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December 1999
12/21/99
Neko Case's album ready for release in the New Year, New Scratching Post dates, Fading Ways Music concert anouncement, New Veruca Salt lineup, Mariah Carey's mansion burns down, Kid Rock and John Copper online, Bush, Matthew Sweet and L.L. Cool J on the tube.
12/20/99Emm Gryner drops by the Edge 102 studio in Toronto, Gob nude?, Win a Moshpit Madness CD, Goo Goo Dolls survive plane mishap, Ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft looks for new manager, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick and 311 online, Shemekia Copeland and Run-DMC on the tube.
12/17/99 Tragically Hip tickets up for grabs on the Net, Natalie MacMaster and Mary Jane Lamond nab the most East Coast Music Award nominations, Former Ride singer returns with new band, Ani DiFranco to play at a benefit for Susan Sarandon, Ex-manager of the Sex Pistols runs for Mayor of London, Peter Frampton and Styx online, Tony Bennett, Bryan Ferry and Luscious Jackson on the tube.
12/16/99 Limblifter finishes new album, Boy George has a close call with a disco ball, Nine Inch Nails chat and show concert special on MTV, Marcy Playground's John Wozniak falls ill with pneumonia , Limp Bizkit's Durst helps out the homeless , Liquid Soul and The Cult online, Tonic, Charlotte Church and Alanis Morissette on the tube.
12/15/99Kittie goes global with Sony Music, Gob boycotted?, Beastie Boys regret their homophobic statements of the past, Jay-Z credits victim he's accused of stabbing on new album, The Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder to shell out 160,000 pounds in court, Counting Crows online, R.E.M, Everclear and Leann Rimes on the tube.
12/14/99Sloan chosen to tour with Guided By Voices for a few dates, Ice-T will speak at Canadian Music Week, Manson fires off at Courtney Love again, Morphine records tribute to late frontman, Madonna re-records the classic song "American Pie", Everclear online, Blondie, TLC and Bush on the tube.
12/13/99Sarah McLachlan wins her court case, MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes debuts at #1, Krist Novoselic joins ex-Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl onstage last week, Radiohead makes surprise appearance on the web, Founders of Creation Records quits job to work on the web, Joey Mcintyre online, Hole, R.E.M., Blue Man Group and Donny Osmond on the tube.
12/10/99Modrobes throws a party tomorrow night in Toronto, B'ehl inks seal with labels in Japan and Scotland, Soulfly gets a new drummer, plan next album, Desperate Paul McCartney fans offering sex to get tickets to his show, Fred Durst is blasted by metal band Slipknot, Long Beach Dub Allstars online, The Artist and Beck on the tube.
12/09/99Ashley MacIsaac tour dates, I Mother Earth takes Edwin's place as openers for Live in Toronto , Emm Gryner plays at Sarnia Sportsplex, Courtney Love blasts Dave Grohl on the Howard Stern radio show, Ex-police officer suspected killer of Notorious B.I.G., Ani Difranco and Styx online, Adam Sandler, Celine Dion and Joan Osborne on the tube.
12/08/99Pick up Our Lady Peace tickets before the general public, The Toronto Millennium Lights War Child Concert, Bryan Adams second Toronto show on his tour, Nine Inch Nails wrap up European tour and prepare to shoot new video, Stereophonics live show to be cast on the internet, Luscious Jackson and G. Love And The Special Sauce online, Creed, Jewel and Silverchair on the tube
12/07/99 Our Lady Peace goes on tour in Canada, Skydiggers celebrate their CD release with live concerts, N.W.A. will re-unite with a new album, The Spice Girls re-unite for a brief British tour, Aqua to release second album Aquarius, Dave Navarro and Fenixtv online, Christina Aguilera and Indigenous on the tube.
12/06/99 Noel Gallagher comes to Toronto tomorrow, Tamara Williamson and Ron Sexsmith playing T.O. Christmas show, Sloan's live show featured on Spin's homepage, Gene Loves Jezebel to play El Mocambo, Lenny Kravitz, Garbage and No Doubt Fashion Awards winners , B.B. King and Walter "Wolfman" Washington online, David Bowie, Michael Bolton and John Prine on the tube.
12/03/99Thrush Hermit plays to packed crowd last night in Toronto , Attention musicians: Get your submissions in for NxNE 2000, Ex-members of Nirvana, Soundgarden and the Dead Kennedys, Jay-Z is charged with felony assault , 12 Roda and Gene Loves Jezebel Online, Fiona Apple, Trisha Yearwood and Deborah Harry on the tube.
