An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon. Decked out in a black leather vest and...
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David Bowie, Blondie and Gnarls Barkley publisher Chrysalis Group Plc said on Tuesday it had ended talks with would-be buyers after rejecting a 104 million pound ($205.4...
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EMI Group, which recently outlined a painful restructuring plan, has made a bid for independent music label Chrysalis Group PLC, a newspaper reported Friday.
The report in...
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In recent weeks, two of the more
high-profile acts that weren't selling their music as ringtones
have given in.
And in both cases, AT&T Mobility is involved.
The...
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David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of...
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Iggy Pop marked his 60th birthday
on Saturday just like any other respectable senior citizen
would.
The eerily athletic "Godfather of Punk" stripped down to a
tight pair...
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Veteran rock duo They Might Be
Giants will return July 10 with their first new "rock" album in
three years, "The Else."
The 13-track Universal release was produced by the...
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David Bowie has announced the provisional lineup for his upcoming High Line Festival.
Arcade Fire, Air, Deerhoof, the Polyphonic Spree, Secret Machines, and Ricky Gervais...
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David Bowie's always been a space oddity. But little did we know he's into urban oddities as well.
After much buzz, the erstwhile Ziggy Stardust has finally...
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David Bowie will bring hot indie
band Arcade Fire, English comedian Ricky Gervais, and an
87-year-old spoken-word poet to the inaugural High Line
Festival, which will take...
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A frustrated Iggy Pop barked at
camera operators and grew tired of answering questions from
fans during a "secret show" with his reunited punk band the
Stooges in Los...
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Arcade Fire's "Intervention" is most
likely the only Coolest Song there will ever be that waits a
minute and a half for the drums to enter.
The Montreal-based band is...
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Is it a rush of hype to the head or is Coldplay on verge of issuing some "genius" new music?
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling rockers have announced...
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A British court ruled on Wednesday that
U.S. rap star Sean "Diddy" Combs had breached an agreement with
a London-based record producer not to use the alias "Diddy"...
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Music greats such as Joan Baez, The
Doors and The Grateful Dead won lifetime achievement awards on
Saturday, although many of those honored did not live long
enough to...
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Having toured last year with his
A Tribe Called Quest mates for the first time since 2000, Q-Tip
is back on the solo beat. The New York-based rapper is gearing
up for the...
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Billboard presents a look at the
music you'll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter:
JOHN MELLENCAMP
"Freedom's Road" (Universal, January 23)
Mellencamp's first...
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The songs of David Bowie were
given a Portuguese makeover by Brazilian artist Seu Jorge, and
his album became a surprise success on the year-end Top World
Albums...
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In the Windmill, a dingy pub in south
London, a rock band with a smouldering male singer is on stage,
driving the sweating crowd wild with raw guitar riffs.
Another night...
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David Bowie is to star in a forthcoming episode of SpongeBob Squarepants, it has been announced.
The rock 'n' roll legend confirmed news of his appearance in the cult...
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British rock legend David Bowie's
career will take a dive next year -- as he joins the cast of
the popular underwater cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants for a
guest...
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Attracting big-name acts like Rod Stewart, the Eagles, Norah Jones, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett,
Santana and David Bowie to a tertiary market might be unusual
for some venues,...
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Composer Steve Reich does not expect his
memorial piece for Daniel Pearl to stop what he calls the
"medieval religious war" that claimed the reporter's life.
He just wants...
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Tori Amos' radical reworking of
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the camp rendering of "Dancing in
the Street" by David Bowie and Mick Jagger are among the tracks
collected for...
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Veteran British pop/rock outfit Duran
Duran has no desire to slow down.
Despite cruising well past their 25th anniversary as a
recording entity, the members of the quintet...
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Soul singer James Brown recently sued
David Pullman, the New York financier who pioneered the
celebrity securities known as Bowie Bonds, over their 1999 deal
to sell more...
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Tori Amos will be the subject of the
five-disc boxed set "A Piano," which will be housed in a
piano-inspired package.
Due September 26 via Rhino, the 86-track compendium...
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Toward the end of Slow
Music's first set Saturday night at the El Rey Theater, an
audience member tentatively began to applaud, sensing that the
30-minute opening segment...
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Indie rock combo Built To Spill's
new album, "You in Reverse," hit stores on Tuesday, but
frontman Doug Martsch was not out celebrating. Instead, he
spent the day largely...
