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MUSIC BITS: Ziggy at Target; Jurassic 5 tour; Wayne hits the books; MiJac’s witnesses; Lisa Lisa headlines L.A. concert.
*Target stores will be the only place to pick up the new Ziggy Marley album “Love Is My Religion,” due July 4 via Tuff Gong Worldwide. The deal marks the first time the retail chain has secured a one-to-one agreement with an artist, and Marley’s first independent release outside of the larger label infrastructure.
*Jurassic 5 will promote their new album “Feedback” with a three-month U.S. tour beginning in Seattle shortly before the album's July 25 release date. The rap collective will roll through such spots as the Filmore in San Francisco on July 22nd and 23rd; Stubb's BBQ in Austin, Texas on August 1st; the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.; the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver on Sept. 9th, and the House of Blues venues in Chicago (Sept. 1st), Las Vegas (Sept. 13th), and Los Angeles (July 25th and 26th).
*Lil Wayne is taking a psychology course…sort of…at the University of Houston in Texas. The New Orleans rapper says he has a tutor do all of the leg work for him –going to the classes and taking notes – then giving all of the material to him to look over. He tells Blender magazine: "I just glance at them (study material). Same thing with music: I can hear a new song once and tell you at least half of what was said."
*Some of Michael Jackson’s harshest critics during his child molestation trial have ended up on his witness list for a lawsuit brought against him by Marc Schaffel, who claims the King of Pop owes him $4 million. “Hard Copy” and “Court TV” veteran Diane Dimond and Harvey Levin of the cancelled “Celebrity Justice” are among the reporters due to testify in the trial, which begins in Los Angeles on June 19. According to Fox.com, the journalists are being subpoenaed for their knowledge of Schaffel’s alleged former production of gay porn. How this connects to Jackson’s alleged debt to Schaffel is unknown.
*Lisa Lisa, who along with the Cult Jam had such 80s hits as “Can You Feel the Beat,” “All Cried Out” and “Head to Toe,” will headline the Freestyle Explosion at the Arrowhead Pond Arena in Anaheim, CA on June 3 at 7 p.m. The lineup includes Afrika Bambaataa, the Soul Sonic Force, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Planet Patrol, NewCleus and Johnny O among others. The Freestyle Explosion will also visit Chicago, Boston, and Phoenix throughout the summer.
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