U2 taps PJ HARVEY for tour. U2 is embarking on a world tour and they're talking PJ HARVEY along for the ride, says CDnow's Allstar. U2 is on the road in support of their latest release, All That You Can't Leave Behind. PJ's latest release was Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Look for them in Australia, England and beyond, starting in 2001.

Sued with a KISS. Wall of Sound reports that a woman from Michigan is suing KISS for an injury from a May 8 concert. Just as the band was going into "Rock and Roll All Nite," Paul Stanley smashed his guitar and threw it into the audience. The woman alleges that the strings of the instrument got tangled around her hand and she has nerve damage and a handful of hospital bills to show for it. No word yet on settlement.

SCOTT WEILAND on CRYSTAL. CRYSTAL METHOD, that is. The STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer is planning some studio time with the electronica duo, says MTV. After a brief meeting at a music festival in 1998, WEILAND and CRYSTAL METHOD hit it off and have had a collaboration in mind ever since. In the meantime, expect to see STP in the studio working on their own material in the beginning of 2001.

Compiled by Glennie Rabin
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