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 Dave Matthews at Home on Road |
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Saturday, May 27 2006 @ 06:48 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Dave Matthews has long been touted as one of the hardest-working guys in the music business. With yet another extensive summer tour and the follow-up to 2005’s “Stand Up” in the works, it looks like he’s living up to that description.
It’s hard to believe that the Dave Matthews Band, which grossed $57 million in 2005 from touring North America and has consistently placed in the top 5 grossing tours annually over the last decade, still has the stamina to push on.
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| CBS and Howard Stern Settle Lawsuit |
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Friday, May 26 2006 @ 03:28 PM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Shock jock Howard Stern regained control of the master tapes from the last 20 years of his terrestrial radio program in a Friday settlement of the contentious lawsuit brought by his former bosses at CBS Radio.
Stern's new employer, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., agreed to pay $2 million to CBS Radio in return for the rights to the classic recordings, according to a statement released by both sides.
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| Jack White Says Detroit Turned Against Him |
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Friday, May 26 2006 @ 05:37 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Jack White has become one of the most famous faces on Detroit’s music map, but the rocker said he had to quit his hometown because it turned against him.
White, who now lives in Nashville, Tenn., with his wife, model Karen Elson, and their baby daughter, Scarlett, told The Associated Press in a recent interview that he needed to leave Detroit because “I couldn’t take the negativity anymore.”
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| American Idol Ratings Stronger Then Ever |
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Friday, May 26 2006 @ 05:19 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Fox capped a stellar fifth season for the hit competition when an average of 36.4 million people tuned in to the finale — spiking to almost 43 million the last half hour — according to Nielsen Media Research.
The "Idol" TV audience was only about two million viewers shy of the Oscars for being the most-watched television event of the year after the Super Bowl.
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| Beanie Sigel Shot During Attempted Robbery |
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Thursday, May 25 2006 @ 10:53 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Beanie Sigel, the popular rapper who has been shadowed by his violent past, was wounded by gunfire during an attempted robbery early Thursday.
The gangsta rapper was shot one or two times in the upper right arm shortly after 8 a.m., police said. He was hospitalized in good condition.
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| Plans for Pussycat Dolls Shelved |
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Thursday, May 25 2006 @ 04:49 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Hasbro Inc. shelved plans Wednesday to release a line of dolls based on the Pussycat Dolls, an all-female music group known for risque lyrics and skimpy outfits.
Hasbro, the nation’s second biggest toy maker, said it decided the dolls were “inappropriate” for the company to market and that the pop group catered to a more mature audience.
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| Hicks Crowned American Idol by Soul Patrol |
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Thursday, May 25 2006 @ 04:36 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Taylor Hicks, the mop-topped manic dancer who wooed TV audiences with his raw singing style and boisterous personality, was named the new "American Idol" Wednesday in a pop star-filled finale that included Prince and Mary J. Blige.
Hicks, 29, of Birmingham, Ala., became the latest in a string of Southern and Midwestern contestants to win the Fox talent contest after collecting more viewer votes than runner-up Katharine McPhee, 22, of Los Angeles.
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| Ludacris & West’s ‘Stand Up’ Attacked in Court |
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Wednesday, May 24 2006 @ 06:10 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
Rappers Ludacris and Kanye West found their originality under attack Tuesday when a lawyer said they stole the essence of another song to create the popular 2003 tune “Stand Up.”
“The benefits are reaped by those who have celebrity status,” lawyer Mel Sachs charged as he urged a jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conclude that co-writers Ludacris and West stole the lyrics and beat of a song produced by a New Jersey company.
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| Rolling Stones Postpone 15 Tour Dates |
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Wednesday, May 24 2006 @ 05:54 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
The Rolling Stones on Wednesday postponed the first 15 dates of their European tour as guitarist Keith Richards recovers from a head injury.
Stones publicist LD Communications said the European leg of the band's "A Bigger Bang" tour, which had been due to start Saturday in Barcelona, Spain, would now begin in July at a venue and city to be announced.
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| Catholic League Blasts Madonna for Concert Crucifixion |
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Tuesday, May 23 2006 @ 05:42 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 Less than 12 hours after Madonna crucified herself on a mirrored cross, the Catholic League expressed its discontent with the concert stunt.
The controversial diva wore a crown of thorns and sang while hanging from a cross during Sunday night's opener of her "Confessions" world tour at The Forum in Inglewood.
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| Hilfiger 'Just Kept Smacking Me,' Axl Says |
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Sunday, May 21 2006 @ 12:02 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 It was a one-two encounter between Axl Rose and Tommy Hilfiger.
The rocker and designer capped a Thursday evening out at a new club called The Plumm in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood with midnight fisticuffs.
"There was an issue between the two of them," Plumm owner Noel Ashman told The Associated Press.
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| NY DJ Out on Bail After Rant Arrest |
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Saturday, May 13 2006 @ 11:03 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 A syndicated hip-hop disc jockey arrested after making on-air racial and sexual rants about a rival radio personality's wife and young child has been released on bail.
DJ Star, whose real name is Troi Torain, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a broadcast on Power 105.1 FM.
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| Nancy Sinatra Gets Walk of Fame Star |
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Friday, May 12 2006 @ 10:55 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 Nancy Sinatra pulled on a pair of boots one more time Thursday for a strut on the Walk of Fame.
The 1960s pop icon was honored with a star on Hollywood Boulevard four decades after the debut of her rebel hit “These Boots Are Made for Walkin”’ in 1966.
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| D12 to Record Despite Death |
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Friday, May 12 2006 @ 10:36 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 Rap group D12, which includes Eminem, plans to continue recording a new album despite the shooting death of bandmate Proof.
"If people think that because he's not here we're not going to keep doing what we're doing, then they're wrong," said D12 member Denaun Porter, who goes by the rap name Kon Artis.
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| Snoop Dogg Takes Blame in Brawl |
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Thursday, May 11 2006 @ 10:29 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 Snoop Dogg has accepted responsibility for using "threatening words or behavior" in a brawl last month at Heathrow airport.
The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, appeared at Heathrow police station and "accepted a caution for a Section Four Public Order Act matter, using threatening words or behavior," police said Thursday.
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| Band Manager Gets 4 Years in R.I. Fire |
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Thursday, May 11 2006 @ 10:22 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 A former rock-band manager whose pyrotechnics caused a nightclub fire that killed 100 people was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.
Daniel Biechele, 29, could have gotten as much as 10 years behind bars under a deal he struck with prosecutors in February, when he pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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| Kanye West Sued Over Car Lease |
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Thursday, May 11 2006 @ 10:20 AM CDT 1 commentsMost Recent Post: 12/21 12:40AM by Madeleine Gladys
 A lawsuit has been filed against Kanye West and his production company claiming breach of contract for not returning a Mercedes-Benz after its lease expired in January.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Superior Court by Delaware-based DCFS Trust, said West's Konman Entertainment leased a 2003 Mercedes G500 in September 2002, with the agreement calling for 39 consecutive payments of $1,295 a month.
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| Stones Deny Richards Has Brain Damage |
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Wednesday, May 10 2006 @ 09:48 AM CDT 0 comments Post a comment
 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, recovering from a head injury caused by a fall last month in Fiji, has not suffered brain damage, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday.
The Stones’ New York-based publicist, Fran Curtis, issued a statement denying a report in the New Zealand Herald that Richards, 62, had undergone two surgeries since his accident and that doctors were concerned about brain damage.
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