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The Barenaked Ladies have put together seventeen videos, performance footage and other clips for a self-titled DVD due November 5th . . . Axl Rose, George Michael, David Bowie, James Hetfield and others will appear on Queen + The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, a two-DVD set that documents a 1992 performance honoring the late-Queen frontman; the set is due November 26th . . . Outkast won Band Men of the Year and Ja Rule won Musician of the Year at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in New York City on October 16th . . . Ben Kweller will begin a twenty-one-date tour on October 31st in Plainville, New York . . . Leann Rimes has signed on to star in "The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth," a family film due next year . . .
The Del McCoury Band won Entertainer of the Year at the 2002 International Bluegrass Music Awards in Louisville, Kentucky on October 17th; the "Down From the Mountain" album, featuring music by Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris and others won Bluegrass Event of the Year . . . Last week, a New York State Court of Appeals ruled that that the Ronettes are not entitled to royalties on their songs that appear in movies and commercials; a lower court will still rule on damages the group is owed from unpaid royalties from compilations and reissues . . . Chieftans harpist Derek Bell died in Phoenix while the band was on tour of unknown causes; he was sixty-six . . .
Lou Reed and Elvis Costello will perform at Seconding the First, a benefit concert celebrating the First Amendment sponsored by the Creative Coalition in New York City on October 29th . . . Dope will headline the Jagermeister $12 Riot Tour with Primer 55, Skinlab and Society 1, starting October 31st in Randolph, New Jersey . . . Elton John played a private benefit to raise money for his AIDS foundation in San Francisco on October 16th; Mayor Willie Brown proclaimed the day Elton John AIDS Foundation Day . . . Soft Cell will begin their first tour in eighteen years on November 20th in Washington, D.C. . . . Electronic duo Deepsky have remixed David Bowie's "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" and Madonna's "Die Another Day" . . .
T Bone Burnett will produce Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang's duet album, What a Wonderful World, due November 5th . . . Elton John will release Live in Barcelona on DVD on November 12th; the performance was recorded in 1992 and features an hour-long documentary . . . Cody Chesnutt will celebrate the release of The Headphone Masterpiece with album release parties in Los Angeles on October 21st and New York City the next day; the Roots, Mos Def and Macy Gray are expected to attend . . . Add N to (X) will begin a sixteen date tour on November 7th in Worchester, Massachusetts; the group will be supporting Loud Like Nature, due October 29th . . .
'N Sync's Justin Timberlake has added vocals to Mariah Carey's "Yours," from her next album, due December 10th; Jay-Z, Cam'ron and others also guest on the album . . . ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard had to drop out of several of the band's European tour dates after undergoing emergency surgery on October 13th for appendicitis . . . A collection of live Fleetwood Mac material from 1970 will be released as The Vintage Years Live on October 22nd . . . Kylie Minogue won Best Pop Release and Best-Selling Single at the sixteenth annual Australian Record Industry Association Awards in Sydney on October 15th; Silverchair's Diorama won Best Rock Album . . . Six Simple Minds albums will be remastered and reissued on January 7th . . . Paul Rodgers will release Muddy Waters Blues, a tribute to the blues legend, on October 22nd . . .
Vanessa Carlton will kick off her first-ever headlining tour on October 20th in Boston . . . Horace Logan, who founded the popular "Louisiana Hayride" radio program and coined the phrase, "Elvis has left the building," died on October 13th at age eighty-six . . . Flea, Stewart Copeland, Sheila E and the BLACK EYED PEAS will perform at the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert in Los Angeles on October 24th to raise money for students who have applied to the Musicians Institute in Hollywood . . . Blues phenom Jonny Lang's earliest recordings, made when he was fourteen-years-old, will be released as Smokin' on October 22nd . . .
David Bowie will release a two-DVD set featuring television appearances, music videos, and other clips on November 19th . . . Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1976 classic Rastaman Vibration will be reissued as a two-CD set on November 19th with nine previously unreleased live songs . . . Lil' Bow Wow and Mario will begin a nine-date tour on October 25th in Cincinnati . . . Billy Joel and Joe Lovano are among the artists who will make appearances at Toots Thielemans' eightieth birthday celebration concert series in New York City, starting October 29th . . . Aterciopelados have recorded three new songs for inclusion on Evolucion, their hits collection, due November 5th . . .
They Might Be Giants will launch a concert/book tour with author Dave Eggers on October 18th in Washington, D.C. . . . Melissa Etheridge and Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik will perform at the Lili Claire Foundation's fifth annual benefit event on October 19th in Beverly Hills, California. The organization offers medical and other services to children living with neurogenetic birth defects . . . Songs by Angelique Kidjo, the Soft Boys, Sparklehorse and others will be included on The Truth About Charlie soundtrack, due October 22nd . . . Brad Paisley will make a guest appearance on the ABC sitcom According to Jim, which stars his fiancee, Kimberly Williams . . .
Korn singer Jonathan Davis photographed his fiancee/porn Star Deven Davis for Playboy. Davis joined Tommy Lee, Nelly and Disturbed singer David Draiman as the magazine's celebrity shooters. "There's nothing better than shooting your chick naked," Davis said . . . System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has inked a distribution deal with Columbia Records for his previously Internet-only label Serjical Strike Records . . . Toad the Wet Sprocket will reunite to open for Counting Crows on December 10th in Los Angeles. The band is also planning other dates . . . Members of Reel Big Fish and crew escaped unharmed when their tour bus caught fire at a truck stop in Missouri on Saturday morning. The band is on tour promoting their new album, Cheer Up.
Rick James' 1981 triple-platinum album Street Songs, featuring the hit "Super Freak" and guest appearances by Stevie Wonder and Teena Marie, will be re-released on November 12th . . . California's roots rockers the Mother Hips have called it quits after a decade together. American Idol finalist Tamyra Gray will play a student on Fox's Boston Public for four episodes in February . . . British tenor Russell Watson has recorded a version of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" for ABC's daytime Caroline Rhea Show . . . Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland is holding auditions for a vocalist for his band Eat the Day. Limp Bizkit held its own set of auditions to replace Borland following his departure . . . Laura Zapata, sister of Latin sensation Thalia, has been released by her kidnappers after being held for eighteen days in Mexico City. Police still don't know the whereabouts of Thalia's other sister, Ernestina Sodi, who was kidnapped along with Zapata.
(October 18, 2002)