RollnSmoke Scoop

LOADS of NEW MUSIC on the horizon!!! We’ll see albums this September from Black Crowes, Jack Johnson, Pearl Jam, Sean Kingston, David Gray and Nelly Furtado. In October The Roots, Sting, Ozamatli and Robbie Williams will drop new albums, and come November, keep your eyes peeled for new releases from T-Pain, Mary J. Blige and Sade. Other fall releases include new music by Lupe Fiasco, Kid Sister and Kate Nash.

The Midyear List of Top Tours has Madonna ($84.7 million), Tina Turner ($80 million) and Britney Spears ($61.5 million) in the top three spots with the top grossing venues listed as Radio City Music Hall (NYC) 02 Arena (London) and The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace (Vegas).

RollnSmoke Scoop

The recording industry secured a deterrent victory when a Minnesota jury awarded 4 major labels 1.92 million in damages against Jammie Thomas Rasset for downloading and sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa peer-t0-peer network. Now The National Music Publishers’ Association is taking a shot at YouTube, alleging that there are performance rights for audio-visual downloads. Go get ‘em, boys! “Roll” says, “New times call for new ways.”

The Black Crowes will release two new studio albums in September, and Vampire Weekend will release one. Crosby, Stills and Nash will drop an all-covers album on their annual summer tour. Good Charlotte and Sum 41 have created dishes for Denny’s new RockStar Menu. Miley Cyrus’s Fall Tour will use paperless tickets as an attempt to thwart scalpers.