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No Doubt apologizes, pulls offensive music video
No Doubt has pulled its new cowboys-and-Indians-themed music video and is apologizing to Native Americans and others offended by the clip. In a ...
US election fascinates Chinese; some envy voters
Where can a pop star score a hit by talking about the U.S. Electoral College for 33 minutes? In China, where Gao Xiaosong's straightforward ...
Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage
Brazil's "pop-star priest" is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus ...
'What can I do?': New Yorkers seek ways to help
Normally on a Saturday morning, Erica Siegel, a 33-year-old real estate agent, would be working or taking a run. But this weekend found her packing ...
Singer Aimee Mann debuts 'Sandy' song
Singer Aimee Mann has a new song born of her experience riding out this week's superstorm in a Brooklyn hotel. Called "Sandy" and sung to the tune of ...
Heidi Klum to make this year's EMA's super sexy
Supermodel Heidi Klum promises to bring a "super-sexy" feel to the 2012 MTV European Music Awards when she hosts the show in Germany on Nov. 11.
Crash kills Suicide Silence singer Mitchell Lucker
Mitchell Lucker, frontman for the death-metal band rising star Suicide Silence, died Thursday of injuries in a Southern California motorcycle crash.
Springsteen pays tribute to storm-damaged NJ coast
New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen says his home state will rebound from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy. During a stop at the Jordan ...
Winners at the 46th annual CMA Awards
Winners of the 46th annual Country Music Association Awards presented Thursday night in Nashville: Entertainer of the Year: Blake Shelton. Album of ...
Indie pop group Alt-J take Britain's Mercury Prize
Indie pop quartet Alt-J has won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize, beating more established acts to the 20,000 pound (roughly $32,000) prize at the ...
Kendrick Lamar makes splash with major label debut
When Kendrick Lamar submitted the initial version of his new album, "good kid, m.A.A.d city," the rapper planned on heading back to the studio to ...
Bill Dees, co-writer of 'Oh, Pretty Woman,' dies
Bill Dees emerged from his days as an out-of-cash young songwriter to pen tunes recorded by Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn and other country music greats, ...
Ryans take their 3 children out for Halloween
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took his three children trick-or-treating in their Wisconsin hometown of Janesville on Halloween.
Royals fight Alzheimer's, hope to raise money
Day by day, Alzheimer's disease is robbing Edith Royal of her beloved husband Darrell. "He's in his childhood now," she said in an interview this week ...
Graphic Guns N' Roses Vegas poster draws criticism
A county commissioner in Las Vegas says she regrets the board temporarily renamed a street in honor of Guns N' Roses after finding out about the ...
Vietnam sentences 2 songwriters to prison terms
Two musicians in Vietnam whose topical songs are popular among overseas Vietnamese were sentenced to prison Tuesday, prompting criticism from the ...
Iran orchestra finale rings of hard-line pressure
It was a VIP audience for what was likely the last performance of the venerable Tehran Symphony Orchestra. Watching from the front row in late August ...
Eric Church storms CMAs by doing it his own way
Eric Church expects to be angry when he walks out on the stage to perform during the Country Music Association Awards. The rising country music star ...
Pandora refreshes iPhone, Android apps
Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps — showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share ...
Obama's iPod a bit like his electorate _ varied
President Barack Obama's iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool. Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical ...
Musicians: Iran's national orchestra disbanded
The Iranian national symphony orchestra has been disbanded for lack of funds, musicians said Monday, another sign of the effects of Western economic ...
Mexico City school seeks to dignify mariachi music
In the golden age of mariachi, thousands of music lovers would crowd into theaters and fancy restaurants or fill the Plaza Garibaldi in the heart of ...
German composer Hans Werner Henze dies at 86
German composer Hans Werner Henze, whose prolific and wide-ranging work included a wealth of operas and 10 symphonies, died Saturday, his publisher ...
Voodoo adds tent camping to festival experience
The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience is bringing a European music festival experience to New Orleans with overnight tent camping and more ...
NY Philharmonic renews director Gilbert's contract
The New York Philharmonic is extending the contract of Music Director Alan Gilbert through the 2016-17 season. "Alan Gilbert is an innovative and ...