12/02/99 Live announces Canadian tour dates, DJ Vadim comes to Toronto on Russian Percussion Tour, Limp Bizkit tears some shit up with an ECW wrestler,
Jay-Z is questioned for a recent stabbing, Gene Loves Jezebel online, Garth Brooks on the tube.
12/01/99 Rascalz play The Commodore, Fading Ways Music celebrate their 10th CD release with a party, Maple Blues Awards nominees announced, Former Smashing Pumpkin D'Arcy goes Hollywood, Sebastian Bach is back..and possibly Van Halen's newest singer?, Lucinda Williams online.
November 1999
11/30/99 Serial Joe to open for Matt Good Band/Moist show at Air Canada Centre, Melissa Auf Der Maur is now an official Pumpkin, Scott Weiland set to be released from jail, Kid Rock and Minnie-Me sidekick Joe C. appear on The Simpsons, Pamela Anderson Lee will protect Lit in an upcoming V.I.P. episode, Blink 182 online, Foo Fighters, Kenny G and John Lurie And The Lounge Lizards on the tube.
11/29/99 Local Rabbits open for Rheostatics Toronto show, Gob plays an El Mocambo show at tail-end of tour , Q-Tip releases solo album and works on new film, Sevendust teams with Skunk Anansie for new video, Dave Grohl and Tommy Castro online, Mary J. Blige and 98 Degrees on the tube.
11/26/99 MuchMoreMusic televises exclusive millennium show, Bono credited with influencing U.S. debt relief, Sheryl Crow to Release Live Album, Bush Shoots New Video, Kristin Hersh and Zucchero online, Sting and Melissa Etheridge on the tube.
11/25/99 Glass Tiger's Alan Frew plays benefit concert with friends in Oakville, You can download Blur's latest video for "No Distance Left To Run" , Smashing Pumpkins to release new album and may have replacement bass player, Sinead O'Connor gets Shane McGowan arrested, The Greyboy Allstars and a Cybercast of the L.A. Music Awards online, Jewel and Joe Strummer on the tube.
11/24/99 I Bificus reaches gold status, Blue Rodeo plays two new shows, Bryan Adams plays intimate show in Toronto, Iggy Pop and Kid Rock sing on charity single, NIN's Chris Vrenna remixes Methods of Mayhem's new single, Biohazard and Graham Parker online, Enrique Iglesias and Third Eye Blind on the tube.
11/23/99 Nice Cat opens for Rage Against The Machine in Toronto, Done Gone Crazy Folk Fest Benefit, Our Lady Peace chat online, Moxy Fruvous play hometown show, George Michael gets North American deal for next release, Blondie and Johnny Winter online, Everything But The Girl, Puff Daddy and Charlotte Church on the tube.
11/22/99The Rock Invades Muchmusic and Lays a Smackdown, Toronto's KISS 92 holds rally, Matt Good donates soccer uniforms, Ol' Dirty Bastard gets a year in rehab, Pavement split , Blondie and Johnny Winter online, Garth Brooks and Tony Bennett on the tube.
11/19/99 Our Lady Peace need extras for their video shoot, Beck exhibit in Toronto, Benefit for Shelter brings out performers Veda Hille, Kinnie Starr, among others, NFL and NHL ban Gary Glitter and Eminem songs , Blues Traveller name new bassist, Nineteen Wheels and Wyclef Jean online, Fiona Apple, Violent Femmes and Jewel on the tube.
11/18/99 Thrush Hermit plays final Toronto gig at The Reverb, Sloan gets a little help from the star of Rushmore, England's Freestylers coming to Toronto on DJ tour, Cypress Hill set to release a new record next month and another in 2000, Metallica's symphonic album broadcasts on the web tonight, Primus and Motley Crue online, Counting Crows, Sugar Ray and Los Straightjackets on the tube.
11/17/99 Big Shiny Tunes 4 set to be released, Platinum Blonde raids the Commodore Ballroom, Canadian guitar superstar Rik Emmett to make an instore appearance in Toronto, Tori Amos chats on the web, The voice of the female characters in South Park commits suicide, Pavement and Marillion online , Mary J. Blige, The Mavericks and Ja Rule on the tube.
11/16/99 More Ride With The Devil tickets to give out, Everclear needs extras for their video, Legion of Green Men live in Montreal, Tripping Daisy death ruled as accidental, No Doubt working on new album, Pavement and Marillion online , Creed and David Bowie on the tube.
