Reuters - Consider it the latest case of a
band becoming a brand. When the producers of "Chopper
Challenge" needed a brand to feature in an upcoming episode of
the motorcycle-building reality show on CMT, they opted for a
different approach from the cable and insurance companies they
had already used. -- read full article
Fri, 30 May 2008 23:59:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Legend has it that when Nigerian
drummer Tony Allen quit the band of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti,
it took four percussionists to replace him. -- read full article
Sat, 31 May 2008 00:33:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - It's a breezy Tennessee afternoon.
Third Day's Mac Powell, David Carr, Tai Anderson and Mark Lee
are enjoying a tasty Southern lunch at Stoveworks in the
Factory, a historic Franklin, Tennessee, complex that was once
a thriving industrial workplace and is now a trendy locale
housing restaurants, shops and performance venues. -- read full article
Sat, 31 May 2008 00:46:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Amy Winehouse showed up late for her first concert since leaving rehab, giving an underwhelming performance in front of 90,000 people Friday at a Lisbon music festival.
AP - DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.
AP - After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn't be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead.
E! Online - UPDATE: 50 Cent has issued a statement about the fire that demolished the Long Island home of his baby mama and their 10-year-old son earlier this morning.
