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Prince to Play L.A. Residency, Paula Abdul Trips Over Chihuahua and More

First, Prince announced his plans to take over London for the better part of a month. Now it seems that the purple one will first be dominating Los Angeles with a seven-week residency at the historic Roosevelt Hotel beginning in mid-June. The performances will involve dinner, dancing and Prince performing after his regular show as part of a jazz ensemble. Paula Abdul suffered a broken nose over the weekend after tripping over her chihuahua, Tulip. Seriously. Aftermath Records and Interscope Records are among those being sued for digital royalties from Eminem recordings. The suit claims that the labels should be paying half of the total collected from downloads and master ringtones rather than from artist royalties. Bo Diddley, who was recently hospitalized after suffering a stroke, was expected to move out off the intensive care unit late yesterday, his publicist said. Ticket demand for the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins reunion shows was so high that the band has already added three new dates. They will now play eleven nights at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium, in addition to nine in Asheville, North Carolina. You can listen here to new Smashing Pumpkins single “Tarantula.” Yesterday we reported that former Creed frontman Scott Stapp was arrested for aggravated assault. Turns out the guy allegedly threw an Orangina bottle at his wife’s head, but the charges have been reduced to a misdemeanor because the bottle was not considered by the judge to be a deadly weapon.

Published: 2007-05-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Morning News Roundup

Creed’s Scott Stapp Arrested, Paul McCartney Postpones Tour and More

Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp was arrested yesterday for domestic assault. Police were called to the rocker’s $4.9 million home on Long Lake Estates in Palm Beach County, Florida, and Stapp was eventually taken in on domestic assault charges. No one was reportedly seriously injured in the incident — including Stapp’s wife, former Miss New York Jaclyn Nesheiwat — and Stapp is set to appear in court today. Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee has spoken out, discussing her marriage to her former shrink and the recent departure of half her band. In tour news: Paul McCartney plans to wait until his divorce from Heather Mills is complete before launching a full tour in support of his new album Memory Almost Full, out June 5th. Neko Case will join Rufus Wainwright on the mostly southern leg of his upcoming summer tour. Fiona Apple and Nickel Creek will be playing thirteen dates together this summer, beginning August 2nd in Baltimore and ending August 19th in Westbury, N.Y. Remember how Michael Jackson was trying to stop that auction that included embarrassing possessions of his? Well he’s over it. The pop star and the auctioneers reached some kind of settlement and the sale is set to go through. Foxy Brown faces up to a year in jail stemming from battery charges she incurred in February when she allegedly attacked an employee and resisted arrest at a beauty supply store in Florida. Brown is already on probation for assaulting her manicurist. Shocker: Britney Spears hasn’t really been singing during these mini-comeback shows she’s been playing. While on stage Saturday night at Orlando’s House of Blues, Spears’ tape skipped during the singer’s 14-minute set.

Published: 2007-05-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Morning News Roundup