The Dave Matthews Band's show Monday (April 15) at New York's Madison Square Garden has been postponed, as Matthews is sidelined with strained vocal cords. He is expected to return for Tuesday's show at the venue, and organizers are attempting to reschedule the date. ... The injury also forced Matthews to withdraw from participating in a musical salute to Willie Nelson in Nashville on Sunday that featured Rob Thomas, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett and Ryan Adams, among others. ... A copyright and "breach of contract" lawsuit against 'NSYNC, filed by Sid and Marty Krofft Pictures Inc. in November 2000, was dismissed Thursday by a federal judge in Los Angeles. The film company, creators of '70s children's programs "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "Land of the Lost," designed 25-foot puppets of the group for their 2000 American Music Awards performance and claimed 'NSYNC and their manager had subsequently profited from using images of the puppets on tour merchandise, which they alleged violated their copyright on the giant toys. ...
Nicole Kidman, Jay Leno, Ben Affleck, Brooke Shields and L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant were among those who turned up for some home cookin' at the opening of Jennifer Lopez' new restaurant, Madre's, in Pasadena, California, Friday. The grub hub, whose name means "mother's" in Spanish, specializes in Cuban and Puerto Rican cuisine. ... After being presented with the Artist Contribution Award at Saturday's ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards in Los Angeles, the Red Hot Chili Peppers closed out the show with a rousing performance of "Parallel Universe" and "Give It Away." Other music winners included Outkast (Skiing's Musical Artist of the Year), Radiohead (Snowboarding's Musical Artist of the Year), Sum41 (People's Choice Award), Pennywise (Motocross Musical Artist of the Year), Slayer (BMX Musical Artist of the Year), Jack Johnson (Surfing's Musical Artist of the Year) and Jay-Z (Skateboarding's Musical Artist of the Year), who performed with Static-X's Wayne Static, Korn's Fieldy, Limp Bizkit's John Otto and the X-ecutioners. ...
Judge Martha Sassone granted C-Murder a continuance in his second-degree murder trial, which was to have begun on Monday (April 15), according to a clerk at the 24th Judicial District Court in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Though the case will continue on Wednesday, C-Murder’s attorney anticipates asking for more continuances. ... Vancouver rockers Nickelback scored three wins at the 2002 Juno Awards, Canada's Grammy equivalent, on Sunday in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Having performed at the event, Chad Kroeger and company, the year's Best Group, picked up trophies for Best Single ("How You Remind Me") and Best Rock Album (Silver Side Up), in between performances by fellow countrymen Sum41, Alanis Morissette, Nelly Furtado, and jazz pianist-singer Diana Krall, who also racked up three wins. ... Aerosmith, Godsmack and Staind made quite a stink in Beantown Thursday, as each took home two trophies at the 15th annual Boston Music Awards. Staind won for Act of the Year and single of the year ("It's Been Awhile"); Aerosmith scored Album of the Year (Just Push Play) and Video of the Year ("Jaded"); and Godsmack was named Outstanding Rock Band, while singer Sully Erna was picked for Male Vocalist of the Year. ...
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips' follow-up to 1999's The Soft Bulletin, is due July 16. The album title refers to Yoshimi from the Japanese group Boredoms, who appears on the title track. ... The Lips are also plugging away at their film Christmas on Mars, which features an appearance by former "Blue's Clues" host Steve Burns. ... Breaking from his boy band beginnings, Joey McIntyre — youngest member of '80s pop sensation New Kids on the Block and onetime "Say What? Karaoke" host — is loading up his Mercedes, grabbing a friend for accompaniment and hitting the road starting May 21 on his One Man Show With Two People Tour. McIntyre will scale his usual stage show way, way down for the gigs, which will hit 20 cities including San Francisco, Phoenix, Detroit and Toronto. ...
Former NBA player James Robinson will launch his new Da Dirty South Records with the summer release of My Life, My Pain, the debut album from Don Dada. Robinson currently plays professional basketball in Russia. ... Each member of Boyz II Men will travel to a different locale with a different director to shoot "The Color of Love," the Babyface-produced first single from Full Circle, due June 11. Nathan Morris will hit Accra, Ghana, with Benny Boom (P. Diddy), Michael McCary will hit Jaipur, India, with Little X (Usher), Shawn Stockman will hit Tokyo, Japan, with Hype Williams (Aaliyah) and Wanya Morris will hit San Juan, Puerto Rico, with Chris Robinson (Alicia Keys). ...
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For the third year in a row, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has been recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America for his Sean John clothing line. He's nominated as the leading Menswear Designer of the Year, along with Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren. ... Mike Myers must be skipping about merrily at the moment, as he's now free and clear to use the title "Austin Powers in Goldmember" for the third installment of his spy spoof series, due July 26, according to Reuters. Sentinels of the James Bond franchise, MGM, went all antagonistic on Myers and New Line Cinema in January for using the title, which MGM then felt too closely trod upon the turf of Bond's "Goldfinger" (which is, of course, the point). ... Meanwhile, stills from "Goldmember," including photos of Destiny's Child songstress Beyoncé Knowles in full Afrolicious splendor as Foxxy Cleopatra, can be viewed at www.austinpowers.com. ...
Type O Negative are aiming to release their next album around Hallowe'en. The band has been demoing material for the as-yet-untitled record and also taken time out to cover Deep Purple's "Highway Star" for the upcoming NASCAR-sponsored compilation album Crank It Up. ... Slayer, who were originally due to do "Highway Star" for the NASCAR LP, will instead tackle Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild." ... Swedish rockers the Hives will swarm the States from May 26 in San Diego, California, to June 15 in Washington, D.C., in support of Vini Vidi Vicious, the quintet's second album, which was released by indie Epitaph subsidiary Burning Heart Records in 2000 and is set for a major-label reissue by joint venture Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph in May. Fellow garage group the Mooney Suzuki have been tapped as openers. ... The second phase of Rhino Records' campaign to chronologically reissue LPs by California punk band X gets underway May 21, with newly pressed versions of More Fun in the New World (1983), Ain't Love Grand (1985) and See How We Are (1987) that feature remixes and bonus tracks. A re-release of the influential group's first three albums kicked off the operation in September.
