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TOUR UPDATES

Jessica Simpson Sets Summer Tour Jessica Simpson will launch a headlining arena/amphitheater tour June 4 at the New Orleans Arena. With 40-plus dates finishing up Aug. 1 at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles, Calif. -- is Simpson's first major road trip since the start of her reality TV show, "Newlyweds," with husband Nick Lachey. The Jessica Simpson Reality Tour, is in support of the singer's latest Columbia album, "In This Skin." The Cities and Dates have yet to be released - MusicHoncho will keep you up to date once more information is available.   The Cure Plans Summer Festival Tour The Cure will headline the Curiosa summer festival tour with support from Interpol and the Rapture, scheduled to kick off July 24 in West Palm Beach, Fla. So far, 16 dates are confirmed through Aug. 27 in Los Angeles. The Cure's official Web site says a full list of dates will be announced imminently. Here are the initial Curiosa tour dates: July 24: West Palm Beach, Fla. July 25: Tampa, Fla. July 28: Nashville July 31: New York Aug. 1: Camden, N.J. Aug. 3: Cincinnati Aug. 4: Cleveland Aug. 7: Boston Aug. 11: Detroit Aug. 12: Chicago Aug. 14: Dallas Aug. 15: Houston Aug. 17: Denver Aug. 18: Salt Lake City Aug. 27: Los Angeles Premium seating is available for these and many other Concert & Sporting events - SEARCH FOR TICKETS NOW!

 

NEWS

Faith Hill To Headline Vegas Coliseum Country superstar Faith Hill will perform live for the first time in four years this summer at the Coliseum in Las Vegas. The performances are set for Aug. 10-11 and 13-14. Tickets are on sale now. Faith follows the lead of other great performers such as Elton John, Mariah Carey and Gloria Estefan who have all performed at the Caesars Palace Coliseum, which was built specifically for Celine Dion's ongoing A New Day stage show. Beyonce and mother launching a fashion label Beyonce and her mother, Tina Knowles, who already designs many of her daughter's on- and off-stage outfits, announced a joint venture to create a contemporary women's brand with Arthur and Jason Rabin, founders of manufacturer Wear Me Apparel/Kids Headquarters. The sportswear collection is scheduled to be in stores in 2005, with accessories, jewelry, lingerie, swimwear to follow.

 

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BIRTHDAYS

May 18th Martika (1969) George Strait (1952) Bill Wallace (Guess Who) (1949) Rick Wakeman (Yes) (1949) May 19th Jenny Berggren (Ace Of Base) (1972) Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) (1962) Grace Jones (1952) Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) (1949) Phillip Rudd (AC/DC) (1954) Pete Townshend (1945) May 20th Naturi Naughton (3LW) (1984) Busta Rhymes (1972) Tom Garman (Belly) (1966) Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) (1958) Cher (1946) Joe Cocker (1944) May 21st Leo Sayer (1948) Bill Champlin (Chicago) (1947) Hilton Valentine (The Animals) (1943) Ronald Isley (Isley Brothers) (1941) May 22nd Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) (1967) Johnny Gill (1966) Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms) (1962) Morrissey (1959) Bernie Taupin (1950) May 23rd Jewel (1974) Maxwell (1972) Phil Selway (Radiohead) (1967) Jim Mankey (Concrete Blonde) (1955) May 24th Billy Gilman (1988) Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) (1969) Heavy D (1967) Rosanne Cash (1955) Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) (1947) Patti LaBelle (1944) Bob Dylan (1941)

 

