T's - Stop (Fearless)
• Pluxus - European Onion (Rocket Girl)
• Pulp - We Love Life (Sanctuary/ RoughTrade)
• Radian - Rec.Extern (Touch & Go)
• Rivulets - Thank You Reykjavik (EP, BlueSanct)
• Thom Rotella - A Day in the Life (V2)
• Schneider TM - Zoomer (Mute)
• Seether - Disclaimer (Wind-up)
• Sera - Sera (Liquid 8)
• Sidonie - Let It Flow (Rainbow Quartz)
• Skhool Yard - New Way of Thinking (Threshold)
• Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
   
  
• Anthony Smith - If That Ain't Country (Mercury Nashville)
• Rose Smith - Dawnraiding (Paras Group)
• Sonia Dada - Barefoot Soul (Calliope)
• Souljahz - Fault Is History (Squint)
• Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
• The Standard - August (Touch & Go)
• Andy Stochansky - Five Star Motel (Private Music)
• Sugar Shack - Spinning Wheels (Estrus)
• Sunscreem - Ten Mile Bank (Radikal)
• Tegan & Sara - If It Was You (Vapor/ Sanctuary)
• Satoshi Tomiie - Nu Breed (Global Underground)
• The Turbo A.C.'s Damnation - Overdrive (Blackout!)
• Various artists - Alert Vol. 1 (Sony)
• Various artists - Dexter's Laboratory: Home Boy Genius (Rhino)
• Various artists ? "Fear Dot Com" soundtrack (Varèse Sarabande)
• Various artists - Barrio Latino 3 (2 CDs, George V)
• Various artists - Hed Kandi: Base Bar 2002 (Hed Kandi)
• Various artists - La Maison de l'Elephant (Milan)
• Various artists - Mad Mike Presents: Mototrax Vol. 1 (Sanctuary)
• Various artists - Mastercuts Bar Social: Discotheque (Studio K7)
• Various artists - Plea for Peace Vol. 2: Take Action (Sub City)
• Various artists - "Possession" soundtrack (RCA Victor)
• Various artists - Put Your Hands Up! The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown (Raw Venture)
• Various artists - TV Land Presents: Favorite Theme Songs (Rhino)
• Various artists - Urban Renewal Program (Chocolate Industries)
• Various artists - We Love New York (RCA Victor)
• Victory at Sea - The Good Night (Kimchee)
• Wauvenfold - 3Fold (Tiger Style)
• Kelly Willis - Easy (Rykodisc)
• Lee Ann Womack - Something Worth Leaving Behind (MCA Nashville)
• Yonder Mountain String Band - Mountain Tracks Volume 2 (Frog Pad)

• Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Distance Between (Ultimatum)
• BBMak - Into Your Head (Hollywood)
   
  
• Beenie Man - Tropical Storm (Virgin)
• Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (Nettwerk/ Capitol)
   
  
• The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (EP, Epitaph)
• Dixie Chicks - Home (Open Wide/ Monument/ Columbia)
• Eve - Eve-olution (Ruff Ryders/ Interscope)
   Read: "Eve, Alicia Keys Team Up For Some 'Gangsta Love'"
   Buy Now: Eve-olution (Ruff Ryders/ Interscope)
  
• Gus Gus - Attention (Moonshine)
• Aimee Mann - Lost in Space (Superego)
   
• Ms. Jade - Girl Interrupted (Beat Club/ Interscope)
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• Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
   Read: "Queens Of The Stone Age Flex Their Star Power"
   Buy Now: Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
  
• Silverchair - Diorama (Atlantic)
   Read: "Silverchair Craft U.S. Diorama, Plan New York Dates"
• Stone Sour - Stone Sour (Roadrunner)
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• Trina - Diamond Princess (Slip-N-Slide/ Atlantic)
   Read: "Diamond Princess Trina Recruits Tweet For 'No Panties' Single"
• Viva Death - Viva Death (Vagrant)

• Cassius - Au Rêve (Astralwerks)
• Ladytron - Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
• Nine Days - So Happily Unsatisfied (Epic)
• OK Go - OK Go (Capitol)
• Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance (Century Media)
   Read: "You Hear It First: Shadows Fall"

• Black Sabbath
• Murderdolls
• Andy Dick
• Clipse
• Sleater-Kinney

Marilyn Manson will make a cameo in "Dead in Hollywood," the first video by Slipknot side project the Murderdolls. Manson plays a "deranged patient" in the clip, which is set in the morgue and autopsy rooms of an abandoned Los Angeles mental hospital, according to the band's publicist. ... A helicopter carrying Shakira was forced to make an emergency landing on a baseball field in the Domincan Republic because of strong winds and rain, according to the Associated Press. Despite the delay, Shakira and her family arrived safely in La Romana on July 29 for a month-long vacation at the pop singer's summer home. ... On Monday (August 5), a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge postponed the attempted murder trial of Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Larceny and Lil' Cease until September 20 ...

