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MICHAEL JACKSON thinning of hair
Michael Jackson and his brother, Tito, will serve as "best man" when entertainer Liza Minnelli marries producer David Gest in New York City on March 2, 2002.
The pair met while Minnelli was appearing on Gest's production of "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration." The special was edited down from the two Michael Jackson concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden last September.
Minnelli will be the subject of a thinning of hair Gest-produced television tribute in March 2002 that will feature Michael Jackson and Minnelli in a 10-minute dance number taken from Vincente Minnelli's film "The Band Wagon." Also slated to appear in the tribute are Whitney Houston, Mya, Usher, and Chaka Khan, among others.
SMASH MOUTH, FIVE FOR FIGHTING thinning of hair
Five For Fighting and Smash Mouth are thinning of hair the featured artists for Music Choice's December concert series.
The show featuring John Ondrasik and his band, Five For Fighting, will air now through Dec. 2. (Check musicchoice.com or your local cable company for specific times.) It was recorded live at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood on Oct. 22.
"America Town," the group's debut album on Aware/Columbia Records, was recently certified "gold."
Smash Mouth's concert, which airs later next month, was filmed Oct. 25 thinning of hair at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The band performs a number of its hit songs including "All Star," "Walkin' on the Sun" and "Force Field" off their new self-titled album. That CD -- the band's third album -- is due in stores Tuesday. The first single is "Pacific Coast Party."
P.O.D. thinning of hair
P.O.D. takes the main stage at Warner Bros. Online's site, warnerbros.com, offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at a rehearsal performance from the band's "Youth Of The Nation" tour.
The multi-camera shoot was captured for Warner Bros. Online at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. P.O.D. plays hits from their latest CD, "Satellite," which was certified platinum just one month after its release.
Meanwhile, the members of the band will sign autographs of their new album Monday (at 4:30 p.m. CST) at Sam Goody Central at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
U2
An Atlanta radio station (WNNX) will be giving away 25 pairs of thinning of hair tickets to this Friday's sold-out U2 concert during its live morning broadcast (6-10 a.m. EST) from the local Best Buy store.
The promotion comes in support of Best Buy's "Toys for Tots" gift drive. The tickets will be given to fans who are creative in the gifts they choose to donate. AT T and U.S. Marines will be on hand to collect the toys for the drive.
"Toys for Tots" is a national non-profit organization that collects toys, sorts them by age and gender, and then delivers them to needy children during the holiday season.
3 OF HEARTS' XMAS SINGLE
Country/pop recording artists 3 of Hearts are releasing a new seasonal thinning of hair tune, "The Christmas Shoes," just in time for the holidays. The song hits the airwaves Thursday.
"The Christmas Shoes" was written by New Song members Eddie Carswell and Leonard Ablstrom. It was produced by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Gordon Kennedy, who co-wrote Eric Clapton's Grammy-winning song "Change the World."
"The Christmas Shoes" is an inspiring song about the giving spirit of the Christmas season. Coincidently, it was recorded in Nashville on Sept. 11, and its message became even more important with the new turn in our world's events.
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MARIAH CAREY
Mariah Carey will appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday. It's her first visit to the CBS show in three years.
Last week, Carey -- who has been on a European tour to promote her first film, "Glitter," and its accompanying soundtrack -- performed for U.S. troops in Kosovo in a USO-sponsored trip to the Balkans. Last Tuesday, her latest album, "Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits," was released.
The singer will headline the CBS special "A Home for the Holidays with Mariah Carey" on Dec. 21 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT). She'll be joined by Destiny's Child, teen soprano Charlotte Church, Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias and singer Mandy Moore.
JINGLE BALL Thinning Of Hair
Sugar Ray, Shaggy and Jessica Simpson will perform this Friday at Jingle Ball, a concert benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area. The concert will also include performances by Aaron Carter, Christina Milian and Crystal Waters as well as video appearances by the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez.
Jingle Ball is being held at the Compaq Center in San Jose, Calif.
CAJUN MUSIC TRIBUTE
Linda Ronstadt and John Fogerty are among the artists who sing in French on a new album paying tribute to Cajun music, due out March 5. Produced by Cajun scholar and musician Ann Savoy, "Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music" also includes Nick Lowe, country's Rodney Crowell and Patty Griffin.
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MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Throngs of holiday shoppers and commuters in New York City were surprised Sunday with a live concert in the Grand Central Terminal featuring two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge.
