According to an article in the Dallas Music Guide, OASIS have brought on former KULA SHAKER keyboardist Jay Darlington for their upcoming tour in support of the forthcoming (even though everybody's already found it on the net) album, Heathen Chemistry. According to the article, it's still unclear whether Darlington will become an official member of the group, or simply be handling keys on tour.

Leslie posted a message to the list about Ignition Mangement and their statement regarding the Oasis MP3's that are currently circulating around the Internet. They claim that the files are "poor quality" and shouldn't be used to by journalists to review the album. Click on 'Read More' to see the full statement. A statement from Ignition Management 19 April, 2002

Torr Leonard sent in a link to Billboard about the upcoming co-headlining Doves and Elbow tour. The tour is still in planning stages but it will cover 10-dates across the US and is expected to start in June. I want to know if Elbow will ever do a headlining tour across America? So far they've opened for Goldfrapp and Pete Yorn and co-headlined a tour with South.

Robert Moore sent the list some info from V2 about the new Underworld album. It has a working title 'Ansum' and is scheduled for release on September 16. It will be preceeded by a single, 'Two Months Off', which will be released on Sepember 2nd.

Mercury Rev will be playing a short west coast in the middle of June. They have also just released a special edition of last years, 'All is Dream', which includes live material, documentary footage, and two videos.

Allstar has a blurb about Beth Orton's new album, Daybreaker. The album will be released July 30th on Heavenly/Astralwerks. It also features a bunch of cool guests like Johnny Marr, Chemical Brothers and Ryan Adams.

Perry Farrel announced that the return of Lollapalooza will be pushed back until 2003. The delay is because no one cares about Lollapalooza anymore. Whoops, did I say that out loud? I meant to say that the delay is caused by getting a late start on organizing the festival and they didn't get the headliner they wanted. Meanwhile, Moby's Area 2 Festival will feature David Bowie and Busta Rhymes.

NME's reporting that the upcoming Primal Scream album will likely be banned in America due to a track called, Bomb the Pentagon. I can't see it being banned, maybe it won't be sold in Walmart's but I'm sure your local import record shop won't care. It's also important to note that the track is about the US foreign policy and was performed live before the September 11th attacks.

Allstar has the story about David Bowie next album, Heathen'. It features guitar leads by Pete Townshend and remixes by Air and Moby. The album is due out on June 11th.

Shift has an article about the two new "official" methods for downloading digital music. They also have a preview of the new subscription based Napster service which should open up any day now. In short, they blow. If you download a hundred songs then cancel your service, the songs will "deactivate" and become worthless. So if you subscribe, then you have to subscribe for life.