Elton John will perform at a private fund-raising event for Janet Reno, who is campaigning for governor in Florida, on September 18 at the Fort Lauderdale Hotel in Davie, Florida, according to Reuters . Sorry, Reno fans — the former U.S. Attorney General and dance party host will not be belting out any tunes with John at the $500-per-ticket event. ... He's been threatening to retire for a while now, and rock legend Little Richard is finally about to pack it in. He currently has shows booked through the end of October, and whether or not he books any more, he's made it clear in recent interviews that he's not going to continue past the end of the year. ...

Desoto Records, the Washington, D.C., independent label run by former Jawbox bassist Kim Coletta, has announced that it will no longer release new material. A statement on the label's Web site clarified that they are still trying to secure the rights to the two Jawbox albums released on Atlantic Records and that they will continue to keep their back catalog in print, among other projects. ... The Desoto Web site also reported that Burning Airlines, who count Coletta's former Jawbox mate J. Robbins among their ranks, have decided to call it a day as well. According to the statement, singer/songwriter Robbins will continue to compose while furthering his role as a producer, while "[bassist] Mike Harbin has started a new label called Silver Three and [drummer] Pete Moffett has been traveling the globe as the drum tech for Alanis Morrisette." ...

08.02.02

Mario and BBMak are slated to perform at the seventh annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day festival on August 24 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York. MTV VJ Quddus will co-host the event with gold medalist Summer Sanders, and tennis stars Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and Andy Roddick will make appearances. ... Down canceled two non-Ozzfest gigs after frontman Phil Anselmo scratched a cornea and was unable to perform. While Down nixed their July 31 show in Montreal and the August 1 gig in Hamilton, Ontario, the other bands on the bill — System of a Down, Meshuggah and Pulse Ultra — played on.

"Jackass" stunt-monger Steve-O (real name Stephen Glover) posted a $150,000 bond and will be allowed to return to Louisiana to face obscenity and battery charges stemming from a nightclub act (see "Steve-O Suffers For His Art, And It May Land Him In Jail") within a week, a Los Angeles municipal court judge ruled Friday (August 2). Glover's attorney said that once he returns to Terrebonne Parish, he faces an additional bond of $1.12 million, which he hopes to get reduced. Glover is also required to return to Los Angeles on August 16 and prove to the court that he turned himself in to Louisiana authorities, unless he remains incarcerated because he was unable to post bond. ...

Ricky Martin heads the list of five winners of the 16th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards, according to the Associated Press. The awards will be presented on September 20 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. ... Diana Ross, who was three concerts into her summer tour, has canceled all the remaining dates, according to Reuters. No reason was given for halting the 10-city outing; in May, the 58-year-old singer had checked herself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. ... On September 17, the Vandals will release Internet Dating Super Studs, which features songs such as "Disproportionate Head," "Little Weirdo" and "Soccer Mom." The 14-track album was produced by Ryan Williams (Rage Against the Machine, Quarashi) and Vandals guitarist Warren Fitzgerald.

• Marilyn Manson
• Shakira
• Slipknot
• Murderdolls
• Lil' Cease

Apparently it is really "Murda 4 Life," as Ja Rule has dispelled rumors that Vita left his musical family. "She's a part of Murder Inc., and her album will be out real soon on Murder Inc. Records," Ja said backstage at Jamaica's Reggae Sumfest on Saturday. ... U2 will release their second greatest-hits compilation, U2 - The Best of 1990-2000, on November 12. The first single, "Electric Storm," will be released in October and is one of two new songs on the 17-track album. ... Static X's Tripp Eisen will not be joining his other band, the Murderdolls, on their inaugural U.S. tour, which kicks off July 30 at the Epicentre in San Diego. Acey Slade of Dope will stand in for the guitarist for the duration of the tour. ...

