Randy Meisner: Eagles founding member dies aged 77

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The bassist sang lead vocals on Take It To the Limit and backing vocals on Hotel California. More »

BTS score a first for Korean band on Billboard chart with ‘Dynamite’

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – K-Pop band BTS roared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in the United States on Monday, becoming the first Korean pop act to debut at No. 1. “Dynamite,” the first all-English language single from the seven-member boy ba... More »

‘Rave on’: Irish president helps celebrate Van Morrison’s 75th birthday

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish President Michael D. Higgins joined a virtual celebration of Van Morrison’s 75th birthday on Monday, namechecking U.S. civil rights champion John Lewis and author James Baldwin in a spoken-word rendition of one of the Northern Irishman... More »

Lone revellers brighten Notting Hill’s empty streets on carnival day

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LONDON (Reuters) – Notting Hill Carnival, a highlight of the British summer, may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west London’s quie... More »

Custom masks, coronavirus and Black lives dominate VMA show

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(Reuters) – Lady Gaga dominated the MTV Video Music Awards show on Sunday, with a series of visually arresting outfits, masked performances and four wins, including artist of the year. Gaga, who went into the show sharing a leading nine nominations with Ariana... More »

Factbox: Key winners at the MTV Video Music Awards

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(Reuters) – The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were held as a mostly virtual event on Sunday, with some performances in front of a limited audience at locations in New York City. Following is a list of winners in key categories: VIDEO OF THE YEAR The Weeknd – “... More »

The Weeknd wins video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards

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(Reuters) – Canadian singer The Weeknd on Sunday won the video of the year award, the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards. The Weeknd won for “Blinding Lights”, which was also chosen as best R&B single in the fan-voted show. Source: https://www.reuters.com... More »

K-Pop group BTS’ label Big Hit posts profit as it prepares for IPO

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(This August 13 story corrects to show that 2019 and 2020 H1 results are based on different accounting standards in paragraph 3, changes percentage change to profit figure in paragraph 1) By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Big Hit Entertainment, the management lab... More »

London’s Notting Hill Carnival goes from street party to screen festival

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LONDON (Reuters) – This year’s Notting Hill Carnival will swap the streets of West London for computer screens around the world, as the event turns online-only due to the coronavirus pandemic, streaming hours of music and performance. Held at the end of August... More »

MTV’s Video Music Awards drops plans for indoor show due to coronavirus

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – MTV has abandoned the idea of holding its Video Music Awards show at an indoor venue in New York because of the complications of the coronavirus epidemic. The VMA show on Aug. 30, which traditionally features live performances from musi... More »

U.S. record producer Detail charged with raping five women

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(Reuters) – Grammy Award-winning producer Detail, who once worked with Beyonce, has been charged with raping five women and sexually assaulting a sixth, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said on Thursday. Detail, whose birth name is Noel Fisher, was c... More »

Gwyneth Paltrow stunned by derision over her ‘conscious uncoupling’ announcement

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(Reuters) – Gwyneth Paltrow says deciding to split with her first husband Chris Martin was painful enough, but nothing could have prepared her for the public mockery that greeted the announcement of their “conscious uncoupling.” That was the phrase used by the... More »

R&B star Lizzo to produce TV programming for Amazon’s streaming service

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Grammy-winning R&B star Lizzo has signed a deal to produce television programming for Amazon.com Inc’s Prime Video streaming service, the singer announced on Thursday. The 32-year-old singer of “Good as Hell” and “Juice” had a breakout ... More »

Alan Parker, director of ‘Bugsy Malone’ and ‘Mississippi Burning’, dies at 76

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LONDON (Reuters) – British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from “Bugsy Malone”, a gangster comedy featuring children armed with machineguns that fired cream, to the tense prison drama “Midnight Express”, died on Friday aged 76. Parker, who al... More »

Facebook brings official music videos to users’ feed

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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Friday that its users in the United States would be able to view and share official music videos on its platform, in a move to better compete with Alphabet Inc’s video platform YouTube. Facebook, which had 2.7 billion monthly a... More »

MTV’s VMAs to honor coronavirus shutdown music

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop stars Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga led a girl power list of nominations on Thursday for the MTV Video Music Awards, which added two new categories to reflect how musicians are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Grande and Gaga g... More »

A space exploration fan, jazz artist Gregory Porter to sing for NASA launch

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(Reuters) – Jazz artist Gregory Porter, whose new single “Concorde” is an ode to space exploration, is set to perform on Thursday as part of a ceremony marking the launch of NASA’s next generation rover that will search for signs of habitable conditions on Mar... More »

Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green is dead at 73

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(Reuters) – Fleetwood Mac guitarist and co-founder of the influential rock group Peter Green has died at age 73, Green’s lawyers said on Saturday. The law firm Swan Turton said in a statement that Green had died in his sleep this weekend. Green, born in London... More »

Taylor Swift changes it up with ‘Folklore’ and earns rave reviews

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Taylor Swift on Friday won some of the best reviews of her career with an album produced entirely during the coronavirus crisis that breaks new ground for the Grammy-winning artist. “Folklore” features the 30-year-old singer, who began ... More »

Twitter disables Trump tweet over copyright complaint

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late S... More »

Elvis Presley’s grandson dies aged 27

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A little-known member of one of rock ‘n’ roll music’s royal families, Benjamin Keough, grandson of the late Elvis Presley and only son of the “The King’s” daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, has died aged 27, her spokesman said on Sunday. The... More »

Dalai Lama marks 85th birthday with album of mantras

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(Reuters) – The Dalai Lama made a bid for music chart stardom on Monday, his 85th birthday, with the release of an album of mantras and teachings. “Inner World” kicks off with the track “One Of My Favourite Prayers” and continues with the exiled Tibetan spirit... More »

Italian film composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91

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ROME (Reuters) – Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose haunting scores to Spaghetti Westerns like “A Fistful of Dollars” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” helped define a cinematic era, has died, his lawyer said on Monday. He was 91. Morricone had bro... More »

UK’s Royal Mint celebrates singer Elton John with new commemorative coin

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LONDON (Reuters) – Elton John on Monday became the second artist to be honoured by Britain’s Royal Mint with a commemorative coin paying tribute to the decorated British singer-songwriter. The coin, designed by artist Bradley Morgan Johnson, depicts John’s dis... More »

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer most famous for Westerns, dies aged 91

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ROME – Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, “The Mission” and “Cinema Paradiso” made him one of the world’s most famous and prolific screen composers, has died, ANSA news agency said on Monday. He was 91. ANSA said... More »

Angolan app gives performers a lifeline – streaming to paying public

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LUANDA (Reuters) – When the Angolan government imposed its coronavirus lockdown in late March, local entrepreneur and innovator Claudio Kiala saw a gap in the market when it came to virtual entertainment. Kiala and his team had been developing a performance pl... More »

Venezuelan music, dance teachers reach kids online amid pandemic

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CARACAS(Reuters) – With Venezuela now three months into a coronavirus quarantine that has kept children locked indoors, music and art teachers and storytellers are for the first time moving their classes online. The change is an uphill battle in the South Amer... More »

Black lives celebrated and mourned at emotional BET Awards

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(Reuters) – Black power, suffering and the fight for justice took center stage at the BET awards on Sunday, the first Black celebrity event in the United States since nationwide mass protests broke out this month over systemic racism. The show, which celebrate... More »

Broadway theaters to remain closed through early January 2021

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(Reuters) – Broadway theaters will remain closed through Jan. 3, 2021, industry group the Broadway League said on Monday, extending their coronavirus-related shutdown for another four months. The New York City theaters, which went dark in mid-March, had previo... More »

Soundtracks from Italian cinema’s golden age get new lease of life

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LONDON (Reuters) – Soundtracks from the golden age of Italian cinema are to be made available to a new generation of music and film lovers under a new partnership between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sugar, Italy’s leading independent label. More than 2,000... More »

Film, pop stars line up for global COVID-19 fundraising gig

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LONDON (Reuters) – International music and film stars will headline a globally televised and streamed fundraising concert on Saturday to help fight COVID-19 as part of a joint initiative by the advocacy group Global Citizen and the European Commission. The ini... More »

Tom Petty family tells Trump not to use late rock star’s songs for ‘campaign of hate’

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(Reuters) – Tom Petty’s family slammed President Donald Trump for using the late rock star’s hit “I Won’t Back Down” at his sparsely attended rally in Tulsa, sending the campaign a cease and desist warning. “Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to f... More »

Live gigs in Britain are back – but you’ll need a car

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LONDON (Reuters) – There won’t be any moshing going on, but entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment are rolling out a series of gigs across the UK where fans can be together to get their fix of live events from the safety of their own designated area. ... More »

