Reuters - Jan 25, 2010
Veteran pop star Tina Turner may yet call her troupe of dancers out for another world tour, though for the moment she prefers home-cooked dinners and a stress-free life. Sitting in the front row at the...
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There's always been something larger than life about Tina Turner, but sometimes these realizations don't actually hit home until one sees the R&B dynamo suspended 30 feet above a crowd of 15,000...
More »AP - Oct 2, 2008
After an eight-year hiatus, Tina Turner brought her famous voice and energy back to the stage Wednesday, opening her 36-date North American tour with a hit-filled concert at the Sprint Center. The 68...
More »Reuters - Aug 12, 2008
Tina Turner has recorded two new songs for a compilation CD that will be released just in time for the October 1 start of her comeback tour in Kansas City, Mo. It Would Be a Crime and I'm Ready...
More »Reuters - Feb 10, 2008
Tina Turner took a break from retirement in Europe to perform a duet with R&B singer Beyonce at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the soul legend's first concert performance in more than seven years....
More »AP - Feb 10, 2008
At age 68, Tina Turner kept those fabled legs largely covered by a silver pantsuit. But she proved she could still shake em. The singer was given a generous three-song spotlight on Sunday s Grammy Awards...
More »AP - Jan 16, 2008
Rock n roll pioneer Ike Turner s death last month at age 76 was caused by a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner s office said Wednesday. We are listing that he abused cocaine, and...
More »E! Online - Jan 16, 2008
Ike Turner went to prison because of cocaine. And, according to coroner investigators, he went to his grave for the same reason. Turner, the revered and reviled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician who...
More »E! Online - Dec 12, 2007
Ike Turner wasn't interested in a past he never got past. Turner, the self-styled "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" whose reputation as a music pioneer and fearsome live act was forever...
More »AP - May 17, 2007
She was an amazing talent, a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot. Remembering the aspiring star, music executive...
More »Reuters - Feb 16, 2007
From Grammy Award nominee to free agent: singer-songwriter Tamar survived a wild ride on the music industry roller coaster last year, finding her solo project shelved but reaping a Grammy nomination for...
More »E! Online - Dec 15, 2006
For someone who s had less than glowing words for the goings-on at American Idol, Justin Timberlake seems to have no problem participating in a copycat competition. The four-time nominee has signed...
More »Reuters - Sep 2, 2006
Playing its first U.S. show ever, Australia s Radio Birdman lived up to its reputation as a legendary cult band powered by bluster and sheer nerve. While the group briefly reunited Down Under in 1996...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »Reuters - Jul 26, 2006
Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell will sing the main title song for the upcoming James Bond film Casino Royale. Cornell, perhaps best known as the frontman for defunct Seattle rock group Soundgarden...
More »AP - Apr 25, 2006
Enough with the boxing and baseball and gridiron flicks. Hollywood has decided that the best spectator sport is the good old spelling bee. We ve had a mini-flurry, first the wonderful documentary Spellbound...
More »Reuters - Dec 4, 2005
50 Cent is lighting up movie houses, but Saturday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Kanye West proved that he s hip-hop s brightest star: His 100-minute set showed the sophistication and class so often...
More »Reuters - Nov 6, 2005
Legendary singer/songwriter Sam Cooke had a dream. So did biographer Peter Guralnick. Their visions intertwine in Guralnick s new book, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. This is something I...
More »Reuters - Sep 23, 2005
She s the woman who puts sequins and feathers on the funky blues, label executive Aaron Fuchs says of Joshie Jo Armstead. The soul singer launched her self-released compilation Red Hot last month at...
More »AP - Aug 23, 2005
Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe s skull, Elvis Presley s pelvis and Madonna s bellybutton. Spin charts the 25 most incredible rock star body parts...
More »E! Online - Aug 17, 2005
No disrespect to Harry Potter, but J.K. Rowling isn t the only one who knows how to write a great chapter. New England rockers Staind have landed their third consecutive chart-topping album on the...
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