Skid Row Wants Sebastian Bach For New Album Skid Row want Sebastian Bach to sing on their new album - more

Hulk Hogan Almost Joined Metallica Professional wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan was nearly a member of Metallica - more

Slipknot Clown and Five Finger Death Punch Singer In Hard Rock Musical 'The Devil's Carnival' may sound like a musical by way of Rob Zombie, but is actually from the man who wrote and directed 'Saw 2′ - more

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Motley Crue To Surround Fans in Vegas Motley Crue kick off their Las Vegas residency at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on February 3 and Vince Neil gives fans an idea of what to expect. - more

Metallica Can Cure The Blues Feeling blue? Crank up some Metallica, and you'll feel better in no time - more

Halcyon Way Lose Member Halcyon Way announced that they have parted ways with rhythm guitarist Zane - more

Another Taste of New Van Halen Online Van Halen have offered up a new preview of a track from their forthcoming album - more

The Ronnie Wood Show Comes To America This Weekend Attention American Rolling Stones fans, The Ronnie Wood Show in North America will launch this weekend - more

Rory Gallagher Revisited Sony Music and Capo Records and Legacy celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rory Gallagher's solo career with an extensive reissue campaign - more

Rival Sons' New Album Being Reissued Rival Sons are joining the "let's rerelease our new album with some bonus features" club as Earache have announce the release of a "special redux version" of their 2011 album, Pressure & Time - more

Suicide Silence's Mitch Lucker Guest on The Devastated's New Album Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker is a guest vocalist on the The Devastated's new album - more

Preview Joe Satriani's Movie Joe Satriani will be releasing his concert film, "Satchurated," in select US theatres in March - more

America Getting Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame On Monday, February 6th the legendary rock band America will receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - more

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Tool Rediscover The Passion (And ‘Hooker With a Penis') in Toronto After years of repetitive setlists and carbon-copy performances, Maynard James Keenan and company broke outside their own formula for an exhilarating Toronto set. More]]> - more

Mark Lanegan's ‘Blues Funeral': A Wild & Haunted Midnight Bloom Lanegan's hypnotically magnetic midnight hymns have reached new heights on Blues Funeral, and we're happily chasing the hearse down that old dirt road, once again. More]]> - more

Jane's Addiction Go Burlesque on ‘Underground' Video Now *this* is how you make a video. Take notes, Chili Peppers.  More]]> - more

Red Hot Chili Peppers Stop Trying in ‘Look Around' Video Oh look, Anthony's doing that thing with his arms again.  More]]> - more

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War Horse film boosts book sales Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse has now sold more copies in the UK in a fortnight than it did worldwide in 25 years. - more

Hurt to get lifetime Bafta prize Veteran actor John Hurt will receive the outstanding contribution to cinema award at the Baftas next month, it is announced. - more

Winslet to receive Cesar honour British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary Cesar Award and drama Poliss is nominated for 13 prizes at France's equivalent of the Oscars. - more

BBC planning for Thompson's exit The BBC says it is engaged in "sensible succession planning" to replace director general Mark Thompson, following speculation about his departure. - more

Spotify boycotts 'alienate fans' Artists who withhold their albums from streaming services such as Spotify are in danger of antagonising their fans, an executive from record label Universal says. - more

Walliams writing autobiography The Britain's Got Talent judge reveals he is writing his life story and will call it Camp David. - more

Composer Clare Fischer dies at 83 Grammy-winning US jazz composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer has died at the age of 83. - more

NY Times overtaken by Mail Online The Mail Online overtakes the New York Times website as the most visited newspaper site on the web, according to new data. - more

Spider-Man designer Ishioka dies Oscar-winning costume designer Eiko Ishioka, whose designs were worn by Broadway actors and movie stars, dies of pancreatic cancer, aged 73. - more

Pythons 'set to reunite' for film Members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, including John Cleese and Michael Palin, are set to reunite for a film, according to Terry Jones. - more

