AP - The renowned Vienna State Opera canceled one performance and complained about dismal attendance at another, blaming the European soccer championship being played in the Austrian capital. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:13:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Billy Ray Cyrus says he wasn't around when Annie Leibovitz photographed his 15-year-old daughter, Miley, wrapped in a sheet with her back exposed, for the June issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
Reuters - Slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt, back
at London's Covent Garden four years after bosses fired her for
being too fat, says opera, like other forms of entertainment,
is increasingly obsessed with looks.
Reuters - British soul singer Amy Winehouse
remained in hospital on Tuesday for more tests after fainting
at home on Monday and being rushed to a clinic by her father, a
spokesman said.
Reuters - Faith Hill's first Christmas album,
"Joy to the World," will arrive September 16. The first single
from the Warner Bros. release is an original track, "A Baby
Changes Everything," written by Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman and
K.K. Wiseman.
Reuters - Metallica's new album will be titled
"Death Magnetic" and is expected in September. The news was
revealed over the weekend via the band's Web site (
http://www.metallica.com ).
AP - MANCHESTER, Tenn. — "On the Road" with Death Cab for Cutie isn't just a weak pun for the touring band. Jack Kerouac's book is an inspiration to lead singer and songwriter Ben Gibbard, who wrote many of the songs on their new album "Narrow Stairs" at a cabin in California's Big Sur once occupied by the author.
