Netaid.org is webcasting a Jewel [ tickets ] on Thursday (11/16). The concert will benefit the Clearwater Project, which the singer founded to help bring clean water to remote areas.

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Deftones [ tickets ] canceled a Wednesday (11/15) show in Ottawa due to frontman Chino Moreno's bruised vocal cords, Billboard.com reported.

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Inside.com reported that Universal, who just settled a copyright-infringement lawsuit with MP3.com for $53.4 million, will set distribute $25 million to Universal artists.

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Spice Girl Melanie C warned fans that the group's performance on Thursday (11/16) at the MTV Europe Awards in Stockholm may be their last live appearance. She said in a Thursday interview, "The last time we will probably all be together onstage is at the MTV Europe Awards. After that, I don't know."

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The Brian Jones Fan Club is selling tiles from the swimming pool in which the Rolling Stones guitarist was found dead in 1969, The Associated Press reported.

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From the O.C. Weekly's article on the Kottonmouth Kings [ tickets ]:

"My mom was askin' me, ‘Are you registered to vote? Are you going to vote?'" laughs [frontman] Brad X. "I’m like, 'Listen, Mom, why do I need to vote? I have a platform to share my ideas and beliefs with more people than one vote could ever do.'"