2006 News Archives
December 2006
Private burial service held for James Brown (New York Times/AP, December 29)
Rolling Stones tour tops '06 concerts (Pollstar, December 28)
Partner, maybe wife of James Brown locked out of home (Yahoo/AP, December 26)
Bono to be knighted (Billboard, December 25)
James Brown dies at 73. (MTV, December 25)
Aretha plans new disc with Faith Hill, and others (Billboard, December 22)
Paul Westerberg badly injures hand (Billboard, December 22)
Eminem divorces, again (EOnline, December 20)
Concord Music Group reactivates Stax (Standard Time, December 18)
New Avril drops in April (Billboard, December 18)
Trey Anstasio arrested for DWI (EOnline, December 15)
Label giant Ahmet Ertegun dead at 83 (New York Times, December 14)
Rolling Stone's bigger bang equals bigger bucks (Billboard, December 13)
Chili Peppers plan '07 tour with Gnarls Barkley (Billboard, December 12)
Drug charges against Courtney Love dismissed (NME, December 12)
Evil sues Kanye West (MSNBC/AP, December 12)
Bonnaroo sets '07 dates (Billboard, December 11)
Meat Loaf announces world tour (Standard Time, December 11)
33 years later, The Stooges are back (Standard Time, December 11)
Prince to perform at Super Bowl (Standard Time, December 10)
Blige leads Grammy nominations (Billboard, December 7)
Dick Clark rocks in the new year (Standard Time, December 6)
Mary J . Blige wins big at Billboard awards (Billboard, December 5)
Hip hop outfit The Coup survive bus crash (Standard Time, December 4)
November 2006
Dolores O’Riordan signs with Sanctuary (Standard Time, November 30)
Fall Out Boy plans January club tour (Billboard, November 30)
Guns N' Roses gives Eagles of Death Metal the boot (Pollstar, November 29)
Snoop Dog arrested again (Billboard, November 29)
Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson file for divorce (Washington Post/AP, November 27)
Rolling Stones become top grossing tour ever (Billboard, November 23)
Robert Lockwood Jr. dies at 91 (Standard Time, November 22)
Black Eyed Peas win three AMA awards (New York Times/Associated Press, November 21)
Coachella expands to three days (Standard Time, November 21)
Antibalas signs with Anti- (Standard Time, November 20)
The Game gets arrested, allegedly impersonates cop (Billboard, November 19)
Clear Channel agrees to $19B buyout (New York Times, November 16)
Michael Jackson flops in London (Manchester Evening News, November 16)
Trey Anstasio, Widespread Panic headline Florida fest (Billboard, November 16)
Bloc Party cancels tour due to illness (Standard Time, November 14)
Ms. Dynamite, AC/DC lead singer crash at TV show filming (NME, November 14)
Snow Patrol goes gold, plans '07 US tour (Standard Time, November 14)
The Ataris sign with Sanctuary (Standard Time, November 13)
Gerald Levert dead at 40 (Allhiphop.com, November 10)
Young Buck, Lloyd Banks get charges dropped (EOnline, November 9)
Orleans' John Hall takes a seat in Congress (Journal News, November 8)
Britney files for divorce (CNN, November 7)
Genesis reunites - without Gabriel - for tour (Pollstar, November 7)
Dimebag Darrell becomes a Dallas star (Standard Time, November 6)
Marianne Faithfull gets clean bill of health for cancer (Billboard, November 6)
String Cheese Incident calls it quits (Standard Time, November 5)
Shakira, Calle 13 clean up at Latin Grammys (Billboard, November 2)
October 2006
R.E.M., Van Halen lead R&R Hall nominations (Billboard, October 30)
Sonic Youth to issue b-sides disc (Standard Time, October 30)
Snoop Dog arrested on weapons, drug charges (Billboard, October 27)
Clapton, Cale collaborate on new disc (Standard Time, October 26)
Busta Rhymes refuses plea bargain (New York Post, October 25)
Duran Duran member exits (Standard Time, October 25)