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Early in his sold-out
set on a rain-soaked Tuesday at the Roxy Theater, Van Hunt
performed the song "Character," in which he asked, over a
smoldering groove, "Who are you...
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Paul Simon has a Surprise for his fans.
The
legendary folk-rocker has announced his first album of new material in
nearly six years, Surprise, will hit stores May 9...
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When Paul Simon decided it was time for a new album, there was an immediate problem: He wasn't exactly sure what to say — or how to say it.
"It might be that it gets...
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Warner Music Group is
near finalization of a $67.5 million purchase of the Ryko
Group, the New York-based parent of indie label Rykodisc,
according to...
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Never mind that country music is considered bedrock conservative, the unofficial red-state soundtrack. This year, some of country's most famous names are singing in movies...
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Legendary rock trio Cream, which
reunited last year for a handful of concerts in London and New
York after a bitter break-up in 1968, has scheduled more shows,
bassist and...
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It's official: David Bowie has entered his golden years.
The British rock legend, along with late comic genius Richard Pryor,
power rock trio Cream, country singer Merle...
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David Bowie, blues pioneer Robert Johnson and the late comedian Richard Pryor are among the recording artists slated to receive lifetime achievement honors during next...
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Apparently not satisfied with having recorded scads of classic
albums, scored a raft of Grammys, elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, written a bestselling memoir or...
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Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock 'n' roll who inspired legends such as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townsend, has died.
Wray, 76,...
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When Cher closed out her
farewell tour last spring at the Hollywood Bowl, she threw down
the gauntlet to the young divas to try to follow her act. We
don't know whether Gwen...
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Allaire Studios sit at the end of a slithering mountain road. Airy rooms offer skytop views of the Catskill Mountains.
Norah Jones, Tim McGraw and David Bowie are among...
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A new book of photographs shows the
hidden side of troubled British rocker Pete Doherty, a far cry
from the media's fascination with the drugs, the fights, and
his...
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Jay-Z shot. Trent Reznor spinning upside down. David Bowie teetering on a rooftop. These are just a few of the iconic images Mark Romanek has fashioned as an elite music...
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Apparently, 1980 just wasn't a rockin' year.
In the
way of the music world, acts that have seen 25 years elapse since the
release of their first record become eligible...
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David Bowie made a surprise appearance with the indie rock sensation Arcade Fire during their concert Thursday night.
The 58-year-old Bowie joined the band at the end of...
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Pop stars with their own clothing
labels are increasingly trying to hit a higher fashion note and
Gwen Stefani is the latest to venture onto the haute couture
runways of New...
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Knowing very little about country
music, Johnny Cash or even how to sing probably helped actor
Joaquin Phoenix turn in an Oscar-worthy performance as the Man
in Black.
The...
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Knowing very little about country
music, Johnny Cash or even how to sing probably helped actor
Joaquin Phoenix turn in an Oscar-worthy performance as the Man
in Black.
The...
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Pictured on the cover of Charlie
Haden's new Liberation Music Orchestra CD, "Not in Our Name,"
is the same banner that arranger/pianist Carla Bley made in
1969 for the big...
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The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked in a backyard creek, washing his jeans.
The Topanga...
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A Grammy-nominated music producer who has been missing since Sunday called a friend that day on his cell phone to say he was being chased by people with dogs, authorities...
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David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Duran
Duran, Gwen Stefani, Nelly and Tim McGraw lead the lineup for
the Fashion Rocks concert, which will be held Sept. 8 at New
York's Radio...
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Grammy-winning soul singer and
songwriter Luther Vandross, who suffered a serious stroke two
years ago as he was about to relaunch his career, died on
Friday in a New Jersey...
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Luther
Vandross wasn't just a singer. He was a wedding
day. A
radio-show song dedication. A makeout session.
Vandross, whose
smooth voice earned him eight Grammys
...
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Grammy winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on such hits as "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop...
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Organizers promise it will be the
greatest music show on Earth, as final preparations for the
Live 8 gigs are made and pop stars prepare to leave their egos
backstage to...
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Organizer Bob Geldof promises it will be
the greatest concert ever, as final preparations for the Live 8
gigs are made and hundreds of pop stars prepare to leave their
egos...
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For someone so often called a saint, Bob Geldof has an uncanny ability to irritate and offend.
The Irish rocker has bullied and badgered his way into the
history books,...