11/15/99Sloan contest update, Our Lady Peace contest winners, L'Esprit '99 compilation, Lit singer arrested, Dave Grohl talks about his anti-Courtney song "Stacked Actors", Number One Cup and Debbie Davies online, Chris Cornell, Reba McEntire, Mike Viola and The Candy Butchers on the tube.
11/12/99 Sloan contest, Choclair's album hits number one and 10 on Rap's Top 100 and Soundscan's Top 200, Natalie MacMaster wins Gemini, Bush postpones UK dates to film new video, MTV Europe Award winners, The Jayhawks And The Mission U.K. online, k.d.Lang, Creed, and Smash Mouth on the tube.
11/11/99 Silverchair causes chaos yesterday at MuchMusic , Thrush Hermit to finally play farewell shows, More Oasis news...and a Canadian rumor, Jewel might be doing a little breastfeeding along with her acting in Ride With The Devil, MTV Europe Awards broadcast live on the web, 2 Skinnee J's and The Mission U.K. online, Rage Against The Machine, Faith Hill and Kiss on the tube.
11/10/99 EdgeFest guitar goes to the highest bidder, Newfoundland and Vancouver bands, Timber and Jazzberry Ram, on Fox show Time of Your Life, Bret "The Hitman" Hart comes to Mississauga, Axl talks about the eagerly-awaited new G 'N' R album, Verbena and Zucchero online, Mel C, The Mavericks and Cafe Tacuba on the tube.
11/09/99 SOCAN Winner's List, North By Northeast roadshow, MuchMusic searches for new VJ, Elastica Looking For Record Deal, Navarro records new solo album, and with the new Guns 'N' Roses, Ween and Goldfinger online, Fiona Apple and Jerry Lee Lewis on the tube.
11/08/99 Emm Gryner on tour, Second show added to Chantal Kreviazuk's tour schedule, Where the hell have the Monoxides been?, Robbie Williams more influential than Mozart?, Gary Cherone leaves Van Halen, Acumen Nation and Shannon Curfman online, Andrea Bocelli and Beth Orton on the tube.
11/02/99Sevendust back on tour in Canada, Sloan songs to appear in Sofia Coppola movie, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings at the Horseshoe, Korn gives away MP3 version of new single, Pearl Jam writes rest of album, Buffalo Daughter and Pet Shop Boys online, Rage Against The Machine, Ricky Martin, and Lisa Loeb on the tube.
11/01/99 Slipknot to do two in store appearances on Canada's West Coast, Tricky Woo tour date changes, Tripping Daisy guitarist found dead in Dallas, TX, Bono a fan of the Psalms?, Johnny Rotten hosts a web radio show, Bauhaus And Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom on line, Garbage, Barry White And Chaka Khan and Todd Rundgren on the tube.
October 1999
10/29/99 Grade goes on tour, Bif Naked video chat, More Oasis album news!, Durst directs Korn's new video, Flea hits the big screen again, Phunk Junkeez and Belizbeha online, Natalie Merchant, 702, Deborah Gibson on the tube
10/28/99 Edwin ticket giveaway, Snow co-stars in De Niro film, Planet Smashers headline all SKAnadian tour, Alanis covers The Police on Unplugged release, Wyclef to be honoured for his charitable efforts, Splashdown and The Rap Sheet Conference Online, Santana, Luciano Pavarotti, And Smashing Pumpkins on the tube.
10/27/99 Finger 11 working on a new album, Chantal Kreviazuk hits Vancouver, Catch Fatboy Slim's performance at Toronto's Warehouse live online, Scratching Post to open for Lit, Legendary Commodore Ballroom re-opens with Blue Rodeo, Manic Street Preachers and Dokken on line, Ricky Martin, Hootie And The Blowfish, and Korn on the tube.
10/26/99 Melissa Auf Der Maur officially leaves Hole, Rage Against The Machine Tickets go on sale, IndieBlast comes to Toronto, Sevendust/Machine Head Canadian Western Canadian tour cancelled, Offspring West Coast dates, Pulsara and Watercress Online, Leann Rimes, Third Eye Blind, and Lit on the tube.
10/25/99 Update on the 5th Annual Reader's Poll, Sloan to release video compilation in the U.S., Oasis names newest guitarist, Metallica's drummer likes Kid Rock but hates Fred Durst, Want to win Mel C's sneakers?, Los Lobos singer's wife missing, Pee Shay and Marcia Ball Online, Buena Vista Social Club, Ricky Martin, and Jewel on the tube.
