Briefly News and Comment: CDnow lawsuit, Frank Black, Poison

plus: The stage where Lennon and McCartney met.

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According to Dow Jones Newswires, "A federal judge has thrown out a class-action shareholder lawsuit alleging that online music store CDNow Inc. and its officers defrauded investors early last year by hiding the company's dire financial condition while touting a merger they knew couldn't materialize."

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Someone stole Frank Black and the Catholics' trailer while the band was staying in a hotel in Lester, Penn., on April 13, Sonicnet reported. The trailer reportedly contained $70,000 worth of gear, which the band has replaced. The band had to cancel weekend shows in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, but will reportedly play the first of three Toronto shows on Monday (4/16).

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Capitol Records has scheduled the release of Poison 's "Greatest Video Hits" for June 5. The DVD's lineup features:

    Cry Tough
    I Want Action
    Talk Dirty to Me
    I Won't Forget You
    Nothin' But a Good Time
    Fallen Angel
    Every Rose Has Its Thorn
    Your Mama Don't Dance
    Unskinny Bop
    Ride the Wind
    Something to Believe In
    Life Goes On
    (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice
    Stand (a)
    Until You Suffer Some (Fire & Ice) (a)
    So Tell Me Why (a)
    Power to the People

    (a) Never before commercially released

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CNN.com reported that Canon John Roberts, a clergyman at Liverpool, England's St. Peter's Church--where the Beatles' John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met--is receiving hate mail for his plans to sell the church's stage to "fund renovation work."

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