LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. rapper 50 Cent pleaded not guilty on Monday to allegedly kicking his ex-girlfriend and a judge ordered him to stay away from the woman and get rid of his guns. The Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, wore a su... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – New pastel portraits by American singer Bob Dylan will go on show for the first time at London’s National Portrait Gallery next month, the gallery said on Monday. The 12 new works in the “Bob Dylan Face Value” exhibition in September represe... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Members of American rock group Bloodhound Gang, barred from Russia after a band member shoved its flag into his underpants on stage, could face criminal charges in Ukraine after a video showed him urinating on its flag. According to a text acc... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Lollapalooza, the three-day music festival in Chicago’s historic Grant Park, was bigger than ever this year with a lineup that honored its alternative rock roots and broadened its appeal to fans of folk, dance, rap and even country music. A... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Country singer Keith Urban will be returning to “American Idol” as a judge when the Fox singing contest returns for its 13th season next year, Fox Broadcasting Company said on Thursday. “I will confirm one thing, Keith is going to retur... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the f... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lady Gaga had a “huge breakage” and “giant craters” in her right hip that forced the pop singer to cancel about two dozen concerts this year and undergo surgery. Her tour promoter, Live Nation, said in February that the “Born This Way” ... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – An oil-themed staging of Richard Wagner’s famous “Ring” cycle for his bicentenary year in the opera house he built in Bayreuth showed signs on Saturday of defying predictions it would be a disaster that might even bring down the h... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming ... More »
BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) – The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic “Ring” cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and the pursuit o... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Jay Z’s latest album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. “Magna Carta Holy Grail” sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Niels... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been “discovered” by the young – drawn by h... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherin... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian po... More »
(Reuters) – Johnny Rotten may not like it but he is starting to become Johnny Icon. The 57-year-old former frontman of the anarchic 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols is to receive an award for his contribution to music from the music rights organization BMI, alt... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Jay Z’s latest album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while besting industry forecasts. “Magna Carta Holy Grail” sold 528,000 copies in its first week, according to figure... More »
VIENNA (Reuters) – The world-famous Vienna Boys’ Choir faces a financial crisis that could put it out of business if it does not reach a deal over the rent for its concert hall and school. The choir, whose roots go back to the 13th century, may have to pay 200... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Justin Timberlake and hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis each received six nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards, which were announced on Wednesday. Timberlake, 32, made his long-awaited return to music earlier this yea... More »
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. country music singer Randy Travis’ condition has stabilized after emergency surgery last week to relieve pressure on his brain following a stroke, but it may take months for the Grammy winner to recover, doctors said on Monday. Travis, ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown had his probation revoked on Monday by a judge in Los Angeles after he was charged in a hit-and-run traffic accident last month. Brown, who has been on probation for criminal assault for beating his former girlfri... More »
DALLAS (Reuters) – Grammy award-winning country music singer Randy Travis is out of emergency surgery but still in critical condition after suffering a stroke in a Texas hospital, representatives for the singer and the medical facility said late on Wednesday. ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – British pop star Sting will perform songs from his new album, “The Last Ship” at ten concerts later this year that will benefit New York’s Public Theater art organization. The singer, who shot to fame in the band the Police, said the conce... More »
DALLAS (Reuters) – Grammy award-winning country music singer Randy Travis is responding to treatment for a heart condition that has kept him hospitalized in critical condition since Sunday, his doctors said on Wednesday. The cause of his illness was a virus, a... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hip-hop artist J. Cole’s album “Born Sinner” outsold rapper Kanye West’s “Yeezus” and Wale’s “The Gifted” to climb to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, notching Cole’s second chart-topping record. “Born Sinner,” relea... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ailing U.S. country singer Randy Travis has undergone a procedure to place a device in his heart that will help it pump on its own, his publicist said on Tuesday, as the singer remained in critical condition in a Texas hospital. Travis,... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Jay Z is taking promo to the next level, selling a million copies of his latest album to Samsung for smartphone distribution and going on a six-hour Twitterthon with fans. The American musician holds the title for most No. 1 albu... More »
LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish opera tenor Placido Domingo has been admitted to a Madrid hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot in his lung, his U.S. publicist said on Tuesday. Domingo, 72, was hospitalized on Monday in his hometo... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – This year looks set to be the biggest ever for sales of single records in Britain, thanks in part to smash hits like “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” according to the Official Charts Company. Single sales have ris... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. country music legend Randy Travis is in critical condition in a Texas hospital because of complications from a virus, the singer’s publicist said on Monday. Travis, 54, one of country music’s best-selling artists who had a string o... More »
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen jumped off the stage and into a frenzied German crowd of 45,000 fans on Sunday in Leipzig to pluck a sign with a hand-written request scrawled on it – as he has been doing all summer on his popular tour across Eur... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Folk rockers Mumford and Sons climbed to the top of the British album chart on Sunday, as sales of their 2012 album ‘Babel’ rose in the week after they played the final set at this year’s Glastonbury music festival. The four-piece band haili... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones blasted through the past into the present on Saturday with a rip-roaring show in London’s Hyde Park that paid homage to their last concert here 44 years ago. Frontman Mick Jagger strutted, howled and belted his way through... More »
(Reuters) – Music producer Pharrell Williams filed a lawsuit Monday asking a U.S. court to rule he has not violated any trademark that Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am owns for the phrase “I AM.” The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, said that will.i.... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen treated his fans to a complete performance of “Born in the USA”, the 1984 album which shot him to global superstardom, as the centerpiece of a three-hour show in London on Sunday night. The Boss and his E Street Band played... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Teenage Olympian Gabrielle Douglas, rapper Kendrick Lamar, actor Jamie Foxx as well as singers Rihanna and Nicki Minaj were among the top winners at the annual BET Awards on Sunday. The BET Awards celebrate black musicians, actors and athl... More »
PILTON, England (Reuters) – British folk band Mumford & Sons brought the annual Glastonbury festival jigging to a close on Sunday, capping three days of music, good-natured mayhem and minimal mud. The bluegrass-inspired set completed a trio of headline acts af... More »
PILTON, England (Reuters) – An octogenarian entertainer and a veteran country music singer had fans of all tastes and ages roaring on the final afternoon of the Glastonbury music festival on Sunday. The sun beat down on the sprawling 900 acre farm in southwest... More »
PILTON, England (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones lived up to their reputation as one of the greatest rock’n’roll bands when they played to more than 100,000 revelers on Saturday during their first performance at Glastonbury, the world’s best-known music festival... More »
PILTON, England (Reuters) – Tomato fights, anarchic gymnasts and astrophysics drew festival-goers of all ages away from the mainstream music acts at Britain’s Glastonbury festival this weekend. The 1,500 hippies who paid one pound ($1.52) to attend the first G... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s eldest son testified on Wednesday in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family against AEG Live that the late pop star was unhappy with the concert promoter in the run-up to his “This Is It” concert series in 2009... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Almost 25 years ago, Bruce Springsteen gave communist East Germany its biggest ever rock concert in a performance that fuelled a spirit of rebellion and may have contributed to events that brought down the Berlin Wall, a new book says. In “R... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. rock singer Melissa Etheridge on Wednesday announced plans to marry partner Linda Wallem after the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings paved the way for gay marriage in California, the couple’s home state. Etheridge, 52, came out in 1993 ... More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Rolling Stones, known for songs such as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” have won a new publishing deal just as a series of shows this summer is set to boost interest in the band’s back catalogue. BMG, part of Ger... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Director Sam Mendes earned grudging critical acclaim for a stage musical of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” but was always going to struggle in comparison to much-loved past productions of Roald Dahl’s work. The glitzy new staging of Dah... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prince Jackson, the eldest son of late pop star Michael Jackson, is expected to testify on Wednesday in the wrongful death suit filed by his family against concert promoter AEG Live, a Jackson family attorney said. Lawyers for the Jacks... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown, on probation for beating his former girlfriend, was charged on Tuesday with a hit-and-run and driving without a valid license in connection with a May 21 traffic accident in Los Angeles. Brown, 24, allegedly rear... More »