C4 gypsy film prompts complaints Ofcom receives 289 complaints about Gypsy Blood, a documentary which included scenes of cock-fighting. - more

Trainer: Uggie the dog to retire Uggie, the 10-year-old canine star of Oscar-nominated hit The Artist, is 'getting tired'. - more

Actress Danes gets Hasty Pudding Actress Claire Danes is awarded this year's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year prize, in a colourful ceremony at Harvard University. - more

People who snubbed honours named The author Roald Dahl and artist Lucien Freud are revealed to be among those who have turned down honours from the Queen, as a secret list is published. - more

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Michael Jackson Immortalized at Hollywood Handprint Ceremony - more

'American Idol' Regains Some of Its Swagger at Texas Auditions - more

Rapper YG Talks Snoop Dogg Collaboration, Upcoming Movie & More - more

Chart Juice: Drake Stands 'Proud' Atop R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - more

Train's Pat Monahan Talks 'Drive By,' Following Up 'Hey Soul Sister' - more

Lenny Kravitz Gives 'Negrophilia' the Green Light - more

Track Review: Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, 'We Are Young' - more

Album Review: Seal, 'Soul 2' - more

Super Bowl Theme Music, Meet Dubstep - more

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Train Frontman Monahan Talks New Album Train's new single "Drive By" was released this month, with a new record on the way in the spring. - more

Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" Reaches #1 On iTunes Clarkson says "Thank y'all so much!!" on Twitter to her fans for sending "Stronger" to #1. - more

Quick Hits: Madonna, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Theory Of A Deadman, Slipknot, Carrie Underwood, Coldplay / Mumford & Sons / My Morning Jacket, Ben Folds Five - more

Slipknot To Headline Mayhem Festival The band will appear with Slayer, Anthrax and other Metal heavyweights this summer. - more

Quick Hits: Adele / Album Sales, Madonna, Drake, Etta James, Iggy Pop / Record Store Day, Wilco - more

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band To Launch U.S. Tour The first leg will cover the U.S. from March 18 to May 2 before the band heads to Europe. - more

Norah Jones Returns With Fifth Album This Spring The singer/songwriter worked with producer Danger Mouse on her new effort. - more

Quick Hits: Rihanna, Fiona Apple, Diddy, Halestorm, Motorhead, Neil Young, Everlast & Sublime With Rome, Aretha Franklin - more

Godsmack, Staind To Unleash Mass Chaos The two bands will do a co-headline tour in April and May. Halestorm will be the opening act. - more

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Joe Walsh Finishes New Album, Still Hates Government and Computers Joe Walsh is done with his new solo album, Analog Man. It is set for a release in May or June and will be his first solo set since 1992’s Songs for a Dying Planet. - more

AC/DC Comeback Delayed by Illness In a new interview with U.S. radio show The Cowhead Show, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson says the band’s new album plans have been delayed by illness. The singer revealed: “One of the boys is a little sick and I can’t say anything, but he’s getting better. He’s doing wonderful. Full recovery fully expected.” - more

Joe Satriani Releases 3D Movie Satchurated Guitar shredder Joe Satriani is releasing a 3D concert movie to theaters. Satchurated was filmed live on “The Wormhole Tour” in support of Satriani’s most recent studio album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, at the Metropolis in Montreal on December 12, 2010. - more

This Day in Music: January 27th Born on this day: 1918, Elmore James, blues guitarist and singer 1944, Nick Mason, drums, Pink Floyd 1946, Nedra Talley, vocals, The Ronettes 1951, Brian Downey, drums, Thin Lizzy 1957, Janick Gers, guitar, Iron Maiden 1961, Gillian Gilbert, keyboards, New Order 1968, Mike Patton, vocals, Faith No More 1968, Tricky, rapper 1969, Michael Kulas, vocals, James 1971, Lil Jon, producer, rapper - more

Hulk Hogan Almost Joined Metallica? Professional wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan was nearly a member of Metallica. The Hulkster revealed in an interview with The Sun that he used to be a good buddy of drummer Lars Ulrich. - more

