Briefly: B.B. King, Snoop Dogg, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Bragg
B.B. King , who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, has announced what he says will be his final U.K. tour.
The five-city jaunt kicks off March 29 at Sheffield Arena, and will also visit arenas in Manchester, Birmingham, Bournemouth and London. Gary Moore supports on all dates.
Koch Records announced that it's entered a new joint-venture partnership with Snoop Dogg and his Doggystyle Records label.
The first album under the agreement--"Snoop Dogg Presets Welcome to tha Church tha Album"--is set for release Dec. 13. It includes new material from Snoop, Tiffany Foxxx, DPGC, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Lady Rage, Daz Dillinger, James and others.
Billy Bragg 's first four releases will be reissued by Yep Roc Records on Feb. 21, both singly and as a 7-CD box set that will also include two bonus DVDs with previously unavailable live footage.
The reissues will precede Bragg's March appearance at the South by Southwest music conference and a two-week U.S. tour.
Nine Inch Nails ' 1989 album "Pretty Hate Machine," which has been out of print for several years, will be reissued Nov. 22 by Rykodisc.
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