E! Online - • With the California Supreme Court declining to light their fire (or hear their appeal), the Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger will have to fork over more than $5 million in damages to drummer John Densmore and the heirs of Jim Morrison for touring as "The Doors of the 21st Century" in 2002 without permission.
E! Online - Yeah, we know it looks like the Jonas Brothers are opening a dry-cleaning business. Especially coming on the heels of last week's suit giveaway at Madame Tussauds.
AP - Try saying "Zuma Nesta Rock" five times fast — it's hard. That phonetic flow could be tough to master, let alone live down, for the newborn son of Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani.
Reuters - In the wake of Robert Plant & Alison
Krauss, John Mellencamp and all that's come before, T Bone
Burnett is on such a producing roll that his presence threatens
to eclipse the artist(s) he's working with. -- read full article
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:51:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Jerry Finn, who produced records for
American pop-punk band Blink-182 and British singer Morrissey,
died Thursday (August 21) at the age of 39. He had suffered a
massive brain hemorrhage in July and was taken off life support
on August 9. -- read full article
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:58:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Cash Money/Universal Motown has
launched a mobile subscription service to deliver ringtones,
graphics, videoclips, text alerts and contest opportunities to
fans of label artists like Lil Wayne, the Hot Boys and Birdman,
Billboard has learned. -- read full article
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:03:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall.
Reuters - Fonovisa Records is preparing to launch
a branded series of regional Mexican music albums, "Idolos (De
Mexico Para el Mundo)," which translates to "Idols (From Mexico
to the World)." -- read full article
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:52:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Bloc Party fans expecting a routine
Web chat with their heroes got more than they bargained for
August 18, when the U.K. alt-rock band announced that its new
album, "Intimacy," would be available for download in just 60
hours' time. -- read full article
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:54:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Jamaican reggae and dance
hall star Bounty Killa has pleaded guilty to using profanity at
a recent show and paid a $70 fine. -- read full article
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:19:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - The end is near for a bitter legal dispute between the three surviving members of The Doors now that the California Supreme Court has refused to take up their case.
