After selling 25,000 copies, Clinic's 2001 indie release, Walking With Thee, will be reissued by Universal on August 6th; the first single (and title track) will be shipped to radio on July 23rd . . . Alanis Morissette filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against alanis.net on July 1st accusing the site of selling various products without authorization . . . Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Clash, the Police, Iggy Pop, Patti LaBelle and Foreigner are among the artists who will be eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2003 class . . . Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien will make a guest appearance on the Asian Dub Foundation's next album, due early next year; Sinead O'Connor will also appear on the record . . .

Ray Charles will perform "America the Beautiful" at the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City on the thirtieth anniversary of his classic recording of the song . . . Michael Jackson and Sony/ATV have acquired the rights to Acuff-Rose music publishing, giving them control of more than 50,000 country and rock classics, including tunes by Hank Williams and Roy Orbison . . . Mos Def will appear in The Italian Job, a remake of a British film, which will begin shooting later this year . . . Bob Dylan, Stone Temple Pilots, Blues Traveler and Alison Krauss and Union Station are among the acts who will play select dates on Harley Davidson's Open Road Tour, a ten-city outing that begins on July 19th in Atlanta . . .

East Troy, Wisc., officials have changed their minds and will allow the Grateful Dead's "Terrapin Station" reunion concerts, set for August 3-4 to take place; the shows will reunite surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart And Bill Kreutzmann for the firs time in seven years . . . Silverchair have pushed back the release of their next album, Diorama, from July 9th to August 27th, due to frontman Daniel Johns' reactive arthritis, which won't allow him to make promotional appearances . . . George Michael released his new single, "Shoot the Dog," yesterday; the song is Michael's critique of the relationship between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush . . .

Ted Nugent will release his next album, Craveman, on September 24th; the Motor City Madman will begin a two-month tour tomorrow in Clinton, Indiana . . . A.I. and Alien Crime Syndicate will begin a thirteen-date tour on July 8th in San Francisco . . . Frontman Spider One will convene a reconfigured Powerman 5000 to enter the studio in July and record a new album . . . Toby Keith will release his new album, Unleashed, on July 23rd . . . Sparta, which features former members of At The Drive-In, will release The Wiretap Scars on August 13th . . . Noise Therapy will release their U.S. debut album, Tension, on August 13th . . . The Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash will release their second album, Distance Between, on August 27th; Billy Bob Thornton makes a guest appearance . . .

(July 2, 2002)