Reuters - A year after country group Little
Big Town released its third album through an indie label, it
will be reissued -- with four additional cuts and new artwork
-- by Capitol Records Nashville on October 14.
Reuters - Paperless ticketing is emerging
as a potential weapon in the efforts of some touring acts to
eliminate resellers from the ticket-buying equation.
AP - Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said Tuesday. -- read full article
Reuters - The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
is in talks to sell its catalog of Broadway musical show tunes
and standards to major music companies for between $150 million
and $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
AP - The dramatic struggle played out backstage, pitting the great-grandchildren of composer Richard Wagner for control of the legendary festival dedicated to his music.
Reuters - AC/DC fans in Australia are
stocking up on the hard rock band's back catalog in preparation
for the October 18 release of its first album in eight years.
Reuters - A year after the release of his new
album, singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson is seeing a fresh round
of old-fashioned attention turn toward the project. -- read full article
AP - When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans three years ago, celebrities reacted with a mix of grief, outrage and generosity. All-star telethons raised millions for storm victims, Kanye West and others derided the government's response — even Sean Penn went to the region to personally assist in rescue efforts. -- read full article
Reuters - With inspiring lyrics and
easy-to-sing melodies, Chris Tomlin creates music that has
saturated church worship services and Christian radio airwaves.
Reuters - The biggest metalcore band in the
land happens to be a Christian sextet that, for a second time,
is primed to crash into the upper echelons of the Billboard
200. -- read full article
