AP - Bluegrass singer Del McCoury has a funny new song called "40 Acres and a Fool" about a city slicker who hits it big in the stock market and moves to the country to become a rancher.
Reuters - Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole
has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and probably contracted the
liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago, according
to her publicist.
Reuters - British rock band the Who will play
a private show at a historic theater in Los Angeles on
Wednesday to help promote the "Rock Band" videogame, a source
involved with the event said.
Reuters - Gene Simmons, the tongue-wagging
co-founder and frontman for the heavy metal rock band Kiss, is
trying his hand at a gentler form of music -- jingles.
AP - Nate Dogg pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of stalking and threatening his estranged wife, and a court commissioner doubled his bail. -- read full article
AP - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Lou Pearlman and federal authorities have finally agreed on how much the former boy band promoter swindled from banks and investors in a decades-long scam: a staggering $300 million.
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman-lead singer had a question for the guest keyboardist at the all-congressional band gig Wednesday night. -- read full article
Reuters - Banks owed money by convicted
boy band mogul Lou Pearlman will be the last of his creditors
to get anything if he pays back the $300 million he swindled
out of investors and financial institutions, a U.S. judge ruled
on Wednesday.
AP - EU regulators ordered music copyright groups on Wednesday to end a system that makes it difficult for online music stores to buy EU-wide licenses — knocking down a major obstacle to iTunes' rollout across Europe. -- read full article
AP - Jon Bon Jovi's next stop on the road has nothing to do with his band's tour. Fresh off a free concert in Central Park, Bon Jovi is taking a break.
