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  • Analysis: Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry.

    May 16, 2012, 11:21 pm

  • OneRepublic drummer Eddie Fisher arrested in Denver

    DENVER (Reuters) - Drummer Eddie Fisher of the alternative rock band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver on Tuesday on suspicion of assault, disturbing the peace and destruction of private property, police said.

    May 16, 2012, 1:11 pm

  • MTV's Video Music Awards get a big new location

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The MTV Video Music Awards ceremony is getting some roomier new digs.

    May 16, 2012, 11:49 am

  • Review: Willie Nelson's son also rises on "Heroes"

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Everyone remembers the most galvanizing moment of this year's Grammys - when the telecast cut to commercial and, over a Chipotle ad, we heard a studio recording of Willie Nelson singing Coldplay's "The Scientist."

    May 16, 2012, 11:48 am

  • 'X Factor' may be singing "Oops!..." over Britney

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Simon Cowell and Fox television are gambling on pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato to revive "The X Factor", but for many media watchers it could be a case of "Oops!..." did they do it again?

    May 16, 2012, 8:42 am

  • 'X Factor' may be singing "Oops!..." over Britney

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Simon Cowell and Fox television are gambling on pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato to revive "The X Factor", but for many media watchers it could be a case of "Oops!..." did they do it again?

    May 16, 2012, 6:08 am

  • Bret Michaels settles case with CBS, Tonys over injury

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock singer Bret Michaels has settled a lawsuit he filed against the Tony Awards and CBS for damages to his head after a stage set piece knocked him down and he claimed it contributed to a brain hemorrhage he later suffered.

    May 16, 2012, 5:04 am

  • Lady Gaga gagged in Indonesia after Islamic opposition

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to perform in the Indonesian capital next month over security concerns, police said on Tuesday, after Islamic groups voiced strong objections to her "vulgar" style.

    May 15, 2012, 10:47 pm

  • Get Lawless with Lucy and friends

    With a cluster of high grade musical and comedic friends, Lucy Lawless is inviting the people of Auckland to a "one night only" event of rock'n'roll'n'revellry.

    May 15, 2012, 5:13 pm

  • "Glee" album a po(m)p and circumstance-themed "Graduation"

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Lest they take over Dick Clark's old title as the "world's oldest teenagers," some of the "Glee" kids are finally graduating (from high school, if not the series).

    May 15, 2012, 12:18 pm

  • Cowell vows to "kick butt" with new "Factor" stars

    NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato officially joined the U.S. version of "The X Factor" on Monday, leading creator Simon Cowell to pledge the second season would "seriously kick butt" when it returns in September.

    May 15, 2012, 10:54 am

  • Britney Spears, Demi Lovato are new "X Factor" judges

    (Reuters) - Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato will join talent show "The X Factor" as judges when the U.S. version of the contest returns to television in September, Fox television and the show's creator Simon Cowell said on Monday.

    May 15, 2012, 9:22 am

  • Senegal singer to stage African show for Olympics

    WODOBERE, Senegal (AFP) - Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has announced plans to show the world all "Africa has that is beautiful" during the Olympic Games in Britain in the summer.

    May 15, 2012, 1:09 am

  • Booker T. & the MGs bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn dies at 70

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of Booker T. & the MGs whose thick bottom grooves anchored many of the classic soul hits from the 1960s, has died on tour in Japan, his friend and bandmate Steve Cropper said on Sunday.

    May 14, 2012, 9:29 pm

  • Comeback crooner carries Britain's Eurovision hopes

    LONDON (AFP) - Britain's hopes of ending its dismal run at the Eurovision Song Contest rest with 76-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck, whose last hit was in the 1970s -- but the choice could prove to be inspired.

    May 14, 2012, 5:05 am

  • Jury convicts man of murdering singer Hudson's family members

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois jury on Friday found the former brother-in-law of Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson guilty of murdering three members of her family in 2008.

    May 12, 2012, 3:11 pm

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