4 in `05: A quartet of acts that could have themselves quite a year.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Ross Raihala

Some predictions are easy. U2 will tour this year, and it's going to be a big deal. Plenty of people are going to buy the new Coldplay disc, and even more will pick up the new one from 50 Cent.

But what about the fresh faces? Who are the artists we hadn't heard of six months ago that we won't be able to get enough of six months from now?

Let us introduce you to four acts that might just hit it big in `05.

COUNTRY: BLAINE LARSEN

Bio: He may look like he was born in the back of a Wonder Bread truck on its way to a 4-H convention, but 18-year-old Larsen sings in a rich baritone that evokes a life of cheating ladies, barroom brawls and broken …