MUSIC NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
KENNY CHESNEY - JASON ALDEAN
Police say 250 to 300 people were kicked out of a concert featuring Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean in Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Saturday. By comparison, about 25 ejections are typical for a Green Bay Packers game. Green Bay Police Captain Paul Ebel tells Press-Gazette Media he doesn't remember ever handling an event so busy for police at the stadium. Most of those concertgoers were ejected because of fighting, harassment or extreme intoxication. Police arrested 25 people. Chesney's 2011 concert at Lambeau Field resulted in 15 arrests and 60 ejections.
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DEADMAU5 BATTLES DISNEY
The dispute between Canadian born Deadmau5 and Disney over his mouse head has been resolved. The Hollywood Reporter reports Deadmau5 and Disney have reached a settlement over Deadmau5's attempt to trademark his mouse head.
Disney opposed it on the grounds that it could be confused with Mickey Mouse. Terms of the settlement were not given.
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DEF LEPPARD
Last week Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell was crushed because his cancer had returned and he would have to miss out playing concerts. This week he's elated because his doctors found a way around it. Campbell writes on Facebook rather than use radiation to treat his Hodgkins lymphoma, his doctors have steered him to an alternative treatment. He doesn't get specific about it.
Campbell will join the Def Leppard tour Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama. He says his future treatments will work around his touring schedule, so he should not have to miss any more shows.
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FLAVOR FLAV
Flavor Flav's arrest in Nevada last month is having repercussions on his New York case on similar charges. Flav has pleaded not guilty to speeding and driving without a license stemming from his arrest while driving to his mother's funeral on Long Island in January 2014. One of his attorneys indicated Flav was considering a guilty plea to settle the New York case. However, prosecutors say they were inclined to go to trial after Flav's arrest in Las Vegas on charges of speeding and marijuana possession last month. Flav says he's a little disappointed because he thought it would all go away yesterday, but it just means he's got to come back.
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PASSION PIT
Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos has a piece of advice for fans at summer festivals: Pedialyte. He says it's salty and disgusting and you need it to keep from getting dehydrated. Angelakos says he considers it ``liquid gold'' for when he performs summer shows. He says he doesn't understand why normal kids will forget to drink water for five days while attending a music festival. Pedialyte is actually his second bit of advice for surviving a music festival. His first piece of advice: ``Don't go.''
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JERRY GARCIA
Jerry Garcia's thoughts on his childhood, drugs, songwriting and politics will be made available this fall. The book ``Jerry on Jerry'' by Dennis McNally will feature previously unreleased interviews with Garcia to mark the 20th anniversary of his death and the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. His daughter, Trixie, says the book captures the ``fun-loving weirdness and creepy corners'' of her father's mind. The book will be out in November.
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NICKELBACK
Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger needs vocal cord surgery, prompting the band to cancel the rest of its North American tour. In a statement, the band said the 40-year-old has an operable cyst on his voice box and will undergo surgery in three weeks. The Hanna, Alberta rockers had initially cancelled their weekend gigs in the hopes of a quick recovery. The band expects Kroeger to be ready for a European run beginning in Finland on September 30th.
Nickelback is also expected to tour North America again next year.
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BIEBER BODYGUARD
Canadian pop-supertar Justin Bieber's security guard will spend 45 days in jail for taking a photographer's camera.
Court records say Hugo Hesny pleaded no contest last week to two misdemeanour counts of disorderly conduct. Photographer Jason Winslow told police he was trying to take pictures of Bieber outside an arcade near Atlanta in February 2014. Wilson says Hesny chased him, opened the door to his vehicle and took his camera. Hesny initially told police he didn't take the camera, but when police found it in an S-U-V used by Bieber's entourage, Hesny said he only wanted to delete the photos taken outside the arcade.
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SEAN ``DIDDY'' COMBS
Sean ``Diddy'' Combs says he was defending himself and his son at U-C-L-A in an incident that led to Combs' arrest. A statement from Combs' representative says he's confident once the facts are revealed, the case will be dismissed. Combs was arrested Monday for an alleged assault involving a weight-room kettleball at the school's athletic facilities. Combs' son Justin plays football there. Officials did not say who was assaulted or what led to it. No one was seriously injured.
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JESSIE J
Jessie J is hoping to give out just enough personal information so you don't bother her for personal information. Jessie J posted a photo on Instagram that shows her recovering in a hospital bed. She says she had an operation earlier this week and she doesn't want to give details, only that it was not for her voice or her heart. Jessie J asks fans not to bug her or people close to her for information because it's personal. She says the reason she's saying anything is because she may disappear for a while to recover.
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LIL WAYNE
A Minneapolis nightclub says Lil Wayne's entourage refused to go through standard safety procedures, so he refused to take the stage. The Venue on First Avenue says on its website several people travelling with Lil Wayne refused to submit to patdowns and go through metal detectors, and they would not provide identification before entering the club Sunday. Lil Wayne was allowed in but he decided not to perform. His representative did not return calls for comment.
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OBIT: JAMES HORNER
James Horner's agent says the Oscar-winning ``Titanic'' composer was the pilot who was killed in a Southern California plane crash. Michael Gorfaine says Horner was flying the single-engine plane that crashed and burned Monday morning. It's expected to take several days for the Ventura County coroner to confirm Horner's death, but Hollywood is already mourning him. James Cameron, Ron Howard, Celine Dion and many others are remembering the 61-year-old as a talented man and a good friend.
Horner won two Oscars for ``Titanic,'' including one for the song ``My Heart Will Go On,'' which was a big hit for Dion.
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(The Associated Press/The Canadian Press)