A Marriage, A Divorce, A Reunion, A Lawsuit, A Drug Bust—Just Another Day In The World Of Music
Busta Rhymes,
The Roots,
at the drive-in,
Common,
Stone Temple Pilots,
Jurassic 5,
No Doubt and
Queens Of The Stone Age will be among the acts
tapped for the revolving opening slot on the upcoming
Rage Against The Machine/
Beastie Boys Rhyme & Reason 2000 Tour. "As you can see, we've slated a bunch of artists that have no shot of stacking up to the Beasties or us," said Rage's
Tom Morello… Brooklyn teen
Danyella "Sunshine" Rogers has filed a $200 million invasion of privacy lawsuit against
Sean "Puffy" Combs,
Lil' Kim and
Lil' Cease,
Lance "Un" Rivera and
Atlantic Records. Rogers claims that an explicit telephone conversation she had with Cease was used on his song, "Play Around," without her consent. In the suit, Rogers' attorney,
Harvey Sorid, contends that the recording has caused his client "mental strain and distress, humiliation, exposure to public ridicule, disturbance of peace of mind and damage to her reputation, social standing and good name." Cease said he was pretty sure the $3.99 a minute charge he paid for the original call gave him permission…
Bobby Brown was released early from the
North Broward Detention Center in Florida Friday (6/7), after receiving a 10-day reprieve for good behavior. Comedian
Chris Rock held a mock candlelight vigil and Brown's wife,
Whitney Houston, waited out front in a stretch limousine. Sources said, shortly after his release, Brown jumped into the limo, drank a bottle of
Cristal, snorted a couple of lines, pummeled the
driver for speaking to Whitney and sped off at about 100 mph, nearly killing Rock…
Oasis'
Liam Gallagher and his wife, actress
Patsy Kensit, have announced that they are separating. The couple was wed on April 7, 1997. The always congenial Gallagher was heard saying, "I'm a f***ing rock star. All of a sudden she's got
bloody problems with my boinking birds on the road, and my drinking and drugging. I get enough shite from my dickhead brother."…
N.W.A. have started work on their reunion album, "Not These Niggaz Again," using a mobile recording studio while on the
Up In Smoke Tour. The reformed N.W.A.,
Dr. Dre,
Ice Cube,
MC Ren and
Snoop Dogg (subbing for the late
Eazy-E), all appear on tour. "We may all be millionaires now, but we still say ‘F*** tha Police,'" said Dre. "The time for a reunion is now. Especially since this tour's marijuana expenditure is costing us a fortune."… According to the Sunday (7/9) edition of Britain's
News of the World newspaper, teen pop sensation
Britney Spears has accepted
a marriage proposal from her boyfriend,
NSYNC's
Justin Timberlake. The tabloid quoted a friend close to the couple as saying Timberlake proposed to the
virginal Spears two weeks ago. Sources say Timberlake, desired by millions of girls worldwide but faithful to Spears, wants to finally get laid… Around 1 million ravers partied under cloudy skies in Berlin Saturday (7/8) at the 12th annual
Love Parade, billed as the
world's largest dance music festival. Police made a total of 34 arrests for theft and drug offenses, including busting a drug dealer caught in possession of 800
hits of ecstasy. "Thankfully that guy came to the party with 80,000 hits or this thing would have really sucked," said one attendee.