AP - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

AP - Montgomery Gentry has always looked to classic rockers for inspiration, but the country duo never took things quite this far.

AP - The BET Awards keeps getting more talent under its umbrella.

Reuters - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is due to play on Thursday at the gala opening of an art gallery run by Daria Zhukova, the girlfriend of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, organizers said.

Reuters - Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that companies might apply, under new legislation introduced in Parliament on Thursday.

AP - "I don't want to play anything down, but I'm the least racist person going." — Amy Winehouse, denying that her singing of a slur-filled ditty made her a racist.

E! Online - Indestructible had to live up to its name this week.

E! Online - Look who's expressing himself.

Reuters - British singer and former Wham! frontman George Michael announced what his spokeswoman called his last ever big-venue gigs on Wednesday.

E! Online - Boy George doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just wants to entertain.

AP - When the tens of thousands of music-crazy fans gather in the Tennessee countryside this weekend for Bonnaroo, they'll be part of not just one of the summer's biggest music festival, but a nationwide revival.

AP - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by Simon & Schuster with a first printing of 350,000, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Reuters - Maroon 5's 2007 album, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," will be reissued in expanded form July 8.