Briefly News and Comment: Sade, AC/DC and Area: One tour updates

plus: STP on Family Values tour? EMI and BMG abandon merger. Why We Hate Morning Radio, Reason #480. Nashville's shame and desperation.

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Sade has added to her itinerary an Aug. 19 show in Auburn Hills, Mich. Tickets go on sale on Saturday (5/5).

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Two AC/DC performances--one that was to take place on Tuesday (5/1) in Madison, Wis., and one scheduled for Wednesday (5/2) in Detroit--have been postponed because frontman Brian Johnson is suffering from throat problems, according to promoters. The band plans to reschedule the dates.

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DJ Derrick May has been added to the Area: One tour lineup.

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Scott Weiland said that his band, Stone Temple Pilots , will headline this year's Family Values tour, according to VH1.com. Tour organizers reportedly said that they aren't ready to make any announcements about the lineup.

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Major labels EMI and BMG ended their merger attempt on Tuesday (5/1), according to CNN's financial network. EMI reportedly would have had to "sell prized businesses to get antitrust approval."

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Monday's (4/30) Salon.com lead with a story on Clear Channel Communication, owner of the most radio stations in America. The story mentions a February event in Tampa, in which "WXTB morning man Todd Clem, who has the on-air handle 'Bubba the Love Sponge,' broadcast the killing of a live boar from the station's parking lot. WXTB posted pictures of the blood-soaked stunt on its Web site. It was the third time in a year that an animal was killed or tortured on-air at a Clear Channel station."

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According the Associated Press, the Country Music Association (CMA) is planning a promotional campaign with this as the slogan:

    Country. Admit it. You love it.

So the CMA is adopting the technique of a drunk guy at a party trying to get a woman to admit that she likes his jokes.

We recommend these alternatives:

    Country: We Blame Radio.

    Country: We'd Promote The Good Stuff If You Bastards Would Just Buy It.

    Country: You Know, The One With All The Awards Shows.

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