http://www.mail.com/subjects/168-music.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/168-music.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105360-singer-nick-carter-to-release-memoir-sept-24.html NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book. The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept. 24 via Bird Street Books. The 33-year-old is the first in the group to release a book. The autobiography and self-help book will include stories about Carter's teenage years ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105360-singer-nick-carter-to-release-memoir-sept-24.html 2013-05-23T17:16:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105270-la-scala-scales-productions-to-crisis.html MILAN (AP) — La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy's economic crisis, the theater's general manager said Thursday. The program for next season announced by Stephane Lissner comprises 10 operas instead of the usual 13, and there will be just eight new productions among the 16 ballets and operas. Liss... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105270-la-scala-scales-productions-to-crisis.html 2013-05-23T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. In its ruling on Thursday... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html 2013-05-23T15:20:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105396-rolling-stones-exhibit-opening-cleveland.html CLEVELAND (AP) — Over the years, curators at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum have occasionally had trouble coaxing reluctant stars to help put together major exhibitions. Not so with members of The Rolling Stones, who made time in their packed anniversary schedule to help. "Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction," opening Friday and running th... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:16:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105396-rolling-stones-exhibit-opening-cleveland.html 2013-05-23T15:16:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104650-bronx-ghetto-tours-amid-residents-outrage.html NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediate... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:16:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104650-bronx-ghetto-tours-amid-residents-outrage.html 2013-05-23T13:16:43Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103674-obama-honors-carole-king-white-house-concert.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of Moore, Okla., was flattened by a powerful tornado that killed 24 people, Obama pledged anew that the nation wil... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:55:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103674-obama-honors-carole-king-white-house-concert.html 2013-05-23T01:55:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104172-emails-aeg-lawyer-called-jackson-freak.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed. The emails were presented by Brian Panish, an attorney for Jackson's mother in her lawsuit claiming AEG was negl... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:23:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2104172-emails-aeg-lawyer-called-jackson-freak.html 2013-05-23T00:23:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate. The ... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103958-arias-trial-tv-cameras.html 2013-05-22T23:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103824-jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone-stores.html NEW YORK (AP) — "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on June 1... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:44:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103824-jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone-stores.html 2013-05-22T21:44:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103368-idol-winner-rolling-debut-album-july.html NEW YORK (AP) — Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album. The 23-year-old, who won the Fox singing series last week after competing for four months, is set to release "Music Speaks" on July 16. Past "Idol" champs released their debut albums in the fall after winning the contest in the spring,... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103368-idol-winner-rolling-debut-album-july.html 2013-05-22T17:32:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103174-beatles-lyrics-headed-british-library.html LONDON (AP) — Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life." Although these three songs are legally credit... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103174-beatles-lyrics-headed-british-library.html 2013-05-22T17:24:24Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103140-blake-shelton-putting-together-okla-benefit.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" ... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:32:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2103140-blake-shelton-putting-together-okla-benefit.html 2013-05-22T16:32:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101774-aretha-franklin-taking-june-off-postponing.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July. Publicist David Brokaw provided no other details Tuesday. Franklin announced earlier this month that she would cancel scheduled performances in Chicago and Connecticut t... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101774-aretha-franklin-taking-june-off-postponing.html 2013-05-22T14:39:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2102258-germany-celebrates-composer-wagners-200th.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis. Wagner's birthplace of Leipzig, the nearby city of Dresden — where h... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:43:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2102258-germany-celebrates-composer-wagners-200th.html 2013-05-22T10:43:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101858-ai-weiwei-uses-music-to-mock-power-china.html BEIJING (AP) — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power. The video accompanying the visual artist's single "Dumbass" — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is meant to reco... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2101858-ai-weiwei-uses-music-to-mock-power-china.html 2013-05-22T07:48:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2099992-singer-kellie-pickler-named-dancing-champ.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday. "This is amazing!" she beamed to her professional partner, Derek Hough. The pair earned two sets of perfect scores Monday night and another on Tuesday. Judge... Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2099992-singer-kellie-pickler-named-dancing-champ.html 2013-05-22T03:48:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794922-10-things-to-wednesday.html Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. A RACE TO FIND SURVIVORS Rescuers search every damaged home at least once and continue efforts at a devastated elementary school in Oklahoma in the wake of a tornado that measured at the top of the scale. 2... Wed, 22 May 2013 03:40:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794922-10-things-to-wednesday.html 2013-05-22T03:40:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100832-library-honors-carole-king-with-us-pop-music-prize.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" was awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music in a concert Tuesday. She received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library of Congress and wil... Wed, 22 May 2013 01:36:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100832-library-honors-carole-king-with-us-pop-music-prize.html 2013-05-22T01:36:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100594-lawyer-background-check-jackson-doctor.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were do... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100594-lawyer-background-check-jackson-doctor.html 2013-05-21T23:45:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100974-rapper-chief-keef-arrested-hotel-atlanta.html DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le Méridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon. Fecht says of... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2100974-rapper-chief-keef-arrested-hotel-atlanta.html 2013-05-21T19:22:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099276-toby-keith-okla-hometown-resilient.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday. "It's happened so many times through my life, I've been in so many," Keith said in a phone interview Tuesday. "During my life, probably on average every four or five... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099276-toby-keith-okla-hometown-resilient.html 2013-05-21T18:16:48Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099916-eminems-publisher-sues-facebook-song-usage.html DETROIT (AP) — Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." The Detroit Free Press (http://on.fre... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099916-eminems-publisher-sues-facebook-song-usage.html 2013-05-21T17:05:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2085240-spotifys-top-10-viral-tracks.html The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify. 1. Five Finger Death Punch, "Lift Me Up" (Prospect Park) 2. Mariah Carey, "Beautiful" (The Island Def Ja... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2085240-spotifys-top-10-viral-tracks.html 2013-05-21T16:32:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2085102-spotifys-top-10-streamed-tracks.html The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19: UNITED STATES 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us" (Macklemore) 2. Daft Punk, "Get Lucky — Radio Edit" (Columbia Records) 3. Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" (Interscope ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2085102-spotifys-top-10-streamed-tracks.html 2013-05-21T16:30:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099510-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html BERLIN (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his. The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. Authorities issued an order Tuesday transferring ownership o... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:03:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099510-justin-biebers-monkey-german-property.html 2013-05-21T16:03:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100052-gilberto-santa-rosa-leads-forever-tango-to-bway.html NEW YORK (AP) — The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits. "I haven't stopped jumping, screaming and pinching myself because I still don't ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100052-gilberto-santa-rosa-leads-forever-tango-to-bway.html 2013-05-21T14:56:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099976-criteria-recording-studios-founder-emerman-dies.html MIAMI (AP) — Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89. His daughter Bebe Emerman said Tuesday that her father died of complications from pneumonia at the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, where he ha... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099976-criteria-recording-studios-founder-emerman-dies.html 2013-05-21T14:54:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. She s... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html 2013-05-21T14:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099966-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html CANNES, France (AP) — Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both carry a movie and perform the songs central to the film. Then they met Oscar Isaac. "It just didn't happen until he wa... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099966-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html 2013-05-21T13:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099664-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that is investigating why the country's announce... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099664-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html 2013-05-21T12:07:15Z