Phil Collins is drumming no more, for now. The former singer and drummer for Genesis told a German newspaper that since he had surgery in April to repair a dislocated...
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Singer Phil Collins says his new "main thing" is the Alamo. Collins, who said he has "hundreds" of cannonballs, documents and other artifacts from the Alamo, is in San...
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Phil Collins' ex-wife may no longer be in his heart, but she'll definitely always have a place in his bank account. The easy-rocking star has waved good-bye to...
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Too many people, Phil Collins says, tend to forget the genesis of a rock 'n' roll band. Especially his own.
"They were friends first and they got together to play music,"...
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As flip-flops hit the pavement and barbecue grills ignite, some of the biggest artists are packing their bags to get the summer concert season started.
This year, everyone...
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Some of the biggest names in rock
music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and
the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private
memorial in New...
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Everyone from Ray Charles to James
Blunt chimes in on the life and loves of Ahmet Ertegun, the
late revered music executive, in the documentary "Atlantic
Records: The House...
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The people's princess is being honored with a royal affair.
Princes William and Harry are organizing a star-studded concert to be held in London next summer to mark the...
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English rockers Genesis announced plans
on Tuesday for an international tour in 2007, joining a
lengthening list of aging acts seeking to revive their careers
on the...
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In the beginning, there was Genesis.
The most successful incarnation of the famed British prog-rock band is getting back together after a 15-year layoff and embarking on a...
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Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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It looks like there won't be another day in paradise for Phil Collins and his wife of six years, Orianne.
The
couple announced they were splitting in a joint statement...
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British singer and songwriter
Phil Collins said on Sunday he would be open to a reunion of
his old band Genesis, a day before he is set to perform in
Israel as part of his...
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How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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The Americana Music Assn. will pay
special tribute to songwriter John Hartford, who died in 2001,
and to singer/songwriter Judy Collins at its fourth annual
Honors & Awards...
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They started by predicting a riot, but instead there was brotherly love at the U.S. version of the global Live 8 extravaganza.
"Right now you're watching the biggest...
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Many of Italy's biggest pop stars have
shaken off their initial skepticism about Live 8 and agreed to
perform on the Rome stage of the international anti-poverty
rock...
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Bob Geldof makes an unlikely saint. The rangy, foul-mouthed Irish rocker who fronted the Boomtown Rats in the 1970s is now far better known as a champion of Africa,...
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Destiny's Child and Linkin Park have been added to the lineup for the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia on July 2.
The additions were announced Thursday, one day after...
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Twenty years later, it is still considered one of the greatest rock 'n' roll concerts of all time. During Live Aid, top musicians played simultaneous shows in London and...
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Live 8 is up to six.
Annie Lennox, Dido and Travis are
among the artists signing on to headline a sixth Live 8 concert, this
one in the Scottish city of Edinburgh,...
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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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A touch of serendipity
accompanies the April 26 release of "Golden Slumbers: A
Father's Love," a collection of songs by such artists as Dave
Matthews, Michael McDonald, Phil...
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Elton John has found Sanctuary.
The British pop icon
has agree to sell Twenty-First Artists Ltd., the management company he
co-owns, to Sanctuary Group, a British based...
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Folk singer Judy Collins used song and candid conversation to discuss her son's suicide and her own suicide attempt with mental health workers and advocates.
Collins spoke...
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Breaking into film composing is
often more difficult than getting a record deal. The same dozen
or so top composers get the lion's share of the A-list films,
and any...
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Elton John , Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins and Rod Stewart are piping
up for tsunami relief.
The quartet is among several music
stars who have begun recording a new...
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Elton John and Andrea Bocelli are joining several other major recording artists to produce a single to aid victims of the Asian tsunami.
John was to record his...
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Rock stars are combining forces around
the world to record Eric Clapton 's "Tears in Heaven" and raise
money for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
First up to...
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First Old Navy brings back leg warmers and now this.
Proving the '80s are gone but definitely not forgotten, several of that
decade's top musical acts were among the top...
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Adult contemporary radio in 2004
pulled a page from the adult top 40 songbook, culling more than
half its top 10 hits for the year from the sister format.
Instead of such...
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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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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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It was No. 1 in 1984, and it's No. 1 again in 2004. The star-studded re-recording of the hit charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" hit the top of the British music...
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The new Band Aid charity single will be sold on Apple's popular iTunes online music service, with the company subsidizing the retail cost of the track.
Apple had initially...
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Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
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A new recording of the 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" hit British record stores, many of which opened early in anticipation of large crowds.
The single...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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The founders of Band Aid, the 1984 charity effort that raised millions for Ethiopian famine relief, plan a new version of the single "Do They Know It's Christmas," a British...
