p2pnet news view | Music:- Can you imagine your kid going to a concert starring a band called Bare Naked Ladies?

That’s the name of one of Canada’s most popular music acts and maybe they get away with it because they’re just as well known as BNL.

The group’s front man, Stephen Page (right), was recently nailed in New York State for alleged possession of cocaine hidden in a  container of calcium and as a result, a BNL kids’ concert slated for Disney Music Block Party on Long Island, New York, next month, was cancelled.

Poor Disney.

Recently, it also had to deal with Vanessa Hudgens, another supposedly squeaky clean star who suffered unwanted notoriety when nude pictures of her mysteriously started appearing online.

But it probably didn’t do her or Disney any lasting harm, and Page will live through this as well, although it’ll put a definite crimp in BNL’s activities as children’s entertainers.

He was nicked after police, “stumbled upon a car parked across a driveway with its driver-side door open,” later tracing it to an apartment where they found Page and 25-year-old Stephanie Ford.

“Ford said the two had just finished snorting what she believed to be cocaine using a rolled-up Canadian bill,” said the Canadian Press.

“She said Page had stored several capsules containing a white powdery substance in a bottle labelled Calcium.”

“The Toronto-based father of three, who separated from his wife last year, was visiting his 27-year-old girlfriend, Christine Benedicto, when they had a fight, according to a handwritten deposition filed by Ms. Benedicto’s roommate, Stephanie Ford. Both women also face drug possession charges,” says the Ottawa Citizen, adding»»»

According to Ms. Ford, the night began when Mr. Page met the two women late Thursday at a pub in Fayetteville, New York. Mr. Page fought with his girlfriend because she “was flirting with another guy,” according to Ms. Ford.

When Mr. Page stormed off, Ms. Ford accompanied him to the apartment to ensure he did not attempt to drive home.

“Steven kept saying he was going to drive back to Toronto. He was laying on the grass, so I sat on him so he wouldn’t leave,” Ms. Ford wrote. “I was concerned because he had been drinking.”

When Ms. Benedicto arrived at the apartment, the couple fought, and she drove away in Mr. Page’s car, leaving her own vehicle in the middle of the driveway, Ms. Ford said.

BNL manager Terry McBride, founder of Nettwork Music which also manages Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan, among others, said the group’s business will continue as usual until then, and that he expects Page to be “completely exonerated,” says the Toronto Star.

BNL has just released its first children’s album called Snacktime.

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Canadian Press - “Ladies” frontman Page told police he was snorting cocaine: court documents, July 17, 2008
Ottawa Citizen -Details of Page drug bust revealed, July 18, 2008

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