Korn will headline New York rock station WXRK K-Rock's Dysfunctional Family Picnic Episode IV. Other groups lined up for the festival, set for June 8 at Jones Beach in Wantagh, Long Island, include P.O.D. , Incubus, Papa Roach, System of a Down, Jimmy Eat World, the Strokes, Hoobastank and 3rd Strike. ... The Area2 outing has added performance art collective Blue Man Group and jungle DJ Dieselboy to its roster. They'll join the likes of Busta Rhymes, David Bowie and bald-but-not-blue tour originator Moby on the trek, which kicks off July 28 in Bristow, Virginia. ...

After spending the summer on Ozzfest, Chevelle will release their second album, Wonder What's Next, on August 27. Nathan Karma Cox (Linkin Park, Disturbed) will direct the video for the first single, "The Red." ... The sick and twisted troupe known as the Jim Rose Circus are on the road celebrating their 10th anniversary. Having started in Canada on Tuesday (May 7), the trek will dip Stateside for 30 shows beginning June 2, during which time the Circus' freaky exploits will be filmed for a proposed weekly TV series. ...

Marianne Faithfull has selected August 13 for the U.S. release of Kissin' Time, which was released in Europe in March. Billy Corgan, Beck, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Blur's Damon Albarn appear on the record, which features a cover of Beck's "Nobody's Fault But My Own." ... Elephant 6 associates Elf Power will hit the road in support of their fifth album, Creatures, starting May 23 in Lexington, Kentucky. The scheduled dates wrap on June 15 on their home turf (Athens, Georgia), with another leg to be mapped out for later in the summer. ...

05.06.02

It's round four for Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Staind as the boys team up in Los Angeles on Wednesday to shoot the video for "Epiphany," the next single from Break the Cycle. Durst has been in the ring with the metal quartet before, having directed the video for the band's breakthrough hit "It's Been Awhile" as well as clips for the Dysfunction singles "Just Go" and "Home." ... Roc-A-Fella co-CEO Damon Dash celebrated his 31st birthday Friday at Jimmy's Downtown Café in New York City. Besides his R.O.C. cohorts Jay-Z, Freeway and Memphis Bleek, celebrities such as Denise Richards and Los Angeles Clipper Elton Brand helped the exec celebrate. ...

Kid Rock and Hank Williams Jr. will perform their duet, "The F Word," from Williams' Almeria Club Recordings, at the Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony. The event will air May 22 on CBS (MTV's parent company, Viacom, also owns CBS). ... O-Town have added more than a month of dates onto their summer outing, the O2 Sneak Preview Tour, which will now wrap June 23 in Charlotte, North Carolina. As the outing's name declares, the group will debut new material from their upcoming O2 album, due June 25. ...

East Coast hardcore outfit Hatebreed have split with Lou "Boulder" Richards, ending a six-year relationship because the guitarist's "heart just wasn't in it anymore," according to the band's statement posted on their Web site, www.hatebreed.com. Hatebreed, who'll carry on as a quartet, recently filmed a video for "I Will Be Heard," the first single off their latest album, Persevere. ... Southern California punk veterans Strung Out, whose sixth album, An American Paradox, debuts in the Billboard 200 this week, will launch a club tour on May 17 in Las Vegas. The outing will end June 29 in Hollywood.