Veteran rock guitarist Carlos Santana is "keeping his options open" about remaining with Arista Records — which released his band's Grammy-winning 1999 album, Supernatural — now that the label's storied president, Clive Davis, is leaving, the guitarist's lawyer said in a statement Thursday. Davis, who signed Santana to Columbia Records in the 1960s and worked with him again on Supernatural, will be replaced on July 1 by LaFace Records co-founder Antonio "L.A." Reid, in a shuffle Davis has blamed on Arista parent BMG's mandatory-retirement policy. BMG Entertainment President Strauss Zelnick was quoted in Billboard magazine as saying Arista's top artists would stay at the label, but Santana lawyer John Branca said, "Carlos Santana has made no firm decision about his future recording plans, and he is keeping his options open." ...

Rockers the Goo Goo Dolls will perform their new single, "Broadway," at the 2000 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The event, which honors top-selling international artists, will be taped Wednesday (May 10) for broadcast May 29 in the U.S. on ABC. ... Nineteen-year-old singer Ray J is working on the follow-up to his 1997 debut, Everything You Want. He's getting some help from his big sister Brandy, as well as Jodeci member DeVante Swing, and is aiming for a fall release. ...

Rockers Nine Inch Nails's new video for "Starsuckers, Inc." takes swipes at Hole singer Courtney Love, Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan, Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst, R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe and R&B songstress Mariah Carey, among others. NIN leader Trent Reznor throws a baseball at plates bearing the faces of some artists, while an overweight Love look-alike is shown wearing a tiara and gripping an Oscar as she sits in a dunking booth with the word "waste" printed on it. ... Meanwhile, NIN are set to headline day one of The Lost Weekend, a two-day rock fest held in London on July 1 and 2. Also scheduled to appear are Queen Adreena and A Perfect Circle. ...

Glam-rockers Kiss will offer more than 800 lots in an auction of band memorabilia June 24 and 25. Offers on the items, which include instruments and costumes, will also be accepted online at www.butterfields.com/kiss. ... Counting Crows are reaching out to fans to create a video for their eight-minute song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby." Aspiring directors can download a digital version of the song, create a video for it and submit it to the contest sponsors by May 25. The videos will then be shown on the Internet and voted on by fans. More information is available from the contest Web site (http://content.ubl.com/cca/eveo). ...

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is preparing The Golden D, his second solo album. The 12-song LP will include two cover versions of songs by hard-rockers Mission of Burma: "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" and "Fame and Fortune." ... Unified Theory, featuring ex–Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen and former members of Blind Melon, will release their debut album Aug. 15. ... David Bowie will top the closing night of the UK's Glastonbury Festival on June 25. The rock icon, who played the first Glastonbury show in 1970, will return to help the festival celebrate its 30-year anniversary. Breakbeat-techno wizards the Chemical Brothers and Scottish rockers Travis are also headliners at the three-day event. ...

Former Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros singer Perry Farrell has signed on to DJ at a benefit for jailed marijuana activist Todd McCormick at the House of Blues in West Hollywood on Sunday. Confirmed speakers include former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, X singer/songwriter Exene Cervenka, Spearhead frontman Michael Franti and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. ... Pop-rockers Deathray — featuring two former members of Cake, guitarist Greg Brown and bassist Victor Damiani — released their self-titled debut album Tuesday (May 2). The LP was produced by Eric Valentine (Smash Mouth, Third Eye Blind). ...

An anti-censorship activist is calling for a boycott of hard-rockers Metallica, after the band on Monday announced it would give to Napster Inc. the user IDs of 335,000 people using Napster software to trade Metallica MP3s without permission. "Let's explain to Metallica how we feel about being insulted, demeaned and cast aside like yesterday's trash," Nina Crowley, executive director of the Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition, said in a release. Metallica spokesperson Gayle Fine said Tuesday (May 2) the group is providing the names in response to a request from Napster, which Metallica sued last month. ...

'N Sync shot a trailer Friday (April 28) for an upcoming film the pop group is co-writing. The clip, which features the group members pretending to arrive at their own film premiere, will be shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in France on May 16, when they will unveil details about the project. The film will begin shooting in early 2001. "All of us have very distinct personalities, and I think that will come across on film," said member Lance Bass. "And we're hoping to make it a musical, which will help our fans cross over to our film work."

— sonicnet.com staff report