The Rolling Stones postponed Wednesday (8/20) night's show in Amsterdam because frontman Mick Jagger was suffering a sore throat.

"We are sorry to disappoint the fans," Jagger said in a statement. "We will be back in September to do the gig and will give you a Stones show you'll not forget!"

Jagger added, "I will be suitably recharged, recovered and fit for Saturday's (8/23) kick-off of the U.K. dates at Twickenham Stadium, in our home town."

Great White [ tickets ] and the owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, RI, were each fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday (8/20) for violations related to a February nightclub fire that resulted in 100 deaths.

The Station was fined more than $85,000 for seven violations, including the use of highly flammable soundproofing and inadequate safety planning. Jack Russell Touring Inc., the company that represents Great White, was fined $7,000 for failure to protect employees from fire hazards.

The New York Daily News reports that police are investigating whether the October 2002 shooting death of Run-D.M.C. [ tickets ] DJ Jam Master Jay and the more recent shooting of his nephew Rodney Jones (a rapper known as Little Dee) are related.

Jones was wounded in the leg by gunfire in the Hollis section of Queens on May 14, and reportedly has identified his shooter.

A study by research firm The NPD Group found that the number of households downloading music via the Internet began to decrease in May of 2003, "immediately after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) instituted a well-publicized campaign threatening individual file sharers with legal action."

NPD claims the number of households acquiring music files hit a high of 14.5 million in April, but fell to 12.8 million in May and again to 10.4 million in June.

"Live," a two-CD, 19-song concert album from Delbert McClinton [ tickets ], is scheduled for release by New West Records on Oct. 21. The set is McClinton's third live album, and was recorded for Norwegian radio at the Bergen Blues Festival.

"We've recorded several shows but this one came out the best," McClinton said in a statement. "The folks in Bergen had great equipment, great engineers and, as it so happened, we had a really great night."