The NEW YORK DOLLS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, the FLAMING LIPS, BILLY IDOL, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, DIGABLE PLANETS and JOSS STONE will join headliner NINE INCH NAILS for the seventh annual Voodoo Music Experience festival in New Orleans on October 29th and 30th. – RollingStone

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British neo-soul sensation Joss Stone is joining forces again with legendary songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier — who produced the “Spoiled” single off her hit “Mind, Body and Soul” CD — to look for three hot African-American male singers, ages 22 to 30, to re-create a Motown-style soul band.
Dozier — the father of Stone’s longtime boyfriend Beau Dozier — was responsible for numerous Motown hits as a member of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team.

The singer, Grammy-nominated in three categories this year, is set to join such superstars as Madonna, U2, Bon Jovi, Sting and Stevie Wonder at Bob Geldof’s Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park July 2. She’s featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming “Fantastic Four” superhero flick with the likes of Chingy, Sum 41 and Velvet Revolver. The beauteous singer signed a contract to be the face of the Gap, replacing “Sex and the City” actress Sarah Jessica Parker, so her face and music will be all over commercials this summer. And her record label, EMI, gifted Stone with $190,000 in uncut diamonds for her birthday in April for helping its return to profit. Not bad for an 18-year-old with just two albums under her belt. – L.A. Daily News

The Rolling Stones have tapped young blues-pop singer Joss Stone to open three shows on their upcoming North American tour. She joins a list of support acts that already includes Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Pearl Jam, the John Mayer Trio, Beck and others.

Stone, an 18-year-old native of England who released her debut EP in 2003, will open for the Stones in Miami, Tampa and Charlotte. Her debut full-length, “Mind Body & Soul,” hit stores last year and peaked at No. 11 on The Billboard 200 album chart.
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“Joss Stone, an 18-year-old British artist, attracted a crowd of nearly 15,000, the largest she has ever played for. Later this year, the breakout singer will open several shows for the Rolling Stones’ latest tour.” – Shelbyville Times-Gazette

Joss is going to be featured on an upcoming TV Guide Channel program called TV Guide Close Up: Pop Princesses. Here are the times it is set to air as of this afternoon:

Sat., June 11 – 11PM
Mon., June 13 – 11AM
Mon., June 13 – 3PM
Fri., June 17 – 7PM

Other singers featured are the Duff sisters, JoJo, Lindsay Lohan, the Simpson sisters, LeAnn Rimes, and more.

Joss’ song on the Fantastic Four Soundtrack, “Whatever Happened to the Heroes”, will be available for preview soon on www.fantasticfoursoundtrack.com, so be sure to bookmark that site and check it often! There’s also soundtrack news, an E-Team, and other goodies at the site.

The tracklisting for the soundtrack to next month’s Fantastic Four movie has been announced, with a diverse line up including Velvet Revolver (whose very first release was heard on the Hulk soundtrack, coincidentally), Sum 41, Chingy, Joss Stone, Ryan Cabrera, and Taking Back Sunday. Former Evanescence guitarist/songwriter Ben Moody makes his solo debut (accompanied by Anastasia) with a track entitled “Everything Burns,” which is the disc’s lead single. The soundtrack also contains a one-time project from T.F.F., a supergroup made up of Jet’s Chris Cester, Brodie Dalle of The Distillers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner and Dolf de Datsun of The Datsuns. – FMQB