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A late thumbs-up from Mick Jagger
has forced the distributor of a DVD featuring musical
performances from "The Dick Cavett Show" to postpone its
release by two weeks to Aug....
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A late thumbs-up from Mick Jagger
has forced the distributor of a DVD featuring musical
performances from "The Dick Cavett Show" to postpone its
release by two weeks to Aug....
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Music retailers are turning to high-tech firms that combine computer analysis with the art of listening to come up with new music suggestions for consumers based on what...
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Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.
"We don't want...
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Bob Geldof is at it again.
Two decades after he
masterminded Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever mounted, to
fight famine in Africa, the 58-year-old...
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As the host of her own syndicated
daytime talk show, Ellen DeGeneres is as warm and goofy as she
is intelligent and endearing. She asks her guests the questions
that are...
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Brendan Benson expected his big breakthrough to happen almost a decade ago.
That's when he released his first album, "One Mississippi," on Virgin Records, which expected...
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Belly dancers, a dancing elephant and a video montage of her lengthy career marked the end of Cher's three-year farewell tour.
Cher, 58, played to a sold-out crowd...
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Veteran pop/metal outfit Def Leppard
is showing no signs of slowing down, as evidenced by its
jam-packed summer/fall schedule.
First up is a double-disc career overview,...
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Reprise Records label mates the Used
and My Chemical Romance will release a benefit version of the
Queen and David Bowie) collaboration, "Under Pressure," which
they...
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Elton John says that Eminem is on par with Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger. In the new issue of Rolling Stone, the rapper is listed in the magazine's second "Immortals"...
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Life is still sweet atop the
Billboard Hot 100 for 50 Cent, who is No. 1 for the fourth
consecutive week with "Candy Shop" featuring Olivia.
The rapper is creeping up on...
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It was clear that rock was on a Grammy roll when the award for best country album went to a disc produced by a long-haired punk from Detroit. Jack White produced and played...
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Perhaps too flamboyant or eccentric for
more strait-laced American audiences, U.S. bands like Scissor
Sisters have gone to Britain to make it big.
Shortlisted for best...
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After postponing a fall 2004 launch,
Sony BMG is set to introduce its first DualDisc titles.
A blitz of 18 releases will arrive Feb. 8; more will arrive
Feb. 22 and March...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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British rock band Queen is preparing for
its first tour in 18 years, but fans are already complaining
that the show can't go on without flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury...
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Queen has decided the show must go on.
Heeding
its own advice, the superstar British rock band is planning to tour next
year--the first time the band has gone on the...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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An early photograph of Irish rock band
U2 taken by Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn was sold to an
anonymous buyer for 12,000 euros ($15,990) at a Dublin auction
on...
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Madonna 's blockbuster Re-Invention
tour took all of the drama out of the top tour of the year
race, ringing up a year's best $125 million in total box office
gross by...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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DualDisc and DVD(plus) discs have
until now been devoid of graphics, apart from limited text on
the inner ring. Because both sides of these CD/DVD hybrids
contain optical...
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Robbie Williams , Michael Jackson , Queen, the Rolling Stones and Cliff Richard have been inducted into Britain's first Music Hall of Fame, chosen by the public as the best...
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Musicians, broadcasters and hundreds of music fans gathered at an English church Friday for the funeral of John Peel, an influential DJ beloved by generations of British...
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After almost two decades of refusing to rebroadcast the Live Aid famine-relief concert, organizer Bob Geldof said he changed his mind because of the large number of bootleg...
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After almost two decades of refusing to rebroadcast the Live Aid famine-relief concert, organizer Bob Geldof said Sunday he had, reluctantly, changed his...
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John Peel, a longtime British Broadcasting Corp. disc jockey whose enthusiasm for the offbeat, the eclectic and the obscure launched the careers of dozens of bands, has...
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EMI Group PLC (EMI.L), the
world's third-largest music company, on Friday said it and
other music companies faced a New York probe into how music
companies influence what...
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The long blond hair and sexy magazine covers that forged British rock star Peter Frampton 's image as a teen idol of the 1970s are gone. That's just fine with the recently...
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"National Anthem," a documentary film by Al Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker on the Vote for Change concert tour, will air Monday on the Sundance Channel.
The concert tour,...
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He may be known for his over-the-top antics but Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille has another claim to fame: his "Guitar Solo" has been named the worst of all time by Guitar...
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Three new songs will grace the Tina Turner retrospective "All the Best," due Nov. 1 internationally
via EMI and tentatively in February in North America.
