NO NEW YEARS ROCKIN EVE FOR DICK CLARK!!!
The last few hours of December 31, 1999, will not exactly be rockin' for Dick Clark.The eternal teenager's perennial holiday special, Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve (serving shut-ins since 1972), has been asked by ABC to take a backseat to millennium madness.  Imagine: No Kool and the Gang. No American Bandstand-esque countdown parties. No 90 minutes of fun, confetti and cheeseball celebrity guest hosts.  FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE

THIRD EYE BLIND TO CHANGE COLUMBINESQUE LYRICS
Elektra Records has asked Third Eye Blind to remove one of the tracks from their forthcoming album, Blue, due out Nov. 23. The band's management says the label deemed the song "Slow Motion" too violent because of the following lyrics: "Miss Jones taught me English, but I think I just shot her son/Cause he owed me money, with a bullet in the chest/With a bullet in the chest he cannot run/Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot.""When we asked the band to leave the song off the album, our intention wasn't to censor the band," says Elektra chairman and CEO Sylvia Rhone. "Our reason was that that song didn't work in the context of the rest of the album, and it didn't work in the context of the current social climate, and in the overall vision of this band." FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE

THE SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR BAND
Do the Backstreet Boys have another five albums in them? Their record label is betting $60 million that they do.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jive Records signed the Orlando quintet to a $60 million, five-album deal, including a large advance for the band's next album. FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE

Brandy Hospitalized
The Grammy-winning teen idol/TV star is hospitalized in a Southern California hospital, being treated for dehydration, it was revealed today.  The 20-year-old singer/actress is expected to be released from the undisclosed location within the next two days, according to a statement from Big Ticket Television, the company that produces Brandy's TV comedy, Moesha, for UPN FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE

OASIS GETS NEW BASSIST
Oasis has filled out its lineup with the addition of bassist Andy Bell, formerly of the British bands Ride and Hurricane #1.  "I'm very excited," Bell says in a statement. "When I got asked, it was not a difficult decision to make. Oasis have always been an inspiration. I'm looking forward to it."  FOR THE WHOLE STORY CLICK HERE

Van Halen Looses Another Singer
Time for prospective singers to get their reels prepared — Van Halen has lost yet another singer.  Gary Cherone, who appeared on only one album, the much maligned Van Halen III, has officially left the band. In a statement issued by Van Halen's attorney Don Engel, the split is described as "both mutual and amicable and they remain good friends." Cherone departs because he is "pursuing new musical ventures." for complete story Click Here

Hip-Hop Artists Put Own Spin on Dylan Classic
The Roots have recorded a new song based on Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" for the soundtrack to the forthcoming Norman Jewison film about Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Carter was a well-known boxer whose notoriety out of the ring far surpassed his career stats after he was wrongly accused of a triple murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, and subsequently immortalized in Dylan's 1976 protest song. FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE

N'SYNCs courtroom retaliation
Rather than rolling over in the wake of a $150 million lawsuit, the members of 'N Sync are fighting fire with fire, slapping BMG Entertainment and their former mentor, Louis Pearlman, with counterclaims worth as much as $25 million, and seeking control over the name 'N Sync. FOR THE COMPLETE STORY CLICK HERE