Briefly: Renaming, Breeders, Jackass, Blake Babies

The Pine Knob amphitheatre in Clarkston, Mich., will be renamed the DTE Energy Music Theatre. DTE is a Michigan power company.

Last month, the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta announced that it has been renamed the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre. HiFi Buys sells home entertainment systems.

LiveDaily Briefly will soon be renamed the Angel's Crystal Meth Music News column. Angel is this guy we know.

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The Breeders will play a benefit for the Children of the Night organization on Feb. 25 at Mr. T's in Los Angeles, MTV.com reported. The organization helps teenage runaways.

According to the article, the Breeders will start recording in May with Steve Albini.

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WABC-TV in New York reported that a boy in Connecticut tried to imitate MTV's Jackass by setting himself on fire.

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    ...nothing's shocking...

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The Blake Babies, one of the leading lights of Boston's mid-'80's scene, has reunited to make "God Bless the Blake Babies," due out on March 6, according to SonicNet.

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