Beatles Song Gets Makeover by the Flaming Lips and Wilco's Nels Cline It's no secret that the Flaming Lips are big Beatles fans. If you recall, late last year the alternative group posted a psychedelic cover of The Beatles' track 'I Am the Walrus'� on YouTube, and the patterned rendition has scored over 100,000 hits to date. - more

Etta James Album Sales Leap 378% Following Death Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it slips away. That seems to be the case with the late Etta James’ soulful songs. As reported by Billboard, James scored her highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200 chart this past week with The Best of Etta James – 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection, which rose from #162 to #46 with 8,000 copies sold, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan. That’s up 149% over the preceding week. Until now, the R&B/blues crooner had never surpassed #68 on the pop album charts, when At Last hit that spot in 1961. - more

Metallica, U2 and The Beatles are Good for the Brain! Feeling blue? Crank up some Metallica, and you'll feel better in no time! - more

Wilco Take on Popeye in New Music Video Wilco are going Gorillaz. Kind of. In the alt-rock band's latest music video for 'Dawned on Me,'� the Chicago gents joined up with King Features to get animated beside Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto and the whole Popeye crew. Watch the Darren Romanelli-directed video at the bottom of the page. - more

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Jackson kids honour late dad Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the "Thriller" singer's glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. - more

Cyrus bashed for 'sleazy' actions Miley Cyrus has come under fire from conservative campaigners in America after she was photographed posing suggestively with a phallic birthday cake. - more

Rose plans to wed Khalifa Kanye West's ex Amber Rose is all set on settling down with rapper Wiz Khalifa - once the busy couple can find time to be together for longer than a few days. - more

Photographer MacNaughtan dies Rush's longtime photographer Andrew MacNaughtan has died after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles. - more

Disney pulls Joy Division shirt Disney bosses have pulled a new Joy Division-inspired T-shirt from stores after fans of the cult British rock band expressed their outrage at the group's apparent association with the family entertainment brand. - more

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Moonspell Announces Metalfest Appearances Portugal's Moonspell has joined the line-up of this year's Metalfest shows. The dates and locations can be viewed below. Moonspell also recently announced the new album 'Alpha Noir' will be released on April 27th, 2012. Check out the band's full statement about the album and it's companion 'Omega White' at this location. 31.05.-02.06.2012 Min... - more

Foscor Releasing 10 Year Anniversary DVD "Deu Anys Vers La Foscor" It's been ten years since black metal act Foscor released its debut album, and 2012 will see the band celebrating the decade with a series of events starting off with a show at the Sala KGB in Barcelona on the 28th January, where the group will also launch new commemorative merchandise and the release of a new DVD. A teaser trailer for the DVD can ... - more

SPV/Steamhammer Offers Condolences to Riot Member's Friends and Family SPV/Steamhammer, the label that released Riot's last album 'Immortal Soul' featuring founding member and guitarist, Mark Reale, issued the following statement concerning Mark's passing. 'With deep sadness we have to say goodbye to one of the most underrated guitar players and composers on this planet: Mark Reale. - more

Folkstone Announces New LP "Il Confine"; Italian Tour Dates Italian folk band Folkstone announced that the title of the band's forthcoming third LP will be 'Il Confine' and is scheduled for release on March 16, 2012 through the band at its official website. In December, the band announced that they will not use a record label for the new album, stating: 'This is why we want to be free from any obligation?an... - more

Cold Rush Streaming New Song "Daily Crime" German dark/industrial/gothic metal band Cold Rush are streaming the new song 'Daily Crime.' The track features new vocalist Matthias Kupka and will appear on the band's forthcoming sophomore effort 'Disclosing the Vicious Seed,' which will see a 2012 release. The band describes the sound of the new material as 'more mature, without changing the ch... - more

Visions Of Atlantis Announces Title Of New Album As "Ethera" Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis announced that the new album will be entitled 'Ethera.' The album will be the fifth release from the band and the second full length album with vocalist Maxi Nil. The band is currently recording 'Ethera' in Italy with producers Fabio D'Amore, bassist for label and country mates Serenity and Ivan Mon... - more

