American Express cardholders get first shot at tickets for the Who-Jimmy Page-Black Crowes show at New York's Madison Square Garden, Launch reported.

Motley Crue will play a show in Deb Prelewicz's living room. You don't know her, she's a Northeast Pennsylvania resident who won a contest.

Hip-hop singer Princess Superstar has announced a short tour to Montreal, Madison, Wisc., Halifax, Toronto and New York City, beginning Aug. 11.

Singer-songwriter P.J. Harvey will release her fifth studio album "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" in the U.K. on October 23.

Taj Mahal, Michelle Shocked and Vernon Reid are among the artists contributing to "Blue Haze: The Songs of Jimi Hendrix [ tickets ]," according to All-Star.

The Industry Standard reported that people who called the office of record label EMI recently got this message: "We apologize if you are having problems getting through to the person you're trying to reach. Due to the recent campaign of an organization that is unhappy with the U.S. judicial process, our main switchboard has been flooded to the point that your call can't go through. Until we can resolve this technical problem, we can only ask for your patience and understanding."

Opining that Frank Sinatra belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Los Angeles Times' Robert Hilburn wrote, "No singer, musician or songwriter voted into the Class of 2000 will have had as much influence on the masters of rock 'n' roll as Frank Sinatra."

Warner Archives is reissuing Marshall Crenshaw [ tickets ]'s first album.