10/22/99Master P: From Rap Star to Hoop Star, Smells Like Nirvana Tribute, Drug overdose for Blues Traveler bassist confirmed, Warner set to release a Perry Farrell 'Best Of' Album, Rev, MuchMusic 10,000 Video Road Shows, Powerman 5000 and John Popper (from Blues Traveler) Online, Stereophonic, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Smash Mouth's Steve Harwell on the tube.
10/21/99Only one Canadian date confirmed for Rage Against The Machine's North American tour, Ashley MacIsaac buys Elvis Presley's car, Sheryl Crow hooks up with The Artist, Primus East Coast dates, The Jesus and Mary Chain split, Apples In Stereo and Sister 7 Online, Dwight Yoakam, Jewel, Jimmy's Chicken Shack on the tube.
10/20/99 Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida to tie the knot, Wanna check out gob for free in Seattle, WA?, Tricky Woo guitar stolen, Beastie Boys contribute $200,000 to Kosovar Refugees, New British supergroup in the works?, Lisa Loeb, Wyclef Jean, and Yes online, Phish, Bush and Alan Jackson on the tube.
10/19/99Round-up of the Prairie Music Festival and Awards, Canadian compilation cues the return of vinyl!, Fred Durst pleads not guilty to assault charges, Primus gets aggressive on next album, The Who Reunite and...Return to Studio?
10/18/99Winners of the Prairie Music Awards, Update on Chart's 5th annual reader's poll, Rascalz vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Moist and Matthew Good Band tickets go on sale, Nine Inch Nails looking for a female to join the band on tour
10/15/99Update on Chart Reader's Poll: We know what you Scratching Post fans are up to!, Chart showcases second night at Prairie Music Festival, France honours David Bowie as Commander of Arts and Letters, Chemical Bros. And Fatboy Slim clean up at Muzik Awards, Third Eye Blind back with new album.
10/14/99Chart presents a showcase of bands tonight during Prairie Music Week, Beastie Boys release double album, Sacrificing rabbits, oral sex, and making fun of disabled people all in new Manson documentary, Perry Farrell goes solo, Dave Grohl On The Nirvana Box.
10/13/99 Chart's 5th annual reader's poll-We want to hear what you have to say!, Tricky Woo tour dates, Stereophonics HMV in-store live appearance in Toronto, gob added onto Moist/Matthew Good Band Canadian tour, Liam Gallagher to fully pen his first song on Oasis' next album.
10/12/99 Moist and Matthew Good to tour cross-Canada in winter '99, Thrush Hermit forced to drop off Front Man War! Tour as frontman Joel Plaskett falls ill, Blue Rodeo at Kee To Bala, Nude pictures of the Barenaked Ladies on the Net?, Chantal Kreviazuk to perform at Foster Parents Plan gala in Mississauga
10/08/99Moxy Fruvous to play gig on Conan O'Brien, I Mother Earth and Front Man War! Tour contest winners announced, Kid Lunch to play first show of the year, The track listing and release date for the Counting Crows new album have been released, Poi Dog Pondering, Modest Mouse And They Might Be Giants Online, Sting, Sheryl Crow And Dr. Dre On The Tube.
10/07/99 I Mother Earth contest winners announced, New babies in both the Watchmen and Blur camp, Geri Spice and Emma Bunton battle on charts, Kim Deschamps fired from Blue Rodeo, Run-DMC and bicycle couriers at Alley Cats Scramble, Len And They Might Be Giants Online, ZZ Top, Clint
Black, Filter, And Joan Osborne On The Tube.
10/06/99 Scratching Post Tour Dates, Limp Bizkit and Filter's Richard Patrick to cover Jane's Addiction, Aphex Twin Quit, Echo and The Bunnymen dropped from label, Loreena McKennitt to speak at Prairie Music Conference, Erasure, De La Soul Online, Melissa Etheridge, Clint Black, And
Eve On The Tube Tonight.
10/05/99 Ozzy wants Sabbath off hall of fame list, Alanis to release Unplugged disc, Bob Marley collection and tribute to hit stores, Manics don't split, but play millennium gig, Happy birthday Tommy Yorke, Erasure, De La Soul Online, Melissa Etheridge, Clint Black, And Eve On The Tu
be Tonight.
10/04/99Serial Joe Signs With Korn's Label, Rage Against The Machine Boycotted By Rock For Life, Marilyn Manson And Puff Daddy Confirmed To Perform At MTV Europe Music Awards, Bono and Geldof meet the Pope! Bush, Change For Kids Benefit Online, David Bowie, Kid Rock, Luscious Jackson
, Robert Palmer On The Tube.