The 60-minute set on the East Balcony was filmed by MuchMusic USA and will air nationally on Christmas Day (at 9 p.m. EST) on the cable network.
Playing guitar and piano, Etheridge performed songs that included some of her best known hits such as "Come To My Window," "Bring Me Some Water," "Chrome Plated Heart," "I Want To Be In Love" and her new hit single "Lover Please" from her recently released album, "Skin."
The "Melissa Etheridge Live at Grand Central" show is one of several new exclusive concert events MuchMusic USA is debuting this December. Other concert events premiering this month include: "Shoutback with Luis Fonsi," premiering on Dec. 23; "Class Dismissed 2001 with Alanis Morissette," premiering on Dec. 27; and the recently aired "Busta's Hip Hop Lounge International Down In New York Dressed to Impress" with rap artist Busta Rhymes.
'MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET'
Mariah Carey, Alicia Keyes, Mary J. Blige, and Shaggy are among the artists who'll perform this Tuesday at WKTU's "Miracle on 34th Street" concert at Madison Square Garden in New York (beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET).
Also on the bill: Amber, Blu Cantrell, Kevin Ceballo, Deborah Cox, Craig David, Enrique Iglesias, Chaka Khan, Christina Milian, Stephanie Mills and Shakira.
Liza Minelli will make a rare live appearance, singing the classic song "New York, New York" in a tribute to the heroes of the World Trade Center disaster.
LIL BOW WOW
Lil Bow Wow is celebrating the release of his second album, "Doggy Bag" -- the follow-up to his multi-platinum debut "Beware Of Dog" -- with a free Fan Appreciation Concert at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday. The first 3,000 Bow Wow fans arriving at the venue with their own copies of "Doggy Bag" will be admitted to the show (which begins at 5 p.m. ET).
Bow Wow's career has been a series of firsts: he became the youngest musician to kick off the Grammy Awards when he introduced Madonna's opening at this year's ceremony. And he recently entered "The Guinness Book of World Records" as the youngest solo rapper to hit No.1 on the U.S. charts.
Lil Bow Wow will star in the upcoming Fox film "Like Mike" as a kid who finds a pair of magic sneakers that give him the basketball prowess of Michael Jordan. "Like Mike" is set for release in June 2002 -- the same month Bow Wow is scheduled to launch his very own line of hip kid's clothing under the moniker "Lil Bow Wear."
PAUL McCARTNEY
Paul McCartney says his final moments with George Harrison were "the best thing for me" -- especially the part where the former Beatle band mates held hands.
McCartney told a BBC Radio interviewer that when he visited Harrison two weeks before the Beatles lead guitarist died, he "spent a couple of hours ... laughing and joking and holding his hand." It was only after the visit, said McCartney, that he realized that in all the time they'd known each other, he had never held Harrison's hand. "He was rubbing his thumb up and down my hand," said McCartney, "and it was very nice."
NIRVANA
The members of Nirvana who are suing Courtney Love for control of the company that manages the business affairs of her late husband and former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain are accusing Love of being motivated by "self-interest" and an "obsessive need for publicity and attention."
Cobain committed suicide in 1994, following a long struggle with substance abuse and depression. His former band mates, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, filed suit against Love last week. They also released an open letter to Nirvana fans blaming Love for holding up the release of a Nirvana boxed-set to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the release of the band's first big hit album, "Nevermind."
"This project had been in the works for nearly five years," they wrote. "But this collection never came out. And there is only one reason: Courtney Love."
Love sued Novoselic and Grohl earlier this year to gain sole control of Nirvana LLC -- saying she should control the company because Cobain had been the sole artistic force of Nirvana.
CLARK VS. GREENE: AN UPDATE
CBS has weighed in on the squabble between American Music Awards producer Dick Clark and the Grammys' Mike Greene.
Clark alleges in a $10 million lawsuit that Greene uses the prospect of a Grammy Awards appearance as leverage to keep major stars from doing the AMAs.
Country.com reports that while CBS makes clear it is "not a party to the litigation," the network does say in a statement released last Thursday that it stands behind Greene: "As a broadcaster," our goal is to provide our audiences distinct, exclusive and compelling entertainment."
Michael Jackson's recent cancellation of an AMA spot prompted Clark's lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week.
The American Music Awards air Jan. 9 on ABC. The Grammys are set for Feb. 27 on CBS.
