Music

La Scala presents Wagner's Ring cycle this week
Daniel Barenboim is conducting the first week-long presentation of Wagner's Ring cycle at La Scala since 1938. "Der Ring des Nibelungen," which begins ...
Paul McCartney carries the weight at Bonnaroo
Even a former Beatle needs a moment standing on the main stage at Bonnaroo. A few songs into his transcendent first set at the massive Bonnaroo Music ...
Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John at Songwriters Hall
Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner's hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a ...
Reggae star stabbing death inquest opens in UK
A British coroner on Wednesday opened an inquest into the 2011 death of reggae star Smiley Culture, who was stabbed in the heart during a police raid ...
Mumford & Sons postpone dates due to illness
Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane has a blood clot on his brain that will require surgery. The Grammy-winning folk-rock group postponed concerts ...
Musicians lobby G-8 leaders with protest songs
Sting, Green Day, Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons are among musicians raising their voices against poverty by re-recording classic protest songs.
Ukraine pianist wins Cliburn piano competition
Vadym Kholodenko of the Ukraine has won the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, just four months after the death of the contest's ...
Italian maestro Bruno Bartoletti dies in Florence
Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as ...
Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight
Michael Jackson's family is saying little about the hospitalization of his 15-year-old daughter while pleading for privacy and saying nothing about ...
Director of Salzburg Fest heads to La Scala
Alexander Pereira will arrive at the Milanese opera house La Scala as general manager in 2015 with a unique set of work experience that may be just ...
Czech court clears US musician for fan's death
An appeals court has upheld the acquittal of the frontman of a U.S. heavy metal band accused of causing a teenage fan's death at a concert in the ...
Jack White pays Detroit Masonic Temple's tax bill
Musician Jack White has played springtime Santa, paying a $142,000 back tax bill for Detroit's historic Masonic Temple. The move prevents a threatened ...
UK reports: 'X Factor' Tulisa held on drug claim
British media say singer and former U.K. "X Factor" judge Tulisa Contostavlos was arrested Tuesday on allegations of supplying hard drugs. The arrest ...
Charice comes out as lesbian, apologizes to family
Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in "Glee," says she's a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional ...
Pitt says Muse provides perfect soundtrack to film
Brad Pitt wants the music for "World War Z" to be much more than a footnote. Pitt says that while making the zombie flick, out on June 21, he wanted ...
UK judge: Anti-fur protest irked Lady Gaga fans
A British judge has limited protests outside a London department store after management complained that Lady Gaga fans were disturbed by anti-fur ...
AP source: Bruno Mars' mother dies at age 55
The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii. Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist ...
Beyonce headlines London charity concert for women
Beyonce and a few famous friends — including John Legend, Jennifer Lopez and Madonna — turned the home of English rugby into a fortress for women's ...
Wife: Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant
Rock icon Lou Reed is recovering after a life-saving liver transplant in the U.S., according to an interview with his wife published Saturday in a ...
No more monkey business: Bieber pet has new home
Justin Bieber's former pet, Mally the Monkey, is getting ready to meet new playmates at his new home in Germany. The 23-week-old animal was presented ...
Billy Joel surprises New York high school
Billy Joel was back in high school. The singer surprised an assembly full of students at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in the borough of Queens ...
Bon Jovi drops concert fee for crisis-hit Spain
U.S. rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his band are waiving their performance fee for a concert in Madrid as a gesture to their Spanish fans hit hard by the ...
Timberlake to headline iTunes festival
Justin Timberlake will be the headliner when the iTunes festival kicks off in September in London. The superstar is among the acts slated for the ...
Moscow's top court rejects Pussy Riot appeal
Moscow's highest court has rejected an appeal by punk group Pussy Riot against their sentence for a protest against Vladimir Putin. Moscow City Court ...
Daft Punk sets Spotify record with new album
Daft Punk has set another record on Spotify. The music service said Monday that the electronic duo's new album, "Random Access Memories," had the ...