10/01/99Belvedere Rock Tour details announced, Skydome will host Juno Awards 2000, Watchmen, Wide Mouth Mason to play Prairie Music Awards, United States waive world debt before Net Aid concerts, Nails, Peppers, Chemicals make for a Big Day Out, No Doubt online, David Bowie (with Emm
Gryner) on the tube
September 1999
09/30/99Rage Against The Machine concert to be webcast on HMV.com, Radiohead studio diary reveals new song titles, Chantal Kreviazuk album in stores next week, Hip-hop MC contestants battle for big prizes, Moev return after a nine year hiatus, Rob Zombie online, Moist on the tube
09/29/99Two in a row: Our Lady Peace debut at #1 in Canada!, Emm Gryner invited to join David Bowie's band, Alanis Morissette awarded prize for heavy online airplay, Bryan Adams releases book of photographic portraits, Prairie Music Week lineup almost 100% confirmed, The Waco Brother
s online, Len on the tube
09/28/99Punchbuggy win born on the WWW contest!, Beastie Boys to release double album November 23, Check out Beck's new single, win a chance to be in the video, Skinny Puppy singles and rare B-sides to be compiled, Silverchair and Blink 182 hit the road together, Moist on the tube
09/27/99Rage Against The Machine album, concert info, Matthew Good Band debuts at #1 in Canada, Elevator parts ways with Sub Pop Reocrds, Help pick the tracklisting for Big Shiny Tunes 4, Ashley MacIsaac returns with Helter's Celtic, Chumbawamba online, Manic Street Pre
achers on the tube
09/24/99MuchMusic Video Awards: the recap!
09/23/99MuchMusic Video Awards: the preview!, Tricky Woo paddle up Dawson's Creek next week, Bush's Nigel Pulsford releases Internet-only solo album, Holly Palmer, Emm Gryner play cool double bill in Big Apple, DJ Anabolic Frolic plays next "Not Your Average DJ" event, Bettie
Serveert online, Len on the tube
09/22/99Thrush Hermit officially announce breakup after Frontman War Tour, Has Melissa Auf der Maur left Hole?, Scott Weiland issues wacky statement from prison, Philosopher Kings plan live album; return from Kenya, Fatboy Slim pinched again (this time by Stevie Wonder), I Mother Ear
th online, Geri Halliwell on the tube
09/21/99Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile: It's here!, The Tragically Hip sell out Millennium shows, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced, The Who join Bridge School benefit lineup, Kula Shaker to split as Crispian Mills goes solo?, Fastball online, Tori Amos on the tube
09/20/99Chat live with I Mother Earth online, Great Big Sea announce cross-Canada tour, New Alanis Unplugged album for Christmas?, More presenters confirmed for MuchMusic Video Awards, Eminem sued by his mother, Certain Distant Suns online, Serial Joe on the tube
09/17/99Unnnghhh! Master P. to join the Raptors?, cEvin Key returns with Plateau side project, George Michael joins Net Aid, faces lawsuit, Groundswell U.K. to tour Canada for the first time, Pop stars sign on to Watership Down remake, Primus online, Paul Weller on the tube
09/16/99Foo Fighters tear the roof off The Horseshoe!, Sloan video compilation coming through Murderecords, Punchbuggy advance to next level in online contest, Bush lose guitarist to family emergency, New CD, concert to benefit French/Mahaffy charity, Tricky online, They Might Be Gia
nts on the tube
09/15/99Foo Fighters living it up in Toronto, Our Lady Peace get a hand from Jamie Edwards, Tracklisting finalized for Woodstock '99 2-CD set, Newest Cowboy Junkies album finally coming to stores, Page Hamilton (ex-Helmet) hooks up with David Bowie, Silverchair online, Chemical Broth
ers on the tube
09/14/99Matthew Good Band, Edwin, Todd Kerns announce tour, Change Of Heart tribute album taking shape, Liam Gallagher, Patsy Kensit proud parents, D'Arcy, Mushroom leave Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack, Bono records posthumous 'duet' with Michael Hutchence, Los Lobos online, Bif N
aked on the tube
09/13/99Pearl Jam, Billy Corgan, Green Day to play Bridge School Benefit, More dates confirmed for Frontman War Tour, Wanna be an extra in the new Rascalz video?, Fatboy Slim pays Canadian artist for unauthorized sample, Music wanted for upcoming extreme sports video, Dogma online, M
atthew Good Band on the tube
09/10/99Frontman War Tour: coming to your town soon, Lauryn Hill, Ricky Martin win big at MTV Music Video Awards, Pikachu! Len record theme song for upcoming Pokemon movie, Manic Street preachers show, Farm Aid online, New Order on the tube
09/09/99Vancouver's Nickelback score major label deal, Sarah McLachlan charity performance, home video details, Net Aid concert finalizes lineup for each venue, The Dinner Is Ruined Band gear up for festivals, tour, Tupac Shakur's estate sued by murder suspect, Skunk Anansie online,
Nine Inch Nails on the tube
09/08/99Sloan announce U.S. tour dates, Prairie Music Week: confirmed acts so far, Talvin Singh wins Technics Mercury Music Prize, Joel Plaskett (Thrush Hermit) solo album coming soon, Marilyn Manson live disc, video tracklistings, Mike Ness online, Barenaked Ladies on the tube
09/07/99Special guests announced for Tragically Hip shows, Scott Weiland sentenced to one year less time served, Sarah McLachlan to join Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton in Central Park, Spookey Ruben parts ways with TVT Records, Primus, System of a Down, Staind bolster Family Values Tour,
Slipknot online, The Tea Party on the tube
09/03/99The changing of the guard at Chart, The Bitches are back!; Scrappy Bitch Tour hits the road, Trail of Dreams fundraising concert details, MIX 99.9's Labour Day Beachfest lineup, set times, D'Arcy quits the Smashing Pampkins?, Eminem online, No TV for you...get o
ut!
