The band are giving 19 unsigned acts the chance to have the opening slots at selected dates on their Honda Civic Tour.

On Mylocalbands.com, groups are asked to submit their band name and MySpace page and other details.

The singer axed a show on Thursday (April 12) in New York City, but she performed on The Today Show on the Friday (April 13).

Allen was then due to begin her U.S. tour proper in May at Everett Events Center in Seattle on May 13.

However, owners of club First Avenue in Minneapolis, where the singer was due to play on May 24, said that the date is off and refunds were available for the gig at the point of purchase.

Federal prosecutors in New York have named a suspect in the four-year-old slaying of Run-D.M.C. spinner Jam Master Jay, who was gunned down Oct. 30, 2002 at 24/7, his Queens recording studio.

According to court documents filed earlier this month, Ronald "Tinard" Washington has been identified ad the armed accomplice of the still-unidentified gunman who shot Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell.

Washington has also been tagged as a suspect in the 1995 shooting death of Randy "Stretch" Walker, a close pal of the late Tupac Shakur.

The "Hung Up" singer and her entourage, which included husband Guy Ritchie, daughter Lourdes and David, received a warm reception from local villagers.

The group was greeted by a chorus of singing orphans upon entering the village of Mchinji located near the Zambian border.

The family, tailed by a gaggle of paparazzi and reporters, touched down in the country by private jet a day earlier.

Cameron Diaz have been awarded libel damages, the burden is on the defendant to prove an item was true.

"The First Amendment restrictions in U.S. libel law make it virtually impossible for international celebrities other high-profile individuals to sue successfully," Tweed told the Associated Press. "But with the advance of the Internet, and with U.S. publications now extending their distribution network into Europe, they must subject themselves to libel laws in these jurisdictions."

Slash also announced to Chilean magazine Rock & Pop that he intends to drop Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots songs from the setlist later this year.

However speaking to the Brazilian branch of MTV, the star, who left Guns N' Roses in 1996, said reunions of both bands are a possibility.