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Here is Sheryl’s current tour schedule:

Thu Jul 24, 2008      Sheryl Crow       Sommet Center     Nashville    TN
Sat Jul 26, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino - Sun Arena     Uncasville    CT
Mon Jul 28, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Nikon at Jones Beach Theater     Wantagh    NY
Tue Jul 29, 2008    Sheryl Crow     PNC Bank Arts Center     Holmdel    NJ
Wed Jul 30, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Comcast Center     Mansfield    MA
Thu Jul 31, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Saratoga Performing Arts Center / SPAC     Saratoga Springs    NY
Fri Aug 01, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Today Show / Toyota Concert Series on Today    New York    NY
Sat Aug 02, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Mann Center for Performing Arts     Philadelphia    PA
Sun Aug 03, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center     Canandaigua    NY
Tue Aug 05, 2008    Sheryl Crow     DTE Energy Music Theatre     Clarkston    MI
Wed Aug 06, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Resch Center     Green Bay    WI
Fri Aug 08, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Bradley Center     Milwaukee    WI
Sat Aug 09, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Northrop Auditorium     Minneapolis    MN
Sun Aug 10, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Ravinia Festival     Highland Park    IL
Wed Aug 13, 2008    Sheryl Crow     CenturyTel Center     Bossier City    LA
Thu Aug 14, 2008    Sheryl Crow     The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion     The Woodlands    TX
Fri Aug 15, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Superpages.com Center     Dallas    TX
Sat Aug 16, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Oklahoma City Zoo - Amphitheatre     Oklahoma City    OK
Mon Aug 18, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Sandia Casino Amphitheater     Albuquerque    NM
Tue Aug 19, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Casino Del Sol - Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheatre     Tucson    AZ
Thu Aug 21, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Valley View Casino     Valley Center    CA
Fri Aug 22, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Planet Hollywood Showroom     Las Vegas    NV
Sat Aug 23, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Harvey’s Lake Tahoe     Lake Tahoe    NV
Mon Aug 25, 2008    Sheryl Crow     ANA Amphitheater     Salt Lake City    UT
Wed Aug 27, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Sleep Train Pavilion     Concord    CA
Fri Aug 29, 2008    Sheryl Crow     McMenamins Edgefield     Troutdale    OR
Sat Aug 30, 2008    Sheryl Crow     The Concerts at Marymoor     Redmond    WA
Tue Sep 23, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Kingston Memorial Arena     Kingston    Ontario    Canada
Wed Sep 24, 2008    Sheryl Crow     John Labatt Centre     London    Ontario    Canada
Thu Sep 25, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Steelback Centre - SBC     Sault Ste. Marie    Ontario    Canada
Sat Nov 15, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Evening on the Green    Sandalford    Unavailable    AU
Wed Nov 19, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Adelaide Entertainment Centre    Hindmarsh    South Australia    AU
Fri Nov 21, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Rod Laver Arena    Melbourne    Unavailable    AU
Sat Nov 22, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Rochford Wines    Yarra Valley    Unavailable    AU
Tue Nov 25, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Brisbane Entertainment Centre    Brisbane    Unavailable    AU
Fri Nov 28, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Acer Arena (formerly SuperDome)    Sydney    Unavailable    AU
Sat Nov 29, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Bimbadgen Estate    Hunter Valley    Unavailable    AU
Wed Dec 03, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Vector Arena    Auckland    Unavailable    NZ
Sat Dec 06, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Alana Estate Winery    Wellington    Unavailable    NZ
Sun Dec 07, 2008    Sheryl Crow     Mudhouse Winery    Christchurch    Unavailable    NZ

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Hey Aimee Mann fans, Aimee has announced new tour dates to support her new album “Smilers”:
AIMEE MANN TOUR DATES

June 11 Belly Up San Diego

June 12 House Of Blues Anaheim, CA

June 14 The Belcourt Theatre Nashville,TN

June 15 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC

June 16 Variety Playhouse Atlanta

June 18 Carolina Theatre Durham, NC

June 19 9:30 Club Washington, DC

June 22 St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, NY

June 23 St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, NY

June 24 St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, NY

June 26 Calvin Theater Northampton, MA

June 29 Avalon Boston

August 20 Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA

Click here, for the complete schedule,

Could the rumors be true? Is Madonna done with Guy Ritchie? According to UK’s Holy Moly, Madge has reportedly hired Britain’s toughest divorce lawyer, Nicholas Mostyn QC.

Madonna and Guy have been dodging breakup rumors for a while now so this isn’t exactly shocking news but the odd twist it that the report claims Madge and Guy didn’t have a pre-nup. Say what you will about Madonna, but she’s one smart businesswoman. There is no way in hell she would get married without a pre-nup.

