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Mark Owen apologises for affairs
Singer Mark Owen has apologised after admitting he cheated on his partner of five years, before they married in...


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Won't mind falling in love with a woman: Lady Gaga
American singer Lady Gaga has no boundaries on her relationships and says she won't mind falling in love with a...
Cheryl Cole house-hunting after split from husband
Singer Cheryl Cole has started house-hunting after confirming her spit from soccer husband Ashley...
Folk music extravaganza enthralls audiences Jaipur
Music lovers in Rajasthan had a festive time when many of them attended the ongoing 'Anunaad' -the National Folk Instrumental Festival- held at Jawahar Kala Kendra in...
Girlicious singer arrested with cocaine
Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles...
Cheryl Cole may take back Ashley, says body language expert
According to a body language expert, singer Cheryl Cole wants to reunite with love rat husband/soccer star...
Gastric bypass op raises risk of kidney stones
Gastric bypass surgery can change patients' urine composition that may increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators...
Lady Gaga's weird outfit causes blood clot
Pop diva Lady Gaga, known for her weird dressing style, has vowed never to be seen in whacky clothes after a disastrous experience on a recent flight. The singer had to be undressed by cabin staff on a flight from Britain to the US after her legs began to swell due to her odd...
Winehouse to remarry ex-hubby in Vegas
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse plans to remarry her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Las...
'eclipse' Trailer: What's Missing?
pal. But here's something to contemplate before you enjoy that fresh air: a list of five awesome "Eclipse" elements we don't see in the new trailer. Have they been omitted from the June 30 film? Are...
Kristen Stewart And Dakota Fanning Capture 'essence' Of The Runaways
When Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning signed up for "The Runaways," a biopic that would have them playing '70s punk rockers Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, a lot of people said it would be a cinch...
Air Force Concert Sold Out
All tickets for the upcoming free concert by The Commanders, an ensemble from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, have been claimed. Any remaining open seats will be filed at 6:45 p.m. for...
Country Star Gretchen Wilson To Hold Free Concert Tonight
Country songstress Gretchen Wilson brings her "I Got Your Country Right Here" club tour to Stoney's Rockin' Country for a free show on Thursday, March 11 at 8:30 p.m. A rare opportunity to...
Readers Recommend: Midnight Songs
Midnight hour ... Big Ben heralds the start of a New Year. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images I was back in the chair for one week, just one week, and blow me down if it wasn't tougher than a tank...
Passing The Mahler Baton
Gustavo Dudamel was its first ever winner. The Gustav Mahler conducting competition has a lot to live up to. Kate Connolly heads to Bamberg for the...
Click To Download: Youtube's Big Billion
Last month, a survey from a US market research company found that in 2009 there were 24 million less US music-buyers than in 2007. That's a drop of 21%, with falls in people buying both CDs and...
On The Trail Of Sacred Music
For his latest Sacred Music series, Simon Russell Beale has tracked down today's greatest exponents. He tells Tom Service why this is so much more than mood...
Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs Celebrates Two Arrivals: Album And Baby
Portland singer-songwriter Laura Veirs is heading home. Like most musicians who've endured the discomforts of a long tour — hers began in Europe nearly two months ago, and ends in Seattle this...
David Stubbs: Prog Rockers Strike A Blow For All Musical Artists
Pink Floyd's legal victory over EMI may be welcomed by some as a victory for artistic integrity. Others, however, culturally reared in the post-punk era, will scoff at the preciousness of these...
Plug And Play: Usb Albums We'd Like To See
The Get Busy Committee dropped an Uzi-shaped USB album. The Beatles’ recent box set came out on a 16-GB drive shaped like an apple. So who’ll be the next act to jump on the USBandwagon?...
Government Panders To Music Industry In Copyright Debate
Controversial copyright proposals put forward by the House of Lords that will see certain web sites restricted are exactly the same terms that music industry lobbyists were campaigning for, leaked...
Zimbalam's Digital Music Distribution Service Launches In North America
Zimbalam, the largest digital music distribution and marketing network, today announced the launch of the US version of its distribution network. Zimbalam, owned by independent music distributor and...
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Mark Anthony Sanchez wrote, "So excited for 'Eclipse' ... it's gonna be epic." Darkheart26 added, "That was perfect! So far so good! Looks like they are staying true to the book so far! Loved it all....
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announced he was bringing the New Jersey Nets back home to New York during his 2003 "Fade To Black Concert" at Madison Square Garden. On Thursday (March...
Jay-z And The Nets Break Ground In Brooklyn
Nets co-owner Hov , an assortment of New York politicians and executives from the Nets came to Brooklyn for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the team's future home, the Barclays Center. The...
'eclipse' Trailer Is 'perfect,' 'twilight' Fans Say
articles about the preview , Twilighters can't wait to see what happens next for Bella, Edward and Jacob.Mark Anthony Sanchez wrote, "So excited for 'Eclipse' ... it's gonna be epic." Darkheart26...
Robert Pattinson Likes The 'intensity' Of 'remember Me,' Edward Cullen
this weekend brings the chance to see the trailer on the big screen when it plays before showings of RPattz's new drama "Remember Me."Still not enough Rob for you? Well, before you go see the movie...
