
Jack Johnson pulls off the switch at Bonnaroo
Nicely done, Jack Johnson. Johnson and his band overcame tough odds and thorny logistics to headline the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Saturday ...

Johnson steps in for Mumford and Sons at Bonnaroo
It's Jack Johnson to the rescue at Bonnaroo. Johnson has agreed to take the Saturday night headlining slot at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival after ...

Andrea bringing rains, flood watches to East Coast
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season drenched the Southeastern U.S. but caused no major damage on Friday, marching up the East Coast ...

'Warhorse' director brings puppets to Spoleto
Director Tom Morris uses the phrase "happy accident" to describe the success of his Tony-award-winning play "War Horse," whose central character was ...
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 ...
Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert at country fest
Some of country music's big names, including Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band, take the stage at the Bayou Country ...
Coded goal: RG3 still aiming for Redskins' opener
Robert Griffin III's rehab started with a "cry festival." Then came a special new passcode for his cellphone and a chance to hash things out with ...

Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did ...

Cannes festival chief talks sex and Spielberg
It's the big Cannes question — what will catch Steven Spielberg's eye? The king of Hollywood heads the jury that will decide who wins the Palme d'Or ...

Depeche Mode, Cure, Muse top ACL Fest lineup
Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse — this year's expanded Austin City Limits Festival will feature something of a European invasion with five of eight ...

Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx." And on Sunday, the first Hispanic justice on ...

Trombone Shorty, Aaron Neville close Jazz Fest
For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers. On Sunday, ...

Little Big Town, Fleetwood Mac at Jazz Fest
Little Big Town says that some networking they did is paying off with a chance to cross a couple of items off their "bucket list." After playing Bayou ...

Steady rain greets Jazz Fest as 1st weekend closes
A steady, sometimes heavy rain pelted fans Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but the music flowed on. A soaked Dave Matthews and ...
Old standards greet fans on Jazz Fest's 2nd day
At 101 years old, New Orleans jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos opened one of 12 stages on the second day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Young musicians cling to Cajun, zydeco traditions
Singer John Mayer sang his hits after local-born bluesman Dr. John performed hometown favorites such as "Iko Iko" on Friday to close out the ...

New Orleans Jazz Fest features living legends
If there's a theme to this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it may be living legends. Headliners include B.B. King, Billy Joel, Willie ...
Correction: TV-Twitter Comedy Festival story
In a story April 21 about a comedy festival on Twitter hosted by Comedy Central, The Associated Press misidentified one of the participants. It is ...
Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails to play Voodoo Fest
The rock band Nine Inch Nails is making its first public appearance since 2009 at this year's Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans.
'Heisman Trophy of opera' goes to Isabel Leonard
This year's Richard Tucker award — often called the "Heisman Trophy of opera" — goes to mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. The 2013 prize marks the ...

Legal pot draws tourists to Colo., Wash., for 4/20
Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, ...

Richards joins Clapton at Crossroads Festival
Eric Clapton's Crossroads festival has become the mecca for riff worshippers, so it was appropriate that guitar deity Keith Richards made a surprise ...

Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot
The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the ...

Abandoned Nigeria national theater eyed in renewal
Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure resembling a ...

'Jackass' star's different strokes: Margera paints
The star of "Jackass" is showing off his artistic side. Bam Margera put several dozen of his own paintings up for sale Tuesday at a barn on his ...