Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - Posts
Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley,
who emerged from obscurity in 1991 with his debut album "Living
with the Law," has died of lung cancer, his label said on
Tuesday. He was 45.
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Rapper 50 Cent, once shot nine times
on the street in a gang incident, said on Tuesday parents
should buy their children his new video game, rated 'mature'
for blood, gore and sexual themes, and use it as a teaching
tool.
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But the new
model will bear only a passing resemblance to the original vintage.
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The last bars of Ravel's "Bolero" had just died away to applause, but when conductor Volker Hartung tried to return to the stage for an encore, dozens of police officers blocked his way and led him from the concert hall in handcuffs.
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Pint-sized pop
star Kylie Minogue has announced plans to resume the Australian leg of
her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits tour after canceling it earlier this
year following her breast cancer diagnosis.
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For many fans of Barbra Streisand, the five-DVD set released Tuesday, "The Television Specials," has been the home-video Holy Grail.
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Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to pay $5 million to settle an investigation into payoffs for radio airplay of artists, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday.
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Warner Music Group Corp., one of the
largest U.S. record companies, will pay $5 million to settle a
New York state probe into how it influenced which songs are
played on the radio, New York State Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer said on Tuesday.
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A collection of poems written by
legendary rock poet Bob Dylan as a student at the University of
Minnesota in 1960 sold for $78,000 Monday in a Rock & Pop
Memorabilia auction at Christie's.
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This girl is a woman now, but Cyndi Lauper still wants to have fun.
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Philip Frazier, who leads the New
Orleans jazz group ReBirth Brass, was one of the lucky ones.
His house and tuba survived Hurricane Katrina mostly intact.
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Soul diva Mariah Carey continued her journey along the comeback trail, heading into Tuesday's 33rd annual American Music Awards with a leading four nominations, including two for her chart-topping album "The Emancipation of Mimi."
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Former British rocker Gary Glitter, who remains in Vietnamese custody, has denied allegations that he engaged in sex with two girls, including a minor, police officials said Tuesday.
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Sony BMG has legal
troubles beyond its battles against piracy.
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British rocker Gary Glitter has denied
child molestation allegations in Vietnam, telling police he was
just teaching English to young girls, state media reported on
Tuesday.
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The highly influential,
curiously named post-punk British ensemble Echo and the
Bunnymen romanced the sold-out crowd at New York's Irving Plaza
on Sunday with an intimate evening of lush melodies and
mournful pop spanning 25 years of the band's career
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Following in the footsteps of
successful rockers Stereophonics and Super Furry Animals, new
Welsh musicians are winning fans at home and abroad, but this
time they are going back to their roots.
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Sorely missed at the premiere, French soprano Natalie Dessay is back in all her glory, transforming the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" from a lackluster affair into a riveting, not-to-be-missed night of theater.
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Depeche Mode turns moody
introspection into communal celebration, which has earned the
veteran English band a rabidly obsessive following that filled
San Diego's ipayOne Center on Saturday for the first of four
southern California shows.
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Following in the footsteps of
successful rockers Stereophonics and Super Furry Animals, new
Welsh musicians are winning fans at home and abroad, but this
time they are going back to their roots.
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A collection of poems written by Minnesota college student Robert Zimmerman — later to become the "voice of a generation" as Bob Dylan — sold for $78,000 at an auction of rock and pop memorabilia.
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A performance by Cheryl Studer in northern Spain was canceled after the American-born soprano suffered a mild heart attack, according to a published report.
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