AP - A federal appeals court says a city councilman did not defame a fired DJ when he called him a "sick, racist pedophile" for making sex-laced rants about a rival's young daughter. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 00:02:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - A judge has vacated a $1.5 million judgment awarded to a woman who filed a defamation suit against rapper DMX after he alleged that she raped him.
Reuters - Rappers Kanye West, Method Man,
Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday
by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused
them of using her father's music without approval.
AP - A judge who is waiting for a state Supreme Court decision on whether he will preside over Phil Spector's second murder trial went ahead Thursday and scheduled it to begin in September.
AP - CHICAGO (AP) — A former backup singer for R. Kelly cried at his child pornography trial Thursday as she described introducing the R&B star to her relative, the alleged victim in the sex tape, at a Chicago music studio when the girl was 12 or 13.
Reuters - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, a
poster boy for rock 'n' roll decadence in the 1970s, has
entered a Los Angeles rehab facility after two decades as a
passionate advocate of sobriety, according to an report.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a night when "American Idol" viewers were focused on two young singers named David — Cook and Archuleta — the Fox singing competition's seventh-season conclusion had plenty of appearances from a few older idols.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the "American Idol" title Wednesday, and it wasn't as much of a surprise as it seemed.
AP - Though the calendar still says spring, the summer tour season has begun. Tracking your favorite acts, though, can be almost as interesting online as at your local amphitheater.
