Rihanna taking no wardrobe risks for Malaysia show
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009AP - The good girl gone bad has promised to be good for one night. [ + Read More ] | Festivals bowing to fan pressure Tuesday, 06 January 2009Organisers of some of the UK's biggest music events are letting fans have a bigger say in how the festivals are run. [ + Read More ] | Big Bopper?s Coffin Auction Tuesday, 06 January 2009These days, you really can buy anything on eBay, including the casket that housed J.P. ?The Big Bopper? Richardson for nearly 50... [ + Read More ] |
Hemingway archive opens in Cuba Tuesday, 06 January 2009Cuba opens up electronic access to thousands of documents belonging to writer Ernest Hemingway. [ + Read More ] | Kraftwerk & Radiohead hit the road Tuesday, 06 January 2009world entertainment news -
Electronic pop pioneers Kraftwerk will support Radiohead on the group's upcoming South American tour. [ + Read More ] | Bid to open prison doors for music Tuesday, 06 January 2009Press Assoc. - Organisers of one of the stages at the Glastonbury Festival will be taking their blend of music and political... [ + Read More ] |
Music marketers target female shoppers at home
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009Reuters - With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording... [ + Read More ] | Turkey rehabilitates poet Hikmet Tuesday, 06 January 2009Turkey is to restore the citizenship of one of its most illustrious writers, the late Nazim Hikmet. [ + Read More ] | Music fans opting for layaway plans on tickets
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009Reuters - What's good enough for Kmart is evidently good enough for rock festivals. [ + Read More ] |
Latin indie label undergoes digital conversion
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009Reuters - Musicalatina.com, the only Latin-owned, Latin-centric U.S. digital download store, launched in December. [ + Read More ] | Hyundai Super Bowl ad to feature music by Yo-Yo Ma
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers... [ + Read More ] | Fleet Foxes win Art Vinyl cover award Tuesday, 06 January 2009American indie rock act Fleet Foxes win the Art Vinyl best cover award for their self-titled debut. [ + Read More ] |
Luke Haines blasts Britpop heavyweights Tuesday, 06 January 2009Black Box Recorder frontman Luke Haines criticises Blur, Radiohead and Oasis in his new book. [ + Read More ] | Los Angeles club Conga Room stages a comeback
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009Reuters - Across the United States, only a handful of small venues are focused on Latin music. The reopening of the Conga Room in... [ + Read More ] | Beastie Boys re-release eco-friendly album Tuesday, 06 January 2009Beastie Boys are re-releasing an eco-friendly version of their second album Paul's Boutique. [ + Read More ] |
Kraftwerk co-founder quits band Monday, 05 January 2009Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has announced that he has quit the band. [ + Read More ] | Bhutto Assassination Leads to Rap Single Monday, 05 January 2009YouTube and a state-run television station have both started airing "I Would Take the Pain Away," a montage of clips and... [ + Read More ] | Scheduled To Appear ? 01/09 Monday, 05 January 2009You?ve mastered ?Rock Band,? watched all your new Blu Ray discs and used all of the gift cards your grandparents sent you. Now... [ + Read More ] |
Scheduled To Appear ? 01/05 Monday, 05 January 2009You?ve mastered ?Rock Band,? watched all your new Blu Ray discs and used all of the gift cards your grandparents sent you. Now... [ + Read More ] | Royksopp Recruits Robyn, Lykke Li For New Record Monday, 05 January 2009Royksopp have confirmed their first full-length since 2005's The Understanding. Due out March 24 through Astralwerks, Junior... [ + Read More ] | Live Review: Stone Temple Pilots - Club Nokia, Los Angeles Monday, 05 January 2009New Year's Eve is often anti-climactic. However, 2009 began with a "Big Bang Baby" for everyone at L.A. Live's Club Nokia. Stone... [ + Read More ] |
The Thermals Announce New Album Monday, 05 January 2009The Thermals have set April 7 as the release date for their new Kill Rock Stars disc, Now We Can See. Fans can also expect a... [ + Read More ] | Nielsen Explains 2008 Monday, 05 January 2009The Nielsen Company released 2008 numbers based on its point-of-sale data collection operations by Nielsen SoundScan (music... [ + Read More ] | Dennis Turner Passes Monday, 05 January 2009Dennis Turner, 59, died November 14 of massive heart failure during an elective angioplasty procedure in the hospital.Turner was... [ + Read More ] |
Jennifer Hudson will not sing at Obama inauguration Monday, 05 January 2009Jennifer Hudson will not be performing at the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington D.C. this month. [ + Read More ] | Glasvegas for New York instore tonight Monday, 05 January 2009Glasvegas are gearing up for an instore appearance in New York City tonight (January 5) with a free gig and signing at Virgin... [ + Read More ] | Seattle Rapper Killed In Club Shooting Monday, 05 January 2009Emerging Seattle rapper 29-E was shot and killed and two other artists were wounded early Jan. 4 in a concert shooting, according... [ + Read More ] |
Jon Bon Jovi to help Hillary Clinton fight campaign debt Monday, 05 January 2009Jon Bon Jovi is set to help Hillary Clinton alleviate her debt, after she unsuccessfully campaigned to become President of the... [ + Read More ] | Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider quits band
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Monday, 05 January 2009Reuters - Florian Schneider, the co-founder of legendary German electronica band Kraftwerk, has quit the lineup, leaving it with... [ + Read More ] | Femi Kuti postpones dates due to illness Monday, 05 January 2009Femi Kuti has postponed the opening dates of his upcoming North American tour, due to an undisclosed illness. [ + Read More ] |
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