Justin Nozuka Tour

Already confirmed as a VH1 "You Oughta Know - Artist on the Rise," a Barnes & Noble "Discover" selection and Clear Channel's Artist of the Month, with the video for lead single "After Tonight" in rotation on VH1 and mtvU, the tour will allow US audiences to get a taste of Nozuka's emotionally charged live performances. - dates

Keith Sweat Listening Party

PR reports: Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, announces the May 13 release of JUST ME, the first new studio album from R&B legend Keith Sweat since his 2002 Rebirth set.

The original "new jack" hitmaker, who celebrated 20 years as a chart artist at the end of 2007, produced and cowrote most of the material on his latest project which features guest artists Keyshia Cole, and Athena Cage (Keith's duet partner on the million-selling 1996 hit "Nobody").

The Harlem-born singer/songwriter and producer says he called his new album JUST ME "because I'm giving the people what they expect from me. You hear other artists out here who make the mistake of trying to be trendy. They really try to keep up. I know people want to hear Keith Sweat. I'm conscious of the people who have followed me the whole time, since day one. I remember that I have a fan base and I'm very careful to give the people what they expect from me." - Check out the listening party here

Limp Bizkit Retirement Plan

antiMusic reports: Imagine you are a member of a band that once flew high and sold millions of albums, but is now considered by most people to be a punch line to jokes. How do you make a living in that situation? Start another band? Most do. Do studio work? Another option taken by many. Hang it up and try something else? That's been known to happen to. How about going to your few remaining fans and offer them private drum lessons at $200 dollars a pop? That's the option John Otto from Limp Bizkit has gone with.

We can understand paying that much for lessons from someone like Neil Peart, but John Otto? But what we really want to know is: if a hot woman wants instructions, will he do it all for the nookie? Ok, on with the details courtesy of Blabbermouth: Limp Bizkit/The Killer And The Star drummer John Otto has decided to share expertise with the world by offering private lessons. All beginner lessons are one instructor to 1-2 students per lessons.

Students are carefully matched according to age, skill level, and musical goals. Pairings will be evaluated and regrouped monthly to provide the best learning situation. Lessons range in price from $150 (beginner lessons with John Otto, 1-2 students per lesson) to $200 (private lessons one-on-one with John Otto). - Forget words. Video always makes the sale!

Snoop To Show Lindsey Lohan How To Do It Doggy Style

antiMusic reports: Snoop's a friendly guy and he'll go into the studio with just about anyone (aside from Bloods). Don't believe us? Guess who Mr. Dogg is working with now? Lindsey Lohan. At least that is what some reports are claiming.

You see Lindsey needed some "cred" for her third album, since the last two were pretty much panned by everyone in the universe, including aliens from the planet Celebutard who usually eat up anything tabloid superstars toss out.

So Lohan has reportedly called upon a string of acclaimed urban producers to help her with the album. Snoop is the latest knob-twister rumored to be helping Lindsey in the studio. Other producers reportedly linked to this future "album of the year" include Timbaland and Pharrell Williams. - more on this story

Hendrix Camp Responds to Sex Tape

antiMusic reports: To say that the Hendrix estate is unhappy about the new supposed Jimi Hendrix sex tape would be a bit of an understatement. The estate, which is run by members of Jimi's family through Experience Hendrix LLC, have spoke out against the new tape being distributed by Vivid Entertainment.

"We, Experience Hendrix, the family company of Jimi Hendrix are aware of the release of the adult videotape which alleges to contain illicit footage of Jimi Hendrix. We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity and affirmatively state that Experience Hendrix is neither involved in, nor have we authorized the distribution of this film. Further, we deplore this unsubstantiated exploitation of Jimi Hendrix.

"We view the release as nothing more than a callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion. We are highly offended by the disgraceful portrayal. - more on this story

Quicks: Madonna Vs Mariah, Def Leppard, Tina Turner Retires From Retirement, Phil Spector Can Sue Shapiro, and Bye Bye Net Music?

antiMusic reports: Here is a quick look at some stories online about Mariah Carey, Madonna, Def Leppard, Tina Turner, Phil Spector, and the latest blow to Net Music. We start off with this story from FMQB about Mariah Carey: For the second week in a row, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 is the best selling album in the country. It sold another 181,889 copies, according to SoundScan more

Mariah better enjoy it while it lasts because her reign is about to end according to this report from Billboard: Madonna is on track to net her seventh No. 1 album on next week's Billboard 200 with "Hard Candy," based on first-day sales measured by the Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart released Wednesday afternoon (April 30). more

While it's not Mariah or Madonna numbers Def Leppard still have the ability to hit the Top 10 according to this Blabbermouth report: According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS), DEF LEPPARD's new album, "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge", is poised to sell between 45,000 and 50,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release for a possible Top 10 debut. more

Jam was full of interesting stories today. Here are two summaries with the links: Tina Turner says she's hitting the road again for her first tour in the United States in seven years. The 68-year-old singer announced on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that it will begin Oct. 1 in Kansas City. more

Phil Spector's on-again, off-again breach-of-contract lawsuit against his former lawyer Robert Shapiro appears to be back on after a judge ruled Wednesday the lawsuit can go forward. more

Finally Reuters had this one, which might spell the end of a handy promotional tool the labels had to turn people on to new music by offering previews of music at various websites. ASCAP just wants to get paid. Of course, if the online companies stop previewing the music, ASCAP members won't earn royalties on the extra sales generated by the previews. Great lose lose! Here is the AP story: Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments. - more

. Fiction Plane(artist of the month)

This is catchy alternative rock at its finest, and if you want a break from cookie-cutter emo, Nickelback clones, and generic indie music (a whole 'nother rant in itself), run out and pick this one up. You won't be disappointed. (4.5 stars) - Read the full Fiction Plane - Left Side of the Brain review

. Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

Def Leppard's 11th studio album, arriving 21 years after mammoth 'Hysteria' and a dozen years past the experimental 'Slang' finds the band not embracing either of those formulas and instead made the finest depiction of their musical philosophy. (4 stars) - Read the full Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge review

. 10 Years of antiMusic: The Cult Live

We're looking back at 10 years of antiMusic. This week we're looking back at some highlights of our live coverage through the years. Today antiGUY takes us back to the The Cult's 2001 tour that also featured Stabbing Westward, Monster Magnet and Bird3. - Read the full The Cult Live review

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