(Reuters) – Bobby “Blue” Bland, a pioneer of the modern soul-blues sound, died on Sunday, according to Memphis media reports. He was 83. Local television stations cited the Memphis Music Foundation, which could not be reached for comment. Bland was a member of... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – American R&B singer Robin Thicke has notched up a fourth week at the top of the British pop charts with his summer hit “Blurred Lines”, the compiler said on Sunday. The Official Charts Company said Thicke sold a further 133,000 copies of the... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Billboard’s weekly music chart will not include the 1 million copies of rapper Jay Z’s upcoming album that were sold to electronics maker Samsung as part of a promotion, the U.S. trade magazine said on Friday. Jay Z, 43, announced last ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In front of a screaming crowd of fans, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez was honored for her musical accomplishments on Thursday when she received the 2,500th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lopez, a New York City-native born to Pue... More »
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s annual Baalbek music festival has been forced to move from its usual venue among Roman ruins in the Bekaa Valley because of rocket fire and a spillover of fighting from Syria, organizers said on Thursday. Baalbek is a stronghold of... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Teen pop star Justin Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari sports car while driving away from a comedy club in Los Angeles on Monday night, but the accident was not considered a hit-and-run, police said. Video taken outside the ... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU regulators have told Universal Music Group that its plans to buy an EMI unit will significantly impede competition, signaling a possible veto unless it offers major concessions, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The... More »
(Reuters) – British folk band Mumford & Sons’ bassist Ted Dwane posted a message on Monday saying he was recovering after brain surgery to remove a blood clot. Dwane posted a picture of himself with a shaved head on the band’s official website with the caption... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Jay Z’s upcoming studio album will go to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional deal, but the distribution is unlikely to count toward official sales figures, an industry ex... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran British rock bands Motorhead and Black Sabbath were crowned the kings of heavy metal on Monday, winning the top accolades at the UK’s top metal music awards, the Metal Hammer Golden Gods. Motorhead, best known for its 1980 hit “Ace o... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The British rock band Black Sabbath’s album “13!” has given them a first British Number One album in nearly 43 years, a record interval between chart-toppers, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. Black Sabbath were last at the top of ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kim Deal, the bass player behind some of the Pixies’ biggest hits, has left the 1980s alternative rock band, its remaining members said on Friday. Deal’s pulsing bass and understated singing punctuated the influential group’s early song... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger appear in the new film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” but only to shine the spotlight on the unsung backup singers who make them sound even better. Opening in New York and Los Angeles on Friday and expanding ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr put snapshots of his musical and creative life on display in a new exhibit, “Ringo: Peace & Love,” which opened on Tuesday at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. Starr, 72, was on hand at the exhibit, wh... More »
VIENNA (Reuters) – Alexander Pereira, the next manager of Italian opera house La Scala, would like to have an Italian music director, ideally Riccardo Muti or Claudio Abbado, he told an Austrian newspaper. Pereira, an Austrian who is now artistic director of t... More »
MIAMI (Reuters) – New York media mogul Robert F.X. Sillerman is the new entertainment king of Miami Beach after taking over almost all of the famous South Florida island-city’s glitzy, over-the-top nightclubs in a push to consolidate the fast-growing electroni... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – HMV, the 92-year-old British music retailer seeking protection from creditors, is unlikely to have much of a future beyond a rump of stores and the internet, if other recent retail failures are any guide. After years of struggling as its bus... More »
(Reuters) – Some of music’s most notable names including Billy Joel, Rihanna and Missy Elliott have signed an open letter to Pandora Media Inc opposing the online music company’s push to change how artists are compensated. Pandora is currently lobbying lawmake... More »
(Reuters) – Sony/ATV, the music publishing division of Sony Corp, has kicked off an auction to sell the rights to more than 30,000 songs from artists ranging from Culture Club to Iggy Pop contained in the Virgin Music and Famous U.K. song catalogs, according t... More »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Universal Music Group has been given two extra days to allay EU concerns on its planned purchase of an EMI unit, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday after regulators warned that the combined entity would hit competition. ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Media watchdog the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation brought out some big names in Hollywood over the weekend including American sweetheart Betty White to honor movies, TV shows and performers. At the annual GLAAD Media Awards o... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Nicki Minaj shot straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with her sophomore album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” usurping the crown from Madonna, who suffered the biggest second week sales drop in chart ... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The green slime flowed so much that even first lady Michelle Obama could not escape it at the Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday where singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift came away big winners. The program is an annual stop for Hollywoo... More »
