AP - Mar 14, 2007
Grammy-winning trumpeter Phil Driscoll reported to federal prison this week to begin a one-year tax evasion sentence after a judge denied his request to remain free while he appeals the conviction....
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are running down a few thousand Hells Angels. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are revving up to headline the inaugural Rock n the Rally, a five-day summer music festival...
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are slated to join Keith Urban, the Black Crowes, Big & Rich and Nickelback at Rock n the Valley, a five-day music festival to be held this August in South Dakota during...
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American Idol finalist Taylor Hicks returned home to Alabama on Friday with a made-for-TV visit that included a parade, a visit with the governor and some down-home Southern food he just can t get while...
More »AP - Jun 5, 2005
Music retailers are turning to high-tech firms that combine computer analysis with the art of listening to come up with new music suggestions for consumers based on what they already like. In a computer...
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Canadian guitarist Domenic Donnie Troiano died May 25 at his home in Toronto after a long fight with cancer. He was 59. Born in Modugno, Italy, and a naturalized Canadian since 1955, Troiano was a...
More »E! Online - Feb 9, 2005
Apparently the Super Bowl wasn t the only big game last week. Compton rapper the Game returned to number one with The Documentary a week after being displaced by country star Kenny Chesney s Be As...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
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...
More »Reuters - Nov 16, 2004
Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and Interscope Records on Tuesday set a Dec. 7 release for an eight-CD soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Take-Two s blockbuster criminal...
More »Reuters - Sep 7, 2004
Reunited British new wave duo Tears for Fears will release its first album in 15 years Sept. 14 on a new label launched by Universal Music Enterprises, the catalog arm of the world s largest record company...
More »Reuters - Jun 13, 2004
The American Film Institute s upcoming TV special focuses on movie songs. John Travolta hosts AFI s 100 Years ... 100 Songs: America s Greatest Music in the Movies, airing June 22 on CBS. The designated...
More »AP - Jun 11, 2004
Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style. Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73. Ray Charles had a string of hits...
More »Reuters - Jun 4, 2004
The 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards dinner June 10 in New York will be another star-studded affair. But this year s ceremony, which honors songwriting legends, also will include an announcement of...
More »Reuters - May 26, 2004
Two Southern teenagers who are contestants on the popular television program American Idol will learn on Wednesday which one will become the country s next instant pop star. Millions of television...
More »E! Online - Jan 21, 2004
Once again OutKast didn t spend too much time cast out of the top slot. A week after being displaced on the album chart by Josh Groban s Closer, the Polaroid-shaking duo was back at number one with...
More »USRN - Aug 31, 2000
(9/1/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Promoting his new album, No Ordinary World, Joe Cocker kicks off a North American tour on Sunday (Sept. 3) in Aspen, Colo., beginning a three-month trek around the continent. Cocker...
More »USRN - Jul 19, 2000
(7/19/00, 7 a.m. ET) - An August 22 release date has been set for No Ordinary World, the new album by British song stylist Joe Cocker. The 14-track album features songs by a variety of big-name writers...
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