Kelly Clarkson, Zac Efron to get stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson, actor Zac Efron and British star Benedict Cumberbatch are among celebrities who will be getting a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2021. Shia LaBeouf, Missy Elliott and “American Pie” singer-son... More »

Tear gas fired as crowd seizes Kenya pop star’s body to halt hasty COVID funeral

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KISUMU (Reuters) – Hundreds of Kenyans defied tear gas and riot police on Friday to carry off the body of a popular singer, trying to prevent a swift burial under rules for suspected coronavirus cases which the crowd said would be disrespectful. Mourners and f... More »

Bob Dylan on new album: ‘The songs seem to write themselves’

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bob Dylan gave a glimpse into his song-writing process, commented on the death of George Floyd and said in a rare interview published on Friday that he wished he had written the Rolling Stones ballad “Angie.” Dylan’s wide-ranging conver... More »

Pirouette like Jagger: Royal Ballet dances to Stones in London streets

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LONDON (Reuters) – Dancers from Britain’s Royal Ballet have made a short film in which they perform in London’s deserted streets to the sounds of The Rolling Stones, a project designed to highlight the plight of the arts during the global coronavirus pandemic.... More »

Get Back! Abbey Road Studios reopen after COVID hiatus

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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s world-famous Abbey Road Studios reopened on Thursday after closing its doors during the coronavirus lockdown for the first time in its 90-year history. Celebrated for recording the likes of Edward Elgar, The Beatles and Lady Gaga, t... More »

Last dance for legendary Madrid flamenco joint, stung by coronavirus

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MADRID (Reuters) – A Madrid flamenco bar that has played host to some of Spain’s top performers, including an early-career set from Grammy-award winner Rosalia, is shutting down as audiences dwindle in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. For nearly 40 years ... More »

Jazz singer Melody Gardot seeks digital orchestra to beat coronavirus blues

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PARIS (Reuters) – American jazz singer Melody Gardot is inviting musicians around the world to play along digitally on her new album to overcome the solitude and financial strain of coronavirus lockdowns. For the song “From Paris with Love” on her new album, G... More »

For DJ Black Coffee, COVID-19 signals pause to rethink music business

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – He rose from South Africa’s poorest province to become one of the world’s most successful DJs, entertaining millions in dance clubs all over the globe, but the COVID-19 lockdown has got DJ Black Coffee wondering about the future of the... More »

Live music lifts spirits in Burkina Faso’s coronavirus curfew

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – On stage in an empty auditorium, backed by starry lights, Patrick Kabre plucks his electric guitar and sings through a microphone to an audience many miles away. Kabre is contributing to COVID-Live, a series of sessions by musicians bro... More »

Warsaw’s open-air Chopin concerts move online due to coronavirus

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Lovers of Frederic Chopin’s music who usually flock to a central Warsaw park on Sundays for open-air concerts will have to go online this season to hear the weekly performances because of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the corona... More »

‘We Are The World’ to get an ‘American Idol’ alumni encore

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “We Are The World,” the celebrity-packed 1985 charity single, is getting an encore this weekend, courtesy of the stars of “American Idol.” “Idol” judges Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with the late Michael Jackson, Katy Perry and ... More »

Keith Urban test drives live concert at drive-in movie theater

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(Reuters) – Country music star Keith Urban performed a surprise live show at a drive-in movie theater in Nashville in a test drive for how concerts might look in the era of social distancing. Urban, on stage with just one other musician, played at the Stardust... More »

Tencent Music misses quarterly revenue estimates, signals better second quarter

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(Reuters) – China’s Tencent Music Entertainment (TME.N) narrowly missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday as the COVID-19 crisis hurt the company’s social entertainment services business, sending its shares down 4.5% in extended trade overnight.... More »

Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ guitar has $1 million auction estimate

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(Reuters) – Kurt Cobain’s cardigan sold for a record $334,000 last year. Now the acoustic guitar the punk rocker played for Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” session, just five months before his death, is expected to fetch around $1 million at auction in June. Julien’... More »

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard dies at age 87

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(Reuters) – Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at the age of 87. Richard, a Grammy Award winner and inductee ... More »

Opera star sings Britain’s VE Day hits from an empty Albert Hall

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LONDON (Reuters) – Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening, as locked-down Britain marks the 75th anniversary of “Victory in Europe” Day. Millions of people held a two-minute silence while m... More »

Cuba’s artists make music and dance on rooftops during lockdown

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HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s artists are rising to the occasion during the coronavirus lockdown, taking to rooftops and balconies to create music or dance. A pair of twins in the Acosta Dance Company are stuck at home after the troupe’s world tour was suddenly ca... More »

Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus

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LAGOS (Reuters) – Two dozen Lagos healthcare workers in scrubs and face masks rushed outside the isolation tents and, making sure to keep six feet apart on the bright green grass, danced and swayed as a saxophone and trumpet struck up the band. Inside the tent... More »

Taylor Swift calls release of old songs ‘shameless greed’

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Taylor Swift on Thursday revived her feud with her former record company, complaining that the release of a 2008 collection of recordings for a radio show was “tasteless.” “I want to thank my fans for making me aware that my former reco... More »

Locked-down Rolling Stones release new track ‘Living in a Ghost Town’

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(Editor’s note: paragraph 7 contains language that some readers may find offensive) LONDON (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones gave their fans some satisfaction on Thursday by releasing a new track “Living in a Ghost Town”, part-recorded during the coronavirus lock... More »

Whitney Houston’s life to be made into feature film

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Whitney Houston is headed back to the big screen in a feature film about the singer’s life that took her to the heights of fame but ended in drug addiction and tragedy. Taking its title from one of Houston’s biggest hits – “I Wanna Danc... More »

Singer Kelly Rowland joins U.S. coronavirus special to aid black community

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kelly Rowland, Halle Berry and Anthony Anderson are among a host of black celebrities taking on the coronavirus epidemic as the disease continues to disproportionately affect minorities in the United States. The actors and singers will tak... More »

Apple expands services business to markets in Africa and beyond

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(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday said it would expand its App Store, Apple Music and other services to dozens of new markets in Africa, the Middle East and beyond in the biggest geographical expansion of its services in almost a decade. Apple said it ... More »

‘One World’ celebrity special for coronavirus draws 21 million Americans

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Almost 21 million Americans watched the “One World: Together At Home” global special on Saturday in support of frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nielsen data released on Monday. Nielsen said that the two-... More »

Coronavirus the musical: U.S. scientists turn virus into melody to aid research

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(Reuters) – From tinkling harmonies as the virus disarms cells to clashing and stormy as it replicates, U.S. scientists have translated the novel coronavirus’ spiked protein structure to music in an effort to better understand the pathogen. Professor Markus Bu... More »

Dylan’s ‘Times They Are A-Changin” lyrics for sale for $2.2 million

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to his 1960s classic “The Times They Are A-Changin’” are going up for sale with a $2.2 million asking price in what could mark a world record for rock lyrics. Gary Zimet, owner of Los Angeles-based autogra... More »

Who’s Who of pop culture unites for ‘One World’ coronavirus special

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(Reuters) – Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special broadcast of music, comedy and personal stories celebrating those around the world on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.... More »

Rolling Stones added to all-star lineup for Saturday’s global coronavirus concert

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones will join a star-studded global television broadcast on Saturday to honor healthcare workers on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, the band announced on Friday. The two-hour “One World: To... More »

The Beatles’ handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ lyrics sell for $910,000 at auction

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Artist Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles’ hit song “Hey Jude” sold for $910,000 on Friday, nine times its original estimate, auction house Julien’s Auctions said. A vintage bass drumhead with The Beatles’ logo that was use... More »

Country folk singer John Prine dies at 73 of coronavirus complications

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Grammy-winning singer John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicago’s folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on ... More »

Bosnian band cheers up fans with weekly online ‘Quarantine Show’

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s most popular band, Dubioza Kolektiv, invites its audience to “stay connected and disinfected” during a weekly “Quarantine Show” online to cheer up fans locked in their homes due to the coronavirus. Bosnia, like most states in Euro... More »

Singer Pink says she had coronavirus, pledges $1 million to relief efforts

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(Reuters) – U.S. singer Pink said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, two weeks ago and has since recovered. “Two weeks ago my three-year old son, Jameson, and I were showing symptoms of COVID-... More »

Bill Withers, soulful singer of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ dead at 81

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Withers, a soulful singer best known for the 1970s hits “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died at age 81 from heart complications, his family said on Friday. Withers produced nine albums, most of them written and... More »

Country music stars replace awards show with at-home performance special amid coronavirus pandemic

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(Reuters) – Country music stars will come together on Sunday with acoustic performances recorded from their homes for a televised special that will replace the annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were canceled due to the global coronavirus outbreak. ... More »

