TLC [ tickets ]'s website clarifies published reports that member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins has stopped touring due to health reasons:

"Despite recent reports of T-Boz's announcement to retire from the road, T-Boz issued a statement refuting the claim, 'Recent reports have implied that I will no longer tour with TLC due to health reasons,' Watkins' statement reads. 'I am not touring because I am eight months pregnant. I am still an active member of TLC and look forward to performing with the group again soon. Right now I am healthy, planning for the birth of my child, and enjoying my new marriage.'"

Hip-hop magazine The Source is producing two new television shows: "The Source Sound Lab" a UPN music show, and "The Source: All Access," a syndicated music magazine show.

Kid Rock [ tickets ] joined Phish [ tickets ] onstage on Friday (9/29) in Las Vegas, MTV.com reported.

Perry Farrell [ tickets ] is planning a music festival to be held in the Israeli desert next spring, Billboard.com reported.

Webnoize reported that the European Union will rule on the AOL-Time Warner merger and the Time Warner-EMI merger on Oct. 11.