Travis Barker And Dj A-trak Call Their Shows 'a Spectacle'
rehearsed their airtight set to within an inch of its life. But, in actuality, nothing could be further from the truth."We pretty much came up with everything in the past couple of days," A-Trak told...
Mtv News Visits Haiti To Track 'hope For Haiti Now' Donations
Nearly two months after a massive earthquake leveled thousands of buildings and killed more than 200,000 people in Haiti, MTV News returned to the island in late February to follow the trail of some...
Myspace Makeover Focuses On Entertainment
In this photo released Tuesday March 9,2010 by MySpace showing Jason Hirschhorn,38, left, and Mike Jones,34 right at the MySpace headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday March 8, 2010. The two...
Ray Charles Musical Set For Broadway In November
FILE - In this April 11, 2003 file photo, Ray Charles sings "America The Beautiful" in the rain at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson,...
Live Friday: Bobby Long In Concert
Bobby Long has been writing keenly crafted pop songs since he was a teenager, and soon began attending university and performing at open-mic nights alongside...
Cruisin' At Lightspeed: Songs For Space Travel
March 11, 2010 Mankind has been dreaming about flying in space ever since we began looking up to the stars. Once flight and space travel became a reality, songs about flying to the heavens entered...
Strauss: Don Juan/aus Italien/don Quixote | Cd Review
Italian conductor Fabio Luisi caused something of a stir last month when he quit his job as principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle after a row with the orchestra's management. Artistic...
Sullivan: Ivanhoe | Cd Review
Ivanhoe, Sullivan's most important work without Gilbert, was an ambitious attempt to establish an English operatic tradition that would rival those of continental Europe. Its history was chequered...
Readers Recommend: Songs About Beauty
Smell the roses ... American Beauty. Photograph: Rex Features One piece of advice often offered without having been sought is that one should take time to "smell the roses". That is generally...
Music Go Music Go Crazy For Abba
Music Go Music bonded over a love of Abba and make Scissor Sisters look like a folk act. Maddy Costa meets the purveyors of outrageous prog-metal...
Pergolesi: Saint Emidius Mass, Etc | Cd Review
The second instalment of Claudio Abbado's Pergolesi series takes us into unfamiliar and revelatory territory. The main work is the Saint Emidius Mass, written in the wake of the Naples earthquakes of...
James Mccartney | Pop Review
It must have taken a lot of self-belief for James McCartney to opt for a frontline career in music. Few mortals could expect to fill a Beatle's shoes, let alone someone who's inherited his DNA and...
The World Was Not Ready For Iggy And The Stooges
When Iggy and the Stooges collapsed in the late 1970s, Iggy hitched a ride with David Bowie, while guitarist James Williamson went off to study calculus. Now, amazingly, they are gigging again. Will...
Shy Child: Liquid Love | Cd Review
New York duo Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith first gained attention in America's nu-rave scene, wearing orange hoodies and scoring a cult hit with jerky 2007 electro-stomper Noise Won't Stop. However,...
Frightened Rabbit In The Headlights
Last year, Scott Hutchison had a peculiar experience night after night while on tour with Frightened Rabbit. Some of the most brutal lines from his band's 2008 album, The Midnight Organ Fight was...
Handel: Alexander's Feast | Cd Review
The Handel anniversary may be over, but recordings of his music thankfully continue to proliferate. Alexander's Feast is the latest addition to Joachim Carlos Martini and the Frankfurt Baroque...
Bbcso/minkowski | Classical Review
2 Mar 2009: A specially commissioned production of Carmen, rewritten by a group of Traveller women, is being staged at the Royal Albert...
Why Poetry And Pop Are Not Such Strange Bedfellows
What is it about Yeats that is so attractive to rock stars, and why does Auden have the crowd moshing at the Forum? Graeme Thomson meets the musicians turning poetry into...
Angus & Julia Stone: Down The Way | Cd Review
The Stone siblings grew up in a beach town near Sydney, but their second album as a vocal/guitar duo sounds like it was made by Americans with a yen for Fleetwood Mac and Joanna Newsom. As on their...
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor | Cd Review
The second album by Titus Andronicus is ostensibly a concept album about the American civil war, or, according to singer Patrick Stickles, "about how the conflicts that led our nation into that great...
Classical Roundup: More Guest Conductors, Mozart's Requiem And Early Music
Orchestra Seattle moves to Meany; six music organiza- tions take on Mozart's Requi- em; Vassily Sinaisky con- ducts "Daphnis et Chloe"; and Jordi Savall leads a mu- sical homage to women in medieval...
S.f. Musician Robbed After Performance
The man told police he was hit from behind as he walked home from a performance at Smoe's Bar on 921 E. Eighth Street. The attacker nabbed his $900 acoustic guitar and ran off. The victim did not...
Canadian Artists Join In Wavin' Flag For Haiti
Wavin' Flag that will be available for download Thursday at midnight pulls together 57 Canadian artists in a fundraiser for Haiti. Artists such as Avril Lavigne, Drake, Sam Roberts and Nelly Furtado...