According to a press release, "On January 19, 2001, Main Street in Champaign, IL will officially be renamed 'REO SPEEDWAGON WAY' in honor of the city's hometown heroes multi million record sellers, REO Speedwagon [ tickets ]."

Jerry Wick, singer and guitarist for Gaunt, was killed by a motorist while riding his bicycle on Wednesday (1/10), the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Emusic.com announced on Friday (1/12) that it would be laying off 36% of its workforce, or 66 employees.

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George magazine reported that Everclear [ tickets ]'s frontman Art Alexakis will soon be testifying before the U.S. Senate regarding legislation that will allow "the IRS to deduct child-support payments from a delinquent parent's paycheck." Everclear had a hit with "Father of Mine," about a father who abandoned his son, and according to the article, the Association for Children for Enforcement of Support asked him for assistance on Capitol Hill.

From staff reports, compiled by James Woster.