- Marie Osmond cancels Las Vegas shows for the week
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AP - Donny and Marie Osmond are canceling their shows this week at the Flamingo Las Vegas hotel while she copes with the death of her son.
- Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar
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AP - Country singer Justin Moore knows his fans can get rowdy — maybe sometimes to a fault.
- We're gonna rock around Westminster tonight
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Reuters - Politicians are usually reviled in rock songs. But four British members of parliament (MPs) from opposing parties have come together in a band and are now launching their first album, "Cross Party."
- Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years
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AP - Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet" was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it's easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival.
- Norteno star denies knowledge of playing for gang
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AP - Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala said the lights went out, people started running and he and his band hit the floor when the Mexican military raided a drug cartel's holiday party in December.
- Gary Allan talks `Pain,' family and country music
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AP - When Gary Allan was 15, his father refused to sign his first record contract. He thought his son was an imitator.
- Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to front World Cup concert
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Reuters - The Black Eyed Peas, Shakira and Alicia Keys will be among scores of music stars performing at a concert on the eve of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, organizers said on Wednesday. The concert in South Africa's biggest black township Soweto will be on June 10, a day before the start of the month-long World Cup, which is being hosted for the first time in Africa.
- Rapper DMX ordered to 6 months in Phoenix jail
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AP - A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation.
- Judge OKs settlement in deadly Lear jet crash
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AP - A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.
- Sony bets MJ fans won't stop 'til they get enough
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AP - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded "quite recently," some in collaboration with other artists.
- Rolling Stones tunes supply 'Idol' surprises
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AP - Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol."
- Warrant issued for Lil Wayne in Arizona case
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AP - An Arizona judge issued a bench warrant Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne after he failed to appear for a hearing on drug and weapons charges because he is serving jail time in New York.
- Sony in new music deal with Michael Jackson estate
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Reuters - The King of Pop is dead; long live the King of Pop.
- Dixie Chicks touring for first time since 2006
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Reuters - The Dixie Chicks will tour for the first time in four years this summer when the country trio opens for the Eagles on a brief North American stadium tour.
- Teen idol Justin Bieber begins tour in June
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Reuters - Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber will begin his first headlining tour of North America on June 23 in Hartford, Conn., he said Tuesday, a week before his new album hits stores.
- Abba, Genesis inducted into rock's Hall of Fame
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Reuters - Pop band Abba was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday in a ceremony that honored genres from the Swedish group's catchy tunes to the theatrical British rock band Genesis and reggae master Jimmy Cliff.
- Kings of Leon begin North America tour in June
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Reuters - Kings of Leon will begin a North American amphitheater tour in Atlantic City on June 5, the rock band said Monday.
- Fans go Gaga for video as Lady unveils new shows
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Reuters - Glam pop singer Lady Gaga on Monday announced 31 U.S. concert dates as her fans went wild for a controversial new music video that features R&B star Beyonce and lesbian prison sex.
- Tegan & Sara in rare collaboration for new album
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Reuters - Tegan & Sara's latest album, "Sainthood," has opened the door for the two to spend more time writing together.
- Warner Music, KKR/Bertelsmann mull EMI bid
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Reuters - Warner Music Group executives are talking with KKR/Bertelsmann, a private equity-backed music joint venture, about a potential joint bid for beleaguered music company EMI Group, according to two people familiar with the talks.