Paradise Lost Announces "Tragic Idols" U.K. Tour With Insomnium U.K. gothic metal legends Paradise Lost announced a spring tour of the U.K. with Finnish melodic death metal act Insomnium to commence April 16, 2012. The band will tour in support of the forthcoming new album 'Tragic Idols' on April 23, 2012 through Century Media Records. For dates and venues, check out the tour poster here: - more

The Obscene Unveils Album Artwork For "Architects Of Deliverance" U.K. death metal newcomers The Obscene posted the artwork for the band's upcoming debut full length release 'Architects of Deliverance.' The album should be completed in June 2012 with a release date later in the year. In 2011, the band issued an EP entitled 'The Torment Of Sinners' through Pest Records. Check out the album cover for 'Architects... - more

Former Crucachan Vocalist Gilligan To Join Band Live In Dublin In the latest post on Facebook for the Irish folk metal band Cruachan, the band announced that original vocalist Karen Gilligan will join the band on a one off show in Dublin on April 14, 2012 at the Village Venue in Dublin City, Ireland. Gilligan sang and played percussion on the band's first five LP's having left the band in 2008 prior to the ban... - more

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Ministry of Sound plead with Boris Johnson to save the iconic club Club bosses have also invited the Mayor down to the South London venue - more

Spotify passes three million paying subscribers Streaming service now has 20% of its subscribers forking out each month - more

Beyonce becomes the subject of a US university course Students can study 'Politicising Beyonce' in the Women's and Gender Studies department at Rutgers University - more

Chemical Brothers launch 'Don't Think' in front of Keira Knightley, Klaxons and Matt Smith Dance duo's new film will be in cinemas next month - more

John Hurt to be given Outstanding Contribution To Cinema BAFTA Veteran actor will receive special honour at ceremony next month - more

Hear Marcus Collins' cover of the White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army' – audio The 'X Factor' finalist's reworking of Jack and Meg's classic has been unveiled - more

Lake of Stars festival in Malawi cancelled Foals headlined the 2011 event in Africa - more

Lana Del Rey to re-release her debut 'Lizzy Grant' album The 'Video Games' singer released her first album in 2010 - more

Citizens! to undertake full UK tour next month – ticket details Band follow NME Awards Show with full run of dates - more

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Guitarist Mick Ralphs Recalls Exit From Mott The Hoople, Birth Of Bad Company As the swashbuckling British guitar player for glam pioneers Mott The Hoople and later, rock and roll fantasy weavers Bad Company, Mick Ralphs has played a significant part in creating a number of A-side singles with both bands that have become airplay classics. In the absence of current activity with either project, Ralphs is presently fronting a blues cover project revisiting the early tracks that influenced him heavily as a [...] - more

Ian Anderson Explains Why Jethro Tull's Not on the 'Thick as a Brick' Tour After nearly 45 years as a professional musician, Jethro Tull‘s Ian Anderson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the classic Tull album ‘Thick As A Brick’ by playing the album in its entirety for the first time since 1972. There are very specific reasons that he’s touring the album performances under his own name and not under the Jethro Tull banner. “Back in 1972, when I tried to play ‘Thick [...] - more

Bret Michaels, Steve Vai, Sharon Osbourne Tapped for Grammy Foundation Event Bret Michaels, Steve Vai and Sharon Osbourne have all been tapped for the Grammy Foundation’s 14th Annual Music Preservation Project event. “One Night Only: A Celebration of the Live Music Experience� takes place on Feb. 9 in Beverly Hills. Michaels will perform and close out the event, while Vai and Osbourne will handle the co-hosting duties. They should have some interesting chemistry, right? The event also features live music from [...] - more

Hulk Hogan Says He Was Almost in Metallica According to Hulk Hogan, he came thisclose to joining an early version of Metallica. The former WWF champion wrestler and star of ‘Hogan Knows Best’ told the British paper The Sun that he and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich were BFFs during Hogan’s days as a session musician. “I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler,” explained the Hulkster. “I played bass guitar. I was big pals [...] - more

