Reuters - British singer Boy George has
canceled his North American tour after U.S. authorities refused
to issue him a visa because of legal trouble overseas, he said
in a posting on his Web site on Tuesday.
AP - Booker T. and the MGs, the Memphis Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section will become the newest members of the Musicians Hall of Fame. -- read full article
AP - A rape charge against Rikki Rockett has been dropped after authorities determined that the Poison drummer was not in the state at the time of the alleged crime.
Reuters - Having just completed a
year-and-a-half-long tour to promote their 2006 album "Light
Grenades," the members of California rock band Incubus will
take a break while they pursue a variety of academic and
personal endeavors.
Reuters - R&B trio Labelle is hitting the
studio for a reunion album to be produced by legendary soul
hitmakers Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff as well as Lenny Kravitz. -- read full article
Reuters - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will
play a free concert in Central Park on July 12, the band
announced Monday. The show, billed as an "All-Star Concert in
Central Park," will take place in conjunction with the Major
League Baseball All-Star Game, which is set for July 15 at
Yankee Stadium.
AP - Jazz vocalist Ernestine Anderson's home has been saved from foreclosure for now. Thanks, in part, to music legend Quincy Jones and contemporary jazz artist Diane Schuur. -- read full article
AP - Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84.
AP - Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price $77.
AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership.