Reuters - Oct 30, 2008
Sarah Brightman says life is completely crazy at the moment, and with a new holiday album, a tour and her debut film role, who's going to doubt her? The British singer kicks off a seven-week tour...
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British singer Sarah Brightman and China's Liu Huan will sing at Friday's opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, organizers said on Wednesday. Brightman, best known for her appearances in...
More »Reuters - Jan 12, 2008
Call it unique artistic vision or simply creative chutzpah, but few artists would feature such disparate duet partners as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Spanish vocalist Fernando Lima and Kiss' Paul...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Dolly Parton doesn t know what the big fuss is about. Hoping to dispel the tongue-wagging set off by Jessica Simpson s less-than-stellar rendition of 9 to 5 during the 29th Annual Kennedy Center...
More »Reuters - Nov 12, 2006
New releases by two popular music legends offer another twist to the classical crossover tale. Paul McCartney and Sting have literally crossed over from their traditional pop-rock leanings to classical...
More »Reuters - Dec 17, 2005
The classical chart story of the year is undoubtedly Il Divo, a vocal quartet assembled by Simon Cowell of American Idol fame. While in past years the classical crossover charts were largely ruled by...
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 - Jul 23, 2004
Are stadium tours extinct? Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from this summer s landscape. A mere decade ago, such tours...
More »AP - Jul 20, 2004
Josh Groban had an artistic homecoming Monday, returning to the art school that he says did much to launch his career as a singer and songwriter. I ve been dreaming of coming back here, the 23-year...
More »Reuters - Apr 5, 2004
Sarah Brightman tasted teenage fame as a disco diva and then shot to international stardom in Phantom of the Opera. Now, after selling 15 million albums around the world and carving out a career as...
More »Reuters - Apr 5, 2004
Sarah Brightman s Harem world tour has turned into an unexpected ray of sunshine for organizers. The 46-date North American arena leg wrapped March 18 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. It sold 225,...
More »Reuters - Dec 19, 2003
While the rest of the music business is hurting, the concert industry continues to break records. Still, some unsettling trends are casting a cloud over the touring business. With $2.2 billion in...
More »Reuters - Dec 15, 2003
Iraqi pop stars, tainted by association with Saddam Hussein s rule, are slowly making a comeback, but, as in politics, it s the exiles who are hogging the limelight. Iraq once had dozens of young pop...
More »AP - Dec 1, 2003
Making his first trip to China, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli on Monday called for more cultural exchanges as a way of boosting understanding among people. Events such as his Shanghai visit are good...
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