The shows must go on!: Lloyd Webber musicals to be aired for free

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LONDON (Reuters) – Fans of musical theatre forced by the coronavirus pandemic to stay at home will be able to watch some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular shows for free on Youtube every week. The series, entitled “The Shows Must Go On!”, will kick off on ... More »

Tone-deaf or tuned-in? Coronavirus epidemic proves a minefield for celebs

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Taylor Swift is sending cash to some of her fans and Rihanna has donated $6 million to support people whose livelihoods have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Movie and record producer David Geffen said he is self-isolating in t... More »

Public Enemy split with Flavor Flav was a hoax, group now says

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public Enemy’s ouster last month of founding member Flavor Flav was a hoax to generate publicity and provide a commentary on disinformation, members of the rap group said on Wednesday as they released a new album. Founder Chuck D and fo... More »

Lindsay Lohan says ‘I’m back!’ teasing new single amid pandemic

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan, whose promising movie career crashed a decade ago in a string of legal woes and substance abuse, on Tuesday announced she was making a comeback with a new music single. “I’m back!,” the 33-year-old star of “Mean G... More »

From sofas and kitchens, music stars hold coronavirus concert fundraiser

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Billie Eilish sang on her sofa, Elton John played a keyboard belonging to his children, and the Backstreet Boys sang in harmony from five locations as dozens of musicians put on a fundraiser for the warriors against a coronavirus. Those... More »

Polish composer Penderecki dies at 86 after long illness

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WARSAW/KRAKOW (Reuters) – Poland’s Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the world’s most celebrated composers, died on Sunday at the age of 86, his family said. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’... More »

Brazilian rapper warns of coronavirus danger in Brazil’s slums

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian rapper MV Bill added his voice to a chorus of criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the gravity of the new coronavirus epidemic in a video clip that urges people to protect themselves. His rap “Quarantine” r... More »

Bob Dylan drops 17-min song inspired by Kennedy assassination

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bob Dylan on Friday released a 17-minute song inspired by the assassination more than five decades ago of U.S. President John F. Kennedy – the influential singer’s first original music since 2012. Dylan, 78, announced the release of “Mu... More »

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo tests positive for coronavirus

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo said on Sunday he had tested positive for coronavirus and had gone into self isolation with his family. “We are currently all in good health but I developed a cough and a fever and decided to get tested, ... More »

Musicians give free online concerts to beat coronavirus

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Bans on mass gatherings introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic might have been expected to deal a death blow to musical life, but have instead prompted a boom in free online concerts. One musician to step up to the plate i... More »

Rock band Green Day among musicians pulling out of Asia tour dates

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(Reuters) – U.S. rock band Green Day on Friday called off all of the Asian shows in its upcoming world tour because of the coronavirus outbreak, the latest music act to pull back from performances in the region. The punk band’s Hella Mega tour was planned to h... More »

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd joins Assange supporters in London protest march

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LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people including Roger Waters, co-founder of the Pink Floyd rock group, and designer Vivienne Westwood, marched through central London on Saturday demanding that jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be released. A London court... More »

R. Kelly accused of sex with teen girl in 1990s as indictment is updated

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(Reuters) – Singer R. Kelly, already facing trial in three states on sexual abuse, child pornography, kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges, has been hit with an updated indictment in Chicago stemming from a newly-identified victim, court documents sho... More »

Factbox: Key winners at the 2020 Academy Awards

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Academy Awards, the highest honors in the movie industry, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Hollywood. Following is a list of winners in key categories: Best Picture “Parasite” (Neon) Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix – “Joker” Be... More »

Renee Zellweger wins best actress Oscar for ‘Judy’

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Renee Zellweger was crowned best actress at the Oscars on Sunday for her portrait of Hollywood legend Judy Garland in “Judy,” a biographical drama exploring the singer’s personal and professional turmoil at the end of her life. It marke... More »

With Latin beat, J. Lo and Shakira project power of women at Super Bowl showcase

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(Reuters) – Jennifer Lopez and Shakira brought Latina star power to Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a medley of pop hits and hip-shaking choreography on one of the world’s glitziest stages. Latin artists Bad Bunny and J Balvin, in addition to Lop... More »

Billie Eilish to give ‘special performance’ at Oscars show

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Newly minted Grammy winner Billie Eilish will perform live at the Oscars ceremony next month, organizers said on Wednesday, raising speculation she may debut her recording of the new James Bond movie theme song. Eilish, 18, swept the Gr... More »

