- Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy will perform at “Change Rocks,” a Chicago concert/campaign fundraiser to benefit hometown hero and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The concert goes down December 7th at the Windy City’s Riviera Theatre. Also on the bill are the Cool Kids (a Rolling Stone Artist to Watch), Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins and Jill Sobule.
- John C. Reilly, the star of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story will appear in character as Cox at a series of concerts. Cox/Reilly will kick off the seven-show tour at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, before heading off to Chicago, Austin, Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. “Not since Duran Duran toured America in 1984 have people been so excited about a rock star,” producer Judd Apatow said.
- A New York judge threw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against a coalition of record labels by the operator of file-sharing program LimeWire.
- Understanding they shouldn’t put all their eggs in one pop star, Jive Records had a Plan B in case Britney Spears didn’t show up at the expensive video shoot for her next single “Piece of Me” so that the production wouldn’t go to waste. Brit did eventually show up on set twelve hours late.
- Artists such as Radiohead are now seeking to get a percentage of concert tickets resold on auction sites like eBay.
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