Rivers Cuomo, front man in the hit group Weezer, is set to publish his journals from album recording, international touring and his recent time studying at Harvard University.

David Vigliano, Cuomo’s literary agent, is trying to get a deal for the book, but no date is set for publication.

Additionally, Weezer is in the process of making their 6th album as a follow up to Make Believe. It is set to be released in late 2008.

The famous farm that was home to the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, NY is up for sale.

The asking price for this 103 acre estate with a 2000 square foot home is about 8-million dollars. A small price to pay in order to own a historic piece of American culture.

The home includes a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances, double convection ovens, a Viking stove, an antique soapstone sink, 22-foot vaulted ceilings and amazing views of the Poconos Mountains.

Rap star Busta Rhymes is being sued for assault on 20 year old Roberto LeBron, who spit on Rhymes’ SUV last summer.

The lawsuit alleges that Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Smith, punched and kicked LeBron about the face and head numerous times while Rhymes’ nine body guards stood by and watched.

Rhymes has refused to accept a plea bargain of spending 1-year prison for two assault cases and stands by his innocence.

LeBron’s suit is seeking unspecified compensatory damages.

Jack White, of the White Stripes, had a baby boy with Karen Elson on Tuesday. The new child, named Henry Lee White, is the couple’s second child, with their first daughter being born in 2006.

Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996, is debuted at number 97 on the Billboard Top 200 on Wednesday with her, “Love Letters from Ella” release. The last time that Fitzgerald appeared on the Billboard Top 200 was at number 196 in October of 1969 with her album entitled “Ella.” This current release is the highest that she has been on the charts since her number 63 position for “Ella and Basie” in 1963.

“Love Letters from Ella” now makes Fitzgerald’s career on the Billboard Top 200 reach 51 years!

Stevie Wonder announced that he will be touring, starting later this month, for the first time in more than a decade. The month long 13-city tour will start at Humphries in San Francisco on August 23rd and will wrap up in Boston on September 20th at the Bank of America Pavilion. Tickets go on sale on August 11th and prices have not yet been announced.

Marilyn Manson’s former band mate, Stephen Gregory Bier Jr., is suing Manson for more than $20 million, claiming that Manson used the band’s coffer on frivolous and luxurious personal items, such as Nazi memorabilia, drugs and more. The breech of contract lawsuit is based on the 1993 agreement signed by the members of the band.

Bier claims that due to the fraud of Manson and others, he worked for n early 20-years playing for one of the most popular rock bands ever and has nothing to show for it.

Bier alleges that Manson used the money for things such as:

- Vicodin
- Cocaine
- $3000/day rehab
- settling personal lawsuits
- paying a video production company to keep racist comments made by Manson out of an upcoming DVD
- to fund his directorial debut for “Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll”
- Nazi memorabilia
- Eva Braun’s handbag
- taxidermy models of a bear and two baboons
- African masks made of human skin
- the skeleton of a 4 year old Chinese child
- the full skeleton of a 17th century male in a wheelchair
- a $150,000 engagement ring for Dita Von Teese
- a $300,000 wedding in Ireland

Manson claims that the allegations are totally untrue

It has been a few years since any real attention has been paid to import album sales in the US, however, Amy Winehouse’s 2003 debut release, “Frank,” is causing Universal to send letters threatening to sue local retailers if they continue to sell the imported album.

Retailers argue that they are just giving people what they want, and that if Universal wants to stop the spread of the 4 year old album that they should target P2P download sites.

Universal does not want the imported albums to cut into the projected sale of “Frank” when it is released in America in November.

Universal believes that “Frank” has sold some 18,000 imported copies in the US and since Back to Black is just shy of it’s 1.5-2 million copy goal, they want to hold off on introducing any new music for a while.

Pearl Jam finished off Lollapalooza on Sunday night with an excellent 2-hour set for the exhausted and enthusiastic crowd. Lollapalooza is considered the country’s largest independent music festival at took place at Chicago’s lake front Grant Park for the third year in a row.

Other acts worth noting at Lollapalooza included Iggy Pop, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket and English sensation Amy Winehouse.

Almost to be expected at an outdoor music festival, there were severe storms that left the grounds muddy and fans hot in the humid weather.

Overall, the were around 130 bands playing on 9-stages, with perhaps, the most memorable performance going to Iggy Pop and the Stooges when he ventured out into the crowd and gathered a few hundred of his new friends on stage to jam out.

Lollapalooza is set to stay in Chicago through 2011.

In Atlanta on Friday, Usher married his long time girlfriend Tameka Foster.

According to Us Magazine, the small private ceremony was held in the office of Usher’s lawyer after the July 28th ceremony was called off when Tameka was hospitalized for problems related to her pregnancy.

The couple expects their fist child later this year.

Keith Richards has agreed to a book deal reportedly worth $7 million dollars for his autobiography, which is due out in 2010.

Richards will be only the second Rolling Stones musician to write his autobiography. Former bassist Bill Wyman wrote his first and singer Mick Jagger started to write his, but became bored.

I guess we’ll really get to find out if he actually snorted the ashes of his dead father…

R&B Star R Kelly is set to be tried on September 17^th for child pornography charges, five years after the accusations were first made.

If convicted, Kelly faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl, possibly as young as 13.

Kelly has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Due to student protests and local guidelines prohibiting the unnecessary showing of skin, Gwen Stefani’s Kuala Lumpur show on August 21^st will go without revealing clothes sexy performances.

Stefani’s show is sponsored by Maxis, the country’s largest mobile phone company, and is expected to attract 9,000 people in the audience.

According to Malaysia’s official guide for performing publicly, a female artist must be covered from the top of her chest to her knees. Stefani is not supposed to jump, shout, or throw any objects, either on stage or into the crowd. Stefani will not be allowed to hug, kiss or wear clothes that promote obscenity or drugs.

A senior official from the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry said officers will be there to monitor the show.

Rap star Eminem is suing Apple for several million dollars over a dispute regarding the sale of his music files online.

Eminem’s music publishing company is requiring that all of his songs be removed from the Apple iTunes store.

It is alleged by Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated in the lawsuit filed in Detroit that Apple was not given permission to sell his songs on their internet store, which is used by countless millions of iPod owners each day.

“Eight Mile and Martin have demanded that Apple cease and desist its reproduction and distribution and Apple has refused”, the complaint reads.

This is not the first time that Apple has faced a lawsuit from Eminem’s party. In 2004 Apple was sued by Eight Mile Style and Eminem for $10 million dollars over the popular song Lose Yourself, which was available in the iTunes store back in the year 2003.