Nickelback
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Yesterday we reported that Nickelback had announced nine U.S. dates on their 2006 tour, with Trapt opening. Nickelback has also revealed a dozen dates in their home and native land of Canada. Live will open the Canadian dates, which begin in Prince George, BC on January 17 and continue up to January 28 in Winnipeg. As previously reported, the U.S. tour begins in Duluth, MN on January 30. Three more Canadian dates have been announced for mid-February as well.Staind will be part of the festivities next Friday, December 16, when Howard Stern says goodbye to terrestrial radio. The band will be on hand to perform "This Is Beetle," the theme song to Stern regular Beetlejuice, live on the air. Staind's specific location that morning will be revealed soon, and the band encourages their fans in New York to come to the performance.
Only a few notable debuts on the SoundScan sales charts this week. Teen R&B singer Chris Brown debuts at #2 with his self-titled release. Shakira's second album of 2005, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, lands at #5 and the reconstituted INXS (with new singer J.D. Fortune) see Switch arrive at #17. Now That's What I Call Music! 20 reclaimed the top position this week.
Shinedown is the newest band to get stripped by Clear Channel. The Rock band has recorded an exclusive performance as part of the stripped raw and real series, which can be heard now on over 90 Clear Channel stations' Web sites. The band performs their hits, as well as a cover of U2's "One."
Congratulations to Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell, whose wife Vicky gave birth to their second child, Christopher Nicholas, on December 5 in Los Angeles. The couple have a 14-month-old daughter as well, named Toni.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, Sirius and the BBC will air a four-hour tribute special to the legendary singer. In addition to an interview with Yoko Ono, artists such as Dave Matthews, Gomez, Badly Drawn Boy, Daryl Hall, Dr. John, Paul Weller and many others will perform Lennon's songs live on both sides of the pond. The special will air on Sirius from 2 to 6 p.m. tomorrow (December 8).
Director Michael Palmieri has taken his name off The Strokes' new video for "Juicebox," after MTV edited the controversial clip for television. Palmieri writes on his Web site, "The video is deliberately unsettling. To me it's about the end of the line of American behavior... but is there really any actual sexual content in this video? Not really. Christina Aguilera shakes her booty with a gaffer-taped thong two inches from the camera for three minutes and that's ok, but we can't show a blurred out image of women wearing bikinis in a magazine in a wide shot for half a second, at least according to MTV, because it's disgraceful to women. What does this actually mean?" Palmieri's entire dissertation can be read here.
Rapper Chingy will drop his next album, Hood Star, in March or April, according to MTV.com. The first single, "Nasty Girl," will hit radio by the end of 2005. The rapper told MTV he will also appear in two movies next year: The System Within and Scary Movie 4.
Jeff Tweedy
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Wilco main man Jeff Tweedy will head out on a solo tour early next year, with bandmates Glenn Kotche and Nels Cline opening, playing their own material. The trek begins on January 31 in Vancouver, with nine dates announced thus far, including a two-night stand in San Francisco.Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli are officially divorcing after 24 years of marriage, though they have been separated for quite some time. Bertinelli has cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split.
Ska-Punkers Less Than Jake will embark on a massive tour early next year, in advance of their next album In With The Outcrowd. The tour begins in Atlanta on January 18 and winds up St. Petersburg, FL on March 4. The new album is set to be released some time in March.
