Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PEARL JAM SESSIONS OVER According to LAUNCH.com, Pearl Jam has finished recording its as-yet-untitled follow-up to "Binaural," and plans to mix it after taking a short break. Advertisement The album is being produced by the band and Adam Kasper -- who is also at work on Dave Grohl's heavy metal project, "Probot." Kasper also produced "There Is Nothing Left to Lose" for the Foo Fighters. The new Pearl Jam studio album is expected in stores no sooner than the first quarter of 2003, but the band is putting together a collection of rarities for an album due in stores in time for Christmas. PRETENDERS WILL OPEN FOR STONES Plans remain uncertain regarding the opening band for most of the Rolling Stones World Tour 2002-03 shows, but there is word that the Pretenders have been confirmed as the opening act for the first show of the tour -- Sept. 5 in Boston. Advertisement Mick Jagger has publicly said that Sheryl Crow, No Doubt, Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang will open some of the shows -- but no dates have been announced. HONORS FOR OZZY Good things keep happening for Ozzy Osbourne -- including one last week that, oddly enough, didn't involve adding a pot of money to his growing bank account. Osbourne was named a winner at the Prism Awards, presented each year by the Entertainment Industries Council to recognize "outstanding efforts in the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive media, and comic book entertainment." Osbourne was honored in the new category -- music recording or music video -- for "Junkie." TV awards went to "My Wife and Kids," "All My Children," "The Division," "Third Watch" and "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows." Penélope Cruz made a special presentation to honor the late director Ted Demme for his movie "Blow," starring Cruz and Johnny Depp in the story of the rise and fall of a U.S. cocaine dealer. REMEMBERING BILL GRAHAM Advertisement Carlos Santana, Keith Richards and members of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, the Allman Brothers and the Doors will reminisce on a one-hour TV documentary about legendary rock music promoter Bill Graham over A&E on July 15. Former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf, who narrated the show, told Rolling Stone that Graham's life makes for a very interesting story. "He was a survivor of Nazi Germany," said Wolf. "He escaped the Holocaust. He came to New York and wanted to become an actor and then got into producing shows and then went out to California, ran into a mime troupe there and helped them and then started helping new bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and then started putting on shows." Graham rode the psychedelic San Francisco scene to commercial success in the 1960s, promoting shows at the Fillmore by acts including the Dead, the Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Santana. He went on to produce the Philadelphia Live aid concert in 1985 and put together the Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour featuring U2, Sting and Peter Gabriel. Advertisement Graham was killed in a helicopter crash in Northern California in 1991. OASIS TOUR DATES Oasis will support its upcoming fifth studio album "Heathen Chemistry" with a North American tour that includes 12 dates -- beginning Aug. 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and ending Aug. 21 in Detroit. The album is due in stores on July 2. Here are dates for the North American tour: Aug. 2: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Pompano Beach Amphitheater) Aug. 4: Orlando, Fla. (Hard Rock Live) Aug. 5: Atlanta (Tabernacle) Aug. 7: Indianapolis (Murat Theater) Aug. 9: Philadelphia (Tower Theater) Aug. 10: Boston (Fleet Pavilion) Aug. 13-14: New York (Beacon Theater) Aug. 16: Montreal (Molson Center) Aug. 17: Toronto (Molson Amphitheater) Aug. 20: Chicago (Chicago Theater) Aug. 21: Detroit (Fox Theater).