The new cuts are...
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Fashion rocks — and Beyonce put on shimmery hot-pants and Rod Stewart wore a three-piece suit with a pocket square to prove it.
Beyonce and Stewart, along with Avril...
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Paul McCartney , the Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Tony Bennett , Sonic Youth, Ben Harper and the Innocent
Criminals, Los Lonely Boys and Tegan & Sara will join event
founder Neil...
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Microsoft once again
is looking to eat the lunch of longtime rival Apple Computer,
this time in the digital music arena.
Some observers predict that Microsoft's new MSN...
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Britney Spears , Lenny Kravitz and
Christina Aguilera have scrapped tours. Lollapalooza crashed
and burned. The U.S. touring market has been in dire straits
all...
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In the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, it's hard to be pretentious.
About 20 years ago, Trey Anastasio left Burlington with his dog Marley and moved into a sparse West...
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Loretta Lynn, Macy Gray and the rock group The Killers are among the 73 artists being considered for the annual Shortlist Music Prize, which honors artists whose albums were...
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Two Dublin stops on David Bowie 's
recent world tour are the basis for the upcoming DVD "David
Bowie -- A Reality Tour."
Due Oct. 19 via ISO/Columbia, the 30-track...
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This Phish is now extinct.
After jamming on to the
bitter end, the quartet offered up a tearful farewell to an estimated
65,000 phaithful early Monday morning in a farm...
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Families in SUVs drive up to the grassy hill all summer. Dads snap pictures at the memorial plaque. Young couples look at the lush expanse and try to imagine the chaotic...
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Dave Davies is working out the kinks after suffering a stroke
last month.
The 57-year-old cofounder of the
influential British rock band the Kinks collapsed in an...
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Plans to sell new hybrid CD/DVDs
have hit legal and licensing snags that threaten to scuttle a
mass rollout that the hard-hit music industry had been counting
on to aid its...
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Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
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The Sony-BMG merger leaves four music "majors" with about 80 percent of the $32 billion global music market. They are:
_Universal Music Group: Artists include Sting,...
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The historic 1985 Live Aid concert
will finally be released on DVD in the fall.
Earlier this year, the Band Aid Trust agreed to auction the
global rights for the concerts...
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For about a week there it appeared
that the Bonnaroo music festival, with a gross of approximately
$14.5 million, was a lock as the top Billboard Boxscore of the
year....
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Musician David Bowie underwent an emergency angioplasty to open a blocked heart artery in Germany and is recuperating, his spokesman said Friday.
Doctors discovered the...
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Turns out a pain in the neck was the least of David Bowie 's
problems.
The rock 'n' roll showman, who bagged his European
tour last week because of what was said to be...
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A pain in the shoulder, which stopped David Bowie halfway through his concert in Prague, has now forced the singer to cancel the rest of his European tour, he announced...
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Apparently, it's David Bowie 's shoulder that's under pressure.
The erstwhile Ziggy Stardust was forced to scrap the
remainder of the European leg of his Reality tour,...
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A pain in the shoulder which stopped David Bowie halfway through his concert in Prague has now forced the star to cancel the rest of his European tour, he announced...
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A reality check for David Bowie on his current Reality Tour: Ziggy
Stardust is getting creaky.
The 57-year-old rocker was
forced to cut short a gig in Prague Wednesday...
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In a way, you could say David Bowie got sucker punched.
While performing a show Saturday at a festival in Oslo, Norway, the Thin
White Duke was nearly blinded when a...
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Opera classics by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner will be performed at Denmark's annual Roskilde Festival, one of Europe's biggest outdoor rock...
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It's official: Usher
is now the year's biggest party stopper.
The R&B star,
whose Confessions
has dominated the 2004 charts, locking down the number one spot now
seven...
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MusicNow LLC, a digital music store
and subscription service provider, on Wednesday said it
launched a new product that lets musicians interact with fans
through their own,...
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Now it's up to artist groups to
ensure that musicians and songwriters collect some $25 million
in unclaimed royalty payments that major labels have kept
tucked...
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David Bowie on Thursday scrapped a
concert in Miami after a local stagehand was killed in a fall
before the performance began, the rock star's publicist said in
a...
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The world's largest record labels will
return $50 million in unpaid royalties to thousands of artists
following a two-year probe by the New York State Attorney
General's...
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Pixies
fans: Here comes your band.
