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Star-studded lineup for Brooks & Dunn special
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Brooks & Dunn have landed a star-studded lineup for their "Last Rodeo" concert special to be filmed following the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas....
Top 20 Concert Tours
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers....
Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
LONDON (AP) -- In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records....
Elvis' clash with media on view at Newseum in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley's fame more than 50 years ago was lit by the newspaper editors and critics who hated him....
Elvis' clash with media on view at US museum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley's fame more than 50 years ago was lit by U.S. newspaper editors and critics who hated him....
Girlicious band member arrested in Calif.
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- Police say a member of the pop group Girlicious was arrested after Glendale officers found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse during a traffic stop....
'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."...
Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters....
Dostoyevsky set for Lincoln Center Festival 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 12-hour adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel will be among the highlights of Lincoln Center Festival 2010, running for 45 performances this summer....