Tuesday night at S.O.B.'s in downtown Manhattan, Arista Records hosted the New York stop on the Grindin' Tour, which features the label's new hip-hop acts. Arista's CEO L.A. Reid and Beat Club member Ms. Jade were among those on hand to watch Lady May, Midwikid, Rob Jackson and the headlining Clipse rap songs from their upcoming albums. ... A couple of miles uptown at B.B. King's in Times Square, singer DJ Rogers Jr. performed a showcase in front of the likes of "Yo! MTV Raps" co-host-turned-NYC radio personality Ed Lover and Motown labelmate India.Arie. Rogers, who has written songs for Faith Evans, 112 and Carl Thomas, drops his debut, Emosoul, on September 17, and it features Arie and Thomas as well as Angie Stone and Heavy D. ...

Run-D.M.C.'s Jam Master Jay will host the U.S. finals of the 17th annual DMC American Battleground turntable competition on August 23 at the Roxy in New York City. DJ Premier will be inducted into the DMC Hall of Fame at the competition, which has featured winning DJs like the X-ecutioners, Mix Master Mike and DJ Swamp in the past. ... Bay Area goth-punks AFI will enter a Los Angeles studio next month to begin recording their DreamWorks debut with producers Jerry Finn (Blink-182) and Garbage-man Butch Vig (Nirvana) behind the boards. "I'm really looking forward to seeing what they'll have to add to what we already have created on our own," vocalist Davey Havok said. ...

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, who are currently recording their second album, will curate next year's East Coast edition of All Tomorrow's Parties, which will take place September 2003 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, at the Convention Center and Paramount Theatre. Malkmus plans to take a break from recording to select the lineup for the event, according to his publicist. ... The original members of the Joe Jackson Band are reuniting for the first time in 22 years to record a new album, and they'll embark on a 25th anniversary tour in 2003. The group will be playing warmup gigs in the U.K. in September, and the band's namesake has already written 12 songs for the new album, which is slated for release in March or April. ...

07.30.02

Creed were spotted at New York's Irving Plaza Monday night at Def Leppard's party for their new album, X, released Tuesday. The Florida rockers kept the vibe going at Tommy Lee's party for his record, Never a Dull Moment, at Lotus, where frontman Scott Stapp proceeded to get his swerve on while the DJ spun Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." ... Lance Bass' space mission hasn't slowed down the 'NSYNC member's production company. A Happy Place Productions, which produced last year's "On the Line," is in negotiations to make television series out of three comic strips, "The Duplex," "Heart of the City" and "Cleats." ...

Metallica have posted a video from their fan-club-invite-only Relaunch Party which includes snippets of the band (and guests) performing "Seek and Destroy," "Creeping Death" and a new song with the working title "Dead Kennedy Rolls." The short package, which also includes a brief chat with Lars, James and Kirk, is available on metallica.com. ... John Mayer is reissuing Inside Wants Out, an EP of his early acoustic performances, on September 3. Mayer used to sell the 1999 independent release at his shows and had sent it to Columbia Records as a demo before the label signed him last year. ...

David Bowie's Heathen and Doves' The Last Broadcast are among the finalists for the Panasonic Mercury Music Prize. The other nominees for the prestigious award for U.K. album of the year are projects by the Bees, jazz trumpeter Guy Barker, rockers the Coral, indie newcomers Electric Soft Parade, singer/songwriter Gemma Hayes, acid jazz singer Beverley Knight, classical pianist Joanna MacGregor, two-step star Miss Dynamite, dub producer Roots Manuva and hip-hop house producer the Streets. ... Pop songstress Jessica Simpson will find herself in a time warp when she films an episode of "That 70s Show" on Wednesday (July 31) in Malibu. ...

J. Lo fans are not the only ones who get to smell like their idol. Celine Dion has just signed a deal with perfume manufacturer Coty, Inc., to create a fragrance line due out in early 2003 that Coty says will capture her talent, style, femininity and confidence. ... Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta has signed three new bands to his imprint, Stillborn Records. According to the label's Web site, the bands include long-running New York hardcore mob Subzero, Full Blown Chaos and a new band from Virginia called the Takeover, which features former members of old-school revivalists Time Flies. ...

Eyes Adrift, the trio of former Meat Puppets singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and former Sublime/ current Long Beach Dub Allstars drummer Bud Gaugh, will release their self-titled debut album September 24 on SpinArt Records. The group will promote the record with a fall tour, including an acoustic gig at the Samuel Adams World Class Summer Jam in Boston on August 23. ... The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars will launch a 13-date West Coast tour together September 17 in Costa Mesa, California. Liars' debut, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top, is due August 20.

• Vita
• Ja Rule
• U2
• Run-D.M.C.
• Murderdolls

Roadrunner United 12.15.2005

• Slipknot
• Stone Sour
• Hatebreed
• Murderdolls
• Deicide