BMG Music Service and RCA Records announced a June promotion that will introduce New York City-based rock band Longwave to thousands of music fans. A limited number of club-exclusive EPs will be made available as part of the promotion to 500,000 club members in the modern rock listening preference. This special offer is being made before the June 28th release of Longwave's second album There's A Fire which will become available to club members at street date.

Daylight/Columbia Records is set to release Anastacia, the third full-length album -- and first for Columbia -- from the multi-million selling artist Anastacia. A #1 chart-topping album in nine countries (& #1 all of Europe), Anastacia will be available to American fans on Tuesday, August 30.

Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope, the innovative national goodwill program that benefits children and families, created a true 'Day of Hope' in New York City on June 13th with its 4th Annual charity gala. This year's event welcomed the philanthropic efforts of the newest members to the Samsung Four Seasons of Hope family: Ice hockey's greatest player of all time, Wayne Gretzky and former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani. The star-studded program also recognized the ongoing charitable efforts of sports legends Magic Johnson, Joe Torre, Boomer Esiason, and Arnold Palmer, in addition to music superstar Jon Bon Jovi. Attendees were treated to a special performance by legendary rock band The Who, featuring Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, who took the stage in their only U.S. appearance for 2005 to raise money for the roster of charities benefited by Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope.

Virgin Megastores Hellas and Loudeye Corp. (NASDAQ:LOUD) , a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced the launch of a Virgin Greece digital music service. The service, powered by Loudeye's OD2 services, is designed to give Greek consumers an affordable digital music package with a wide array of content from a Greek language site.

Destiny's Child, one of the top-selling female pop vocal groups of all time, made a surprise announcement, before a crowd of 16,000 fans, on-stage at the Palau St. Jordi in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, June 11. Group member Kelly Rowland said that the group's current "Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It" tour, presented by McDonalds, would be the last time they would perform together as Destiny's Child in Europe.

The Pacific Amphitheatre will open its gates again for nightly concerts during the 2005 OC Fair, July 8 -- 31 (closed Mondays). New this year, admission for all Friday and Saturday shows is only $19.99, which includes free Fair admission.

MSN Music ( http://music.msn.com/ ) is offering music fans the chance to live like rock stars during the 14-week summer long MSN(R) Music Road Tour, which kicked off June 10 at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2005 in Manchester, Tenn. Six winners recently selected to tour the country from June 9 through Sept. 5 on a customized high-tech MSN Music tour bus will be hitting major music festivals and concerts all summer long. Content from the summer Road Tour is available at http://music.msn.com/roadtour.

The critically-acclaimed singer- songwriter-performer Anna Nalick will hit the road for a series of concert dates to include select gigs with The Wallflowers and Howie Day (see full itinerary following).

Carlos And Deborah Santana To Make Special Appearance At Macy's NYC Herald Square On June 15 For Carlos By Carlos Santana Shoe Line. Deborah Santana Will Be At Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Center For A Special Signing Of Her Debut Book Space Between The Stars On June 16, Carlos To Introduce. (R)-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana and the Santana Band's Summer 2005 "Embrace Your Light" tour arrives in New York City for a show at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday evening, June 15th.

Liberian born songstress nee Nyema Luenne discovered her love for music at the tender age of three. As a teenager Ms. Nyema relocated to New York, where she wooed the tough crowds of Gotham City, at the world famous Apollo Theater.

Jive Records will be releasing Never Gone, the first studio album from the Backstreet Boys in almost 5 years, on June 14, 2005. Never Gone will also be released as a DualDisc. The DualDisc version will contain the "Incomplete" video, 'Making Of' "Incomplete" video, the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound and enhanced stereo, bonus photos and a discography. A special exclusive digital version of the album including the "Incomplete" video and a digital booklet will be available for download at iTunes beginning on June 14.

Snoop Dogg told The Source exclusively that he wants to put beefs behind him for the interest of Hip-Hop and for the West Coast overall. Snoop's music career recently hit a high point with a number 1 single entitled, "Drop It Like It's Hot." He also became one of Hip-Hop's most bankable on-screen presences. But with great power comes responsibility. The Doggfather was concentrating on ways to help bring order to his own home on the West Coast and to his lingering beefs with the Dogg Pound Gangstas

Hip-Hop master Common returns with his new and sixth album on Getting Out Our Dreams Music/Geffen Records entitled "Be," which debuted #1 on Billboard's hip-hop and R&B charts this week, his highest debut ever, selling 184,617 units despite rampant bootlegging of the album weeks before it's commercial release. As the rapper's 2nd single "Go" begins tallying up mega-spins on radio & with the new video just added to MTV, Common is set to hit the road with a string of House of Blues appearances and a national summer tour with label mate John Legend kicking off in Baltimore on July 18 with the first leg ending in Dallas on August 15 (see below for itinerary).

In celebration of the band's 10th anniversary and the June 14 release of their fifth album, In Your Honor, Foo Fighters announced today that they are teaming with RealNetworks(R) Inc.'s (NASDAQ:RNWK) Rhapsody(R) music service to give 500 lucky fans an exclusive, free performance on June 18th in Roswell, New Mexico. The private, invite-only event also celebrates the recent launch of Rhapsody 25, a new music service that lets anyone enjoy up to 25 free songs each month and legally share music with friends -- no strings attached.

Audioslave, the supergroup comprised of former Soundgarden leader Chris Cornell and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Tim C. and Brad Wilk, is back in a big way this week with their new CD, "Out of Exile." The album, produced by Rick Rubin and released on Interscope/Epic Records May 24th, debuted this week on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #1. It also debuted at #1 in Mexico, #1 in Norway, #1 in New Zealand, #2 in Brazil, #3 in Ireland, #3 in Australia and #5 in the U.K. The album bowed Top 5 around the rest of the world as well.