Foxy Brown gets probation (Billboard, October 25)
Runaways' Sandy West succumbs to cancer (Monstersandcritics.com, October 25)
Army of Anyone hits the road (Pollstar, October 24)
Shakira performs at Latin Grammys (Standard Time, October 24)
Blind Melon records disc with new singer (Billboard, October 23)
Jack's Manniquin goes live with CD/DVD (Standard Time, October 23)
Justin Timberlake sets tour (Pollstar, October 17)
Rapper Fabolous shot in New York, arrested (New York Times, October 17)
CBGB's closes doors (MTV.com, October 16)
Tower Records plans to shut down (MSN/Associated Press, October 13)
Christina Aguilera announces tour plans (Billboard, October 12)
Usher ends Chicago run early due to strep (Billboard, October 12)
Hawkins of The Darkness quits band (Billboard, October 11)
Thrice vocalist releases solo disc (Standard Time, October 10)
(+44) reschedules tour dates (Standard Time, October 9)
Judakiss arrested on gun charge (WNBC, October 7)
The Good, The Bad and The Queen form out of Blue, Clash (Standard Time, October 6)
Atreyu goes Hollywood (Standard Time, October 4)
Bob Seger hits road finally (Pollstar, October 4)
Travis Barker hurt in filming accident (Standard Time, October 4)
Foo Fighters release concert disc (Standard Time, October 2)
U2 plans on greatest hits (Standard Time, October 2)
September 2006
Avril apologizes to fans (Standard Time, September 29)
HIM bags U.S. fall tour (Standard Time, September 27)
Shakira scores most Latin Grammy nomintions (Billboard, September 26)
Guns 'N Roses cancels Cali dates after KROQ fest (Artist Direct, September 25)
Senses Fail announce fall tour (Standard Time, September 25)
Supernova chooses new name (Artist Direct, September 21)
The Station owners strike deal in club fire tragedy (Boston.com, September 21)
Ashanti settles suit with producer (Washington Post/AP, September 19)
Eminem returns with mixed tape CD (Billboard, September 19)
ZZ Top splits with long-time manager, label (Austin Statesman, September 18)
Jay-Z ends retirement, new disc in November (MTV, September 14)
Marianne Faithfull battles breast cancer (Pollstar, September 14)
A Static Lullaby plans new album on new label (Standard Time, September 13)
Britney gives birth (UPI, September 13)
Rossi wins Rock Star to become Supernova lead singer (Billboard, September 13)
Christina Aguilera plots tour (MTV, September 11)
Keane cancels US tour over singer's problems (Standard Time, September 11)
Labels sued over Buckcherry video (Los Angeles Times, September 11)
U2 hits the studio with Rick Rubin (Billboard, September 8)
Paris Hilton gets booked on DUI charge (Reuters, September 7)
R.E.M. unites with Berry for one short gig (Billboard, September 5)
Jazz man Dewey Redman dies (All About Jazz, September 3)
Mos Def arrested at VMAs (NME, September 1)
August 2006
VMAs hold court (MTV, August 31)
Fat Joe signs with Virgin (Billboard, August 30)
Jorma Kaukonen signs new record deal (Standard Time, August 25)
Maynard Ferguson dies at 78 (Jazz Police, August 24)
Good Charlotte plots fall tour (Livedaily.com, August 23)
With no lead singer set, Supernova sets tour (Standard Time, August 23)
Keane bags tour, singer undergoes treatment (Billboard, August 22)
Def Leppard, Journey extend tour (Standard Time, August 21)
Jay-Z plans world tour (Billboard, August 21)
Busta Rhymes arrested in New York (MTV, August 20)
Pete Doherty pleads guilty to drug charges (Billboard, August 18)
Ricky Martin receives Latin person of year honor (Standard Time, August 17)
Trey Anastasio starts own label (Standard Time, August 17)
Jeff Beck launches tour in September (Standard Time, August 15)
Chris Cornell works on new disc (Standard Time, August 14)
P.O.D. splits with Atlantic (Billboard, August 11)
