"Don't Let the Man Get You Down," a new tune by FATBOY SLIM and an unreleased mix of N.E.R.D.'s "Rock Star" will be included on the soundtrack to the video game "SSX 3," due September 30th . . . BOY GEORGE's new musical, Taboo, will open on Broadway in New York City on November 13th. The show, which previously ran in England, focuses on the early Eighties club scene . . . Songs by MADONNA, BJORK and DAVE GAHAN have been remixed by PAUL OAKENFOLD for Great Wall, a two-CD set due September 30th . . . Guitarist KIRK DOUGLAS has joined the ROOTS, who are recording their next album, tentatively titled "The Tipping Point" . . . SARAH McLACHLAN will release Afterglow, her first album in six years, on November 4th . . .
Colombian singer JUANES won five Latin Grammys including Album, Record and Song of the Year in Miami on September 3rd . . . GUIDED BY VOICES bassist TIM TOBIAS has left the group and will be replaced by CHRIS SLUSARENKO. GBV is on tour through October . . . JAY FARRAR begins a two-month tour on September 10th in Knoxville . . . Passion Play, a four CD JONI MITCHELL box set will be released this fall . . . JIMMY CLIFF will headline the seventh annual Doheny Days World Music Festival in Dana Point, California, September 13th and 14th . . . JAGGED EDGE's KYLE NORMAN turned himself in to Georgia police on September 3rd and faces charges relating to a local theft ring as well as marijuana possession . . .
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN will conclude his world tour with two performances at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York, on October 1st and 3rd . . . LUTHER VANDROSS will release Live at Radio City Music Hall on October 14th . . . JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has signed on to appear in a series of television advertisements for McDonalds to air later this month . . . PHISH keyboardist PAGE McCONNELL will release a second album with VIDA BLUE, The Illustrated Band, on October 14th . . . The ROLLING STONES and SANTANA will perform at the Hong Kong Harbour Fest on October 15th to aid the economy in the SARS-stricken city . . . RUSH will release the three-CD Rush in Rio on October 21st along with the band's first ever DVD . . .
The FLAMING LIPS will open for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS on a seven-date tour starting October 8th in Las Vegas . . . .ENIGMA will release Voyageur, their first album in three years, on September 30th . . . A new compilation, BIG STAR Story, will collect eighteen songs by the legendary power-pop band, including the previously unreleased track "Hot Thing" . . . Director QUENTIN TARANTINO has tapped the WU-TANG CLAN's RZA to assemble the soundtrack for his next movie, Kill Bill: Volume 1 . . . BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE will begin a fall tour on September 18th in Buffalo. STARS and METRIC will open select dates . . . PENNYWISE will release their seventh album, From the Ashes, on September 9th . . .
The ROLLING STONES have joined the Future Forests' CarbonNeutral Touring program, which funds the planting of trees to compensate for the environmental impact of their current tour . . . NICK and AARON CARTER will give a free concert at New York City's South Street Seaport on September 6th to help Hasbro launch its new version of the popular game, "Twister" . . . Footage of U2, the POLICE, JOHN LENNON and others will be included on the September 16th DVD release of The Old Grey Whistle Test, a classic BBC show . . . ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN are celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary with a fall tour. The U.S. dates begin October 23rd in Boston, and the tour will visit Japan, Australia and Europe in November . . .
SHELBY LYNNE kicks off a twenty-date tour on September 26th in Boulder, Colorado, in support of her new album, "Identity Crisis" . . . HAROLD BUDD has enlisted DANIEL LANOIS to produce his new album, La Bella Vista, due October 7th . . . GORDON LIGHTFOOT is at work on a new studio album due next year. In the meantime, artists including COWBOY JUNKIES, RON SEXSMITH and the TRAGICALLY HIP have interpreted his songs for Beautiful, a tribute album due October 7th . . . The Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, has filed a $40,000 suit against TORI AMOS, to recoup a deposit for a cancelled performance . . . Georgia police are searching for JAGGED EDGE's KYLE NORMAN after finding thirteen pounds of marijuana and two firearms in his Decatur home . . .
(September 4, 2003)