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TOM MORELLO of AUDIOSLAVE and SERJ TANKIAN of SYSTEM OF A DOWN will release Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume I, a live album culled from an all-star performance at the Avalon in Los Angeles, on November 2nd. The CD includes guest performers PETE YORN and MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN who contribute vocals to a cover of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name." The album will be released with a DVD featuring live concert footage and audio excerpts of interviews with MICHAEL MOORE and JANEANE GAROFALO . . . PEARL JAM, QUEENSRYCHE, MUDHONEY, GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS and ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET are some of the artists participating in the No Vote Left Behind Festival. The festival will be held in major Seattle venues from September 23rd-26th. The festival is committed to calling for a more progressive political agenda. Tickets will go on sale September 10th . . . Former FACES members ROD STEWART, RON WOOD and IAN McLAGAN reunited in a rare performance at Stewart's concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday . . .
AEROSMITH frontman STEVEN TYLER has lent his voice to an innovative walking tour of Boston. The tour, called Boston: City of Rebels and Dreamers, is a cell phone-guided endeavor. Tyler will narrate the trek through city highlights including Fenway Park and the site of the Boston Massacre. Participants dial a phone number upon arrival at the location to hear Tyler's commentary. For more information, visit talkingstreet.com . . . Roots rockers the OLD 97's have added a slew of tour dates to their fall itinerary. The tour now wraps in Dallas on October 30th. The RHETT MILLER-fronted band is touring behind its latest album, Drag It Up . . . Veteran punk rockers BAD RELIGION will hit the road in Dallas on October 14th for club tour . . . British singer POLLY PAULUSMA will release her debut album Scissors in My Pocket on September 14th. She will follow with a slate of tour dates with THE DIVINE COMEDY. The tour begins in Cambridge, MA on September 11th and ends in Vancouver on September 26th . . .
Rapper JA RULE will plead not guilty to assault charges brought by Toronto police. The rapper was charged with assault causing bodily harm last month . . . JOHN MAYER spent the weekend in Nashville followed by VH1 cameras filming an upcoming show. Cameras captured his Friday performance and followed Mayer visiting the Lower Broadway honky-tonks and walking around the city . . . Fresh off an appearance at MTV's Video Music Awards, rockers YELLOWCARD have tacked on more dates to their fall tour. The trek now wraps November 26th in Los Angeles . . . Singer ALAN JACKSON received seven nominations from the Country Music Association including Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist. Other nominees include TOBY KEITH, who earned six nods, BROOKS AND DUNN, BRAD PAISLEY, KENNY CHESNEY and newcomer GRETCHEN WILSON . . . VICTORIA BECKHAM is pregnant. The former SPICE GIRL and wife of soccer star DAVID BECKHAM is due in March . . .
ANI DIFRANCO is gearing up for a tour of "swing states" in September. The trek, dubbed the "Vote Dammit Tour," finds Difranco pairing up with folk singer DAN BERN on most dates. Comedians SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER and MARGARET CHO will also guest on several dates . . . Quirky act THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS will tour this fall. The outing begins in Albany on September 17th . . . The POLYPHONIC SPREE will release a feature-loaded DVD version of their latest album, Together We're Heavy on September 14th. The DVD will include music videos and photo galleries . . .