Steve Earle signs with New West Records (Standard Time, August 10)
Jay-Z tours to deal with water problems (Billboard, August 9)
July 2006
Pam Anderson, Kid Rock get married (E! Online, July 29)
Bluesman Floyd Dixon dies at 77 (Standard Time, July 27)
Chris Cornell does Bond theme song (Billboard, July 27)
James Blunt tours North America again (Standard Time, July 27)
'N Sync's Lance Bass comes out (MTV, July 26)
Stones plan U.S. fall stadium tour (Billboard, July 25)
Beach Boys plan "Pet Sounds" anniversary release (Standard Time, July 24)
Los Lonely Boys bro gets arrested (Billboard, July 24)
Xavier Rudd signs with Anti (Standard Time, July 24)
The Killers plan 12-song disc (MTV, July 21)
Paris Hilton finally plans album release (Billboard, July 20)
Keith Richards receives Arkansas pardon (Washington Post/AP, July 19)
Dave Navarro, Carmen Electra split (Artist Direct, July 18)
Avril Lavigne, Sum 41 led singer tie the knot (MTV, July 17)
The Who hit the road (Pollstar, July 13)
Jesse McCartney plans follow-up CD for September (Standard Time, July 12)
Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett dead at 60 (Billboard, July 11)
Chris Daughtry signs record deal (Standard Time, July 10)
Nick Lachey plans fall tour (Billboard, July 10)
Original ASIA regroups, tours (Standard Time, July 6)
Dallas Austin gets out of Dubai jail on drug charges (Billboard, July 5)
June 2006
Vince Gill plans 4-CD release (Standard Time, June 29)
Jeff Buckley biopic being planned (Billboard, June 28)
Axl Rose arrested in Stockholm, allegedly bites hotel guard (MTV, June 27)
Producer Arif Mardin dies of cancer (Billboard, June 26)
Keith Urban marries Nicole Kidman (AP, June 25)
Rolling Stones tour a go despite Ronnie Woods rehab report (BBC, June 16)
Ruben Studdard wins suit against manager (Billboard, June 16)
Snow Patrol reschedules tour (Standard Time, June 16)
Tom Petty signs with Rubin's label (Standard Time, June 15)
Dylan plans new disc (Billboard, June 14)
Bonnaroo sells out (Billboard, June 12)
CMA Music Fest sets record attendance (Standard Time, June 12)
Kenny Chesney plans to release live disc (Standard Time, June 9)
Snow Patrol postpones tour due to health reasons (Standard Time, June 9)
Loretta Lynn breaks shoulder (Standard Time, June 8)
Mary J. Blige hits the road (Standard Time, June 8)
Suzanne Vegea inks with Blue Note (Standard Time, June 8)
Billy Preston dead at 59 (Billboard, June 6)
Grateful Dead's Vince Welnick dies (SFGate.com, June 3)
May 2006
Dixie Chicks sell well (Standard Time, May 31)
Indigo Girls go Hollywood (Standard Time, May 31)
BeyoncT plans September album (Billboard, May 30)
Ska great Desmond Dekker dies (Times Online UK, May 26)
Beanie Sigel shot in robbery attempt (MTV, May 25)
Eric Clapton plans fall tour of U.S (Billboard, May 25)
Tyler Hicks is the American Idol (MTV, May 24)
Freddie of Freddie and the Dreamers dies (Billboard, May 22)
Keith Richards returns to US (E! Online, May 22)
Kenny Chesney wins ACM entertainer award (Standard Time, May 22)
Grand Ole Opry member Billy Walker killed in car crash (Standard Time, May 21)
The Concretes cancel U.S. tour (Standard Time, May 19)
Tommy Hilfiger allegedly throws punches at Axl (Standard Time, May 19)
Izzy Stradlin rejoins GN'R at New York gig (MTV, May 18)
Paul McCartney splits from wife (CBS News, May 18)
Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman are engaged (People, May 16)
The Raconteurs hit the road (Standard Time, May 16)
Radiohead's Thom Yorke goes the solo route (Standard Time, May 15)
Paul Simon plans summer trek (Billboard, May 12)
Christina Aguilera releases new album in August (Standard Time, May 11)
Great White gets four years in deadly fire (Boston Globe, May 10)
