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Jet Takes Off With Manager Kovac
May 09, 2008 - Global
Australian rock band Jet has parted ways with its Sydney-based management company Winterman and Goldstein after six years. » Full Story
Fame Game For Scarlett Johansson
May 09, 2008 - Rock and Pop
Will the actress' A-list status affect her Waits tribute? » Full Story
Coldplay Sets Dates for Extensive "Viva La Vida" Tour
May 09, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" world tour -- which will land in North America, Europe and Japan -- is set to begin at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center on June 29 and extend well into next year, Billboard.biz can reveal. » Full Story
Dave Matthews Band Joins Cancer Benefit Series
May 09, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
The Dave Matthews Band will perform at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sept. 10 as part of the inaugural Stand Up For A Cure concert series, designed to raise funds and awareness for lung cancer research at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. » Full Story
Mellencamp's 'Life' Goes Hi-Fi With Hear Music
May 09, 2008 - Retail | Rock and Pop
John Mellencamp's "Life, Death, Love and Freedom," produced by T-Bone Burnett and due July 15 via Hear Music, will be released in a new high-definition audio format dubbed CODE. » Full Story
Madonna Plots Upcoming 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour
May 08, 2008 - Touring
Madonna's upcoming tour will begin Aug. 23 in Cardiff, Wales, and will include between 50-60 shows total, Billboard.biz has learned. » Full Story
'High School Musical' Reality Show Prize Revealed
May 08, 2008 - Rock and Pop
The winner of ABC's summer reality show based on "High School Musical" will appear in a music video that is shown over the end credits of the theatrical release of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." » Full Story
'Tonight Show' Announces Concert Series Lineup
May 08, 2008 - Rock and Pop
Dwight Yoakam, Usher, Sheryl Crow and Al Green will play the Mercedes-Benz Summer Concert series, the annual outdoor concert series that airs on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC. » Full Story
Coldplay To Help ESPN Market European Soccer
May 08, 2008 - Branding | Rock and Pop
Coldplay and ESPN are teaming up on a soccer marketing campaign. » Full Story
Queen, Lennox To Rock Mandela
May 07, 2008 - Global | Touring | Rock and Pop
Queen and Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox and Simple Minds are among the international acts performing at a charity concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday. » Full Story
Diamond On Track For First No. 1 Album
May 07, 2008 - Retail | Rock and Pop
Forty-one years after he first appeared on The Billboard 200, Neil Diamond looks to be on course to earn his first No. 1 album as "Home Before Dark" (Columbia) leads the Nielsen SoundScan Building chart released May 7. » Full Story
Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd Team For Summer Run
May 07, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd will team up for a run of co-headlining dates in August, beginning Aug. 8 in Oklahoma City. » Full Story
Lyndsay Lohan Releases "Bossy" Track, Works On Album
May 07, 2008 - Rock and Pop
Universal Motown released a new song by Lyndsey Lohan titled "Bossy" to media outlets today. » Full Story
The Vaselines Reunite For Festival Dates
May 07, 2008 - Touring
Scottish indie rock act the Vaselines -- whose music was covered in the 1990s by Nirvana -- has reunited for two upcoming festival performances. » Full Story
Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200
May 07, 2008 - Retail
It's a busy week at the top of the The Billboard 200, with Madonna's "Hard Candy" leading the action at No. 1. » Full Story
Coldplay Track Hits 2 Million Downloads
May 07, 2008 - Digital and Mobile | Retail | Rock and Pop
Coldplay's "Violet Hill" was downloaded more than 2 million times while available for free, according to EMI. » Full Story
The Police Announce Last Show Ever
May 06, 2008 - Touring
The Police will perform their final concert ever in New York on a date to be announced in August. The show, which was announced by the band and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Times Square today, will be a fundraiser with proceeds benefiting arts programming. » Full Story
Touring Briefs: Neil Diamond, AEG Facilities, Nederlander
May 06, 2008 - Touring
Neil Diamond will play a free MySpace secret show; AEG Facilities has signed a venue service agreement with the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz.; Nederlander Concerts taps Jamie Loeb as VP of marketing. » Full Story
My Bloody Valentine Sets U.S. Dates
May 06, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
As expected, My Bloody Valentine will perform a handful of U.S. concerts in the days following its appearance at upstate New York's All Tomorrow's Parties festival. » Full Story
NIN Offers New Album Free Of Charge
May 05, 2008 - Digital and Mobile
Nine Inch Nails is giving away the new album "The Slip," completely free of charge, to anyone providing their e-mail address at it's Web site. » Full Story
Vegoose Producers Pull Plug On This Year's Fest
May 05, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
Las Vegas festival Vegoose will not happen in 2008, according to Jonathan Mayers, president of Superfly Presents, co-producer of Vegoose with A.C. Productions. "We're not going to do Vegoose this year," Mayers tells Billboard.com/biz. » Full Story
We Are Scientists Set To 'Tumble'
May 05, 2008 - Publishing | Rock and Pop
Sony Electronics' new "Tumble" TV commercials will feature a new song from Brooklyn-based indie rockers We Are Scientists. » Full Story
Metallica, Offspring, Raconteurs In For Weanie Roast
May 05, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
Metallica, the Offspring, the Raconteurs, Rise Against, Bad Religion, Pennywise and the Bravey are among the acts confirmed for KROQ-Los Angeles' Weenie Roast. » Full Story
Slightly Stoopid, Pepper Plan Summer Run
May 05, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
As expected, reggae-rock acts Slightly Stoopid and Pepper will embark on a 20-plus-date summer tour. » Full Story
Sunset Strip Music Fest Lined Up For June
May 01, 2008 - Touring | Rock and Pop
Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV, Juliette and The Licks, the 88, Dilated Peoples, Godhead and B Real of Cypress Hill have been confirmed for the first Sunset Strip Music Festival, to be held June 26-28 throughout several music venues along Los Angeles' Sunset Strip. » Full Story
 


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Sunset Urban Records will host the Sunset Urban Live Music Showcase on Friday, May 30th, 2008 at The White Gate (1222 Putnum Avenue) in Brooklyn, New York
Wolfgang's Vault Brings Classic Live Rock & Roll to the UK
Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles Presents The Very Special KPFK screening of the new documentary film about the War On Drugs this Friday evening on May 9th.

 
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