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Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:22:02 GMT

AP - 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 in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:32:25 GMT

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Perry aims to show more dimensions with 'Dream' (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:15:32 GMT

AP - To some, the most surprising part of Katy Perry's sophomore success is that it exists.

Chris Brown returns to No. 1 spot with 'Deuces' (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:22:38 GMT

AP - Chris Brown is back to a familiar place — the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

ASCAP flips switch on free app (Reuters)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:25:22 GMT

Reuters - Performing rights organization ASCAP launched a free app for Apple's portable devices Wednesday, allowing its member songwriters and publishers to access their catalog, performance and royalty information.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case (AP)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:07:51 GMT

AP - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate.

Bob Dylan's 'Brazil Series' on display in Denmark (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:28:49 GMT

AP - Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public.

Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:13:42 GMT

Reuters - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday.

`American Idol' adds L.A. audition on Sept. 22 (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:22:10 GMT

AP - "American Idol" is expanding the talent search for its next season with an audition in Los Angeles later this month.

Miranda Lambert picks up highest CMA nominations (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:31:05 GMT

Reuters - Texas country singer Miranda Lambert picked up four further Country Music Association nominations on Wednesday, bringing her total to nine nominations, the highest ever for a female country artist.

Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:19 GMT

Reuters - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite."

NY ex-employee, 51, accuses 'Diddy' of age bias (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:29:29 GMT

AP - A New York woman has sued rapper-producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying he fired her because of her age two decades after she helped launch his career.

Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:14:03 GMT

AP - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience — and a much louder alarm clock.

Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:26:19 GMT

AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.

Katy Perry tops U.S. album chart for first time (Reuters)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:41:40 GMT

Reuters - Katy Perry achieved her first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, ending Eminem's reign of seven nonconsecutive weeks.

Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:16:10 GMT

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Irish crowd pelt Gun N' Roses after lengthy wait (Reuters)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:11:43 GMT

Reuters - American rock band Guns N' Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late -- and then left the stage after being pelted with plastic glasses.

Funk band War tells PepsiCo they're not friends (AP)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:32:26 GMT

AP - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo.

Miranda Lambert garners five CMA nominations (Reuters)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:34:39 GMT

Reuters - Texas country music singing sensation Miranda Lambert captured five Country Music Association nominations on Tuesday in three categories and will compete against her fiance Blake Shelton when the CMA hands out its annual awards on November 10.

Bob Dylan's paintings on show in Danish gallery (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:49:09 GMT

Reuters - Forty new paintings by American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan go on show this weekend in Denmark, but museum-goers will hardly find "Blowin' in the Wind" or references to other famous lyrics in the pictures.