No Doubt have pulled a number of US dates due to illness, dotmusic has learnt.
The group, currently touring North America in support of their latest album 'Rock Steady', have had to postpone dates in both Pittsburgh and Cleveland because singer Gwen Stefani is unwell.
In a posting on No Doubt's official website, Stefani explains: "I've been really sick for about two weeks and still playing the shows so I haven't been able to get better.
"I have been forced to take a few days off to recover so we can hopefully do the rest of the US tour."
She adds: "I am doing everything I can to get better and hopefully I will be back to normal, booger free, and ready for you to rock me again soon."
Meanwhile, No Doubt are confirmed to play London's Brixton Academy on June 27 and Glastonbury Festival on June 29
Posted by Jen on Thursday, April 25, 2002 @ 05:16 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Forget everything you ever heard about gasoline prices-PRIMEDIA's Automobile Magazine's correspondent, humorist P.J. O'Rourke, will explain to you why they are so ... low.>
In the June issue of Automobile, O'Rourke, known for his bombastic opinions, let's fly with some unregulated information on the price of gas. Adjusted for inflation, ``gasoline, some recent price hikes notwithstanding, is cheap,'' he argues. ``When Bonnie and Clyde were on the lam in their Ford V-8, they paid the equivalent of more than $2 a gallon, and it is little wonder that they took up bank robbery ... Adjusting for inflation, a barrel of oil now costs one third what it did in 1870, when they didn't even know what to do with oil and were using to make tar babies for Joel Chandler Harris fables.''>
Prices have stayed relatively low despite what has to be one of the scariest Middle East crises of recent years. (There's always a Middle East crisis, this one is just scarier than most.) ``The Middle East contains 65 percent of the world's proved petroleum reserves,'' O'Rourke notes, ``And the Middle East is -- to use terminology current among the upper echelons of Washington's diplomatic corps -- a flaming sack of crap ... Islamic fundamentalism sweeps the Arab world, a nutty teenage fad like Britney Spears except with suicide explosives taped to her exposed tummy.''>
Part of the elusive answer as to why gasoline, despite the Middle East disaster, hasn't hit the highs of the early 1970s, during the OPEC oil crisis, is that Americans are actually using less gas then previously, he argues. ``U.S. oil consumption went from more than 20 million barrels a day in August 2001 to about 18.8 million a day in January 2002. Lower demand equals lower price.''>
What's more, there's plenty of gas out there. Statistics provided by British Petroleum indicate there are proved global reserves of 300 billion barrels in the world, larger than reserves were in the early 1980s. Even if Arabs hate the U.S., they will still have to sell oil to it. Iraq is America's sixth largest oil supplier>
And, a patriotic O'Rourke reminds us that things are way different in other ways from the past. American might now projects easily across the world with little challenge. ``It doesn't matter how much they hate us, they've got to do something with that oil. They have to get that oil out of the ground, or they will be naked and starving, and when they want to launch a terrorist attack, they'll have to sneak into Jerusalem shopping malls and kick sand at Israelis. They have to sell us their oil. (P.S. Or else.)''
Posted by Jen on Thursday, April 25, 2002 @ 10:04 a.m.
(4/24/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Madonna, Britney Spears, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Lonestar, Ray Charles, Stone Temple Pilots, Patti LaBelle, Dolly Parton, Michelle Branch, Tim McGraw, Rosie O'Donnell, and Oprah Winfrey are just a few of the stars who have donated autographed items to the American Red Cross (news - web sites) Nationwide Virtual Auction.
The auction, hosted by the auction website Ebay (ebay.com), features more than 1,500 unique items donated by participating Red Cross chapters across the U.S. The auction will raise funds for disaster relief and other Red Cross humanitarian efforts.
Twenty-one of the auction items were personally solicited and donated by country superstar Wynonna Judd. "I thought long and hard how I could make a difference," said Judd. "I was delightfully surprised at the generosity of my fellow artists who committed to this cause. These are exceptional gifts from artists who opened up their hearts at a time when our neighbors really needed us. As amazed as I am by the talents of Madonna (news - web sites), Dolly, Rosie, Garth, and Oprah, and all of the others who donated, I am forever changed by the size of their hearts."
The auction is divided into two separate 10-day auctions. The first auction is currently open and will remain live until May 2, and the second auction starts April 29 and runs through May 9. Participants can bid on everything from exotic vacation getaways and high-tech gadgets to sports and celebrity memorabilia, fine art, and airline tickets.
-- Jason Gelman, New York
Posted by Jen on Thursday, April 25, 2002 @ 10:03 a.m.
8x Platinum Rapper's Hotly Anticipated Sophomore Project, NELLYVILLE In Stores June 25th
NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ``Hot In Herre,'' the lead single from Universal Recording superstar Nelly's eagerly awaited sophomore album titled NELLYVILLE, is the #1 Most Added Song at crossover and Top 40 radio stations. This week, radio stations received the song and immediately added the song into their rotations -- 4 weeks earlier than the official radio add date of May 6th. Additionally, Nelly broke all global records when AOL Music exclusively premiered ``Hot In Herre'' on a recent AOL ``First Listen'' campaign. The new single was listened to more than 760,000 times in one day setting the new record for the AOL series.
Nelly describes the song as a ``party anthem.'' ``Hot In Herre'' is produced by the Neptunes, longtime friends of Nelly. ``I've known them for a long time, before I even had a deal,'' Nelly says, ``back when their beats were real, real cheap. We just put it together and it's been nothing but love.'' Billie Woodruff will direct the ``Hot In Herre'' video.
Nellyville is the follow-up to Nelly's 2000 Grammy-nominated debut, Country Grammar, which featured a string of hits including ``E.I.,'' ``Batter Up,'' the Grammy-nominated ``Ride Wit Me,'' and the catchy, melodic title track whose hook was built around the familiar children's rhyme ``Down, Down Baby.'' Country Grammar soared to the top of the U.S. album charts, where it remained for several months- and has garnered more than 9 millions in worldwide album sales.
The release of ``Hot In Herre'' comes on the heels of the success of last year's St. Lunatics album (Nelly is a member of the St. Louis-based group), and Nelly's solo release ``#1'' from the Training Day soundtrack. Additionally, Nelly appears on fellow Lunatic member Ali's solo debut, Heavy Starch set for release on April 30th.
Since signing with Universal Records in 1999, Nelly has become a highly-touted entertainer winning a number of honors-including an American Music Award, two Source Awards, an MTV Music Video Award as well as awards from BET and Soul Train. Last year, People Magazine hailed him as one of 2001's ``Breakthrough'' talents. The St. Louis-bred rapper also received two Grammy nominations earlier this year.
Nellyville is produced by Jay E. Epperson (Country Grammar) and Wally Yaghnam and features appearances by the rest of the St. Lunatics, *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.
For additional information on Nelly, fans can log onto his official website at http://www.nelly.net.
Posted by Jen on Thursday, April 25, 2002 @ 10:01 a.m.
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