09/02/99OLP throw an "O.L.P.": online listening party, Barenaked Ladies' Kevin Hearn ill, leaves tour, Nine Inch Nails announce The Fragile tracklisting, Ex-drummer wants back into Oasis — as bassist!, Korn in the studio working on next album, Limp Bizkit online, Filter o
n the tube
09/01/99You can own a piece of EdgeFest history, Lilith Fair, Sarah McLachlan bid farewell, Foo Fighters land a touring guitarist, Star-studded Bob Marley tribute show announced, Punk rock book release/launch party next week
August 1999
08/31/99MuchMusic Video Award nominees in full, David Bowie achieves yet another Internet first, Earthdance electronica festival, CD coming, The Stone Roses gets 10th anniversary reissue, Curve's Dean Garcia unveils new project Headcase, Berlin online, I Mother Earth on the tu
be
08/30/99All the details of the MuchMusic Video Awards, Calling all Canadian Indie bands!, Blur to play special shows in support of box set, The Tragically Hip play Kingston Blues Festival, Winnipeg's Seven jamming around T.O. this week, Moist on the tube
08/27/99Holly McNarland baby news, album plans, Humble & Fred Fest lineup, set times, Serial Joe, Boomtang Boys play HMV Grand Opening, Public Enemy to work with Rage Against The Machine, Sevendust hit Toronto Monday to release Home
08/26/99Garbage busy compiling a B-Sides album, Prince lands special guests for new album deal with Arista, Classic Saturday Night Live performances coming on CD, All Systems Go! break the video barrier, Robbie Williams concert to be webcast live on HMV.com
08/25/99Bif Naked to appear on Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode, OST, Best of the West: Spirit of the West 'hits' package, Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan quits Oasis too (again), Paul Stanley to don Phantom's mask 'til Halloween, Marilyn Manson auctions off his graduation prese
nt, Rammstein online, Korn on the tube
08/24/99I Mother Earth Canadian tour taking shape, Prince joins Sheryl Crow at Toronto Lilith Fair, Prairie Music Awards nominees announced, Rubberman score top spot at CHOM L'Esprit contest, Busta Rhymes to appear in Shaft remake, Madonna movie, Bodeans online, Britney Spears
on the tube
08/23/99Rheostatics to release children's album, Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan dead at 31, Everclear offer their side of the story in Texas 'assault', Police group calls for boycott of Beasties Boys, Rage Against The Machine, The Beatles' Yellow Submarinegets re-release
next month, Dub Pistols online, Tal Bachman on the tube
08/20/99Sarah McLachlan, Deborah Cox on Too Much For Much, Fred Durst pleads not guilty; due in court Sept. 15, DMX, Lauryn Hill take top honours at The Source Awards, Kennel District pack it in; Mike Matheson going solo, Korn, Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow join Net Aid, Th
e Cult online, Sarah McLachlan on the tube
08/19/99New Foo Fighters single, album coming soon, Jeff Buckley live release planned, Decoy launch new record this weekend, Help choose tracks for rare Orbital live EP, Gang Starr signing autographs in T.O. tomorrow, Violent Femmes online, Speech on the tube
08/18/99Ahead By A Century: The Tragically Hip do New Year's, Goofy Dumbo: Tom Green signs movie deal with Touchstone, He bangs the drums: Noel Gallagher forms new band, Puffy The Empire Slayer: New Puff Daddy track online now, Introducing Dunk: You're gonna like 'em, X online, Chuck
D. on the tube
08/17/99MuchMusic Video Awards details, People's Choice nominees, 54-40 double live album coming next month, Endearing Records calling it quits? Not exactly..., Lawsuit filed against Woodstock promoters on behalf of all concertgoers, Lilith Fair film being shot right now, Local H, Th
e Roots on the tube
08/16/99North By Northwest festival: Canada Invades!, Ottawa Alternafest scheduled for Labour Day weekend, Ol' Dirty Bastard enters drug rehab program, Scott Weiland sent to hospital ward of an L.A. prison, CHOM L'Esprit '99 finalists to duke it out this week, Spice Girls on the tube
