AP - Aug 12, 2009
Neil Diamond is so excited about his two latest projects, it s like he has twins on the way. They re due Friday, when Diamond s concert DVD, Hot August Night/NYC, lands in Walmart stores and a companion...
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Boston s Fourth of July celebration will include a performance by Neil Diamond, whose Sweet Caroline is an anthem of sorts for Red Sox fans. Diamond will join conductor Keith Lockhart...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2009
Jennifer Hudson s stirring vocals on Holly Holy and Coldplay s stripped-down version of I m A Believer helped take Neil Diamond on a musical journey of his career. They joined Foo Fighters, Tim McGraw...
More »AP - Feb 5, 2009
No, it s not a celebrity karaoke contest: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Kid Rock, Jennifer Hudson and Jonas Brothers are offering up their takes on Neil Diamond s songbook to raise money for charity, honor...
More »Reuters - Nov 19, 2008
Neil Diamond is about to embark on the final leg of his latest world tour, but he's already put his next album in motion. The veteran singer and Rick Rubin, who produced his last two albums, will...
More »Reuters - Oct 2, 2008
This is like the Greek Theater with goiter Neil Diamond said Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl, referring to his performance 36 years ago that resulted in his hit album Hot August Night. The first of two...
More »Reuters - Aug 27, 2008
Singer and songwriter Neil Diamond is offering audiences of a recent Ohio concert a refund and asking for their forgiveness after he performed with a raspy voice earlier this week. Diamond, 67, was...
More »Reuters - Apr 17, 2008
With a new album due out in three weeks, Neil Diamond is getting ready to hit the road for the first time since 2005. He will begin a 37-city tour of North America on July 19 in St. Paul, Minn. It wraps...
More »AP - Apr 15, 2008
Neil Diamond, who is releasing a new album next month and embarking on a new tour this summer, says both projects mark the best — and hardest work — of his career. This is the most technically...
More »Reuters - May 14, 2007
Rick Rubin's long-rumored move to Columbia Records is now official, although there are no details yet on what the Grammy-winning producer's exact role will be at the label or where he will be...
More »AP - Feb 5, 2007
Rick Rubin is a healthy reminder of the danger in relying on superficial impressions. He s a bearish man with long, flowing hair, a bushy beard and ever-present dark sunglasses. See him at a club and...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »AP - Aug 27, 2006
At 76 years old, America s oldest teenager made a jovial yet touching appearance during a special Emmys tribute Sunday. Dick Clark, still recuperating from a 2004 stroke, seemed moved by the warm standing...
More »AP - May 31, 2006
The Dixie Chicks appear to be more popular than the president these days. President Bush s approval rating has plummeted, but the Chicks are on top of the pop and country charts with their first album...
More »Reuters - May 24, 2006
Following a trio of hammering numbers that opened Tuesday s show at the Avalon in Hollywood, Gomez turned to the new, gentle See the World, a variation on the stop-and-smell-the-roses theme. The contrast...
More »AP - Feb 2, 2006
Music executives love to blame illegal downloading for their industry s woes. But, based on the results of a new nationwide poll, they might want to look in the mirror. Eighty percent of the respondents...
More »E! Online - Jan 25, 2006
Another week, another game of musical chairs between Mary J. Blige and Jamie Foxx. Ever since their albums opened in the top two spots on the Billboard 200 late last month, Blige s The Breakthrough...
More »E! Online - Dec 30, 2005
Mick and the boys will surely get some satisfaction out of this. The Rolling Stones raked in $162 million in concert ticket sales in 2005, becoming the top-grossing tour both of the year, but of all...
More »AP - Dec 29, 2005
Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of tickets sold declined for the...
More »Reuters - Nov 26, 2005
SINGLE: JUST FEEL BETTER. Santana s previous I m Feeling You, the been-there-heard-that first single from his new All That I Am, showed that any acclaimed musician can fall victim to complacence. Second...
More »AP - Nov 19, 2005
The song was only six years old, but might just as well have been 60. Walking out of a college dormitory after visiting a friend one December night 25 years ago, I heard John Lennon s sweet song of...
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