Loose Ends: T.I. Violates Probation, Danger Doom Releasing Online Tracks And Jewel Appears On The Y&R

Rapper T.I. cancelled his Japanese tour after he was briefly jailed in Atlanta on May 10 for failing to perform community service in Florida in connection with convictions for assaulting a law enforcement officer, trespassing and disorderly conduct at a Tampa mall in 2003.

He was originally sentenced to 18 months probation and 75 hours of community service, but 150 more hours were added a few months later when he breached his probation by driving with a suspended licence.

A spokesperson for T.I. said that the artist also wanted to take a break and regroup following the shooting death of his friend and assistant Philant Johnson earlier this month in Cincinnati.

Danger Doom, the duo comprised of Danger Mouse and MF Doom, are making tracks for a new EP available through the Cartoon Network's AdultSwim.com site. "Korndogs" can be downloaded now, and eight more tracks and skits will be made available each week for the next two months.

Jewel has just released her Goodbye Alice In Wonderland album, and she'll promote it by singing the songs "Again And Again" and "Good Day" on The Young And The Restless on May 31.

As part of the show, the singer/songwriter will perform at a fundraiser hosted by the soap opera characters Nick and Sharon Newman to mark the first anniversary of their teenage daughter's death in a drunk-driving accident. Jewel will also make a public service announcement for Mothers Against Drunk Driving at the end of the show.

D12 plan to go ahead with a new album despite last month's shooting death of member Proof.

The group will enter the studio next month after another member, Swift, is released from jail for a probation violation. The new album will feature some of the last rhymes written by Proof, who will appear on some songs that were recorded before his death. Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, G-Unit and Busta Rhymes are expected to contribute to the record. D12's first two albums have combined to sell more than three million copies.

A house purchased by Elvis Presley in 1956 has been acquired by a group led by psychic Uri Geller for $905,100 U.S. in an eBay auction.

Presley bought the Memphis house with a down payment of $500 and lived there for 13 months before he moved to Graceland. Geller met Presley in the '70s in Las Vegas, where the King asked him to perform his spoon-bending trick. The former Tonight Show favourite has since assembled a large collection of Presley memorabilia.

Toronto concert announcements:

May 25 Maps Of The Night Sky, As The Poets Affirm and Sunparlour Players @ Rivoli
May 25 Cadence, Wickens Knight and Ryan Neufeldt @ Church On Berkeley
May 30 Shannon Lee Briggs @ Horseshoe
June 2 The Blue Demons, The Von Drats, The Eradicators, The Lorrainas, The Z-Rays and The Robots @ Smiling Buddha Bar
June 8 Underoath @ Mod Club
June 19 Don Caballero @ Horseshoe
June 22 Barra MacNeils @ Hugh's Room
June 22 Aceyalone, Ugly Duckling, The Procussions, Diverse, Mayday and Wrekonize @ Reverb
June 27 Devotchka @ El Mocambo
June 27 Los Lonely Boys @ Mod Club
June 28 Ill Scarlett and Kardinal Offishall @ Opera House
June 29 Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings @ The Phoenix
June 30 Kinnie Starr and Buck 65 @ Opera House
July 3 Dave Brubeck Quartet @ Massey Hall
July 4 The Rakes @ Lee's Palace
July 4 Camera Obscura @ Horseshoe
July 15 The Handsome Family @ Horseshoe
July 15 Panic! At The Disco, The Dresden Dolls and The Hush Sound @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 24 Counting Crows and The Goo Goo Dolls @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 26 Futureheads and Tapes N Tapes @ The Phoenix
July 26 Mission Of Burma @ Horseshoe
July 27 Sarah Harmer @ Harbourfront Centre
July 31 Butch Walker And The Let's Go Out Tonites @ Mod Club
Aug. 2 Editors @ Opera House
Aug. 12 311 and Panic & The Rebel Emergency @ Kool Haus
Aug. 23 Blue Rodeo @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 27 Shakira and Wyclef Jean @ Air Canada Centre

Vancouver concert announcements:

June 3 None More Black, The Ste. Catherines and Fifth Hour Hero @ Pub 340
June 8 The Mountain Goats and Cloudspitter @ Richard's On Richards
June 18 Jolie Holland and Sean Hayes @ St. James Hall
June 22 The Subhumans @ Red Room
June 24 Buffy Sainte Marie and K'Naan @ Orpheum Theatre
June 29 The Black Heart Procession and Dan Sartain @ Richard's On Richards
June 30 Rory Block @ Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre
July 4 Mindless Self Indulgence and Kill Hannah @ Croatian Cultural Centre
July 25 Story Of The Year, Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Zao and Halifax @ Croatian Cultural Centre
July 26 The Raconteurs @ Malkin Bowl
July 30 The Buzzcocks @ Red Room