Briefly News and Comment: Backstreet Boys, John Lennon, Bob Dylan
plus: Robber cleans out Flea's storage space. P.O.D.'s tour plans.
Backstreet Boys will release a greatest hits collection titled "Chapter 1" on Oct. 23.
Stone Temple Pilots, Alanis Morissette, Beck and Moby are among the artists to be a part of "Come Together: A Night for John Lennon" at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 20. TNT will air the concert on Oct. 9.
Columbia Records has produced a TV commericial for Bob Dylan 's forthcoming album "Love and Theft." In the commercial, Dylan plays in a poker game, during which "lust corrupts, tempers rage and chips fly," according to the label.
From janesaddiction.com:
Flea's storage in Los Angeles was broken into and lots was stolen. A '52 yellow Fender bass, and a blue bass with "pedro" in red bold letters. Also lots of personal journals, among vintage Red Hot Chili Peppers T-Shirts & photos. If you have any information on the recovery of any of these items please email info@janesaddiction.com.
P.O.D. is scheduled to tour North America from mid-October through early December, according to Atlantic Records. The video to the band's track "Satellite" hit No. 1 on Tuesday's (8/28) installment of MTV's "Total Request Live."
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
The Duke Spirit on stage and in the studio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA

