Usher is hoping to get up close and personal with his female fans on a 14-date November club tour, which is being billed as “One Night Stand: Ladies Only.” A Jive spokesperson clarifies that although ladies may be the focus, men are welcome at the gigs, which begin Nov. 2 in Atlantic City, N.J.,
Jessica Simpson has been tapped to support Rascal Flatts on the winter leg of the country group’s ongoing Bob That Head Tour.
Bruce Springsteen concluded his three-day barnstorming tour in support of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama today (Oct. 6) with an eight-song, 50-minute acoustic set at Oestrike Stadium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University.
A new album, and a new version of its latest release, are the hot items on Michigan hard rock outfit Chiodos’ plate these days.
Kanye West made a surprise appearance at rapper T.I.’s MySpace-sponsored show in Los Angeles on Friday and announced his upcoming Def Jam album, “808s and Heartbreak,” will arrive Nov. 25. It had been expected Dec. 16.
For the first time in his nearly three-decade career, comedy maestro “Weird Al” Yankovic is releasing his parody of a current No. 1 single — evidently just days after he thought of it.
Depeche Mode has renewed its long-term deal with Mute/EMI and is planning to release its 12th studio album in early spring 2009.
Dozens of U.K. artists, including Radiohead, The Verve, Kaiser Chiefs and Kate Nash, have signed up to a new representative body, the Featured Artists’ Coalition.
Giving fans further hope for some kind of Replacements reunion, group principals Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson joined forces last month to “mess around” in Minneapolis with Soul Asylum/Prince drummer Michael Bland.
Pink raced 37 places up the new U.K. singles chart to hit the top yesterday with “So What” (LaFace/Sony BMG). That ended Kings Of Leon’s three-week tenure at No. 1 with “Sex on Fire” (Hand Me Down/Sony BMG).