During a backstage press
conference at the Coachella
Valley Music and Arts Festival over the weekend, the four members of
the...
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Counting Crows lead singer Adam
Duritz is known for writing intensely personal and
introspective songs. That type of songwriting, he says, comes
easily to him.
But writing...
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Singer David Bowie has invited his fans
to mix two of his songs together, extending a hand of
friendship to underground bootlegging enthusiasts.
The rocker, currently...
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In an effort to attract new clients
and provide a broader range of services, three of the recording
industry's premier facilities have partnered.
The mobile Remote...
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David Bowie 's bonds are falling to
Earth.
Moody's Investors Service has cut its ratings on about $55
million of bonds backed by the rock icon's music royalties...
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German band Kraftwerk, known as the
"Godfathers of Techno," will end a rare British tour on
Saturday with two sell-out shows in London.
The robo-pop pioneers, who had a...
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Rodney Bingenheimer has been a radio
DJ, musician, record-company employee, nightclub entrepreneur,
music journalist and one of the most influential...
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The bonds backed by publishing and recording rights on singer David Bowie 's back catalogue have been hit by a ratings downgrade from Moody's Investors Service.
The issuer...
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The custodians of the historic 1985
Live Aid charity concerts have given the green light for their
official DVD and video release.
The Band Aid Trust has agreed to auction...
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In this digital era, the aging rock
stars of the vinyl years are making a comeback in Australia.
Tickets for concerts by aging rockers such as Bryan Ferry ,
Fleetwood Mac...
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Retro rockers The Darkness won three honors at the Brit Music Awards, the equivalent of the Grammys , and Justin Timberlake and Dido each took two.
The Darkness, a...
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A huge archive of live recordings from
the world's leading pop, rock and jazz artists spanning the
past four decades has become available for exploitation.
Claude Nobs,...
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For five decades, names like Ella Fitzgerald and Jimi Hendrix have blared out in neon letters above the doors of the Olympia concert hall.
The famed Paris concert hall...
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Had it not been for a
surprise invitation from David Bowie to open his current A
Reality tour, Macy Gray would not have hit the road to promote
her latest disc, "The...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Rykodisc, recognized as one of the
world's foremost independent labels, will celebrate its
20-year-anniversay with a double-album compilation CD due Feb.
3.
Ryko issued...
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New York-based Scissor Sisters
create smart, sexy and playful pop music. One listen to the
quintet's self-titled debut album makes this abundantly clear.
Also certain is...
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Could Queen Elizabeth II be a rock 'n roll fan?
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton and Kinks founder Ray Davies received royal honors Wednesday, becoming Commanders of...
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The Finn Brothers -- Crowded House
alumni Neil and Tim Finn -- have completed work on their second
studio album, a follow-up to their self-titled 1995 effort.
According...
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Sir Mick Jagger was delighted to become a knight. Keith Richards called it a disgrace.
As with the Rolling Stones, so with British society: Some crave titles, some...
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Some who refused British honors, according to a list published by The Sunday Times. CBE is Commander of the British Empire, OBE Officer of the Order of the British...
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Works by Bob Dylan , Johnny Cash and
George Harrison are among the major catalog titles slated to be
released in the first quarter of 2004.
On Feb. 24, Universal Music...
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The Who, David Bowie and
Stereophonics are confirmed to headline the 2004 edition of the
U.K.'s Isle of Wight Festival.
Stereophonics will play June 11, followed by the...
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Elvis Presley is the all-time singles king in Britain, nearly a half-century after he first crashed into the pop chart here, according to a new list published...
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Influenza is keeping David Bowie in bed and off the stage, forcing the postponement of two more concerts on the North American leg of his "Reality Tour."
The 56-year-old...
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Techno star Moby joined
rock act Azure Ray on stage in Los Angeles Wednesday night
after watching much of the show in the audience.
Azure Ray, in the midst of a...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Mick
Jagger has postponed his rendezvous with Queen Elizabeth for months
but have a little sympathy for the devil--he's spent the past year on
the road.
Now, with his...
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Macy Gray has got a lot of stuff going on lately, but calling it a "comeback" is a bit insulting.
Gray says the music industry isn't into people doing their thing, like...
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Michael Kamen, the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer who fused hard-rock riffs with classical styling in albums for Pink Floyd and provided music for the "Lethal...