BIO OF THE WEEK

Kimberley Locke Kimberley Locke was born on January 3, 1978 to Christine and Donald Locke in Hartsville, Tennessee, a small town just outside of Nashville. When Kimberley was seven, her parents split up and she moved with her mother to Gallatin, Tennessee where she finished her primary years of schooling. Kimberley’s love for music was innate, and her first memories of singing began when her mother bought her, her first radio with a dual cassette recorder. “My mother bought me these books that were sing-a-longs – the Getalong Gang, Rainbow Bright, The Care Bears…I used to listen to them over and over and memorize the songs. I always loved to sing.” “In fact, I remember one time that my dad was driving me to my babysitter’s house, and I didn’t let him turn on the radio in the car, because I wanted to sing the whole way,” recalls Kimberley. “ I had seen ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ the night before, and I was singing all of the songs from the movie…it’s pretty ironic that I ended up singing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ on Idol.” Growing up on Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross, Kimberley relied on her grandmother’s extensive vinyl collection to listen to her favorite singers. Music was a family affair, and Kimberly often sang vocals in her “first band” – with her cousins as back-up musicians. But it wasn’t until the seventh grade, that Kimberley formed an all-girl group with friends who called themselves Shadz Of U – a group that she still performs with to this day. “We used to sing a lot of a-cappella materials – it was all about the harmonies,” says Kimberley. “We didn’t have a leader of the group, and we did a lot of Gospel. We performed at many churches in the area, and on some Sundays,” she added, “we would perform at five different churches in one day.” When Kimberley joined the choir in high school, she was advanced enough to make it into the premier high school group as a young sophomore called “The Performers”, which featured a top 20 select group of male and female singers. “Once I got into The Performers, and developed my craft, I became a lot better singer. It was really my life outside of school.” Natural progression would lead one to believe that Kimberley would continue to pursue music at college when she began attending Belmont University in Nashville. “When I went to college, I didn’t sing at all. They had a school of music, but it was very competitive, and I didn’t want to compete in college.” Kimberley continues, “but it was really difficult for me, because I was majoring in business education, and I wasn’t singing – I felt like I had a void that needed to be filled.” It wasn’t until a good friend of Kimberley’s turned her on to a local band, which led to her singing with various bands in Nashville. Soon Kimberley was performing with Black Widow, a group that sang Top 40, and The Imperials, a group of retired professors – in which the drummer had once played with James Brown. “I learned the most from working with The Imperials. They pushed me that extra mile to where most of my jazziness comes from.” Kimberley continued playing with local bands in Nashville for six years while going to school, but she began to feel like “this was work.” She decided that she did not want to be 40 and still singing in clubs. She stopped performing at age 22. “I stopped cold turkey, finished school, and then enrolled in law school,” says Kimberley. “I had my books and was slated to begin attending the Nashville School of Law last October, when I was urged by my sister-in-law and several friends to audition for American Idol.” “I remember thinking yeah, yeah…I can do this” -- but Kimberley was reluctant. At the advice of a friend telling her ‘you’ll never know if you don’t try,’” Kimberley decided to take the plunge. American Idol was holding auditions in Nashville, and soon Kimberley found herself waiting for at least five hours a day over the course of four-five days in the waiting line. “I put in a total of 18 hours auditioning for the show. With more than 1,500 people in line, I was 1,580,” laughs Kimberley. “I was really wondering what I was doing there. I had a job, and here I am standing outside waiting to be heard. In my mind there was no rational answer to this, but I thought, ‘if I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it.” Kimberley did it alright. She kept making it through round after round of auditions, and finally was to come to Los Angeles to audition in Glendale’s Alex Theatre for the final round. Kimberley now had to make a serious decision – begin law school or pass on pursuing American Idol any further. The American Idol auditions were the week after she was to begin law school, and Kimberley decided to withdraw from law and take the risk. “It was a tough decision because in my mind, I had this road that I could see down. It was clear, there was no fog. And now I was going down this road that was very foggy, and I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face.” Regardless, Kimberley felt that she had to take the chance. The first day Kimberley showed up at the Alex Theatre, the contestants were told to look around, because the person sitting next to them may not be there tomorrow. Every day 100 people went home, and then 20, and then groups of eight were split up into the Top 32. It was in her group, that she met her fiercest competitors, yet closest friends, Clay and Ruben. “At this point in the process, it was very nerve-wracking, because every night they gave us something different,” says Kimberley. “One night,” she continues, “we didn’t stop rehearsing until 11:00 p.m. ,and then they gave us cold lyrics that we had to back to our hotel rooms, make up a song for them, and come back and sing it the next morning. We had to be creative…I did a lot of prayer.” The final day came when Kimberley made it to the top three finalists with Clay and Ruben, but lost out by a slim margin of America’s votes to continue to the finish. Regardless, Kimberley was so proud of her two friends that she had become so close with over the course of the American Idol experience. “It was a close race…the night I got voted off, there was a 2 percent vote between the runner up and myself. I didn’t lose by a long shot, so it was a great experience to have. I love Clay and Ruben, and I was happy for them.” After American Idol ended, it didn’t really end. Kimberley embarked on the American Idol tour cross country, and soon, the American Idol experience led her to her recording contract with Curb Records. “It was kind of scary because I knew my life was going to change after American Idol, but I didn’t know how,” says Kimberley. “Now I’m thrilled to see where it leads with the new album,” she adds. As work on Kimberley’s debut album is in process, she will be focusing on hit material, as she puts it. “I just want hits. The first song I recorded totally jumped out at me…that’s what I’m focusing on for the new album, whether it be pop, R&B or ballads.” When asked about her musical inspirations, Kimberley comments: “I’ve been inspired by a lot of people – my answer to that is that every artist has something to bring to the table…because they’re all different. There are so many superstars and popstars because they all have something. If I take just one and model myself after one particular artist, then I’m limiting myself. Take Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle, both R&B singers, but if I was to choose one, I’d miss out on everything that the other has to offer, because their styles are totally different.” “So I’d say…that my inspirations are Whitney Houston, Sade, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle and Janet Jackson, because they are all different, but the one thing that they have in common is that they all have longevity to their careers. Kimberley adds with a huge smile, “this is what I would like for myself.” “I would love to have mass appeal – to everybody, and longevity is #1 on my priority list,” she adds. The bottom line would have to be that I want to keep singing, put out hits, and be around for years. I want to be around for a long time.” The beginning is now just around the corner for Kimberley…and the fog is just starting to clear. Look out for the debut album from Kimberley Locke coming soon.   Check out these Kimberley Locke products: Kimberley Locke - One Love - $12.95

