AP - Bono, Bob Geldof and other celebrities pressed the world's wealthiest countries Wednesday to come through with more pledged financial aid for Africa. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:23:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - As a parodist, "Weird Al" Yankovic
notes that "timing is off the essence." So the
accordion-playing artist, who in the past has lampooned "Star
Wars," Michael Jackson, Chamillionaire and Queen, is hoping to
use viral tools to keep things even fresher.
Reuters - Like Woody Allen's new film, "Vicky
Cristina Barcelona," the song "Barcelona" by the band Giulia y
los Tellarini explores chance meetings and subsequent love
affairs, including one with the Spanish city itself.
AP - Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners have lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley's pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell the Memphis home.
AP - Ludacris is following the footsteps of P. Diddy and Jay-Z with a laundry list of projects, including a Web site, acting gigs and a show on the Planet Green network.
AP - Venezuela's acclaimed young conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Israel Philharmonic on a seven-city tour of America to help celebrate the Jewish state's 60th anniversary. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:22:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
E! Online - Mary J. Blige may have been living the high life for quite some time now. But despite a plethora of chart-topping hits, collabos with some of the hottest artists in the industry and respect from fellow musicians, the R&B singer hasn't forgotten where she came from.
AP - A California man has filed a petition asking a Nashville court to order DNA testing he believes will prove the late singer Eddy Arnold was his father.