Sheryl Crow is slated to headline an upcoming tribute concert in honor of late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan. Crow, who's from Kennett in southeast Missouri, had earlier appeared at Carnahan's Senate campaign fundraisers (against Republican incumbent John Ashcroft), and her father, attorney Wendell Crow, went to law school with the late governor at the University of Missouri at Columbia. The show will be held Nov. 3 at the Pageant Club in University City, outside St. Louis. Additional artists will be announced this week. Proceeds will benefit the Missouri Childrens Trust Fund. Carnahan died Oct. 16 in a plane crash . . .

The Stone Temple Pilots have had their latest, fan-filmed video for "No Way Out" rejected by MTV. As STP's press corps diplomatically put it, MTV requested a "different edit" of the new video, because the original one had some nudity, though band reps claim that the nudity was "covered." Regardless, there will be two different versions of the video, one for MTV and one for the band's official Web site, posting in the coming weeks. Following STP's current Monsters of Rock stint, they'll be taking a break during which Scott Weiland and his wife are expecting a baby. In January, STP will be heading back into the studio to begin work on a new record that Weiland told Los Angeles station KROQ will be a double album . . .

Christina Aguilera has been forced to cancel a slew of appearances due to illness. The busy teen, who wrapped up her fall tour on Oct. 21 in Hawaii, was diagnosed with tonsillitis. Nine other members of her touring crew were stricken with flu-like symptoms as well. The first of Christina's appearances to get the ax was a stop on Live With Regis scheduled for Thursday, followed by appearances at a radio show in Chicago on Friday and an appearance at the ESPN Zone in New York with BBMak on Saturday. Christina is expected to fully recover in time to shoot her ABC Christmas special in Los Angeles on Nov. 7 and 8. The special is scheduled to air on Dec. 3. Meanwhile her Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas, featuring Billy Preston and Dr. John on two tracks, is currently in stores . . .

Following the completion of the Anger Management Tour, Limp Bizkit will play three dates with DMX, Godsmack and Sinisstar. Anger Management, which features Eminem , Papa Roach and Xzibit, concludes on Nov. 21, and according to www.limpbizkit.com, the band will continue to stay on the road to plug their latest release, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. The mini-tour will hit the San Diego Sports Arena on Nov. 26, New Orleans Arena on Dec. 2 and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. on Dec. 7 . . .

The Old 97s have put the finishing touches on their fifth album, Satellite Rides. The thirteen-track album, the band's third for Elektra, was recorded at Willie Nelson's studio in Pedernales, Tex. Satellite Rides is currently scheduled for release in March of 2001 . . .

Moby, along with Carl Cox , King Britt, LTJ Bukem and Deep Dish, is set to play the ACA World Sound Festival Nov. 2-5 in Acapulco, Mexico. Running concurrently with the traditional Mexican holiday Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the festival will showcase jazz, world and electronic music on five stages. Other artists and DJs on the three-day bill include Poncho Sanchez, Jazzanova, Hugh Masekela, Gilles Peterson, Jason Bentley and Liquid Todd. According to the event's Web Site, www.acasoundfest.com, travel packages for $745 (which include round-trip airfare, lodging, and show passes) are available by calling (866) ACA-FEST . . .

Natalie Merchant and Emmylou Harris are confirmed for the eleventh annual Tibet House benefit concert at New York's Carnegie Hall on Feb. 26. This year's show marks the Year of the Iron Snake, and the festivities in honor of the occasion will include Gomang monks chanting and playing Tibetan long-horns as well as a performance by Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog. Patti Smith, who played last year's show along with Trey Anastasio, David Byrne and Rufus Wainwright, returns again this year. Proceeds from the event go towards Tibet House efforts to preserve Buddhist and Tibetan culture. Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall box office . . .

Bruce Springsteen, who has been keeping a very low profile since he wrapped his tour last July, surfaced at Hedgerow Farm in Middletown, N.J., on Saturday to play a benefit concert for Special People United To Ride Monmouth County, an organization that employs horseback riding as therapy for handicapped children and adults. Accompanied by his wife Patti Scialfa, E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg and Jon Bon Jovi, Springsteen played a forty-five-minute set comprised entirely of rock & roll chestnuts, including "Havin' A Party," "Rockin' All Over the World," "Proud Mary" and "Twist and Shout." Springsteen played the entire set with an autographed Stratocaster Guitar that he donated for an auction benefiting the organization; he also auctioned off two hour-long guitar lessons. Also auctioned off during the event were cocktails with Max Weinberg and his wife Becky, followed by dessert with Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorthea. The entire take for the $500-a-ticket event was a cool million . . .

If there is any doubt about whom Everclear support in the Nov. 7 presidential election, the liner notes to their next album, Songs from an American Movie Vol. 2: A Good Time for a Bad Attitude, will make their position clear after the fact. "We could like to congratulate president-elect Al Gore," the notes read. "If by some strange chance he didn't win, well . . . you can't blame us for wishful thinking." The album is set for release on Nov. 21, two weeks after election day . . .

Weeks after Michael Hutchence's father Kelland said he would allow Sir Bob Geldof to formally adopt Hutchence and Paula Yates' orphaned daughter Tiger Lily comes the news that the singer's mother and sister intend to seek custody of the four-year-old child. Tina Hutchence revealed in an interview with British ITV television that she would "love" the opportunity to bring up the child and has instructed solicitors in London to take action. "I think it's totally bizarre to think that Bob would want his ex-wife's child by a man he loathed," explained Hutchence's mother, Patricia Glassop. Both women agreed that they would not subject the child to a lengthy legal battle, but hope the matter will be resolved by December . . .

Mick Jagger is learning his lines for his latest silver screen appearance. Jagger will play the sleazy owner of an escort service in The Man From Elysian Fields, opposite Andy Garcia and ER expatriate Julianna Margulies.

ANDREW DANSBY, JAAN UHELSZKI, JENNIFER VINEYARD
(October 31, 2000)