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POP/ROCK

Dates Set in Stone: The Rolling Stones gathered under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Monday to announce plans for their “Bridges to Babylon” tour, which kicks off Sept. 23 in Chicago and reaches Los Angeles for a Nov. 9 concert at Dodger Stadium. The tour, which will showcase the Stones in venues ranging from stadiums and arenas to more intimate clubs and theaters, also will include shows Nov. 14 at Oakland Stadium in Oakland, Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and next Feb. 3 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Sources indicate that the group also will play an L.A. date at a smaller venue. . . . In related news, the first two songs of the tour’s opening show will be broadcast live from Chicago on VH1 and MTV. The band also will perform live Oct. 14 on the premiere episode of MTV’s “Live From the 10 Spot,” a weekly showcase of live performances, and will headline the “1997 VH1 Fashion Awards” on Oct. 28.

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The Belle Tolls: Singer Patti LaBelle, who ended a three-night engagement at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, vented her frustration with Bowl management during shows on Saturday and Sunday. At one point she told Saturday’s crowd that she was being treated “like Kunta Kinte’s daughter,” referring to the slave who was the main character on TV’s “Roots” miniseries. LaBelle, making her debut at the venue, apparently was upset that Bowl officials asked her after Friday’s show to limit the number of audience members she was bringing onto the stage to sing with her--a regular part of her shows. During a lengthy discourse Sunday, LaBelle also expressed displeasure with the sound system and vowed that she would never again appear at the Hollywood Bowl. But she praised conductor John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, which backed her all three nights. On Monday, she declined to comment about her complaints, as did representatives for the Bowl.

TELEVISION

Wayans’ Way: Damon Wayans, who was planning to develop a comedy for 20th Century Fox Television, has parted ways with the production company. Sources said Wayans ran into disagreements about the comedy, in which he would have starred with David Alan Grier, but that the parting was “amicable.” Wayans and the company are still working together on the new Fox network drama “413 Hope St.,” on which Wayans is executive producer. Insiders said Wayans may develop the comedy with Carsey-Werner, whose executives declined to comment.

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Lawrence Stays On: Vicki Lawrence has been named permanent host of the Fox morning show, which she joined as a guest host in July. Starting today, “Fox After Breakfast” will be called “The Vicki Lawrence Show.” And Lawrence will have a studio audience, which will participate in the weekday program through Q&A; and prepared segments.

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Diagnosis, Stunt Castings: Former TV cops Angie Dickinson (“Police Woman”), Kent McCord and Martin Milner (“Adam-12”), James Darren (“T.J. Hooker”) and Fred Dryer (“Hunter”) will guest on the Sept. 18 season premiere of the CBS mystery series “Diagnosis Murder.” Robert Stack (“Unsolved Mysteries”) and “Emergency” alums Randolph Mantooth and Robert Fuller are other TV veterans lined up for subsequent episodes. “CBS comes to the plate with extra money [for stunt casting] because the recognizability brings in more audience,” said executive producer William Rabkin, who added that last season’s episodes with Andy Griffith and Mike Connors spiked the show’s ratings.

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And the Presenter Is . . .: Jerry Seinfeld, whose NBC sitcom “Seinfeld” is among the nominees in the comedy series category, will be among the presenters on the “49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” airing Sept. 14 on CBS. The comedian, whose series won an Emmy in this category in 1993 and who has received 13 nominations overall, joins Glenn Close as a presenter.

MUSIC

Hear It Again, Sam: The soundtrack to “Casablanca,” the 1942 film classic pairing Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, will be released for the first time on Oct. 14. Featuring a score by Max Steiner (whose many credits include “Gone With the Wind,” “Now, Voyager” and “The Informer”) and songs by co-star Dooley Wilson, the soundtrack will be released by Turner Classic Movies Music and Rhino Movie Music. Dialogue from pivotal scenes will be interwoven with 20 music tracks.

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Bronzed in France: Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis is a favorite with the French. Town leaders in the southwestern hamlet of Marciac unveiled a life-size likeness of the jazz composer at a festival that swells the village of 1,200 to 125,000 every August. Marsalis showed his appreciation for the statue by composing a 90-minute piece called “Marciac Suite.” Marsalis won a Pulitzer for music this year for “Blood on the Fields,” a three-hour oratorio that tells the history of blacks in America.

QUICK TAKES

“Mad About You” star Paul Reiser will sign copies of his new book “Babyhood” from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Brentano’s at the Century City Mall. . . . Nancy Glass will be the first professional journalist to ask questions of the five finalists appearing on “The Miss America Pageant” without input from the event’s officials. The telecast will air Sept. 13 on ABC. . . . “Northern Exposure,” the offbeat 1990-95 series set in Alaska, joins the weekday A&E; cable lineup on Oct. 6. . . . Special effects whiz Rob Bottin will direct the New Line Cinema thriller “Freddy vs. Jason,” which pits Freddy Krueger of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films against Jason Voorhees, the maniacal killer of “Friday the 13th” flicks.