Billie Eilish sweeps Grammy Awards with top four prizes

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Teen sensation Billie Eilish swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, winning all four top prizes – album, song, record of the year and best new artist – in a rare feat at the music industry’s highest honors. Eilish, an 18-year-old newcomer w... More »

Rapper Nipsey Hussle wins two posthumous Grammys, honored in tribute performance

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was slain in March of last year, won two posthumous Grammy Awards on Sunday and was remembered at the Awards with a tribute medley that had audience members on their feet, dancing and in tears. Hussle, whose re... More »

Factbox: Key winners at the 2020 Grammy awards

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Alicia Keys. Following is a list of winners in key categories: ALBUM OF THE YEAR “When We All Fall Asleep, Whe... More »

Kobe Bryant remembered at Grammy Awards hours after his death

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Musicians and performers at the Grammy Awards paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on Sunday at his former home arena, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hours after the NBA great was killed some 40 miles (65 km) away in a helicopter crash. Brya... More »

Factbox: Key nominations for the 2020 Grammy awards

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Grammy Awards, the highest honors in the music industry, will be handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Alicia Keys. Following is a list of nominations in key categories: ALBUM OF THE YEAR “I, I” Bon Iver “Norma... More »

Johnny Depp jams with Aerosmith as band celebrates 50-year career

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Johnny Depp and musician Alice Cooper joined Aerosmith on Friday at a gala dinner and performance in Los Angeles to celebrate the band’s 50-year career as one of the best-selling American hard rock bands of all times. Cooper and D... More »

Rap and rice paddies: Thai hip hop creates unlikely new stars

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – In geography and in culture, the rice paddies of northeastern Thailand are thousands of miles away from the birthplace of hip hop in New York City’s Bronx, but for Thai rapper RachYo, the language of hip hop is universal. A recent video fea... More »

Spotify launches playlists for dogs left home alone

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LONDON (Reuters) – Spotify has made playlists and a podcast for dogs to listen to in their owners’ absence, after finding that nearly 74% of UK pet-owners play music for their animals. The Swedish audio-streaming business company said it has launched a podcast... More »

Rapper Dave and singer Capaldi lead BRIT Award nominations

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LONDON (Reuters) – Rapper Dave and Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi lead the nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards with four nods each, in a new, slimmed-down list of prizes at Britain’s top pop music honors. Both will contest the same categories at ... More »

Justin Bieber says he has been fighting Lyme disease and mono

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(Reuters) – Canadian pop superstar Justin Bieber revealed on Wednesday that he had been battling Lyme disease and a serious case of mononucleosis but said he was overcoming his health issues. On Instagram, Bieber noted that some people had recently criticized ... More »

Ballerina Francesca Hayward leaps from stage to screen in ‘Cats’

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LONDON (Reuters) – British ballerina Francesca Hayward is getting ready to take a leap from stage to the silver screen, with a star turn in the film version of the musical “Cats”. This holiday season, the Royal Ballet principal dancer will be appearing in a pr... More »

Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, and Sesame Street feted at Kennedy Center Honors

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singer Linda Ronstadt, actress Sally Field, and music group Earth, Wind & Fire received the United States’ top awards for the arts on Sunday with a rocking, rousing performance at the annual Kennedy Center Honors show in Washington. Chil... More »

‘Tosca’ with a touch of cinema enthrals Milan’s La Scala at opening night

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MILAN (Reuters) – “Tosca”, Giacomo Puccini’s opera about a diva prepared to do anything for love, was given a cinematic flavor as it opened La Scala’s season for the first time, winning a 16-minute ovation and a stage strewn with flowers from the audience on S... More »

‘Super Trouper’: ABBA exhibition opens in London

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LONDON (Reuters) – From a superfan’s shrine to a replica of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest stage where they triumphed with “Waterloo”, a new exhibition opening in London on Friday looks back at the huge success of Swedish pop sensation ABBA. Personal items s... More »

Singer Camila Cabello says ‘Romance’ album is all about falling in love

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Camila Cabello is making up for lost time. The 22 year-old singer has been on a roll since joining girl band Fifth Harmony six years ago, going solo, and scoring hit records like “Havana” and duet “Senorita” with boyfriend Shawn Mendes.... More »

A year in showbiz: court drama, box office records and a young billionaire

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LONDON (Reuters) – From the world’s youngest self-made billionaire to celebrities in court, the world of entertainment produced a wide array of headlines this year. Below are some of the biggest showbiz stories of 2019. * The year began with rap making history... More »

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