Music by the Chemical Brothers, Nas, Aaliyah, Nappy Roots, Beth Orton and others will be featured in Crunch Gyms nationwide through a new partnership with George V Records . . . Offspring, TSOL and the Line will perform at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California, on July 31st to raise money for spinal injury research . . . Justin Timberlake has started the Justin Timberlake Foundation and is directing fans to amc-music.org to sign a petition to promote music education . . . Papa Roach will take their road show behind Lovehatetragedy to Japan and then Europe, starting October 1st . . . Rob Zombie has settled his lawsuit against Mazda, which he accused of committing copyright infringement of his song Demonoid Phenomenon, in a commercial . . .
Art Garfunkel, Buddy Mondlock and Maia Sharp will be featured on Everything Waits to Be Noticed, a new album due October 8th . . . Aretha Franklin has lined up an eight-date tour, starting August 2nd in Boston . . . Hot Snakes will begin a twenty-two-date tour behind Suicide Invoice, starting August 6th in San Diego . . . Guided By Voices have postponed shows on July 12th in Asbury Park, New Jersey; July 13th in Washington, D.C.; and July 14th in Philadelphia due to a death in the family of a band member . . . Soft Cell will release Cruelty Without Beauty, their first album in eighteen years, on October 18th . . . The Charlie Daniels Band will release Redneck Fiddlin' Man on July 23rd . . . A four-CD, career-spanning Herbie Hancock box set will be released September 17th . . .
(July 15, 2002)