AALIYAH'S LAST MOVIE
Producers of singer/actress Aaliyah's last movie "The Queen of the Damned" have called on her brother, Rashad, to help out in post-production -- to re-record parts of her dialogue.
Time magazine reports Rashad "speaks in the same smooth, serene tones as his late sister," who was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas in August.
In the film version of the Anne Rice gothic novel, Aaliyah played a 6,000-year-old Egyptian vampire with a thick accent. Rashad's voice did not replace his sister's entirely. Producers mixed it in with Aaliyah's original track, to reinforce her sound.
"The Queen of the Damned" is set for release in February 2001. Time reported earlier that the last scene Aaliyah shot for the movie was a death scene.
'N SYNC
'N Sync's new single, "Girlfriend," is shaping up as another crossover hit for Justin, Lance and the fellows -- with R B music directors showing some enthusiasm for adding it to their playlists. According to Launch.com, the song is poised to follow the most recent 'NSync single, "Gone," onto the urban charts.
Mimi Valdes -- editor-at-large for Vibe magazine -- told Launch it doesn't surprise her. "'Girlfriend,' I love that song so much," she said. It reminded her of early music from the '80s R B group New Edition, with pure and innocent lyrics that hadn't been around for a while. "I think R B was just missing (that)," said Valdes. "It's just ironic that these white boys just brought that back."
Justin Timberlake's girlfriend, Britney Spears, has been on the R B/Hip-Hop Singles Tracks chart for two weeks, with her current single "I'm a Slave for U."
(The above two items thanks to UPI Feature Reporter Dennis Daily)
NEW 'LOVE SONGS' SERIES
Motown's "Love Songs" -- a new compilation series of recordings debuting in time for Valentine's Day -- kicks off with the Jan. 15 releases of albums from Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye.
"Michael Jackson: Love Songs" reveals a sometimes underrated aspect of his career -- as a soul singer in love. It includes a cover of the Little Kimmy Scott chestnut "Everybody's Somebody's Fool," the pop hit "Got To Be There," "We're Almost There," "We've Got A Good Thing Going," "Call On Me" (original mix), "You Are There," "One Day In Your Life," "Wings Of My Love" and "I'll Come Home To You." The collection also includes Jackson 5 tracks, such as an alternative version of "I'll Be There."
Gaye's "Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads" contains the complete album "Vulnerable," which Gaye called his favorite. There's also late-night love songs from four other Marvin albums -- "Let's Get It On" ("You Sure Love To Ball"), "I Want You" ("Feel All My Love Inside," "Since I Had You," "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again"), "In Our Lifetime" ("Funk Me") and "Here, My Dear" ("Falling In Love Again").
Also being released in the "Love Songs" series on the same day are revised reissues of Neil Diamond's hit "Long Songs" collection and The Temptations' "For Lovers Only," which includes a special bonus track: a remix of "Night And Day" from the 2001 romantic comedy "What Women Want," starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
TOP ROCK TOURS OF 2001 thinning of hair
U2 was the top touring act of 2001 with a North American gross of $109.7 million. That's according to touring trade publication Pollstar, which reports the Irish rockers also raked in the second largest yearly gross of all time, trailing only the Rolling Stones'1994 Voodoo Lounge tour, which grossed $121.2 million.
'N Sync, which placed No. 2 last year, once again was runner-up with a gross of $86.8 million, followed by Backstreet Boys (No. 17 last year), Dave Matthews Band (No. 3 in 2000), and Elton John/Billy Joel. (John without Joel also placed No. 28 with another $13.3 million, while Joel remained "retired" as a "solo" artist.)
'N Sync attracted the most fans with 1.725 million concertgoers, while U2, Backstreet Boys, Dave Matthews Band and Aerosmith were the only other artists drawing more than a million fans. U2 and Madonna were the only acts to sell out all their concerts.
Madonna had the highest average rock ticket price of $123.91, with many tickets priced at $250. The John/Joel package was the only other tour with an average of more than $100 per ticket. At the other extreme of Pollstar's Top 100 acts of 2001 was Poison (No. 94), having the lowest average ticket price of $16.32.
Ticket prices have continued to increase to an average of $43.86, or about eight percent over last year's $40.74 for the Top 100 acts.
Looking ahead to 2002: Crosby, Stills, Nash Young and Elton John/Billy Joel have put tickets on sale. There has also been rumblings about a return from the Rolling Stones, the Who, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Dave Matthews Band and 'N Sync will follow the lead of U2 and ditch the flashy stadium tour in exchange for arenas and amphitheaters next summer.
