Reuters - It's an unusually hot and humid
summer night in Hollywood. A murmuring line of fans -- mostly
women -- snakes around the Sunset Boulevard perimeter of the
House of Blues. They're waiting for one thing and one thing
only: Robin Thicke.
Reuters - Drawing packed houses and four-star
reviews, buzz band The Hold Steady may have finally built the
ecstatic rock and roll experience they've been singing about
for years. -- read full article
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:59:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
Reuters - Singer and songwriter Neil Diamond
is offering audiences of a recent Ohio concert a refund and
asking for their forgiveness after he performed with a raspy
voice earlier this week.
E! Online - Samantha Ronson may be spending most of her time making headlines with a Razzie winner, but soon she's going to be spending at least one night with the possessor of a more prestigious piece of hardware.
E! Online - • Apparently over that whole Pacifier interlude, Vin Diesel wants to blow things up again. The 41-year-old thesp is ready to resurrect his ass-kicking sci-fi antihero Riddick, reteaming with writer-director David Twohy for a pair of sequels to 2000's Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick.
Reuters - Rapper T.I. establishes the mark for
biggest jump to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as his single
"Whatever You Like" soars from No. 71 to No. 1 in its third
week on the list.
Reuters - Paul McCartney will perform for the
first time ever in Israel next month -- more than 40 years
after the Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the
country, the singer announced on Wednesday.
AP - A jury acquitted a former handyman of attempted murder charges Wednesday in last year's near-fatal shooting of Latin songwriter Estefano, who had positively identified the man in court as his assailant.
AP - Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trial on Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four years in prison. -- read full article
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News
AP - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.