Steven Tyler Two-Steps Into Texas on 'American Idol' Welcome to Texas, y’all! The ‘American Idol‘ judges — including, of course, our own Steven Tyler — hit the Lone Star state for the Thursday night audition show. “It’s still hard for me to tell somebody they suck,” he said. And then, as if on cue, we saw a guy who sucked harder than an Aerosmith groupie. At least Steven broke it to him gently. A young girl who did [...] - more

Van Halen, 'China Town' - Song Preview We’re very pleased to bring you an exciting clip of perhaps the heaviest song to emerge so far from the new Van Halen album, ‘China Town.’ The full version of the track will arrive Feb. 7 along with the rest of ‘A Different Kind of Truth,’ the group’s first album with original lead singer David Lee Roth in 28 years. This barreling number kicks off with a typically dazzling Eddie [...] - more

Daily Rewind: Riot Guitarist Mark Reale, Journey, Van Halen + More Today we’ve got sad news about the death of Riot founding guitarist Mark Reale, the arrest of Journey drummer Deen Castronovo for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, and the debut of the Van Halen song ‘Stay Frosty’ on ‘CSI.’ Plus, check out a Jimi Hendrix portrait made from thousands of thumbtacks, a Flaming Lips cover of the Beatles’ ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ and our readers’ poll of the best [...] - more

Motley Crue to Star in Kia Super Bowl Commercial With Supermodel + MMA Fighter What do rock ‘n’ roll’s baddest boys (Motley Crue), a super hot Victoria’s Secret Model (Adriana Lima) and an MMA fighter (Chuck Liddell) have in common? They all star in an upcoming Kia Motors commercial. The spot is set to air during the most watched TV event of the year: The Super Bowl. The commercial, which taps in the phenomena of dreams, will air during the fourth quarter of the [...] - more

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Doobie Brothers Set for 2012 Simple Man Cruise Lynyrd Skynyrd have signed on host and curate the 2012 Simple Man Cruise, a floating rock ‘n’ roll party set for Oct. 27-31 on Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest luxury liner, the Pearl. The cruise, which sets sail from Miami, will feature about a dozen different bands rocking the ship, including Skynyrd, the Doobie Brothers and up-and-coming Southern rockers like Blackberry Smoke and the Dirty Guv’nahs. “The infamous Simple Man Cruise [...] - more

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Reale succumbs to coma Riot founding guitarist Mark dies at age of 56 without regaining consciousness after a near lifelong battle against Crohn’s Disease [read more] - more

Health alert halts AC/DC album Singer Johnson reveals Aussie giants are waiting for a band member to recuperate – but say won’t say which one [read more] - more

One-liners: ‘We consider the balls to be suggestive' Steel Panther ad ban, Travis Barker nude pic legal action plus Van Halen, Crue, Extreme, Priest and classic versus rock [read more] - more

McKagan: ‘Stop SOPA' dog pile is slap in my face Bassist rages at those opposed to anti-piracy legislation as online war hots up – while Reznor, Trivium support ‘no’ campaign [read more] - more

Iommi won't stop for cancer Geezer reveals Tony has written two Sabbath songs after lymphoma diagnosis – and vows band’s engines are up and running [read more] - more

Reiner kept saying I wasn't really in Anvil Ex-bassist Glenn tells of drummer’s “disrespectful” attitude – and says he wanted out of movie-star band before follow-up began shooting [read more] - more

Riot Reale fighting for life Band pleads for prayers as they reveal guitarist is in coma after brain haemorrhage in continuing battle against Crohn’s Disease [read more] - more

Gary Glitter comeback question “Official” Twitter account claims shamed glam star is heading back on stage – fans react in favour while doubts remain [read more] - more

Draiman warns cyber-bullies: think before you type Disturbed frontman David rails against explosion of online aggression – and urges people to remember the written word carries consequences [read more] - more

