plus: Slash joins Michael Jackson event. Vivendi, AOL Time Warner accused of price fixing. New Radiohead [ tickets ] b-sides.

From a press release issued on Tuesday (7/31):

Clear Channel Entertainment (formerly SFX Entertainment) and Diana Ross [ tickets ] jointly announced today their resolution of all outstanding issues with regard to the early termination during the summer of 2000 of the "Diana Ross and the Supremes Return to Love Tour."

Howard Schacter, spokesperson for Clear Channel Entertainment, stated: "We are pleased to have resolved this matter to everyone's satisfaction. Cancellation of the Tour was very unfortunate for all concerned, because creatively it was a wonderful show. Throughout the Tour and after, Diana Ross has been a consummate professional. We wish her continued success with her legendary career."

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A former paramedic has filed suit against Limp Bizkit [ tickets ], the promoters of the band's October 2000 performance in Auburn Hills, Mich., and the owners of the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Detroit Free Press reported. The man claimed he suffered brain damage and personality changes that rendered him unable to work after he allegedly was knocked unconscious during a crowd crush. The suit reportedly alleges that Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst triggered the rush by shouting, "Security! Do not ... stop them!"

Guitarist Slash, formerly of Guns 'N Roses, will perform with Michael Jackson during the upcoming New York concerts celebrating Jackson's 30th anniversary as an entertainer. The two men, who first teamed on Jackson's "Dangerous" album, will perform the songs "Black and White" and "Beat It" together, and Slash is also expected to perform with the reunion of the Jacksons. Click here for more information about the Jackson event.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged AOL Time Warner and Vivendi Universal with "conspiring to fix prices of audio and video recordings of concerts by the Three Tenors [ tickets ]," the BBC reported. Before the Three Tenors' 1998 World Cup performance in Paris, the companies allegedly formed a joint venture to market recordings of the event, then "agreed not to advertise or discount recordings of previous performances by the three opera singers."

AOL has reportedly settled the case with the FTC, Vivendi's case will reportedly go to a hearing.

Three new Radiohead songs--titled "Fog," "Worrywort" and "Cuttooth"--will be released next month as b-sides to the single for "Knives Out," MTV.com reported.