Briefly News & Comment: Dave Matthews Band to announce tour details

Plus: Black Sabbath to headline Ozzfest, Los Palominos' drummer killed, tribute to Rough Trade, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Rock Star edition.

Dave Matthews Band will reveal the first leg of dates for its spring-summer 2001 tour on Friday (2/9), according to the group's publicist. Among the upcoming appearances will be a May 5 show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival.

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Black Sabbath will headline this year's Ozzfest, according to Wall of Sound. Also in the reported lineup is Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Slipknot, Linkin Park and Disturbed.

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Jesse Arreola, drummer for the Tejano band Los Palominos, was killed on Sunday (2/4) when the band's bus crashed in Texas.

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Mute Records will release a 4-CD tribute to the British record store Rough Trade on March 5, Sonicnet reported. Bands on the CD include the Smiths, the Pixies, Stereolab and Mazzy Star.

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"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" is having "Rock Star" editions of the game show on Feb. 11 and Feb. 14.

The list of Rock Stars, according to Disney, is:

    Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys)
    Gene Simmons (KISS)
    Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
    Sisqo
    Emily Robison (Dixie Chicks)
    Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray)
    Amy Grant
    Gladys Knight
    Chaka Khan

We're sorry, but to rock is to say "No" to game shows, and that's all there is to it.

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