This year's Farm Aid concert will take place Sept. 9 at Randall's Island in New York. Founders
Willie Nelson and
John Mellencamp will be joined by Farm Aid board members
Neil Young and
Dave Matthews. Tickets go on sale Saturday via Ticketmaster. . . .
Bon Jovi is hooking up with iTunes for an innovative promotion. Those who purchase a presale ticket for the band's stint at the new Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., which begins Oct. 25, will receive a digital download of the band's "Lost Highway" album, coming out Tuesday. The package can be purchased tomorrow through June 22 at
www.ticketmaster.com/bonjovi. Those who want tickets without the digital download can purchase them beginning June 23. . . . The five original
Spice Girls are reportedly pocketing $50 million to regroup for six live shows and a greatest hits album, which will include two new tunes. . . .
U2 has recently been in Morocco with producers
Brian Eno and
Daniel Lanois, working on new material. The band's "PopMart Live From Mexico City," from its lavish 1997 PopMart tour, makes its DVD debut June 26. . . . In other DVD news, the
Pet Shop Boys' November 2006 concert in Mexico City will arrive on the DVD "Cubism in Concert" on July 24. . . . The "Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular" will feature a crew of American Idols winner
Jordin Sparks and finalists
Blake Lewis and
Melinda Doolittle.
Joss Stone will also perform.
