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Briefly: Springsteen, 'NSync, hip-hop summit, Robbie
The Associated Press reported that a group of Bruce Springsteen fans won landmark status for Asbury Park, N.J.'s Palace Amusements, a 113-year-old amusement park that has been featured in Springsteen's music. ("Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard...")
According to the Nashville Tennesean, a mother in suburban Nashville turned her son into the authorities for his elaborately written plan to kill 'NSync at a concert in Atlanta. A detective on the case was quoted as saying that the boy was motivated by that fact that 'NSync "gets all the good girls." He is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
Hip-hop group Outkast is holding a contest on www.Click2Music.com in which the winner can attend the group's Oct. 30 webcast performance from its Atlanta studio.
Rev. Al Sharpton and hip-hop magazine The Source will hold a "summit on the state of the hip-hop music industry" in New York on Oct. 30, according to Billboard. One of the reported goals of the summit is "to develop a formal code of conduct for members of the hip-hop community."
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Robbie Williams ' Oct. 26 show in Manchester, England, will be webcast live on www.robbiewilliams.com
In other Robbie Williams news, the Dominican Republic has banned his video "Rock DJ," according to Q magazine. The video reportedly contains images of Williams taking off his clothes, then peeling off his skin. Authorities in the Dominican Republic deemed this to be Satanic.
Ken Burns' documentary "Jazz" will be available on VHS and DVD on Jan. 2. It will air on PBS in ten installments between Jan. 8 and Jan. 31.
