Loose Ends: Made In Canada In England, Karl Wolf In Dubai And Swift In Jail

More than 180 acts from around the world have been booked to play The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England from May 18-20, and 16 of them are Canadian.

There will be three nights of Made In Canada shows during the event, which includes panels, discussions and celebrity interviews during the day. The Canucks strutting their stuff at the fest will be Buck 65, Controller.Controller, Holy Fuck, Leeroy Stagger, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Blood Meridian, Metric, Novillero, The High Dials, City & Colour, DJ Champion, Immaculate Machine, Kiss Me Deadly, Magneta Lane, Plaster and Small Sins.

While all of those acts will be in the U.K., Montreal R&B singer Karl Wolf will be heading to the United Arab Emirates to open for Jennifer Lopez at the Dubai Autodrome on May 25. Wolf's Face Behind The Face solo debut was released in Canada on Valentine's Day and has just come out in the Middle East. Wolf is planning a Canadian tour for the summer.

D12 member Swift (real name Ondre Moore) was sentenced to 93 days in jail for violating probation by using alcohol, which he was banned from doing after being convicted of drunken driving last year. The 31-year-old was picked up on a bench warrant on April 19 after he missed a court appearance to serve as an honourary pallbearer at the funeral of his D12 bandmate, Proof.

A woman who claims that she was the "star" of the infamous 1999 Scott Stapp/Kid Rock sex tape had her invasion of privacy lawsuit dismissed by a judge who said that she couldn't sue as long as she remains anonymous.

The woman, who used the name Jane Doe in her suit, was told that she could refile within 20 days if she was willing to have her name included in the paperwork. The woman was seeking to prevent the sale of the video and unspecified damages and named Stapp and World Wide Red Light District as defendants.

Toronto concert announcements:

May 4 Guillemots and Kill The Lights @ Mod Club
May 7 The Puffins, Sproai, Glen Hornblast, Mr. Rick, Taxi Chain and Michael O'Grady Band @ Rancho Relaxo
May 9 Terez Montcalm @ Montreal Bistro
May 10 Neil Innes @ Jane Mallett Theatre
May 15 The Secret Machines @ Mod Club
May 20 The Coast, Tokyo Police Club and The Ghost Is Dancing @ The Drake
May 22 The Charlatans U.K. @ Phoenix
May 26 Greeley Estates, Yesterday's Rising, So They Say, The Stiletto Formal and Drive By @ Opera House
May 28 Sailboats Are White, Hyparxis and Man With Target @ Sneaky Dee's
May 31 Dickey Betts Band and Great Southern @ Opera House
June 3 Oliver Jones and The Toronto All-Star Big Band @ Jane Mallett Theatre
June 3 Dean McTaggart and JK Gulley @ Hugh's Room
June 9 Pocket Dwellers @ Opera House
June 13 Godsmack @ Kool Haus
June 19 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris @ Molson Amphitheatre
June 20 Dave Gunning @ Hugh's Room
June 23 Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings @ Molson Amphitheatre
June 23 Elliott Brood @ Hugh's Room
June 23 The Streets and Lady Sovereign @ Phoenix
July 6 Calexico @ Phoenix
July 6 Valdy @ Hugh's Room
July 9 Matt Costa @ Opera House
July 13 Mark Kozolek @ Lee's Palace
July 24 David Francey @ Hugh's Room
Aug. 12 311 @ Kool Haus
Aug. 17 Fred Eaglesmith @ Hugh's Room
Sept. 20 Roger Waters @ Air Canada Centre

Vancouver concert announcements:

May 9 The Secret Machines @ Richard's On Richards
May 13 Mix Master Mike @ Richard's On Richards
May 18 DJ Vadim @ Plaza Club
May 19 Bif Naked, Britt Black and Vincent Black Shadow @ Commodore Ballroom
June 3 The Charlatans U.K. and Boy Kill Boy @ Commodore Ballroom
June 10 Eagles Of Death Metal @ Commodore Ballroom
June 12 The Fiery Furnaces @ Richard's On Richards
June 25 Godsmack and Hinder @ Orpheum Theatre