AP - Farm Aid, the long-running benefit concert, will be held this year in New England for the first time.

Reuters - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to Montreux's fabled stage.

Reuters - A musical based on 1980 film "Nine to Five" will open on Broadway in 2009 with music and lyrics by country star Dolly Parton, producers said on Tuesday.

AP - Roger Daltrey is smacking his head.

AP - Rush will be appearing on "The Colbert Report," and it's not Limbaugh.

E! Online - Someone's making sweet music with Kate Hudson—and it's not Lance Armstrong!

E! Online - How far the mighty have fallen.

AP - Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million.

AP - Sitting in the back of a darkened arena, a Celtics hat pulled low on his head, a black warm-up suit covering his lanky frame, Dominican bachata and merengue star Juan Luis Guerra cuts an unassuming figure.

Reuters - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have extended their smash "Raising Sand" tour through early October.

AP - Although John Mellencamp was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the veteran doesn't consider himself a rocker — at least not anymore.