Boston members Fran and Anthony Cosmo have formed a new band, appropriately named Cosmo. The Cosmos are joined by Bill Carman (who performed on Corporate America), Mick Brooks and Patrick Orlowski. They are on the verge of releasing their first album and will be in Cincinnati on October 1 to gear up their "Alien" tour, which will feature new Cosmo songs mixed with Boston songs.

They have a webpage online at www.myspace.com/cosmotheband, however, their official site is www.cosmomusic.net, which is under construction at the moment.

This has nothing to do with Boston, but it is related to this site.

You've probably noticed the notice on the main page, regarding this site. After over 3 years, I've decided to call it quits.

This isn't a decision I came to lightly. I've thought long and hard about this. The truth is that for a while, this site, which started as a hobby, has become an obligation. Besides the fact that running a website like this is time consuming, I just don't feel like I can give this website the amount of attention I used to. The shutdown schedule is posted on the main page (the final day will be June 1st).

It's time to move on and focus on the other things in my life.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this site over the years. It's been great!

That concludes the final news update on thirdstage.ca.

Tom Scholz and Boston have signed a very generous sponsorship for a Beatle Juice benefit concert taking place January 11th

The show, which benefits the Children's Education and Prevention Programs at Sexual Assault Support Services, is presented by Ocean Boulevard Productions, and is being held at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH. Tickets are $22.

8 VIP seats are up for grabs until midnight of Dec. 31st. For more info or to bid on a seat or two, go to the following post at the Boston Board:
http://thirdstage.toobookoo.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000766.html

The live tracks from Boston's performance on WHJY on Dec. 6 are available for download from WHJY's website.

Go to http://www.whjy.com/a_v.html

Boston will be guests on the Bob and Tom Radio Show on Friday, December 13th at 10am EST.

To find an affiliate station that broadcasts this show, go to:
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/affiliates.htm

On Sunday, December 08, The Cardington-Lincoln Athletic Booster's Benefit Auction will take place at the Cardington-Lincoln High School in Cardington, Ohio.

Some Boston items have been donated; a CD autographed by the band and autographed photos (taken by band photographer Ron Pownall) of the band. Boston has made a $500 donation towards "buy a hurdle".

More info can be found at:
http://www.cardington.k12.oh.us/02auction.html

VH1 is holding an auction for the Save the Music Foundation. The band has donated a Gibson guitar, Coporate America CD and a poster (all signed by Tom)

For info on the auction, go to:
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/savethemusic/

To bid on these items (all in one lot):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=927985650

On Friday, December 6th at noon, 94 HJY in Providence will present Boston In the Studio and Face to Face.

According to the homepage of WHJY, Tom Scholz, Brad Delp and Boston will play live and electric on 94 HJY.

If you live in the Providence area, you can try to win a shot at seeing them perform at the station live. Go to http://www.whjy.com/boston.html for details. If you can't make it, or live outside the area, you can listen to it live over the net. Just go to their site and follow the instructions to listen.

According to Artemis Records, Corporate America has debuted at #42 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

You can check the status of the album by going to:
http://www.billboard.com/billboard/charts/bb200.jsp

Well, today's the day. November 5th, 2002, and that can mean only one thing; the new Boston album has finally arrived! Make sure to pick up your copy today!

You can get it in your local music store, most department stores, or online from vendors such as cdnow.com and amazon.com