Marc Anthony will appear in his first network television special, Marc Anthony: I've Got You, on July 12th; the program was culled from an appearance at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut . . . U2 have placed video clips of the band working on a new track, "The Hands That Built America," on U2.com . . . Lil' Romeo will appear in Honey, an upcoming feature film starring Jessica Alba that will begin filming in September . . . The GO-GO'S, Lyle Lovett and Earth Wind and Fire have contributed songs to Making Tracks, a Toyota-sponsored benefit CD to raise money for public school music programs . . . The Young Dubliners and Great Big Sea will give a free performance on July 5th in New York City . . . Chris Cagle will headline a July 4th fundraiser for the Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children in Studio City, California . . .

Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger has started his own label, 604 Records; 604's first release will be the debut album by Theory of a Dead Man, due in September . . . Former Dangerous Toys member Kevin Fowler has tapped Willie Nelson and David Lee Garza to make guest appearances on his next record, High on the Hog, due August 6th . . . Rhino Records will release The Last Word: The Warner Bros. Years, a four-CD box set of Miles Davis' later works, on August 20th . . . India.Arie, Usher, OutKast and Alicia Keys were among the winners at the second annual BET Awards in Hollywood on June 25th . . . Otep will support their debut album, Sevas Tra, by touring with Ozzfest, starting July 6th in Bristow, Virginia . . . DJ Chris Fortier will begin a fourteen-date North American tour tonight in Denver . . .

Eve, Busta Rhymes, Tweet, Usher and others will perform at the fourth annual Sashi Concert in Jamaica on August 25th . . . Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has started a new band, VIVA DEATH, which will release its first album on August 27th; Foos bassist Nate Mendel will release a feature film, Our Burden Is Light, later this year, with a soundtrack to be issued on Dave Matthews' ATO Records . . . Weezer have enlisted the Muppets to appear in the video for "Keep Fishin'," the second single from the band's new album, Maladroit . . . The Who have donated a pair of tickets for eighteen of their summer tour dates to be auctioned, with proceeds going to research efforts to cure leukemia, cancer and AIDS . . .

Dirty Vegas will open for Moby on his fifteen-date tour, which begins July 14th in Dallas . . . Nick Lowe will begin a fourteen-date tour on July 12th in Santa Barbara, California . . . Nickel Creek will release their Alison Krauss-produced second album, This Side, on August 13th . . . Glassjaw will release their second album, Worship and Tribute, on July 9th; the group will join the Warped Tour on June 27th in Kansas City . . . Bjork's greatest hits compilation will be released on September 3rd . . . Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform in Asbury Park on July 30th for NBC's Today Show summer concert series . . . Underworld will release A Hundred Days Off on September 24th . . . L.A. Guns will release their new album, Waking the Dead, on August 20th . . .

Aerosmith will launch a four-month U.S. tour on August 13th in Holmdel, New Jersey. The group will be supporting their new two-CD anthology, O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits, which is due July 2nd . . . Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have arranged listening parties of The Rising for fans in seventeen cities in early July. Fans can register to win passes at brucespringsteen.net. The album is due July 30th . . . Sting and Shawn Colvin will appear on Chris Botti's Night Sessions: Live in Concert, a new DVD due August 6th . . . Slipknot singer Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root will release a side project album as Stone Sour later this summer . . . Macy Gray has joined the lineup for the August 31st Janus Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Colorado; Bob Dylan, Nickel Creek and others will also perform . . .

Bounty Hunter and Beenie Man will headline the Guinness Carifest at Randall's Island in New York on June 30th . . . England's Court of Appeals ruled against Elton John's appeal of a 2001 ruling that rejected his multi-million-dollar suit against his former accountants for mismanaging his finances . . . Philly rappers the Naam Brigade will release their debut album, Early in the Game, on August 20th; the group will open for LL Cool J on his upcoming summer tour . . . Rapper Cam'rom will appear in Paid in Full, a feature film produced by Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Films, due on September 6th . . . Bobby Brown was released from a Virginia hospital on June 21st after being treated for an unspecified infection for three days . . .

Carlos Santana will make a guest appearance on a track from Mana's seventh album, Revolucion de Amor, due August 20th . . . Korn were forced to postpone their June 26th performance in Toronto and a June 27th gig in Montreal; the tour resumes on June 29th in Pittsburgh . . . The Transplants, featuring members of Blink-182 and Rancid, have lined up a nine-date tour to launch on July 19th in Anaheim, California . . . Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas will serve as a judge for the International Songwriting Competition; details for the contest are available at www.songwritingcompetition.com . . . The British Defense Ministry pulled two Oasis songs from an army recruitment video, after the band refused to grant permission for their inclusion . . .

J.J. Cale, who wrote such songs as "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," will release The Best of J.J. Cale on July 23rd . . . The Festival in the Grove Concert Series, which was to begin June 29th in Memphis, has been cancelled; Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett and the Temptations were among scheduled performers . . . Peter Case will release his ninth solo album, Beeline, on September 10th . . . Olivia Newton-John will release her first-ever live album, One Woman's Live Journey, on July 23rd . . . Alicia Keys' June 21st performance in Antigua was cancelled after promoters failed to pay her appearance fee . . . Charlie Daniels has pulled out of the July 4th PBS special, A Capitol Fourth, after organizers expressed concern about the lyrics of his song, "The Last Fallen Hero."

(June 27, 2002)