Performers have been announced for the US and UK Live Earth concerts, to be held on July 7th this summer. The US show will be in Giants Stadium in New Jersey and will feature the following performers:
AFI
Akon
Alicia Keys
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy
John Mayer
KT Tunstall
Kelly Clarkson
Kanye West
Ludacris
Melissa Etheridge
Roger Waters
Rihanna
Sheryl Crow
Smashing Pumpkins
The Police
The London show […]

Sheryl Crow is making news with her Stop the Global Warming Tour, with activist Laurie David.  They just played their first show in Dallas at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium.  The two week college tour is encouraging students, faculty and staff to join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March to acknowledge the impact of global warming and […]

Good news on the DRM front, from both sides of the pond.  Maybe EMI and Apple will carry that weight enough to make the entire digital music industry come together on this issue.
This was posted on the DRM News Blog yesterday:
Record label EMI and Apple have reached an agreement that allows Apple’s iTunes store to […]

The 12th annual summer tour is now being called Freefest, because Ozzfest is free thisyear.  The festival tour starts on July 12th in Seattle and covers 24 cities.  Ozzfest will definitely be a spectacle this year.
Bands currently on the bill include, of course, Ozzy Osbourne, with Lamp of God, Lordi and as yet to be […]

Eric Clapton has announced his second Crossroads Guitar Festival,
taking place this summer on July 28th at Toyota Park in Chicago. 
Proceeds will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
The day-long festival will feature legendary music and collaborations including: Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, […]