Colombian singer Soraya succumbs to breast cancer at 37 (Billboard, May 10)
TI continues touring after shooting (Artist Direct, May 8)
Fats Domino hospitalized, can't play New Orleans Jazz Feset (MSNBC/AP, May 7)
The Go-Betweens Grant McLennan dies at 48 (Standard Time, May 7)
Metallica works on new disc (Billboard, May 5)
Chris Young is new Nashville Star (Standard Time, May 2)
Red Hot Chili Peppers hit the road (Pollstar, May 2)
Keith Richards hurt in Fiji fall, hospitalized in New Zealand (Monstersandcritics.com, May 1)
Radiohead schedules U.S. tour (Standard Time, May 1)
Final Johnny Cash coming in July (Standard Time, May 1)
The report from Coachella (MTV, May 1)
April 2006
Allmans, Cheap Trick sue SonyBMG (FMQB, April 28)
Alter Bridge Severs Ties With Wind-Up (Billboard, April 28)
Neil Young releases "Living With War" (Standard Time, April 27)
Snoop Dog arrested at London airport (Billboard, April 27)
Evanescence forges ahead with new CD (Rolling Stone, April 26)
Capricorn founder Phil Walden dies (Los Angeles Times, April 25)
Yellowcard scraps dates due to vocal surgery (Pollstar, April 25)
Blind Faith's debut coming on DVD (Standard Time, April 24)
CSNY plan summer trek (Billboard, April 24)
Opie and Anthony replace David Lee Roth (Standard Time, April 24)
Shakira hits U.S. in August (Standard Time, April 24)
Tarantino directs Hendrix feature (Standard Time, April 24)
Smashing Pumpkins reunion is a go (Billboard, April 21)
D12 member faces arrest after missing court date for Proof funeral (MTV, April 20)
Pete Doherty arrested yet again (Reuters, April 20)
Petty provides NBA music (Standard Time, April 19)
Michael Jackson signs record deal with Bahrain label (Billboard, April 18)
Alleged Proof shooting victim dies (E! Online, April 18)
Tool plans tour (MTV, April 17)
Jewel, Rob Thomas plan tour (Rolling Stone, April 14)
Shakira plans Latin America Live Aid show (Billboard, April 14)
June Pointer dies at 52 (Rolling Stone, April 12)
D12 rapper Proof shot and killed in Detroit (Billboard, April 11)
Arctic Monkeys return for tour (Standard Time, April 10)
Enigk finishing second disc (Standard Time, April 10)
Soul Asylum come out of hibernation (Standard Time, April 10)
Love's Arthur Lee battles cancer (Billboard, April 7)
Sufjan Stevens releases another Illinois disc (Standard Time, April 7)
Coheed and Cambria hit the road (Standard Time, April 6)
Eminem, wife split again (Rolling Stone, April 6)
Poison, Cinderella hit the road together (Pollstar, April 6)
Singer Gene Pitney dies at 65 (Reuters, April 5)
Pharrell Williams, Velvet Revolver collaborate (Billboard, April 4)
Madonna plans tour (Billboard, April 3)
Jazz sax player Jackie McLean dies at 74 (New York Times, April 3)
March 2006
The Game sues Koch (MTV, March 29)
Hoobastank hits the clubs (Pollstar, March 28)
Paul Simon plans May disc with help from Eno (Billboard, March 28)
Journey, Def Leppard hit the road together (Standard Time, March 27)
Nikki Sudden of Swell Maps dies (Billboard, March 27)
Sufjan Stevens wins prize (Standard Time, March 27)
Buck Owens dies at 76 (Standard Time, March 25)
Aerosmith cancels shows as Tyler has surgery (Pollstar, March 22)
Radiohead plans tour (Standard Time, March 21)
Ringo plans another all star tour (Billboard, March 21)
Capitol plans Beatles reissues (Billboard, March 20)
Lollapalooza sets line-up (Billboard, March 16)
Kanye plans movie (MTV, March 15)
Geffen head leaves to start new label (New York Times, March 14)
Rock Hall inducts Sabbath, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd amid feuds (New York Times, March 14)
Todd Rundgren fronts the News Cars on tour with Blondie (Pollstar, March 14)
C-Murder murder conviction overturned (Billboard, March 13)
U2 reschedules last dates of tour (Billboard, March 13)