POLLSTAR'S TOP-20 GROSSING TOURS OF 2001:
1.U2, $109.7 million (80 shows)
2. 'NSync, $86.8 million (43 shows)
3. Backstreet Boys, $82.1 million (98 shows)
4. Dave Matthews Band, $60.5 million (51 shows)
5. Elton John/Billy Joel, $57.2 million (31 shows)
6. Madonna, $54.7 million (28 shows)
7. Aerosmith, $49.3 million (64 shows)
8. Janet Jackson, $42.1 million (57 shows)
9. Eric Clapton, $38.8 million (46 shows)
10. Neil Diamond, $35.4 million (46 shows)
11. matchbox twenty, $28.4 million (89 shows)
12. Rod Stewart, $27.2 million (66 shows)
13. Jimmy Buffett, $26.9 million (32 shows)
14. Andrea Bocelli, $26.8 million (15 shows)
15. Ozzfest 2001, $26.4 million (31 shows)
16. Sade, $26.2 million (41 shows)
17. Tim McGraw, $24.9 million (45 shows)
18. Britney Spears, $23.7 million (31 shows)
19. James Taylor, $23.0 million (61 shows)
20. Tool, $20.4 million (63 shows)
MARIYLN MANSON
A judge in suburban Detroit has reduced a criminal sexual conduct charge against Marilyn Manson from a felony to a misdemeanor. It's one of two charges stemming from a July 30 incident in which the controversial rocker allegedly rubbed his crotch on a security guard's head during a show.
The online news provider Sonicnet.com reports Clarkston, Mich., Judge Gerald E. McNally said he wasn't convinced the offense warranted a felony charge and lessened it to a misdemeanor disorderly persons charge, according to an Oakland County District Court spokesperson. A second charge of misdemeanor assault and battery still stands. If convicted on both counts, Manson faces up to 90 days in jail, according to assistant prosecutor Ken Frazee.
Manson's attorney, Walter Piszczatowski, was prepared to show the court a videotape of the incident that occurred at the DTE Energy Music Theatre, where Manson allegedly approached 25-year-old Joshua Keasler, spit on the man's head and proceeded to rub his G-string-clad genitalia about Keasler's head and neck. However, the judge was able to make his decision on the matter without seeing it, Piszczatowski said.
Though Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, was present in the courtroom, he did not testify.
On Sept. 21, Manson pleaded innocent to felony fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and misdemeanor assault and battery in the case. Friday's hearing was the result of an adjournment from the originally scheduled Nov. 9 date.
Earlier this month, a second man, from Minnesota, claimed to have also been victimized by Manson's stage act and filed a $75,000 civil suit against the rocker. A date for that hearing has yet to be set.
GEORGE HARRISON
He might soon be known as the late SIR George Harrison.
The British tabloid News of the World reports the former Beatle will be included among those being granted knighthoods on The Queen's Birthday List next June, according to Underground.com. Queen Elizabeth's New Year's knightings were compiled prior to Harrison's death Nov. 29. This would be the first time such an honor has been awarded posthumously.
Harrison was awarded an MBE along with the rest of the Beatles in 1965.
LIMP BIZKIT
The members of Limp Bizkit are planning open guitar auditions in January and February at Guitar Center stores in 23 cities around the country. Each event is a "pre-audition for the chance to jam with the band," the rockers say.
Limp Bizkit is also setting up a Web site to accept submissions of original songs and guitar playing. "If the band likes what they hear, the person has the chance to be flown to nearby tour stops for an audition," the band's record label says.
More information is available online at:
Web Site: http://www.LimpBizkit.com
BRITNEY SPEARS
Many parents cringe at the name Britney Spears. After all she is barely out of high school, but her demeanor, song lyrics, costumes -- what little she wears -- and other aspects of her personal life are not exactly the thing most would like their teenage girls to emulate. Or, for that matter, their teenage boys to notice.
Now the New York Post says if you don't like her pushing of the envelope so far, you might want to lock your kids up so they don't find out about her upcoming movie. The publication says the new flick, "Crossroads," forgets there was any envelope to push in the first place. In it, Spears reportedly dances in her underwear -- and not in the style of Tom Cruise in "Risky Business," gets drunk and then becomes a non-virgin with some help from an ex-con.
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