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  Nirvana on Sub Pop Comp | ARTICLE

  Independent Seattle record label Sub Pop will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary with the compilation album, Terminal Sales -- Sub Pop Records 1988-2003: Celebrating 10 Years of Great Records. Sub Pop began in 1988 and helped launch Seattle's...

  March 13, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Great White, Club Sued | ARTICLE

  Family members of Tina Ayer and Donald Roderiques, two of the ninety-eight people killed in the February 20th fire at Rhode Island's Station nightclub, filed wrongful death suits in Providence Superior Court yesterday. The claims name both Great White, whose pyrotechnics...

  March 5, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  YYY Target April Release | ARTICLE

  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs will release their debut album, tentatively titled Fever to Tell, on April 29th. The New York art-rockers ended months of rumors and speculation by signing with Interscope Records. Their previous efforts, the EPs Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Machine,...

  February 28, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  90+ Dead at Great White Show | ARTICLE

  Ninety-five people are confirmed dead after a fire broke out during a performance by veteran metal band Great White at the Station club in West Warwick, Rhode Island, late Thursday night. Rescue workers were still combing through the one-story venue...

  February 21, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Jimi Hendrix's Remains Moved | ARTICLE

  Jimi Hendrix's remains have been moved from his plot at Renton, Washington's Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery and they will be relocated to a new memorial. The memorial, nearing completion at the same cemetary, will feature a thirty-foot-high...

  February 12, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Incubus Sue Sony | ARTICLE

  Incubus filed a lawsuit against Sony -- the parent company of the band's label, Epic Records, on February 6th in Los Angeles Superior Court. The band -- Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger, Jose Pasillas and Alex Katunich --...

  February 7, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Hip-hoppers Boycott Pepsi | ARTICLE

  Russell Simmons called for a boycott of the soft drink giant Pepsi at a press conference today in New York. Simmons, the chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, was joined by the organization's President Ben Chavis, who began the...

  February 5, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  White Stripes March On | ARTICLE

  The White Stripes will release their fourth album, Elephant, on April 15th. The duo, Jack and Meg White, recorded the album at Toe Rag Studios in East London, using no equipment that dated past 1963. Jack White will appear in the...

  January 29, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Bruce, Elton Make Grammy Hall | ARTICLE

  Twenty-one recordings ranging from jazz and R&B to pop and rock have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The Recording Academy welcomed albums ranging from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run to Thelonious Monk's The Genius of Modern Music, Vol....

  January 24, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Nappy Roots Sued Over "Folks" | ARTICLE

  On the heels of the Nappy Roots' Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Po' Folks," the Kentucky rap outfit has been hit with a copyright lawsuit over the song. St. Louis, Missouri musician and producer Willie Woods filed suit...

  January 23, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Bobby Brown Hospitalized | ARTICLE

  Bobby Brown, who was jailed last Friday after pleading guilty to a 1996 drunken driving charge, was admitted to a hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday. Brown was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital after complaining of an undisclosed ailment. The thirty-three-year-old singer...

  January 22, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Dylan on "Gods and Generals" | ARTICLE

  Bob Dylan will contribute a new song, "Cross the Green Mountain," to the soundtrack of the upcoming Civil War epic Gods and Generals. The song will premiere on AOL's "Listen First" series on January 18th along with another cut from...

  January 17, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  No Doubt, Chicks Play Bowl | ARTICLE

  No Doubt and the Dixie Chicks are the latest superstars to sign on for performances at Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26th in San Diego. No Doubt, who received three Grammy nominations, will perform during the halftime...

  January 9, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Green Day Frontman Arrested | ARTICLE

  Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on January 5th. The singer was driving a black BMW convertible near Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California, and stopped for speeding around 1...

  January 8, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  50 Cent Arrested | ARTICLE

  50 Cent was arrested in New York City and charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon on December 31st. The twenty-seven-year-old rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, had his SUV parked in a no-standing zone outside...

  January 2, 2003 12:00 AM ET