Young Jeezy arrested in Florida shooting (Rolling Stone, March 13)
Dixie Chicks announce new disc (Standard Time, March 10)
Ali Farka Toure diese of bone cancer (Billboard, March 7)
Common records new disc with Kanye (Billboard, March 6)
Rod Stewart Ordered to pay $3M for Vegas concert no-show (MSNBC/AP, March 6)
Three 6 Mafia win Oscar (Rolling Stone, March 6)
Yanni arrested, charged with domestic assault (Miami Herald, March 6)
Gary Glitter gets three years in Viet Nam sex case (Rolling Stone, March 3)
Springsteen plans Seeger covers album (Billboard, March 2)
Helmet plans new disc, headlines Warped '06 (Standard Time, March 1)
February 2006
Master P, Silkk face gun charges (Billboard, February 28)
Alice in Chains regroups for tour (Billboard, February 24)
Sheryl Crow battles breast cancer (Standard Time, February 24)
Guster hits the road on eco tour (Pollstar, February 23)
Charlatans UK set to release new album (Standard Time, February 22)
The Cowsills lead singer dies (Los Angeles Times, February 21)
Rick Rubin produces new Metallica CD (Billboard, February 20)
John Michael Montgomery arrested for operating under the influence, weapons charges (Standard Time, February 16)
The Cult reunites (Standard Time, February 14)
J Dilla dead at 32 (Rolling Stone, February 13)
Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris tour to support joint CD (Pollstar, February 13)
Scott Stapp gets married, then arrested (Billboard, February 13)
Busta Rhymes issues statement on shooting (MTV, February 10)
FCC investigates hundreds of radio stations in payola probe (ABC News, February 9)
U2 taks four Grammys (Billboad, February 7)
Cat Power cancels tour (Billboard, February 6)
Rolling Stones get edited at Super Bowl (Billboard, February 5)
Police want to question Busta Rhymes in fatal shooting at video (MTV, February 5)
Train hits the road (Billboard, February 3)
Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab team up for tour (MTV, February 2)
Could the Smashing Pumpkins reform? (MTV, February 2)
Great White manager pleads out in deadline club fire catastrophe (Boston Globe, February 1)
January 2006
Depeche Mode, Tool head Coachella fest (Artist Direct, January 31)
The Prodidgy release CD, go on the road (Standard Time, January 31)
McGraw, Hill tour again (Standard Time, January 30)
Hollywood signs Grace Potter (Standard Time, January 30)
Jet begins recording second disc (Billboard, January 27)
Janette Carter of the Carter Family dies (Standard Time, January 23)
Madonna '06 tour being planned (Billboard, January 23)
Nas bolts Columbia for Def Jam (Billboard, January 23)
Justin Timberlake works on new album (Billboard, January 19)
Mylo cancels U.S. tour due to hearing problem (Standard Time, January 19)
Wilson Pickett dies at 64 of heart attack (Billboard, January 19)
Kanye performs at Grammys (MTV, January 17)
Juvenile arrested in Florida (Billboard, January 16)
Eminem remarries (CBS News, January 14)
DMX signs with Columbia (MTV, January 13)
Red House Records president dies at 56 (Standard Time, January 12)
Pete Doherty pleads guilty to heroin, cocaine possession (Billboard, January 11)
Grammys honor Cream, Haggard, Bowie, Pryor (Billboard, January 10)
Fall Out Boy hits the road (Pollstar, January 9)
Pink gets married (Rolling Stone, January 9)
Album sales drop in '05 (New York Times, January 5)
Seventeen years later, Queensryche offers a follow-up (Standard Time, January 4)
CSN manager killed in New Year's Eve car crash (Pollstar, January 3)
Lindsay Lohan hospitalized following asmtha attack (MTV, January 3)
Former House of Freaks member murdered along with family (Billboard, January 3)
Police look for leads in Obie Trice shooting (Detroit News, January 2)