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Oscar-nominated composer, conductor
and arranger Michael Kamen, one of Hollywood's most
sought-after musicians, died at age 55 on Tuesday after
suffering from multiple...
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Drummer Tony Thompson, who died
in an Encino, Calif., hospital Wednesday, proved his
freewheeling musical approach at his first audition for Chic,
according to...
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Longtime David Bowie guitarist Earl
Slick will release a new solo album, "Zig Zag," Dec. 9 on
Sanctuary Records.
The disc will feature four instrumentals and...
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New York City plays a strong role in David Bowie's new album, Reality. Bowie, who lives in New York City, recorded and wrote the album there, told LAUNCH that the events of...
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The Doors, Mick Jagger and David Bowie have made a list of the 50 worst artists in music history, as determined by Blender magazine--which caters to a wanna-be hip and cool...
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This year's Songwriters Hall Of Fame induction class could have a decidedly rock-and-roll edge to it. The organization has asked voters to choose from a pool that includes...
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David Bowie and Colombian singer Shakira have been added to the star-studded roster for Dick Clark's Primetime Rockin' New Year's Eve, airing December 31 on ABC from 10-11...
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David Bowie's often groundbreaking videos have been collected for a new DVD, Best Of Bowie, due out November 19. The 47-song, two-disc set is designed to complement the two...
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David Bowie has announced a New York City Marathon Tour, which will run for five nights in five city venues, along with two additional dates in Philadelphia and Boston.
The...
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David Bowie has announced an October 22 release date for his latest compilations, separate sets each dubbed Best Of Bowie. The career-spanning anthology will come in both a...
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Showing you're never too old to be potent in pop, David Bowie and his latest album, Heathen, have made the short list for the coveted Mercury Music Prize. At 55, Bowie is...
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The Area2 tour, masterminded by Moby and also featuring rock legend David Bowie and hip-hop veteran Busta Rhymes, kicks off Sunday (July 28) at the Nissan Pavilion in...
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David Bowie, curating this year's Meltdown Festival in London, was the object of a tribute from one of this year's acts this week. The re-formed New York rock outfit...
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David Bowie's new album, Heathen, might be due out June 11, but he also has another major project in the works. In early July, Bowie and RCA Records will release a 30th...
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David Bowie has amassed a lineup of chart-topping and critically acclaimed rock acts, including Gorillaz, Coldplay, and Pete Yorn, for a month-long festival in London this...
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With a new album, Heathen, due June 11, David Bowie will take part in Moby's Area:Two touring package in late summer or early fall. While most details for Area:Two are still...
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David Bowie will play live in his adopted hometown of New York City in June in conjunction with the release of Heathen. The album comes out June 11, and Bowie will play the...
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The upcoming David Bowie album features contributions from not one but two high-profile guitarists. Heathen, due June 11 on ISO Records/Columbia, sees Who leader Pete...
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The new David Bowie album, Heathen, is set for release on June 11. It's the first project released on Bowie's own ISO Records, and it will be distributed by Columbia...
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Is David Bowie taking a cue from Britney Spears? Unlikely, of course, but in the wake of Spears's hit "I'm A Slave 4 U," Bowie has entered the slave game with "I Will Be...
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David Bowie has left Virgin Records, his recording home since 1995, in favor of his own label. Bowie formed the ISO label more than a year ago, and he has decided to bring...
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The tracklist for The Concert For New York City album has been announced. The two-disc package features 32 tracks, but one of them is not a musical number: Leading off the...
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The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that his next classic rock collaboration is with fellow Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer David Bowie.
Townshend has posted a note on his...
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The lineups for the two all-star benefit concerts this weekend are still undergoing changes. The Paul McCartney-led Concert For New York City has added David Bowie to its...
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While the movie Training Day starring Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington will finally hit theaters Friday (October 5), music fans have already been enjoying the Training Day...
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New York City resident David Bowie has posted a long and heartfelt message on his website, DavidBowie.com, about the terrorist attacks that hit New York and Washington,...
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Sting, Jimmy Page, and now...David Bowie. Bowie is the latest classic rocker to collaborate with hip-hop impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, in this case for a remake of...
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A collection of instrumental tracks from David Bowie is on the way, at least in some territories. The 16-song All Saints is due out Monday (June 11) in the U.K. and on July...
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David Bowie and Moby joined forces on stage during the Tibet House fundraiser at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Monday night (February 26), where they performed a cover of...
