Wyclef Jean will give a free performance today on the USS Intrepid in New York; the performance will air on MuchMusic USA on June 20th . . . Denmark authorities have decided not to file charges against the organizers of the 2000 Roskilde Festival, during which nine fans died during a Pearl Jam performance . . . Peter Gabriel married girlfriend Meah Flynn in a private ceremony in northern Sardinia on June 9th . . . On June 12th, Elton John appealed a London court's ruling against his multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed against Pricewaterhouse Coopers for mismanaging his finances . . . OK Go will release their debut album on September 17th, followed by an eighteen-date tour opening for the Vines, starting July 10th in Toronto . . . Soft Cell will release Cruelty Without Beauty, their first new album in eighteen years, on September 10th . . .

Tony Bennett, Isaac Hayes and others will headline the 2002 Verizon Music Festival in New York City from September 17th through the 22nd . . . Jennifer Love Hewitt will release BareNaked on Jive Records on September 24th; the album was produced by Meredith Brooks and features songs co-written with Brooks and Brian McKnight . . . Billy Bob Thornton will perform at the American Heart Awards Paint the Town Red Gala on July 27th at in Beverly Hills, California . . . Jennifer Lopez has signed on to star in Kevin Smith's next film, Jersey Girl, which will begin shooting this summer . . . John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt and Don Henley have contributed tracks to the soundtrack for "The Country Bears," due July 23rd . . .

Courtney Love's lawsuit against the Universal Music Group, which was scheduled to begin on June 11th, has been delayed until June 18th . . . New Edition, without Bobby Brown, will begin a twenty-four date tour on June 28th in Las Vegas . . . Five For Fighting, Tonic, Silvercrush, Howie Day and nine other bands have been added to the Jeep World Outside Festival, which kicks off on July 10th in Charlotte, North Carolina; Sheryl Crow and Train will headline . . . OK Go will release their debut album on September 17th, followed by an eighteen date tour opening for the Vines, starting July 10th in Toronto . . . Peter Murphy will give a solo acoustic performance at the downtown New York City Tower Records tomorrow . . .

Rapper/actor Mos Def, who stars in the Broadway play Topdog/Underdog, will contribute the song "Three Card" to the soundtrack. Due July 30th, the album will also feature tracks by Jay-Z, the Wu-Tang Clan, James Brown, John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson . . . Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is selling his own hot sauce, Joe Perry's Rock Your World Boneyard Brew Hot Sauce, through joeperrysrockyourworld.com . . . Finch, Home Grown, the Rx Bandits and other Drive-Thru Records bands will perform on a second stage during the upcoming Vans Warped Tour, which begins June 21st in Nampa, Idaho . . . Iceland's Thule Musik has launched a U.S. label and will release albums by Trabant, the Funderals and Sofandi later this summer . . . The Super Furry Animals have pulled out of the June 25th Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. . . . Weezer has added Loudermilk and Hometown Hero to their Enlightenment Tour on a new second stage . . .

Ashanti will publish Foolish/Unfoolish, a collection of poetry and other writings, in November . . . Aerosmith's new two-CD anthology, O, Yeah, will be released on July 2nd. The album will feature two new tracks, "Girls of Summer" and "Lay It Down" . . . A 1999 Ford Mustang once owned by Eminem is being auctioned by a Detroit-area auto dealer; partial proceeds will be donated to the Macomb Literacy Project . . . Two songwriters, Michael Cottrill and Larry Wnukowski, filed suit against Britney Spears on June 7th, accusing her of copyright violations over two songs featured on her album, Oops! . . . I Did It Again . . . Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone was laid to rest in Los Angeles yesterday . . .

No Wave pioneer Kristian Hoffman releases &, his first album in five years, this week. The album includes fifteen duets with guests including Rufus Wainwright, Maria McKee and Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman) . . . Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP will be the subject of VH1's "Ultimate Albums on June 16th, with commentary from Eminem, Snoop Dogg and others. Albums by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Meat Loaf and Run-D.M.C. will be the subject of other episodes this summer . . . Ray Charles and Jermaine Dupri will receive the Heroes Award from the Atlanta chapter of the Recording Academy in a ceremony on July 18th . . . Randy Travis will release a new two-CD retrospective, Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology, on July 16th . . .

Sheryl Crow, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh and Friends, Lucinda Williams and the Allman Brothers Band are among the acts lined up for Summerfest 2002, which is slated for June 27th through July 7th in Milwaukee . . . Jimmy Buffett will bring his Margaritaville restaurant to the Flamingo in Las Vegas in the fall of 2003 . . . Insane Clown Posse will hold their Gathering of the Juggalos festival in Peoria, Illininois, from June 19-21 . . . Morrissey has lined up a fifteen-date U.S. tour that will begin on August 1st in Salt Lake City . . . C-Murder (a.k.a. Corey Miller)'s trial on a charge of second-degree murder will begin on September 17th; Miller is accused of shooting a man after an argument in a club in Harvey, Louisiana . . .

Wyclef Jean, Sleater-Kinney, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Donnas will perform at the Siren Festival in Brooklyn, New York, on July 20th . . . Korn has added eight dates to their tour behind Untouchables; the jaunt begins July 17th in Roanoke, Virginia . . . A Corpus Christi, Texas, judge ordered the destruction of the gun used to kill Selena, after the gun was found in the home of a court reporter . . . Former Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine filed a legal malpractice suit against his attorney, Vincent H. Chiefo, for allegedly mishandling Jardine's recent legal tangles with his ex-band mates . . . Rachid Taha will begin an eight-date tour on July 14th in Boston . . .

(June 13, 2002)