Canadian singer ALANIS MORISSETTE became an American citizen last week in Los Angeles. She is now a citizen of both countries. "America has been really great to me," she said, "and I have felt welcomed since the day I came here" . . . JENNIFER LOPEZ has cancelled her European tour in support of her upcoming album, Rebirth, due March 1st, saying that she must remain in Los Angeles due to an unspecified illness . . . On Thursday, ABC's Primetime Live will air MICHAEL JACKSON's Secret World, British tabloid documentarian Martin Bashir's follow-up to 2003's Living With Michael Jackson, which infamously featured the accuser in Jackson's ongoing trial for child molestation as well as at-home interviews with the embattled pop star . . . On Wednesday, GEORGE MICHAEL presented the debut of his autobiographical film, George Michael: A Different Story, at the Berlin Film Festival . . .
GARTH BROOKS helped raise $2 million for the Cook Children's Medical Center at a weekend event in Fort Worth, Texas . . . An engineer who worked on RAY CHARLES' multiple Grammy winning Genius Love Company filed a lawsuit against Concord Music Group and Ray Charles Enterprises on Monday, alleging that he was not given full credit for his work on the posthumous release . . . PJ HARVEY, SUICIDE and PEACHES will play the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, taking place April 22-24 in Camber Sands, U.K. . . In April, STING guitarist DOMINIC MILLER will release his fourth solo effort, Third World . . . In other STING news, the singer will kick off his Broken Music Tour on April 1st in San Jose, California, wrapping up May 13th in Wantagh, New York . . .
Texas rockers ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD will launch their tour on March 30th in Houston, wrapping in their hometown of Austin on April 30th . . . GORILLAZ will release Demon Days, produced by DANGERMOUSE, in May . . . U.K. newspapers the Sunday Times and The Sun will pay YUSUF ISLAM (formerly known as CAT STEVENS) damages for alleging that he supported terrorism. Both have already published apologies . . . COHEED AND CAMBRIA's limited-edition DVD Live at the Starland Ballroom hits stores March 22nd . . . SIMPLY RED will release the DVD Simply Red -- The Making of "Stars": Classic Album, featuring live footage and interviews with band members, on March 22nd . . .
DESTINY'S CHILD will perform the player introductions at the NBA All-Star Game on February 20th, while country artists LEANN RIMES and BIG AND RICH will provide the half-time entertainment. KELLY CLARKSON and the GOO GOO DOLLS will perform as part of the NBA's Saturday night festivities . . . P. DIDDY is being sued by Random House Inc., claiming he hasn't paid back a $300,000 advance for an autobiography he never completed. An agreement on the deal was reached between the publishing company and Diddy in 1998, and a manuscript was due in December of 1999 . . . DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE will release The John Byrd EP on March 1st. The EP, named after their sound technician, will only be available on the Barsuk Records Web site or in record stores who are members of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores . . .
WYCLEF JEAN and CHAKA KHAN will headline the Children Uniting Nations fundraiser at Los Angeles' Factory on February 27th. PAULA ABDUL will host the post-Oscar gala, which benefits foster and homeless children. JAMIE FOXX, PAMELA ANDERSON and PARIS HILTON will make guest appearances . . . BRITNEY SPEARS, FANTASIA and GOOD CHARLOTTE will appear on the Kids' Choice compilation, hitting stores March 22nd. The Kids' Choice Awards will air live April 2nd on Nickelodeon . . . DISTILLERS drummer ANDY GRANELLI has quit the band . . . DANGER MOUSE, LYRICS BORN, BRAZILIAN GIRLS and POSTAL SERVICE are among the artists that have remade Verve Records catalog classics on Verve Remixed 3. The thirteen-track CD, featuring reworkings of NINA SIMONE, BILLIE HOLIDAY, SARAH VAUGHAN and JIMMY SMITH, is due April 5th . . . Vocalist/bass player ROBERT LOWE from 90 DAY MEN has joined indie rockers TV ON THE RADIO . . .
CHRISTINA AGUILERA and her boyfriend of two years, music executive Jordan Bratman, got engaged on February 11th. The couple has not yet set a wedding date . . . NINE INCH NAILS have announced West Coast tour dates in support of their new album, With Teeth, due May 3rd. TRENT REZNOR and his new band's string of shows begin March 23rd in Fresno, California . . . The ROOTS' RAHZEL, MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT and OZRIC TENTACLES will perform at Jamaica's Psytopia Festival, August 17-23rd. The event will also feature a collaborative performance by X-ECUTIONERS' TOTAL ECLIPSE and CONSPIRATOR, the electronic side project of DISCO BISCUITS members MARC BROWNSTEIN and ARON MAGNER . . .
JANET JACKSON is facing a $120 million lawsuit after a man alleged that Jackson's bodyguards assaulted him outside of a New York City nightclub on February 4th. Leonard Salati claims that he was attacked by Jackson's security after attempting to pass the singer a note . . . ARETHA FRANKLIN, PETER GABRIEL, NATALIE COLE, LIONEL RICHIE, PATTI LABELLE and WYCLEF JEAN are among the list of artists scheduled to contribute vocals to "Come Together Now," a charity single benefiting tsunami victims penned by DENISE RICH and actress SHARON STONE . . . USHER and the B-52's are among those who will be honored by the Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy at its 2005 Atlanta Heroes Awards on April 21st . . .
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH's nineteen-track Greatest Hits CD hits stores March 15th . . . The limited-edition book Concert for George, A Celebration of the Life of George Harrison, documenting the 2002 London tribute to the late Beatle, is available online at genesis-publications.com . . . SARAH LEE GUTHRIE and JOHNNY IRION will kick off a tour March 9th in Columbia, South Carolina, the day after they release their new album, Exploration . . . Soul legend RUFUS THOMAS' final album Just Because I'm Leavin... will be released April 26th, followed by a tribute concert with BB KING scheduled for May 24th in Memphis, Tennessee . . . We Jam Econo -- The Story of the Minutemen will premiere February 25th at the Warner Grand Theatre in the seminal punk band's hometown of San Pedro, Texas . . .