Bush, Tool and the Black Crowes have joined the lineup for the third annual Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans on October 27th . . . Alanis Morissette's next album has been pushed back from November to early next year . . . Collectible Records will release twenty-three of Elvis Presley's hits recorded for Sun Records on seven-inch vinyl singles on September 25th . . . Alicia Keys and VH1 Save the Music presented a donation of $156,000 to six Chicago-area schools on September 25th to restore music programs . . . Sugar Ray, Dido and Usher will be featured on Arista Records' Totally Hits 2001, which is due on September 25th . . . Destiny's Child will release their holiday album, 8 Days of Christmas, on October 23rd . . .

Gloria Estefan, Elvis Crespo and other Latin artists will record the song "El Ultimo Adios" to aid victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks . . . One of Eddie Vedder's guitars fetched $9,000 dollars at a London charity auction sponsored by the Who on September 24th . . . Martina McBride will donate the first month of sales from her Greatest Hits album to the American Red Cross . . . B.B. King will release his first holiday album on November 6th titled A Christmas Celebration of Hope . . . Gorillaz lead all acts with six nominations for the 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards . . . Nikka Costa's Funky White Bitch Tour in support of her debut record has been postponed in wake of the recent terrorist attacks . . .

Michael Jackson has made "Cry," another track from his upcoming album, Invincible, available for download on his Web site, www.michaeljackson.com . . . Mariah Carey's feature film debut, Glitter, posted opening weekend sales of just $2.5 million . . . The Latin Grammys, which were delayed due to the September 11th terrorist attacks, have officially been cancelled . . . Korn are inviting fans to submit photos of the band for their official calendar via www.korncalendar2001.com . . . Chris Whitley will kick off a twenty-seven-date tour behind his latest album, Rocket House, Tuesday in Charlottesville, Virginia . . . Jay Farrar will begin a tour behind Sebastopol on October 8th in Oxford, Mississippi . . .

Tuesday's Voters for Choice concert, which was to feature Alanis Morissette, Blues Traveler's John Popper And Chan Kinchla, Joe Henry And Michael Franti and Spearhead has been indefinitely postponed . . . Alien Ant Farm's tour in support of their ANThology album will launch on October 1st in Tucson, Arizona . . . Atari Teenage Riot singer Carl Crack died on September 6th at age thirty; the cause of death has not yet been released . . . Lee "Scratch" Perry will kick off a tour starting October 30th in New York City . . . The Kottonmouth Kings will release their new album, Hidden Stash II, on October 9th, three days a week before hitting the road with D12 . . . Wayne Hancock will tour behind his new album, A-Town Blues, starting Wednesday night in Buffalo, New York . . .

(September 25, 2001)