 

MUSIC HISTORY

41 years ago Bob Dylan and Joan Baez team up with Pete Seeger at the first Monterey Folk Festival. (1963)   37 years ago "Don't Look Back," D.A. Pennebaker's film documentary on Bob Dylan's 1965 British tour, debuts at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco. Dylan will later denounce the movie and file a court injunction to bar it being shown. (1967)   35 years ago The Chicago Transit Authority release their self-titled debut double album. The band was later sued by the real Chicago Transit Authority and had to shorten their name to Chicago. (1969)   The New Musical Express announces for the the first time ever, album production and sales outdid production and sales of singles in Great Britain, in 1968. (1969)   35 years ago Associated Television fails in its bid to take over Beatles music company Northern Songs' offer for all shares expiring with only 47-percent of stock committed. (1969)   31 years ago Yes receive gold records for both "Yessongs" their triple-record live set and "The Yes Album." (1973) 29 years ago Elton John was awarded a platinum record for his album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It was the first album to sell one million copies on its first day of release. (1975)   Just two weeks before the start of the Rolling Stones' long Tour of the Americas '75, Mick Jagger puts his right hand through a window at Gorman's restaurant in Montauk, on Long Island. It takes 20 stitches to make it like new. No real damage is done and the tour goes on as scheduled. (1975) 26 years ago Lou Reed starts a week long series of shows at the Bottom Line club in New York City. He uses portions of the recordings for his upcoming live album, "Take No Prisoners." (1978)   Thank God It's Friday, a movie celebration of disco which is Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart's response to Saturday Night Fever, premieres in Los Angeles. It stars Donna Summer as a singer looking for her big break in a "typical" Hollywood disco on a "typical" Friday night. Summer's song "The Last Dance" is introduced and it goes on to top the pop charts and wins the 1978 Academy Award for Best Song. The film meantime, is a flop. (1978)   24 years ago Kiss drummer Peter Criss, the one who wore the catlike makeup, leaves the group for a solo career. (1980) Joe Walsh releases "All Night Long" from the "Urban Cowboy" movie soundtrack. The film starred John Travolta. (1980)   20 years ago The Cars release "Magic." (1984)   18 years ago Peter Gabriel releases his album, So. (1986)   17 years ago A fire destroys Tom Petty's Los Angeles home and causes $800,000 worth of damage. It was later discovered to be the work of an arsonist. (1987)   15 years ago At the Cannes Film Festival, Who lead singer Roger Daltrey said he wanted to become a doctor of Chinese medicine. He said he never felt that singing and acting were proper careers and that he wanted to study herbal medicine and acupuncture. (1989) 12 years ago Lawrence Welk dies of complications from pneumonia. He was 89 years old. (1992)   Genesis has to end a show after two songs during a stop in Tampa, Florida for their "We Can't Dance" tour after Phil Collins comes down with a sore throat. Police arrest several concert-goers who got upset when the show stopped. (1992) 9 years ago Don Henley marries Sharon Summerall in Malibu. Among those present and who performed were Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Sting and Tony Bennett. (1995) 6 years ago Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are among the mourners at the funeral of Frank Sinatra in Beverly Hills. Sinatra died on May 14. (1998)   4 years ago The Guess Who perform at a Winnipeg community center as a prelude to their reunion tour featuring the band's most prolific line-up: Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Donnie McDougall and Garry Peterson. Kale drops out of the tour before the first show to tend to family matters. (2000)

 

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