R.E.M. has crossed the Atlantic and decamped in Ireland, where the group will finish recording its 12th studio album, according to R.E.M. fan site Murmurs.com. The site reports that Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills have rented a house in the Dublin area for three months, and that the finished product should hit stores via Warner Bros. sometime in the spring of 2001.
The group was previously tracking material -- which will comprise the follow-up to 1997's experimental-leaning "Up" -- in Vancouver. As previously reported, four of R.E.M.'s home videos -- "Pop Screen," "Tourfilm," "This Film Is On," and "Parallel" -- will be issued Aug. 22 on DVD.
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U.K. rock outfit Mojave 3 will release "Excuses For Travellers" Sept. 5 on Beggars Banquet/4AD. The group, fronted by Neal Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon of the late, critically hailed shoegazers Slowdive, will venture to North America for a handful of warm-up dates in late September, with stops planned for New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles. A full tour is in the works for October or November.
"Excuses," out since July in Mojave 3's native U.K., is the follow-up to the group's 1998 album "Out Of Tune."
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R&B artist Debelah Morgan is set to embark on Thermasilk's Trends & Transformations 2000 Tour, which will take the her to malls across the U.S. Morgan, who is a former Miss Black Teenage World, will perform tracks from her sophomore album, "Dance With Me, due Aug. 15 from Atlantic.
Kicking off Aug. 16 at Macy's in New York, the tour will go on to visit 10 cities between Aug. 19-Oct. 28. At each stop, Thermasilk will stage hair styling exhibitions and fashion shows, as well as contests, give-aways, and makeovers. In conjunction with the tour, Sam Goody outlets will offer Morgan CD samplers as a gift with purchases at its stores.
Here are dates for Debelah Morgan's appearances on the Trends & Transformations 2000 tour:
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<LI>Aug. 16: New York (Macy's Herald Square, 6 p.m.)
<LI>Aug. 19: Wayne, N.J (Willowbrook Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Aug. 26: Braintree, Mass. (South Shore Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 9: King Of Prussia, Pa. (Court at King of Prussia/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 16: Schaumberg, Ill. (Woodfield Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 23: Garden City, N.Y. (Roosevelt Field Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 30: Baltimore (White Marsh Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 7: Aventura, Fla. (Aventura Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 14: Atlanta (Perimeter Center/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 21: New Orleans (New Orleans Centre/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 28: Arlington, Va. (Fashion Centre at Pentagon City/3 p.m.)
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The group was previously tracking material -- which will comprise the follow-up to 1997's experimental-leaning "Up" -- in Vancouver. As previously reported, four of R.E.M.'s home videos -- "Pop Screen," "Tourfilm," "This Film Is On," and "Parallel" -- will be issued Aug. 22 on DVD.
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U.K. rock outfit Mojave 3 will release "Excuses For Travellers" Sept. 5 on Beggars Banquet/4AD. The group, fronted by Neal Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon of the late, critically hailed shoegazers Slowdive, will venture to North America for a handful of warm-up dates in late September, with stops planned for New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles. A full tour is in the works for October or November.
"Excuses," out since July in Mojave 3's native U.K., is the follow-up to the group's 1998 album "Out Of Tune."
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R&B artist Debelah Morgan is set to embark on Thermasilk's Trends & Transformations 2000 Tour, which will take the her to malls across the U.S. Morgan, who is a former Miss Black Teenage World, will perform tracks from her sophomore album, "Dance With Me, due Aug. 15 from Atlantic.
Kicking off Aug. 16 at Macy's in New York, the tour will go on to visit 10 cities between Aug. 19-Oct. 28. At each stop, Thermasilk will stage hair styling exhibitions and fashion shows, as well as contests, give-aways, and makeovers. In conjunction with the tour, Sam Goody outlets will offer Morgan CD samplers as a gift with purchases at its stores.
Here are dates for Debelah Morgan's appearances on the Trends & Transformations 2000 tour:
<UL>
<LI>Aug. 16: New York (Macy's Herald Square, 6 p.m.)
<LI>Aug. 19: Wayne, N.J (Willowbrook Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Aug. 26: Braintree, Mass. (South Shore Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 9: King Of Prussia, Pa. (Court at King of Prussia/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 16: Schaumberg, Ill. (Woodfield Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 23: Garden City, N.Y. (Roosevelt Field Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Sept. 30: Baltimore (White Marsh Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 7: Aventura, Fla. (Aventura Mall/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 14: Atlanta (Perimeter Center/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 21: New Orleans (New Orleans Centre/3 p.m.)
<LI>Oct. 28: Arlington, Va. (Fashion Centre at Pentagon City/3 p.m.)
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