More Motley Crue legal issues

A lawsuit filed by a security guard against NIKKI SIXX and TOMMY LEE alleging assault at a 1997 MÖTLEY CRÜE concert in Greensboro, North Carolina has been settled out of court. The guard, JOHN ALLEN, had sought over $75,000 in damages but the amount of the settlement was not disclosed. In other Crüe news, VINCE NEIL will host the fourth annual Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament on April 27 at the Malibu Country Club in Malibu, California. Neil started the tournament, which will benefit AIDS, cancer and leukemia research, in memory of his daughter, who died from cancer in 1995. PANTERA, who debuted on the Billboard Top 200 last week at #4 on the strength of 161,000 copies sold of Reinventing the Steel (solid, but not enough to stop the 'NSYNC juggernaut), will launch a U.S. headlining tour in September, after OzzFest. As previously reported, The Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack will be released April 18. The first single will be "Silver Future" from MONSTER MAGNET. There will be four separate album cover designs, each designed by SIMON BISLEY, and the first 250,000 CDs will contain a bonus CD-ROM put together by director KEVIN EASTMAN. Though rumors of touring remain unconfirmed, METALLICA will be quite visible on the home screen. The band will shoot a video for their Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack song "I Disappear," perform it on the MTV Movie Awards in May, and be the subject of a VH1 special on May 14. FATES WARNING have finished recording Disconnected at Carriage House Studios for release July 25th. As previously reported, the album features a guest appearance from Kevin Moore (ex-DREAM THEATER) on keyboards. Never to repeat themselves, it's heavier than previous outings but is still signature Fates Warning. The track listing is as follows: 'One', 'So', 'Pieces of Me', 'Something for Nothing', 'Still Remains', and the 16 minute 'Disconnected'... You can preview Iron Maiden's new single, "Wickerman" at www.ironmaiden.com KISS Unauthorized is a look into the world of a rock and roll band that started more than 25 years ago in a small loft in New York City. KISS! Unauthorized is a unique video event containing exclusive, behind-the-scene footage of KISS "past and present" during public appearances, backstage, news broadcasts and hundreds of photographs - most never-before-seen! This video has it all from photographers who documented KISS from inception in 1973, to fans with video cameras standing by the stage door, to video crews capturing every aspect of KISS onstage and off! KISS Unauthorized is the ultimate fanzine on video. A video made by the fans for the fans. The same fans that have kept KISS on top so they can "rock and roll all nite and party everyday!"... You can order it at www.kissshop.com AC/DC's Stiff Upper Lip has sold over 250,000 copies in three weeks in the U.S.. Meanwhile, It has recently gone Gold in Germany... KID ROCK is in Los Angeles shooting a video for "American Bad Ass," the first single from his upcoming "The History Of Rock" collection. The album arrives in May 30, bringing with it rarities and tracks from Kid's early releases. As for "American Bad Ass," the video shoot sees Kid teaming once again with director David Meyers, who also shot the rocker's breakthrough "Bawitdaba" clip. The folks at MTV's "Making The Video" are capturing the shoot, and will debut the video as part of an episode that airs on April 24.