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'OZZFEST 2002'

System of a Down will headline Ozzfest 2002, which is expected to kick off in July. The band is slated to perform just before Ozzy Osbourne's closing set.

System of a Down has played Ozzfest twice before -- in 1998, the band appeared on the Second Stage and the following year, it opened the Main Stage.

System, which has just returned from a tour of Australia and New Zealand, will kick off a 12-city headlining U.S. tour on Feb. 14. Dates, cities, and other details for Ozzfest 2002 will be announced shortly by the Ozzfest camp.

The band is up for a Best Metal Grammy for its single "Chop Suey," off its "Toxicity" album.

GARBAGE

Garbage is taking to the road in the United Kingdom. The British Web site Music Goes On reports that the six-date tour, which begins April 1, is the band's first U.K. tour in three years.

Tour dates:

4/1 -- Portsmouth Guildhall

4/2 -- Bristol Colston Hall

4/3 -- Wolves Civic

4/5 -- Edinburgh (Scotland) Corn Exchange

4/6 -- Manchester Apollo

4/7 -- Brixton Academy

BILLY JOEL

Garth Brooks has been added to the list of artists who'll perform at a gala dinner honoring Billy Joel Feb. 25 in Los Angeles.

Joel is the 2002 MusiCares Person of the Year. Also performing at the dinner, hosted by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Rob Thomas and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, among others, reports country.com. Proceeds benefit The MusiCares Foundation, established by the Recording Academy to help people in the music community with financial, personal or medical needs.

Brooks has recorded Joel's "Shameless" and "You May Be Right," and Joel joined the country superstar on stage at his Central Park concert in 1997.

'QUEEN OF THE DAMNED' SOUNDTRACK

Disturbed, Papa Roach and Marilyn Manson are among the artists whose music appears on the soundtrack of the upcoming motion picture "Queen of the Damned."

The album features five original recordings crafted by the songwriting team of Korn's Jonathan Davis and former Oingo Boingo keyboardist Richard Gibbs. Guest vocalists also include Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Wayne Static from Static-X and Jay Gordon from Orgy.

The CD hits stores Feb. 19. The movie -- based on Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" -- opens nationwide Feb. 22. It was the final film project of the late Aaliyah, who stars in the title role as the vampire queen Akasha.

(Web site: wbr.com/queenofthedamned)

CHRIS ISAAK

Chris Isaak -- whose popularity has been enhanced by his Showtime cable television series -- releases a new album in mid-February called "Always Got Tonight." Earlier this month, Isaak's show began a second season of 17 new one-hour episodes. Scheduled guests include Bridget Fonda, Green Day, Everclear's Art Alexakis, Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins and singer Shelby

Lynne.

(Thanks to UPI's Mike Cooper in Atlanta)

BRANDY

Brandy blames herself for losing interest in her health and well-being. She tells BBC Radio 1: "With the whole eating disorder thing, honestly, I wasn't taking care of myself and that's my fault. But I can talk about it freely because now I'm healthy."

The singer has been working with producer Rodney Jerkins on a new album. Her new single, "What About Us," is being released Feb. 11.