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THE BEATLES
The British Broadcasting Corp. has come up with a rare audio recording of The Beatles appearing on a 1963 radio show, trying their hand at predicting whether newly released singles would make it or not.
The tape turned up in response to "Treasure Hunt" -- an appeal by the BBC for old radio and TV programs. In all, the BBC reported it had collected more than 100 programs, including The Beatles' turn on "Juke Box Jury."
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LENNY KRAVITZ
Lenny Kravitz's new music video, "Dig In," is now available online to download and burn onto a CD. The rocker is the first artist whose material is available through a new agreement between digital music company Roxio, Inc., and Virgin Records America.
Fans who own Roxio's best-selling Easy CD Creator software can visit MTV.com or VH1.com and burn the music video to CD. Those who don't own the Roxio software will still be allowed to download the Kravitz video to their PC, but the license and video will expire and won't be playable after 30 days.
"Dig In" is the first single from "Lenny," Kravitz's first album of new material in nearly three years. The CD hit stores Oct. 30.
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BY THE WAY·br> A nationwide campaign is underway to honor postal workers who are on the front lines daily. In support of our nation's carriers, clerks, mailhandlers, drivers and all those in-between, everyone is being asked to tie navy blue ribbons around their mailbox poles.
This is a wonderful opportunity to honor postal employees, quiet heroes in their own right, and share our commitment to keep our nation united by keeping the mail moving. Please tie a blue ribbon around your mailbox pole and spread the word!
God Bless America.
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U2
U2 launched the sold-out third leg of its Elevation Tour Thursday at Notre Dame's Joyce Center in South Bend, Ind.
The concert -- which lasted more than two hours -- spanned the band's entire career, including early singles "New Years Day" and "Pride" as well as tracks from their current album "All That You Can't Leave Behind."
The show was also filmed for the first concert Web cast from the Elevation Tour, screened live on u2.com. For those who missed it, registered members of u2.com will be able to view the entire concert on demand for the next seven days -- along with exclusive footage and crew interviews.
The Elevation Tour kicked off in March in Miami and closes in Los Angeles Nov. 19.
The remaining dates are:
| DATE | VENUE | CITY |
| 10/12 | Molson Centre | MONTREAL, Canada |
| 10/13 | Copps Coliseum | HAMILTON, Canada |
| 10/15-16 | United Center | CHICAGO |
| 10/19 | The Arena | BALTIMORE, Md. |
| 10-24-25, 27 | Madison Square Garden | NEW YORK |
| 10/28 | Continental Airlines Arena | NEW JERSEY |
| 10/30-31 | Dunkin' Donuts Center | PROVIDENCE, R.I. |
| 11/2 | First Union Spectrum | PHILADELPHIA |
| 11/5 | Frank Erwin Center | AUSTIN, Texas |
| 11/7 | Pepsi Center | DENVER |
| 11/9 | Delta Center | SALT LAKE CITY |
| 11/12-13 | Staples Center | LOS ANGELES |
| 11/15-16 | Oakland Arena | OAKLAND, Calif. |
| 11/18 | Thomas & Mack Arena | LAS VEGAS |
| 11/19 | Staples Center | LOS ANGELES |
SMASHING PUMPKINS
On Nov. 20, Virgin Records will release the long-awaited Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits album, titled "Rotten Apples." To coincide with the event, the label will also issue a limited-edition two-CD package that'll include the CD "Judas O," the follow-up to "Pisces Iscariot," the 1994 b-sides release by the Pumpkins.
The new compilation will feature b-sides and rarities culled from the band's sessions, which produced the albums "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," "Adore" and "Machina."
BILLY JOEL
Billy Joel has a No.1 album -- on the classical music chart.
"Billy Joel Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions (Music For Solo Piano)" (on the Sony Classical/Columbia Records label) made its debut atop the Billboard Top Classical Albums, with first week's sales of more than 14,000 units. That's the highest first week's sales of any album of instrumental classical music in the SoundScan era.
"Fantasies & Delusions" -- comprised of music compositions by Joel and performed by piano virtuoso Richard Joo -- also debuted at No.83 on the overall Top 200 Album Sales chart.
Also released Oct. 2 - "The Essential Billy Joel," a collection of 36 songs from Joel's first three decades of hits. It debuted at 29 on the Top 200 Album Sales chart.
