Reuters - Ringo Starr held a "peace and love"
fest on a rainy Chicago sidewalk to mark his 68th birthday on
Monday. "What could be wrong? Peace and Love. What a great
birthday gift," the former Beatle said. "It's a happening." -- read full article
AP - The opening note of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" has to be the most moving in opera when heard in David Pountney's production: The 974-seat bleacher containing the audience slowly starts to roll down train tracks in the Park Avenue Armory's Drill Hall, passing over a football field-length runway where most of the action takes place.
AP - The Essence Music Festival wraps up its 14th year with musical performances Sunday in the Louisiana Superdome, headlined by Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock but that was not the only draw for thousands of festival goers.
Reuters - Things are starting to get "a little
bit" sentimental around the Bon Jovi camp as the New Jersey
rockers enter the home stretch of their 2007-08 world tour,
according to guitarist Richie Sambora.
AP - DETROIT (AP) — Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown.
E! Online - With rumors spreading like wildfire, perhaps the best thing to do is spread some more...kinda like firemen setting a backfire to sap a blaze's energy. Maybe that's John Mayer's strategy, because he told the crowd at his St. Louis show last night:
