Music news and stories by mail.com

Music

Armstrong better, Green Day to resume tour in 2013
Green Day is going back on the road. The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday. The band canceled the rest of its 2012 club ...
Kardashian, West feel 'blessed' over baby news
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are feeling lucky about their first child together. "It's true," the 32-year-old reality TV star said in a statement on ...
Money from Sandy relief concert being put to work
Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll were on the bill for the nationally televised "12-12-12" concert benefiting victims of Superstorm Sandy, ...
Review: Novel draws on jazz legend's music
"Tiger Rag" (The Dial Press), by Nicholas Christopher Buddy Bolden is a jazz legend whose powerful, original sound at the turn of the last century was ...
Ryan Seacrest: 'Rockin' in another year on ABC
Yes, Ryan Seacrest has a New Year's resolution for 2013: improve his skill at dancing. "There's a Significant Other in my life who's very good at it," ...
McCartney, 'God particle' scientist get honors
Stella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain's record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to ...
Whale of a tale: Pakistani fishmonger now pop star
Muhammad Shahid Nazir is a testament to the age-old adage that if you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day, but if you teach a man to sing about ...
Fans to introduce Beyonce at Super Bowl halftime
All the single ladies — and fellas — will have a chance to join Beyonce on the field at the Super Bowl. Pepsi announced Friday that fans will ...
Publicist for Dave Matthews Band, others dies
Meredith Sue Israel Thomas, a publicist for key acts like Dave Matthews Band and Christina Aguilera, died from cancer last week. She was 39.
Chile charges 8 people in singer's killing
Eight former army lieutenants have been charged in the killing of communist singer and songwriter Victor Jara almost four decades ago. Appellate Court ...
Met gives 'Barber' a cut in English version
For the first time since Rossini's most famous work was given its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 1883, "The Barber of Seville" is being presented by ...
Composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett dies
British composer, pianist and arranger Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age ...
Program helps veterans reintegrate through music
During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by ...
Early Mothers of Invention member Ray Collins dies
Ray Collins, who invited guitarist Frank Zappa to join the band that eventually became the Mothers of Invention, has died at age 75. Collins' friend ...
Charge won't be pursued against Swift trespasser
Prosecutors on Thursday declined to pursue a criminal trespassing charge against a Wisconsin man arrested earlier this month for climbing a fence at ...
'La Boheme' transformed in 2012 stagings on DVD
Various Artists, "La Boheme" (Electric Picture, Deutsche Grammophon) Two contemporary stagings of Puccini's "La Boheme" from 2012 have been released ...
'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday ...
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, Dec. 17, to Sunday, Dec. 23: UNITED STATES 1. The Lumineers, "Ho Hey" ...
KOL's Nathan Followill, Jessie Baylin welcome baby
The Kings of Leon family has just gotten bigger. Drummer Nathan Followill and his wife, singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin, welcomed a baby girl on ...
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
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, ...
Haitian president to sing with Julio Iglesias
Haiti's singer-turned-president is returning to the international stage. President Michel Martelly will sing two songs with Spanish singer Julio ...
Jay Chou raps about a corrupt eunuch
Taiwan's pop king Jay Chou has played roles as varied as superhero, vampire and cowboy. So his latest album about an influential but corrupt court ...
Jessica Simpson's Christmas gift: She's pregnant
Jessica Simpson's daughter has the news all spelled out: "Big Sis." Simpson on Tuesday tweeted a photo of her baby daughter Maxwell playing in the ...
Holiday music stops at Irving Berlin's NY door
A caroling group that for 35 years has performed the Irving Berlin classic "White Christmas" on Christmas Eve outside the New York City home where he ...
'Parental Guidance' unites Crystal, Midler
After nearly 30 years of friendship and shared tastes in movies, music and comedy, Billy Crystal and Bette Midler have finally taken it to the next ...