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J. LO
NBC has announced that it will air "Jennifer Lopez in Concert" on Nov. 20.
Billed as Lopez's first-ever, full-scale live concert appearance, the show was filmed in September in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at Roberto Clemente Stadium. It features songs from both of her albums, "J. Lo" and "On The 6," which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.
Lopez made show business history earlier this year when "J.Lo" and her feature film, "The Wedding Planner," entered the Billboard charts and the box office at No. 1.
The first single off "J.Lo," "Love Don't Cost A Thing," spent five weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. The current single, "I'm Real," with Ja Rule has spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Urban Mainstream Charts.
(Thanks to UPI Hollywood Reporter Pat Nason)
JOHNNY CASH
For some time, country icon Johnny Cash has suffered from a condition called autonomic neuropathy. The ailment makes him very susceptible to getting pneumonia and related conditions. Because of that situation, his doctors have admitted the 69-year-old singer-songwriter to a Nashville hospital. The official diagnosis is bronchitis.
Doctors at Baptist Hospital say Cash has been hospitalized several times in recent years with pneumonia. His manager tells the Tennessean newspaper that "it doesn't look serious." Because of his condition, though, doctors decided it was best to keep him in a hospital and not at home in case his condition worsened.
DOLLY PARTON
Dolly Parton says she will stage a "Red, White and Bluegrass" benefit on New Year's Eve. Parton's publicist says the show will raise money to provide scholarships for the children of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The singer/songwriter told a Nashville news conference that she "wants to show my true colors -- red, white and blue, by being a good American and a good Samaritan." Parton says she plans a huge event and will soon announce the names of other participants.
By the way, the scholarship fund to which Parton wants to contribute is headed by Bill Clinton and Bob Dole and has pledged to raise at least $100 million in the next few months.
(The above two items thanks to UPI Feature Reporter Dennis Daily)
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Jon Secada will be among the Latin artists performing for President Bush and Cabinet members at the White House Friday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. They'll sing "El Ultimo Adios" (The Last Goodbye)," a song to honor the victims and their families of the terrorist attacks one month ago.
The tribute song - written by Secada -- was originally recorded two weeks ago during coordinated recording sessions in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City and Puerto Rico. Artists taking part included the Estefans, Secada, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Shakira, Thalia, Celia Cruz, Jaci Velasquez and Carlos Vives.
"El Ultimo Adios" will be released and distributed by Crescent Moon Records through Sony Music, who will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from sales to the American Red Cross and the United Way.
CHI-LITES
The lead singer of the Chi-Lites has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for his role in a bribery scheme that sold Dixmoor (Ill.) Park District police badges to businessmen.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Marshall Thompson, 59 -- a former Maywood Park District police sergeant -- was convicted of being the "bagman," transferring thousands of dollars from people who wanted police badges to Dixmoor Park District police authorities. He has until Feb. 26 to report to federal prison to begin serving his sentence.
Thompson -- a founding member of the Chi-Lites in 1961 -- also was fined $5,000. The R&B group had a string of hit soul singles in the 1970s, including "Oh, Girl," "Have You Seen Her" and "The Coldest Days of My Life."
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'THE CONCERT FOR NEW YORK CITY'
Madison Square Garden will be the place to be Saturday evening as Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, The Who and the Backstreet Boys take the stage for "The Concert for New York City."
The five-hour-long show -- which will air live on VH1 (beginning at 7 p.m. ET) -- is a one-night-only fundraising event to benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund supporting victims of the Sept. 11th attack and to honor the heroic rescue workers.
Other artists scheduled to perform include Bon Jovi, Bono and his U2 bandmate the Edge, David Bowie, Elton John, Destiny's Child, Janet Jackson (live via satellite), James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Macy Gray, Goo Goo Dolls, Melissa Etheridge, Marc Anthony and Five For Fighting.
Other celebrities slated to appear include Harrison Ford, Selma Hayek, Will Farrell, Jim Carrey, Meg Ryan, Michael J. Fox, Susan Sarandon, David Spade, Julia Stiles, Denis Leary, John Cusack, Adam Sandler, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe.
Paul Shaffer of "The Late Show with David Letterman" will serve as musical director.
Five thousand members of the New York Fire, Police and Rescue crews and their families will be in attendance as guests of honor. (Web site: www.vh1.com)
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GRAMMYS IN L.A. AGAIN
For the third consecutive year, the Grammy Awards will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Recording Academy President/CEO Michael Greene announced Thursday that the awards will be televised live on CBS on Feb. 27, 2002.
Greene made the announcement at a news conference attended by Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn, CBS president/CEO Leslie Moonves and recording artists Mary J. Blige, Dave Koz and Tyrese. He also announced a new long-term deal with CBS to telecast the show.
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KEVIN SPACEY: ACTOR AND SINGER?
Could Kevin Spacey some day place a Grammy next to the two Oscars in his trophy case?
Eight-time Grammy-winning producer Phil Ramone told gossip columnist Mitchell Fink he's been wanting to make an album with Spacey since even before the star of "American Beauty" and the new movie "K-PAX" stunned the audience by singing "Mind Games" on the John Lennon tribute show at Radio City Music Hall earlier this month.
Ramone said he heard Spacey sing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Sept. 10 during a warm-up for the Latin Grammy Awards.
"Kevin is Julliard-trained, and he can definitely sing," said Ramone. "For now, we're just talking."
Ramone won album of the year Grammys for producing Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" (1975) and Billy Joel's "52nd Street" (1979). He won the Grammy for record of the year for Joel's "Just the Way You Are" in 1978.
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MICK JAGGER
"Goddess In The Doorway," Mick Jagger's first solo album in 8 years, is slated to hit stores Nov. 20.
The CD marks the Virgin Records label debut for the Rolling Stones frontman as a solo artist and his first such outing since 1993's "Wandering Spirit." Guest artists on the 12-track collection include Lenny Kravitz, Bono, Rob Thomas, Pete Townshend and Joe Perry, among others.
The first single, "God Gave Me Everything," was co-written and produced with Kravitz.
"These are all very personal songs, kept true to my original vision," said Jagger. "Sometimes these things take on a life of their own, which can be great too, but this is an intimate collection of songs that I could sing to you across the kitchen table."
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MADONNA
On the eve of the release of her much anticipated "GHV2: Greatest Hits, Volume 2," Madonna will be honored by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with its Diamond Award -- denoting sales of more than l0 million units -- for her first greatest hits package, "The Immaculate Collection."
"Collection" covered the first phase of the pop diva's career, from l982's "Holiday" to l990's "Justify My Love." To date, it has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide.
Meanwhile, "GHV2" (on the Warner Bros./Maverick Records label) covers Madonna's creative output from 1991 through this year, and includes such songs as "Erotica," "Secret," "Take A Bow," "Frozen," "Ray Of Light," and "Music." It's due in stores Nov. 13 and will be complemented by the simultaneous release of a DVD/VHS recording of the "Drowned World Tour," made during her performance in her hometown of Detroit. "Drowned World Tour" first aired on HBO in August. (Web site: www.wbr.com)
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YOU'VE GOT BRITNEY
Britney Spears and America Online have teamed up to promote the teen pop star, her live performances and her music.
It means AOL members and fans will be offered unique ways to interact with the star, including exclusive access to her music and videos, online chats, contests, ticket specials, and more.
As part of the agreement, AOL members have the only chance to purchase tickets for Spears' fall tour before they are available to the general public. As previously announced, the singer will donate $1 of every ticket sold through the AOL service to the children of the New York City firefighters and police officers lost in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
AOL will also run special promotions during the tour. Spears will also provide AOL with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and photographs as the road trip moves across America, as well as personal tour diaries written for fans.
AOL software will be included on every domestic copy of Spears' upcoming CD, "Britney," and her official Web site (www.britneyspears.com) will include information on the AOL service and the ability to download AOL software.
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ANTHRAX (THE BAND)
Visitors to www.anthrax.com can find information about the deadly bacteria -- but not because the Web site was set up for health reasons. It's the home page of the veteran heavy metal band Anthrax, which says it won't change its name after using it for nearly two decades.
"People ask me how I feel about this," writes singer Scott Ian on the site. "It sucks. I'm scared. Confused. Stressed. I'm sad that we live in a world where humans would do this to each other. When I learned about anthrax 20 years ago there was never any thought or talk about bio-warfare. ... I just wish this would go away. I would feel the same even if my band weren't called Anthrax."
The site offers facts about the disease, links to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and news reports about the current outbreaks. There's also an official news release titled &
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