Reuters - Rapper Missy Elliott is gearing up
to release her first album in three years. Tentatively titled
"Block Party" and due in August, the oft-delayed Atlantic
release is the follow-up to 2005's "The Cookbook," which sold a
relatively disappointing 645,000 copies in the United States,
according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Reuters - U.K. indie-rock duo the Ting Tings
topped the U.K. charts in May with both the supremely catchy
single "That's Not My Name" and their debut album -- and are
now taking on America. -- read full article
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:51:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Continuing her father's
legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge
lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a
royalty for songs aired on traditional radio. -- read full article
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:19:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Maureen McCormick, Bobby
Brown and Carnie Wilson, veterans of the CMT reality series
"Gone Country," are reuniting with the country music cable
channel, this time in a new series titled "Outsider's Inn." -- read full article
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:21:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Rock band AC/DC will sell its new
album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the Wall Street Journal
reported on its website on Sunday, citing unnamed sources . -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:52:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - R. Kelly's attorney guided his electric scooter down a hallway outside the courtroom where his client is on trial for child pornography, exclaiming as he sped past several reporters, "In the morning, we attack!"
Reuters - R&B singer Alicia Keys is enjoying
a successful worldwide tour, a chart-topping album and will act
in an upcoming movie, but it might not have happened, she said,
were it not for a near breakdown two years ago.