AP - Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star.

Reuters - Neil Young has snared two of alternative rock's biggest bands to open for his fall North American tour.

E! Online - The Dave Matthews Band brass has been silenced.

Reuters - Rosanne Cash is tired of people using her late father's name to further their own political agendas.

Reuters - Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June.

AP - Musician, artist and bicycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine unusual bike racks that have been installed around New York City.

AP - British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly three years in prison.

AP - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

Reuters - Malaysia's government has told promoters of a concert by Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne to postpone the show because it could mar the country's independence day celebrations, an official said on Wednesday.

E! Online - How do you get VIP or backstage passes at concerts? I'm not a crazy, but I would love to meet Foo Fighters next time they play here.

AP - What would it sound like if 15 of the hottest female singers joined voices? The answer will be revealed Sept. 2.

Reuters - Rock stars may have to rein in their taste for loud music after a fan overheard U2 frontman Bono listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album and recorded them before posting the songs on the Internet.

AP - Brian Wilson sits on a plush couch in his living room, smiling nervously.