Phish frontman Trey Anastasio will begin a ten-date tour with his side band starting May 26th in New York . . . Angie Stone will join the Broadway production of Chicago starting April 14th . . . Jay-Z's remix of Aaliyah's "Miss You" will be released as a commercial single on April 29th . . . Actress Liv Tyler wed Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon on March 25th in a private ceremony in the Caribbean . . . Jack Johnson will make a special New York City appearance on May 16th to promote his new album, On and On, due May 6th . . .

Richard Thompson will release Tracks, a limited edition, five-song EP with two live songs (from his "1,000 Years of Popular Music" performances) and two previously unreleased tracks at the end of April. Thompson's new full-length album, "The Old Kit Bag," is due on May 6th . . .

The RIAA filed lawsuits in New York, New Jersey and Michigan this week against four college students accused of selling more than a million copies of pirated music through file-sharing systems. Damages of $150,000 per song are being sought . . . Johnny Cash was released from a Nashville hospital last week, after being admitted March 10th and treated for pneumonia . . . Ashanti performed for families of U.S. military Huntington, New York on April 3rd . . . Youssou N'Dour and Emmylou Harris are among the artists who will perform this year at the new Carnegie Hall auditorium, Zankel Hall, which opens September 12th . . . Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney will perform at the thirty-eighth-annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 21st . . .

Norah Jones made a surprise appearance during a performance by her guitarist Adam Levy in New York City on April 2nd. The chart-topping singer performed a cover of "Love Me Tender" . . . Jones will also make an appearance on the four-city Verizon Music Festival, which will visit New York, Tampa, Washington, and Los Angeles starting in May. Erykah Badu, Gillian Welch and Bo Diddley will also perform . . . Junkie XL, who scored a hit with his remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" last year, will release a new CD, Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin, on June 3rd . . .

Bjork will perform at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, on August 22nd . . . U.K. buzz band the Coral will launch a thirteen-date North American tour on May 8th in Boston . . . Kittie filed suit against Artemis Records this week over alleged royalty underpayments . . . Lil' Bow Wow and Solange will star in the upcoming film, Johnson Family Vacation . . . The String Cheese Incident, Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek will perform at the thirtieth annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, set for June 19-22 in Colorado . . . A twenty-nine-track collection of Betty Blowtorch rarities will be released as Last Call on May 20th . . .

Jay-Z has added an anti-war verse to his remix of Panjabi MC's "Beware of the Boys," which will go on sale in the U.S. on April 15th . . . Justin Timberlake and B2K wil perform at the sixteenth annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on April 12th in Santa Monica, California . . . Steve Winwood will release "About Time," his first album in six years, on June 3rd . . . Gov't Mule, Galactic and the North Mississippi All Stars will perform at the seventh annual All Good Music Festival and Campout, set for May 15-18 in Masontown, West Virginia . . . That fest will serve as something of a warm-up for the inaugural Higher Ground Festival, set for June 26-28 in Terra Alta, West Virginia, featuring Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Charlie Hunter, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and others . . .

Nothingface has dropped out of its support duty for Ministry's tour, which was scheduled to run into May . . . Yerba Buena will appear and perform on the April 14th episode of NBC's Third Watch . . . Songs by Bob Dylan, Eric Anderson and Ramblin' Jack Elliott will be included on Let Freedom Sing, This Land Is Your Land, Volume II, due April 8th . . . Mary Lee's Corvette will release 700 Miles on April 8th . . . D.O.A. will celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary with a twenty-one-date tour to begin April 25th in Portland, Oregon . . . Gov't Mule, the String Cheese Incident and Dickey Betts will perform at the Suwannee Bound Music Festival, set for April 19-20 in Live Oak, Florida . . . Thee Jethro Tull reissues (A Passion Play, Songs From the Wood and Heavy Horses) will be reissued on May 20th . . .

Moby will headline this year's Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. on June 29th . . . The Minus 5 and Wilco will play three shows together (April 16-17 in Chicago, and April 29th in New York) to promote the release of their collaboration, Down With Wilco . . . Paul Oakenfold has remixed the Dave Matthews Band's "When the World Ends" for the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack, due May 15th. P.O.D., Marilyn Manson and Linkin Park also contribute songs to the album . . . Australia band the Waifs will release their new album, Up All Night, on May 6th; the band also landed ten opening dates for Bob Dylan starting April 19th in Austin . . . A portion of Bon Jovi's April 12th performance in San Jose, California, will be broadcast live through QVC.

Dweezil Zappa and girlfriend Lisa Loeb will host a Food Network program, Dweezil and Lisa, early next year . . . The Eagles have added a second Washington, D.C., concert (on July 12th) to their Farewell I tour . . . Cafe Tacuba will release their new album, Cuatro Caminos, on July 1st. The band has also lined up five festival dates for the summer . . . Journey, Reo Speedwagon and Styx will begin a thirteen-date tour on May 13th in Reno . . . The Boredoms' Yoshimi P-We and Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda will release Flower With No Color this spring . . . The Drive-By Truckers' Decoration Day is scheduled for release on June 17th.

James Taylor will be honored in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on April 26th, designated James Taylor Day. A bridge will also be dedicated to the singer-songwriter . . . 50 Cent is shopping around his memoir, Number One With Nine Bullets, to publishers . . . Built To Spill have lined up a twenty-three-date tour to launch April 3rd in Boise, Idaho . . . Diana Ross' book, Upside Down: Wrong Turns, Right Turns and the Road Ahead, will be published later this spring . . . Boz Scaggs will release But Beautiful, Standards: Volume 1, on May 6th . . . The Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee, which is sold out, will have a sister event in Riverhead, New York, August 8-10, with acts to be announced . . .

A Perfect Circle will perform on six Lollapalooza dates this summer, starting August 15th in Phoenix . . . James Brown donated 400 tickets to military personnel for his March 29th performance in Houston . . . Two-CD, authorized bootlegs from Pearl Jam's Riot Act Tour went on sale yesterday through pearljam.com. The band's tour is scheduled to run through July 9th . . . Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's May 29th show in Manchester, England, has been canceled. Noise and crowd problems following an OASIS show last year were cited as the cause . . . Bruce Cockburn will release his new album, You've Never Seen Everything, on June 10th. Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne and Sam Phillips make guest appearances . . .

(April 4, 2003)