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Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Axl Rose, the Guns N' Roses frontman, had to be prevented from walking out on a gig after fans pelted the band with plastic glasses.

Reuters - Texas country singer Miranda Lambert picked up four further Country Music Association nominations on Wednesday, bringing her total to nine nominations, the highest ever for a female country artist.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is recovering after emergency stomach surgery, according to U.S. reports.

AP - Chris Brown is back to a familiar place — the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

Ben Folds says that an "instinct to collaborate and make music with people who aren't necessarily musicians" led to "Lonely Avenue," an teaming with Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and author Nick Hornby that's due out Sept. 28 on Nonesuch.

Movie hardman VINNIE JONES has cleared a $20,000 (13,300) tax bill, blaming it on a "misunderstanding with mail addresses".A $20,448 (13,630) lien for delinquent...

DEBBIE REYNOLDS has urged fellow movie veteran ZSA ZSA GABOR's husband and daughter to stop their war of words and unite as the ailing actress faces her final days.Gabor...

Former UB40 star ALI CAMPBELL has been forced to scrap eight weeks of touring and promotional activities after doctors diagnosed him with the energy-sapping...

BEE GEES star ROBIN GIBB is recovering after emergency stomach surgery, according to U.S. reports.The Staying Alive singer was allegedly rushed to hospital last month...

Katy Perry conjured up the magic of cult movies DIRTY DANCING and GHOST as part of an hour of online dares and challenges organised by Britain's Radio One on...

Demi Lovato has sparked speculation she has moved on from ex JOE JONAS by confessing she's smitten by R&B star Trey Songz.The actress/singer, who just turned 18, has...

Katy Perry has stunned fiance RUSSELL BRAND by inadvertently dying her hair the colours of his beloved soccer team West Ham.The pop star was so happy with her new look...

Eminem and Rihanna have scored a seventh week at the top of the U.S. pop charts with LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE as KE$HA lands her fourth top 10 hit in a row.Katy Perry's...

Revered U.S. music magazine Paste is to cease as a publication after struggling financially for the past year (09-10).Donations from readers failed to keep the...

Brave movie star Michael Douglas is to participate in next week's (10Sep10) Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon - as he continues to fight the disease.The actor revealed he has...

Lindsay Lohan's estranged father is in talks to undergo paternity testing as part of a dramatic U.S. TV reveal to clear him of allegations he fathered an illegitimate child...

Former British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR has spoken candidly about PRINCESS DIANA's death in a new TV interview, revealing he was "worried for her" when she started...

DIRTY DANCING star JENNIFER GREY is "scared silly" to don her dancing shoes once again for DANCING WITH THE STARS - she only signed up for the U.S. TV show face her fears...

Rapper T.I. and his wife have been released from jail following their Wednesday arrest on suspicion of drug possession. The 29-year-old rapper and his wife, former Xscape singer Tameka Cottle, we...

To make way for the giant bag of wind known as Hurricane Earl, organizers of the American Music Festival have pushed the start of the event back by more than two hours and dropped one of the first bands set to play.

AP - A California appeals court has scheduled a hearing for Michael Jackson's father to argue he deserves a role in his son's estate.

Let's just say Axl Rose isn't too welcome in this jungle. Twenty minutes into their concert in Dublin last night, Guns N' Roses cut short their set after fans—and we...

Along with Apple’s new line of iPods, CEO Steve Jobs announced the company’s “social network for music” at the company’s music-themed conference on Wednesday afternoon. Called Ping, the service will allow iTunes users to connect with their friends for music recommendations. Coldplay’s Chris Martin also debuted a new song, “Wedding Bells,” at the event, quipping [...]

James might reflect a split in the audience for new soul and R&B, and where it's being heard.

How Bob Dylan embraced the electric guitar and left a wake of disgruntled fans to change music history.

Could it really be that in this age of pop music, often built on calculation and manipulation, that there’s still a place for bona-fide innocence? There is, at least in the parallel musical universe that producer T Bone Burnett is...

Big things poppin' in probation land. And none of 'em good. With news that T.I. was collared in Los Angeles last night on drug-possession charges, inquiring minds want to know if...

Crosby, Stills & Nash are about one-third done with their next album, a set of classic rock covers produced by Rick Rubin.

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards just got a shade pinker. Nicki Minaj, who was previously announced as a presenter during the award show, will give her first-ever televised solo performance at the 2010 VMA Pre-Show, where she will dazzle red carpet patrons with a live rendition of her No. 1 hit “Your Love.” “I [...]

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Again, have to say, after the Round 3 results, we are just shocked! Seriously...beside ourselves. Similar to the Kings competition, a little-known actress by the name of Kristen Stewart...

Our sister blog LA Now is reporting that rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, were arrested late Wednesday on drug possession charges after sheriff's deputies smelled marijuana coming from their Maybach during a traffic stop. "A narcotics investigation...

Brandy has already slipped into her dancing shoes in anticipation of her upcoming stint as a contestant during the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Pictured above with her dancing partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Bran’Nu gazes at an iPad in the dance studio before working up a hunger and heading over to Japanese eatery [...]

Hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg is working on a sequel to his seminal 1993 album Doggystyle.

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Rap heavyweight Kanye West is making another foray into film - the hip-hop star is reportedly working on a "movie companion" to his upcoming album.

Reuters - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite."

Music Freedom Day celebrates freedom of musical expression worldwide. The date chosen for the 2011 celebration is March 3rd. Music freedom advocate Freemuse invites musicians, music clubs, cultural institutions, broadcasters and media to join the annual Music Freedom Day. According to Freemuse, musicians and composers rights to freedom of expression are violated worldwide. Hundreds of [...]

Today on 'Good Morning America' country music stars Dierks Bently and Miranda Lambert announced the star-studded lineup of country artists nominated for the coveted Country Music Association Awards.



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A farewell-to-summer Vivaldi concert for early-music fans at the 4x4 Baroque Music Festival.

Thesis: The Music is Shit "Music, music, music... is SHIT!" shouts the Pre-Madchester band New Fast Automatic Daffodil's lead singer on their second single from the, unsurprisingly, Music is Shit EP.