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Four-dollar-a-gallon gas prices are eating away at the summer-concert business, with top festivals and tours taking unexpected box-office hits over the past few months. Bonnaroo and Coachella fell short of sellouts for the first time in years, tours such as Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, Maroon 5 and George Michael are struggling, and even perennial sure things like Bruce Springsteen and Nine Inch Nails are soft in some cities. “It has an effect when people are filling up their cars for $80,” says Alex Hodges, chief operating officer for Nederlander Concerts in Los Angeles. “How many concerts are they going to go to with all the other costs?”

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Nas’ new album has shifted on the release schedule yet again, this time moving from July 1 to July 15.

In May, the rapper dropped the Def Jam disc’s original title, “N*gger,” and reclassified the album as an untitled project.

On the first official track from the album, “Hero,” Nas explains that he dropped the original controversial title so that the album’s message could better reach his fans.

Nas’ previous album, 2006’s “Hip-Hop Is Dead,” has sold 758,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Reuters/Billboard

CHICAGO - R. Kelly told the judge in his child pornography trial Tuesday that he doesn’t plan to testify.
 
After Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had a right to not take the stand, the R&B singer leaned forward at the defense table with his hands folded and, speaking for the first time at the trial, responded: “I decided not to testify.”

The jury wasn’t in the room at the time.

Kelly, 41, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he videotaped himself having sex with an underage girl. Both Kelly and the alleged victim, now 23, have denied being on the tape.

Also Tuesday, the judge ruled that jurors can view the sex tape once they begin deliberating.

Kelly’s lawyers had asked the judge to bar jurors from reviewing the graphic video, saying they worried jurors would overemphasize one piece of evidence. But prosecutors argued the tape is the primary subject of the trial and couldn’t be kept from jurors.

“People’s Exhibit No. 1 is the actual nucleus of the case … the evidence centers around this exhibit,” said prosecutor Shauna Boliker.

Gaughn agreed, but added that he would instruct the jurors before they begin deliberating that they shouldn’t put too much emphasis on the tape alone.

A prosecution witness also took the stand for a second time to rebut defense claims about the tape. The defense and prosecution both have rested their cases but video expert Grant Fredericks’ testimony is part of the prosecution’s right of rebuttal.

A version of the video that the defense used in presenting their case was misleading because it was such low quality, Fredericks told jurors.

The defense argued that in their version of the tape there is no mole on the back of the man who appeared, proving the man is not Kelly, who has such a mole.

But Fredericks says higher quality versions of the tape clearly show a mole on the man’s back.

The defense and prosecutors also sparred in court Tuesday about who made certain copies of the tape and whether that may have undermined the defense’s case.

Closing arguments are likely to be delivered Thursday.

Source: Yahoo News

Looks like recent American Idol winner David cook is making headlines and breaking records. According to Yahoo news David Cooks songs got 942,000 in just one week alone. Runner-up on the Fox show, David Archuleta, amassed 323,000 downloads in the same period. The next closest “Idol” contender was Jason Castro, with 64,000 downloads. Another impressive stat is that David has 11 songs debut in the Billboard 100.  To read more about which songs were most popular, read here.

Rapper Bow Wow has reported said that he will persue acting full time. He’s just gotten a gig on HBO’s new show “Entourage”. Bow Wow is quoted as saying “After 16 years in the music industry and six successful albums, I’ve decided to shift my energy to something else I’m passionate about,  acting,” Moss said. “I’m going to try to be the next Will Smith.” …Read more

Rihanna’s new song “Take A Bow” is doing well in the UK, recently becoming number 1 on their pop charts:

British punk-dance duo the Ting Tings conceded top spot on the U.K. singles chart yesterday with “That’s Not My Name” (Columbia) to Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” (Def Jam/Universal), but had the major consolation of debuting atop the album chart with “We Started Nothing”…Rihanna’s chart-topping singles success follows last year’s epic 10-week run at the top with “Umbrella” featuring Jay-Z. The Barbadian singer has now had five singles reach the top two on the U.K. chart. As the Ting Tings’s “That’s Not My Name” fell to No. 2 and “4 Minutes” (Warner Bros.) by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake held at No. 3, the new top 10 welcomed Duffy’s “Warwick Avenue” (A&M/Universal), up 13-7. read more

R&B outfit Pretty Ricky will introduce a new single and a new singer during a Monday (May 19) webcast, ahead of the Aug. 26 release of its next album, “80s Babies.”

The track, “Cuddle Up” featuring Butta Creame, will be available digitally the following day and will be serviced to radio in the group’s home state of Florida, with a national impact date shortly afterward.

To further introduce new vocalist 4Play, who replaces Marcus “Pleasure” Cooper, PrettyRicky.com is hosting webisodes featuring the group in the studio and hanging out in Miami. “To actually be making music and to be a part of the Pretty Ricky family is like watching my dreams come true,” 4Play says.

“80s Babies” is the follow-up to 2007’s “Late Night Special,” which has sold 516,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The single “On the Hotline” reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.