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David Bowie and opera great Luciano Pavarotti have resigned from the board of War Child--the charity set up to help war victims that was inspired by the Bosnian civil war...
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David Bowie and Moby top the list of performers announced for this year's Tibet House benefit concert. The show, set for February 26 at Carnegie Hall in New York City, also...
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David Bowie will be spending his "golden years" as a "hero" to a "pretty thing." Bowie, 53, and wife Iman, 44, welcomed their daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, into the...
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David Bowie plans to release a new album culled from BBC sessions past and present, and he's asking fans to help him mix one of the tracks that will appear on the set.
At...
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David Bowie will be playing a concert at New York's Roseland Ballroom next month, but it's not open to the general public. Rather, Bowie is making the tickets available...
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David Bowie, 53, and his 44-year-old wife Iman announced on Sunday (Feb. 13) that they are "absolutely thrilled" to be expecting their first child in August.
"It's been a...
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On Saturday (Jan. 8), David Bowie celebrates his 53rd birthday. A successful recording artist since the late '60s, Bowie has consistently kept his music in line with the...
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David Bowie and the surviving members of Queen will make available a free download version of a new video for their 1981 collaboration "Under Pressure" on Wednesday (Dec....
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HBO:
The Larry Sanders Show - Porno For Pyros guest.
ABC:
Monday Night Football - Meat Loaf will perform the National Anthem prior...
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VH1:
Tommy - Directed by Ken Russell, the film version of Pete Townshend's rock opera features the Who's Roger Daltrey as Tommy,...
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NBC:
Saturday Night Live - David Bowie is the musical guest.
TNN:
Rock And Roll Graffiti - Features stories about the songs, the...
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An all-star list of talent, including Bono, Wyclef Jean, David Bowie, Puff Daddy, and Quincy Jones, were on hand today in New York for the official announcement of the...
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Two weeks before it's in stores, David Bowie's new album, Hours..., will be for sale via download on the websites of nearly 50 major music retailers, including HMV, Virgin,...
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David Bowie is joining forces with the world-champion New York Yankees. Bowie's Internet services company UltraStar will be creating the official Yankees website, which...
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David Bowie's plans to celebrate the first hours of the golden year 2000 on a New Zealand concert stage are close to being scrapped, according to news reports and sources...
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If you want to hear some brand-new David Bowie songs, you'll have to play the 3D adventure-action video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul. Bowie penned the track "New Angels Of...
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Today trend-setting rock veteran David Bowie turns 52. In honor of the occasion, fans can pick up special "presents" at Bowie's website, www.davidbowie.com.
The...
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David Bowie is certainly a busy man. Just months after "Bowie Bonds" became available on the stock market and weeks after the rock star announced the launch of his own...
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Move over, Bill Gates. Start sweatin', Steve Jobs. Rock star of rock stars David Bowie, who's already proved his financial mettle by being the first musician to sell bonds...
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Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" -...
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Country songwriter Kent Robbins, who penned two top 10 hits in 1997, was killed in an auto accident December 27th in Alabama. Robbins wrote "Every Light In The House Is On"...
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David Bowie is challenging the uses of technology once again. Bowie, one of the pioneers of the CD-ROM and digitally downloaded music, is now using the Internet as an art...
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EMI Music head Ken Berry took the unusual step last week of denying that his company's music artists are sleeping with his wife.
Responding to a vicious article in Forbes...
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An unprecedented survey conducted by Business Age magazine--involving extensive examination of record company accounts, record sales and other earnings of all major British...
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"I'm Afraid Of Americans," the David Bowie/ Brian Eno composition from Bowie's recent electronic album Earthling, has been remixed by Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent...
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The double-platinum Trainspotting soundtrack is about to spawn a sequel LP, Trainspotting #2, which will feature more original music from Trainspotting plus the...
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Live From The 10 Spot--MTV's new live performance show that features superstar artists playing intimate venues--debuts this evening at 10pm, and the Rolling Stones were...
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There seems to be no end to Sean "Puffy" Combs's excavation of '80s hits in his search for the perfect sample. His first single from his new album No Way Out, the Notorious...
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Yesterday LAUNCH Online reported that Michael Jackson cancelled his August 31st Belgium concert because he was so grief-stricken over the death of Princess Diana. Jackson...
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David Bowie has become the first non-Asian artist to score a number-one hit in Hong Kong, with his Mandarin Chinese-language single "Seven Years In Tibet." However,...
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