Off Again

An infrequent Tom Waits tour is under consideration, sources tell Pollstar, and even Waits has said that "Somehow we return like the salmon to perform in important towns like Nimrod, Minn.; Square Butt, Mont.; Peculiar, Miss.; or Diagonal, Iowa" …

Quiet Riot singer Kevin Dubrow died from an accidental cocaine overdose, according to toxicology results …

The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia has set aside priority parking for Lexus cars – an advertising sponsor of arena owner Comcast-Spectacor …

For all the talk of Live Nation’s spiraling stock, it climbed in December from about $12.50 to as high as $15 at press time …

A protest of R. Kelly’s concert at The Forum on December 15th was in the works because of child pornography allegations but, according to the Los Angeles Times, black activists were having a tough time getting the community to join the picket line …

A lock of John Lennon’s hair sold for £24,000 (US$49,000) as part of a London auction of Beatles memorabilia December 12th …

A federal judge has dismissed a Louisiana musician’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Kid Rock, ruling Troy Landry didn’t prove that the rock-rapper’s "Somebody’s Gotta Feel This" was a rip-off of his own music …

Eddie Van Halen had his back yard flooded and swimming pool buried in mud when a water main broke while he was on tour.