With the first volume of Songs From an American Movie only
on the shelves for two months, Everclear are
already mapping out the album's second volume, Good Time for a
Bad Attitude, their follow-up to Learning How to
Smile, due out Nov. 21. In between radio festival dates that
run from Sept. 14 in Nashville through Oct. 1 in Atlanta, Everclear
will be shooting their next video, "A.M. Radio," in Los Angeles
later in the month, with frontman Art Alexakis in the director's
chair once again (he also shot the album's first single,
"Wonderful"). One of the shows Everclear plans to play, Sept. 28 in
Spokane, Wash., will be a benefit for JAMPAC, a nonprofit
organization founded by former Nirvana
bassist Krist Novoselic that protects freedom of expression for
musicians . . .
Christina Aguilera postponed a Virginia
Beach, Va., show Monday after a sore throat prevented her from
performing. The pop singer also postponed a show Saturday in
Boston, and previously canceled another one Sept. 3 in Syracuse,
N.Y., though she seemed well enough to perform at last week's MTV
Video Music Awards. She's expected to perform Wednesday at the
Latin Grammys, while the Boston and Virginia Beach shows are
expected to be rescheduled. Aguilera previously canceled
appearances in May after catching the flu and an ear infection . .
.
The first-ever Latin Grammys will go on without one of its biggest
nominees and most anticipated performers. Marc
Anthony had to pull out of the event due to complications
with his wife's pregnancy. Anthony was nominated in six categories
including, Record of the Year for Dimelo (I Need to Know)
and Song of the Year for the title track, and would have performed
a duet with one of the show's hosts and nominees,
Jennifer Lopez. "At this time more than
ever, I need to retreat and be with my family," Anthony said in a
statement. "I hope that my fans and the Academy understand that I
sincerely regret not being able to attend the ceremony and that
they can find it in their hearts to include us in their prayers."
The Anthony baby is expected in late February. The Latin Grammys
will air on CBS Sept. 13 . . .
The Beastie Boys' new double-DVD is set for
release on Oct. 10. The anthology of Beastie video material is,
according to the band's Web site "the most complete collection of
Beastie Boys videos ever assembled." If fans are too hungry for the
videos and the myriad other DVD perks to wait until the release,
the group has offered a sneak peek at the anthology at
www.beastieboys.com . . .
Consider Tuesday Joan Osborne's big day. As
her new album, Righteous Love, hits stores, her new
Heroine Magazine for women launches on the Web at
www.heroinemag.com. "That's 'Heroine' with an e,"
notes Osborne with a smirk, explaining that she hit on the idea
after wearying of flipping through "200 pages of 'Thin Thighs in 30
Days' and the new lipstick colors'" in traditional women's
magazines. "All this is not heinous, but I just felt like I would
like a place to go where I didn't have to deal with that stuff if I
didn't want to, and I could get more things that spoke to me." The
first issue features an interview Osborne conducted with
Mary J. Blige and a conversation between the
Indigo Girls and Susan Sarandon. Managing
editor Ingrid Ducmanis says Osborne has been the creative force
behind the endeavor from the get-go. "This is totally her baby,"
says Ducmanis, "and she's a good, capable mama" . . .
It wasn't even close to the multi-millions that a businessman
reportedly offered to get into Britney Spears
' pants, but a bidder did pony up $7,000 for a pair of the
pop princess' jeans in the "Undress for MS -- Yahoo Celebrity Jeans
Auction." Top sellers included jeans from Leonardo DiCaprio
($22,700) and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine costume from X-Men
($19,240). Britney's britches trounced fellow popster
Faith Hills' 501s, which pulled in $1,510.
All told, the auction pocked more than $114,000 for the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society . . .
ANDREW DANSBY, CHRISTINA SARACENO, DENISE SHEPPARD, JAAN UHELSZKI,
JENNIFER VINEYARD
(September 13, 2000)
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