08/13/99Esthero responds to latest NOW Magazine slams, Hydrofoil, Speedbump finalists in big online contest, Net Aid announces concert date, participants, Jay Englishman enters pre-production for major label debut, Prairie Music Week hits Winnipeg in October, Deftones online,
Smashing Pumpkins on the tube
08/12/99The New Sloan album has arrived!, Tori & Alanis auction off concert tix for charity, Flashing Lights added to CNE series; Choclair drops off, Coachella Valley Festival Lineup announced, Teenage USA upload Digital 7" V 2.0, Golden Smog online, Beastie Boys on the tube
08/11/99The Tea Party announce T.O. shows, full tour in November, Our Lady Peace get by with a little help from their friends, Edwin gearing up for dates with Matthe Good, The Tea Party, Sonic Unyon bands confirmed for CMJ, North By Northwest, Everclear members charged with assaultin
g a minor, Citizen King online, I Mother Earth on the tube
08/10/99Punk band the Spitfires warn of "scumbag promoter", Bonehead bails on Oasis; Noel downplays the whole affair, T.O.'s Parts Unknown prepare to launch AIRSHOW in September, Stereolab release their umpteenth album, Spice Girls creator killed in car accident, Kula Shaker o
nline, Chemical Brothers on the tube
08/09/99More Matthew Good Band passes, Furnaceface complete fifth album; sample it online, From the ashes of Monster Voodoo Machine...it's DAMN13!, Barenaked Ladies sign on to play Farm Aid '99, Soulfly's Max Cavalera sues the City Of Atlanta, Motley Crue online, Hole on the tube
08/06/99Julie Doiron tour dates; can you help book more?, Shania Twains snags 6 CCMA nominations, Zaphod Beeblebrox owner slams The Ottawa Citizen, The Doors tribute album finally taking shape, Beck invites Johnny Marr to play on new album, Voivod online, Radiohead on the tube
08/05/99Lonnie James launch party tonight; tour to follow, New York Police, Associated Press clash over Woodstock riot photos, Vancouver's Flash Bastard kicked off Motely Crue/Scorpions tour, Who are the Wayne Omaha Glee Club?, Lauryn Hill visits MuchMusic next week, Kent online, Ger
i Halliwell on the tube
08/04/99Halifax On Music Ferstival: early details, Sarah McLachlan breaks the 8 million sales mark, Grand Theft Cello: Moist collaborator needs your help, The The sign to Trent Reznor's Nothing Records, The Clash live album hits stores in October, Moby online, Fun Lovin' Criminals on
the tube
08/03/99Tricky Woo hit the road with a vengeance, Ol' Dirty Bastard (wait for it) arrested!, CMJ Music Marathon '99 announces hundreds of bands, Limp Bixkit, Filter, DMX sign on for Family Values Tour, Space-rock finds a new home in T.O.: The Horseshoegazer, Woodstock on the tube
July 1999
07/30/99Esthero parts ways with Epic Records, Len land atop the MuchMusic Countdown chart, Great Big Picnics run all weekend, Splendor: Another Gregg Araki flick with a killer OST, Smashing Pumpkins delay new album until Feb. 2000, Rufus Wainwright online, Len on the tube
07/29/99Grapes Of Warth, Emm Gryner, Serial Joe rock CN Tower, MTV Music Video Award nominees announced, Some Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine album info, Blair Witch Project album due next month, Ol' Dirty Bastard back in jail again, Royal Crown Revue online, Woodstock on the tub
e
07/28/99Canadian Urban Music Awards recap, Missed the Red Hot Chili Peppers show? Hear it here, Neil Young sole Canadian to get props from Spin, Remix the new Art of Noise single, Eminem online, Blur on the tube
07/27/99Ashley MacIsaac leaves Universal for Loggerhead Records, Nardwuar The Human Serviette released from hospital, Chart's "Not Your Average DJ" night: the setlist, Manics, Blur, Chemical Brothers among Mercury Prize nominess, Puff Daddy hits T.O. this weekend; releases
Forever Aug. 24, Number One Cup online, Los Lobos on the tube
