DMX was forced to cancel shows in Calgary and Saskatoon in Canada after the rapper was refused entry into the country over the weekend . . . Pink's pre-fame years will be the subject of a new episode of Driven, set to debut January 5th on VH1 . . . Gas Food Lodging and Green on Red, two albums by Paisley Underground scenesters Green on Red, will be reissued on a single CD on January 19th . . .Diana Ross was arrested on December 30th near Tucson, Arizona, on suspicion of drunk driving; the former Supremes diva reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of 0.2 percent, more than double the legal limit. A court date is set for January 13th . . .

Joe Strummer was cremated in a private ceremony in west London on December 30th; the former Clash singer/guitarist died of a heart attack on December 22nd . . . Members of the Damned will join Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister in the studio early next year for an album due in 2004 . . . The Jayhawks will begin a ten-date tour on January 23rd in Milwaukee . . . Bob Dylan and Ani Difranco will begin an eleven-date tour of Australia and New Zealand on February 6th in Canberra, Australia . . . Nelly will begin a six-date U.K. tour on March 21st in London . . .

Papa Roach have recorded "Don't Look Back" with the Neptunes; the song will be included on the soundtrack to the upcoming film, "Biker Boyz" . . . Dolly Parton will host the Kidz FunFest, a children's festival, at Dollywood from June 20th through August 10th . . . The Black Ensemble Theater Company in Chicago will launch "The Jackie Wilson Story," a new theater production, on January 21st . . . John Wesley Harding will play a six-date U.K. tour starting January 13th in Brighton . . . Perpetual Groove will release their next album, Sweet Oblivious Antidote on January 21st . . .

Bonaroo 2003 will be held from June 13th through June 15th in Manchester, Tennessee. The original festival, held last summer, included performances by Trey Anastasio, Norah Jones, Jurassic 5 and others . . . Aretha Franklin will sing the national anthem on January 1st at the inaugural celebration of Michigan Governor-elect Jennifer Granholm in Lansing . . . Twisted Sister have lined up two European festival shows in June; the performances will be the band's first in fifteen years . . . A California judge ordered Master P to pay $105,000 in damages to an eighty-year-old woman whose voice was recorded on a telephone call and used in "No Limit," a single by Magic that Master P produced . . .

(December 31, 2002)