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A bodyguard for Lil' Kim who admitted firing a gun at least 20 times in a shootout as the rapper left a hip-hop radio station was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in...
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"We are going to kick some ass,"
Carl Mello, music buyer for Boston-based retail chain Newbury
Comics, says when assessing this year's holiday...
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Peter Gabriel is re-mixing tracks for
an as-yet-untitled DVD compilation of his videos, due for
worldwide release Oct. 21 via Warner Vision.
Gabriel, working at his...
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The newly private Warner Music
Group, having significantly reduced its worldwide staff, is now
turning its cost-cutting efforts toward its artists.
As part of the...
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Aaron Hall, former singer with
seminal new jack swing trio Guy, will issue his first solo
album in six years this summer.
"Adults Only" will be completed in mid-May and...
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A 21-year-old French singer won an international competition of young performers who shot to fame on reality shows that coached them on how to become pop stars.
Elodie...
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Phil Collins will bring his First
Final Farewell tour to North America in late summer, beginning
Aug. 26 in Anaheim, Calif.
The one-month trek will follow a European...
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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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Anastacia made an emotional comeback
with a new album on Saturday, one year after breast cancer
surgery saved her life, in a show-stopping performance at the
German music...
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The year 2003 marks a time in
popular music where many adult artists were banished to the
confines of adult contemporary radio.
The format gave the primary support to such...
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With 2003 coming to a close, the
race is heating up for soundtrack music vying for Academy Award
and Grammy recognition.
For Oscar nods, likely contenders for best...
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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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Phil Collins says he has lost a considerable amount of hearing in his left ear. The former Genesis drummer told LAUNCH his viral infection has gotten so bad, he's been...
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Having a famous parent can be a double-edged sword for a young performer, especially in the world of rock and roll. On Sunday (July 27), the Bravo network will look at the...
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The Songwriters Hall Of Fame hasn't made an official announcement of its 2003 inductees, but the word might have been leaked by a nominee. This year's list of possibilities...
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Phil Collins has said that he'd welcome a reunion concert or recordings with all five original members of Genesis--Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Steve...
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Phil Collins is game to give fans something they'd like to see: some kind of Genesis reunion. The former singer and drummer of the British band told LAUNCH he's up for...
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Phil Collins has given up touring due to the hearing loss he suffered in his left eardrum more than a year ago. Collins told LAUNCH he was warned against extended time on...
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Hearing loss is a musician's worst nightmare--just ask Phil Collins. The famous singing drummer told LAUNCH that his left eardrum was recently damaged, following a recording...
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There's good and bad news for fans that wish the members of Genesis would regroup. According to a new interview with Phil Collins, there seems to be a good chance that he,...
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Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Phil Collins has won his British High Court action against two former members of his backing band -- horn players Louis Satterfield and...
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone turned heads on Oscar night (March 26) by wearing dresses made famous by Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Grammy winner...
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For the next several days, Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Phil Collins will find himself not basking in the glow of his Academy Award win, but presenting an argument in a...
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Phil Collins
was a winner at this year's Academy Awards when his song "You'll Be In My Heart" from the animated film Tarzan
took home the award for best original song...
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have another reason to smile -- one of the original songs from
South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, "Blame Canada," was...
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Dressed in a shredded plastic dress that barely covered her assets, rocker/actor Courtney Love was on hand to present the award for best original song - motion picture at...
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Santana
leads the list of classic-rock artists nominated for Grammys this year -- after all, those 10 nominations lead the list of all nominees (LAUNCH, 1/4/00) -- but...
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A quartet of high-profile artists find themselves competing for the Golden Globe nomination for best original song in a movie, it was announced today (Dec. 20) in Beverly...
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Last night (Nov. 2), Phil Collins and manager Tony Smith received awards at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation 12th Annual Silver Clef Award Dinner & Auction in...
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Phil Collins and longtime manager and friend Tony Smith will be honored on Nov. 2 with the 1999 Silver Clef Award, given annually by the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy...
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Rockers with decades-long careers have the good fortune of having audiences that will always shell out cash to see them in concert, expecting to hear the familiar hits....
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With the single "You'll Be In My Heart" already getting airplay, the soundtrack to Walt Disney's new animated feature Tarzan, which features five new songs by Phil Collins,...
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Walt Disney Pictures has mastered the art of tying in pop stars to the soundtracks to their animated films. In the past, the studio has scored chart-topping hits such as...
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Some of pop music's biggest names are banding together for a Princesss Diana tribute album, the proceeds of which will go to the Princess Diana Memorial Fund. It promises...
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