Reuters - In the spring of 2006, rock singer-songwriter Neil Young was just a year removed from a near-fatal aneurysm when he became so enraged with the war in Iraq that he quickly wrote, recorded and released the protest album "Living With War." Not two months after its release, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young launched their Freedom of Speech tour, during which unwitting fans expecting the band's sweeter side were greeted instead with its serrated edge.

AP - An unscheduled hearing in the Britney Spears custody case Friday yielded no change in the arrangement between the pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Reuters - "Everybody," Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford says, "is eager to grab the full metal opera."

Reuters - Michael Jackson may relaunch his career as a Las Vegas act, thanks to the private equity group that recently bought the loan on his Neverland Ranch in California to help the pop star avert foreclosure.

Reuters - British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield has been chosen as the opening act for most of New Kids on the Block's upcoming reunion tour.

Reuters - A jury acquitted R&B star R. Kelly of child pornography charges on Friday, finding he did not make an explicit videotape showing him having sex with an underage girl who called him "godfather."

Reuters - What do you do after becoming the first African-American rap group to win an Academy Award for best song? If you're Three 6 Mafia, you stay focused on what brought you to the game in the first place: music.

Reuters - Atlanta may be known as the hub for R&B and hip-hop, but regional Mexican acts are finding a welcoming audience there too.

AP - Bonnaroo began in earnest Friday with the rarest of double bills: Chris Rock followed by Metallica.

AP - CHICAGO (AP) — For R. Kelly, six years of pretrial delays came down to an agonizing 10 minutes.

E! Online - If the best way to measure the growth of a band is by the tantrums thrown by its frontman, then Coldplay just reached the next plateau of their career.

E! Online - The Stone Temple Pilots are singing the legal blues.

Reuters - Alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots said it was surprised by a lawsuit from its record label this week, and hopes to return to the studio to record a new album soon.