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CD Review: UFO - Seven Deadly In 2012, despite the departure of Pete Way due to health reasons -- things are well in UFO land. - more

CD Review: Starjunkies - Everything You Need Italian based sleaze-metal outfit Starjunkies are a hard band to generalize. - more

Hangfire, Featuring Former Tigertailz Member, Release New Music Video Southern Welsh rockers Hangfire have released the second single from the upcoming album 'Shoot The Crow'. - more

Steel Panther Poster Gets Banned For Being 'Overtly Sexual' An 'overtly sexual' adverting campaign featuring a semi-naked model leaning back in a pose 'suggestive of an orgasm' has been banned - more

Cats In Boots' 'Kicked And Klawed' Reissued With Bonus Track Front man extrodainare Joel Ellis and Demon Doll Records have teamed up once again to bring you one of the best hair metal releases of the 80's. - more

Journey Drummer Arrested For Assualting Girlfriend Deen Castronovo, the current touring drummer for Journey, was popped this weekend in Oregon for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend - more

Riot Founder Mark Reale Passes Away At Age 56 Riot founder and guitarist Mark Reale has passed away after a lifelong battle with Crohn's disease -- he was 56 years old. - more

Lillian Axe Post 'XI: The Days Before Tomorrow' Album Teaser Lillian Axe will release 'XI: The Days Before Tomorrow' on January 27th through AFM Records. - more

Kissin' Dynamite Return With "Money, Sex And Power" Video The brand new Kissin' Dynamite video clip "Money, Sex And Power", taken from the band's upcoming album of the same name, is now online. - more

Duff McKagan Wonders Where The Public Outrage Over Internet Piracy Is Duff McKagan has spoken his mind regarding the recent SOPA/PIPA anti-piracy legislation battle. - more

Best Of 2011 Contest - Enter To Win Another year has come and gone, and once again Sleaze Roxx wants to know what the music fans thought were the best CDs of the year -- in exchange for some cool prizes - more

Alice Cooper Featured In Frank Zappa 'From Straight To Bizarre' DVD From Straight To Bizarre', starring Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper and La's Lunatic Fringe, comes out on DVD February 21 - more

Concert Review: Y And T in germany When I closed my eyes Dave Meniketti took me back to 1983 when rock was power and melody - more

BlancaWhite Streaming Paul Shortino Sung Single On Sleaze Roxx BlancaWhite have teamed up with Sleaze Roxx to deliver the title track from the band's new album 'Resurgence Of Rock', sung by King Kobra and Rough Cutt vocalist Paul Shortino. - more

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Unreleased ABBA track on new album (AP) AP - Mamma Mia, here they go again. - more

AP Interview: Chris Isaak makes Memphis album (AP) AP - Chris Isaak is returning to the roots of rock 'n' roll and doing it old-school: All in one take. - more

McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic' finally hits streets (AP) AP - Tim McGraw's long-delayed album 'Emotional Traffic' has the attention of Music Row this week as it finally hits the streets. - more

Top stars cover Bob Dylan songs for Amnesty Int'l (AP) AP - Anyone who ever doubted the transformative power of Bob Dylan's music need only look to Ke$ha. - more

Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73 (AP) AP - Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer Lopez, has died in Tokyo. She was 73. - more

Michael Jackson's legacy cemented by children (Reuters) - more

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar (AP) - more

Kenny Chesney leads ACM Awards nominations with 9 (AP) AP - Kenny Chesney's steamy duet, 'You and Tequila' with Grace Potter, continues to radiate heat. - more

Merle Haggard returns to Calif. home to recuperate (AP) - more

Ne-Yo wants to integrate music as new Motown VP (AP) AP - Ne-Yo has a dream: He believes the record industry is segregated, and has hopes of changing that as the new senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Motown Records. - more

Leonard Cohen's new take on "Old Ideas" (Reuters) - more

Kenny Chesney leads Academy of Country Music nominees (Reuters) - more

Adele reigns Billboard chart in slow week (Reuters) - more

ABBA to launch revamped final album, with new track (Reuters) - more

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