07/26/99Woodstock: Three more days of arson and looting, Chart hosts the "Not Your Average DJ" series tonight, Blur to release massive 10th anniversary box set, Slash arrested in alleged beating incident, Naked Baby Photos II: Ben Folds a daddy, Jets To Brazil online, Placebo
on the tube
07/23/99Peace, Love & Peyote: It's Woodstock '99, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's gear scoffed in Vancouver, CNE Bandshell announces its '99 lineup, Urban Music Awards take place July 27, Festival of Beer: Now that's worth celebrating!, Woodstock online, on the tube this weekend
07/22/99Red Hot Chili Peppers rock Toronto, Digital Club Fest kicks off tonight, Plumtree in the studio; album due in October, SIANspheric recording again; new video debuts next week, Saturhead gets cozy with the Elephant Six family, Blondie online, Jamiroquai on the tube
07/21/99New Pet Shop Boys album, Canadian tour planned, Mean Red Spiders working on next record, Prince, Public Enemy winners at Yahoo Internet Life Awards, James Brown joins Woodstock; Emerging Acts stage info, Upper Class Recordings to launch The Manhattan Collection, Silver
chair online, Chemical Brothers on the tube
07/20/99Len postpone U.S. shows; booked for Letterman, Watchmen, Headstones, Blurtonia to play Humble & Fred Fest, See Spot Run make Canadian chart history, Enter the Pavement poetry contest!, Still no sign of Sonic Youth's stolen gear, South Pacific on the tube
07/19/99EdgeFest 1999 coda; thanks for the memories, Our Lady Peace play secret Woodstock warmup gigs, Nardwuar the Human Serviette on the mend, Beastie Boys planning special retrospective album?, Hole stay true to their word; cancel scheduled shows, Puya online, Luscious Jackson on
the tube
07/15/99EdgeFest winds down in Vancouver, Lyrics to new NIN single, Barenaked Ladies simulcast to launch U.S. tour, Marilyn Manson writing movie script, Albion Hotel re-opens for music series in Guelph, Peter Himmelman online, Hole on the tube
07/14/99EdgeFest '99 finale today, Nardwuar hospitalized, Gob break a leg but still kick ass, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst arrested, Elastica to release first record in four years, Fuel online, The Tea Party on the tube
07/13/99EdgeFest rumours, gossip and lies, Busy Bif Naked attacks America, Sloan setting up for next album, Manic Street Preachers postpone North American tour, New Radicals break up, Henry Rollins online, Legion of Green Men on the tube
07/12/99EdgeFest is best in the west, Matthew Good Band prepping single, video for August, Blue Rodeo go from one picnic to another, Silverchair manager responds to harassment claim, DMX busted again, this time for obscenity, Jamiroquai online, Radiohead on the tube
07/09/99EdgeFest photo gallery online today, Courtnet gives Love to injured family, Bodega finish bed tracks with Mercury Rev producer, Limp Bizkit continue topping the charts, Garbage, Goldie in next James Bond movie, Kristin Hersh online, Rufus Wainwright on the tube
07/08/99Courtney Love flashes EdgeFest crowd in Winnipeg, I Mother Earth relaunch website; get set to play in the street, Silverchair singer accused of harassment, Public Enemy to launch new rock project online, Coolio goes to jail for 10 days, Cheap Trick online, Jamiroquai on the t
ube
07/07/99"No EdgeFest next year", says tour organizer, Our Lady Peace finish recording next album, Canadian teen designs pedal for Smashing Pumpkins, Mushroom leaving Massive Attack?, Mogwai slags Blur; Oasis slags Glastonbury, Eminem online, U2 on the tube
07/06/99Live web chat with EdgeFest promoter tonight, Sloan narrowly miss potential gig with April Wine, Counting Crows to play Concert Hall in Calgary, Manic Street Preachers start recording next album, Sonic Youth busy as hell despite equipment theft, Murmurs online, Shania Twain o
n the tube
07/05/99EdgeFest 1999 gets off to a rockin' start, Serial Joe added to Woodstock lineup, Morphine singer dies onstage, Rapper DMX arrested (again) in New Jersey, Sonic Youth's gear stolen in L.A., Lisa Loeb online
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