Music News
New Kids On The Block hope new album has right stuff (Reuters) Sep/03/2008 4:00PM
Reuters - Hit '80s boy band New Kids On The Block are no longer kids, but all five men are hoping they still have the "right stuff" after reuniting and releasing their first album in 14 years this week. AddTo...
Slipknot claim Number One in US after recount Sep/03/2008 4:00PM
Slipknot have claimed the Number One spot on the US Billboard chart after a recount showed that they actually sold more records than The Game. AddTo...
Aguilera does exclusive deal with Target Sep/03/2008 4:00PM
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Dead rapper 2Pac tops "overrated" music list Sep/03/2008 4:00PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dead rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, the hip-hop icon who sold more records after he was murdered than during his brief career, is the most overrated person in music, according to music magazine Blender. AddTo...
Reggaeton's 'El Father' turns to The Father Sep/03/2008 4:00PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rican reggaeton star announced Wednesday he will give up his role as a rapper known for lyrics about violence and womanizing to devote his life to God. AddTo...
Paris gig placates fans after Winehouse no-show (Reuters) Sep/03/2008 2:00PM
Reuters - A Paris music festival will offer discounts to disappointed Amy Winehouse fans after the troubled British soul singer cancelled a gig at the last minute, organizers said on Wednesday. AddTo...
Aguilera does exclusive deal with Target (AP) Sep/03/2008 2:00PM
AP - Christina Aguilera has become the latest musical act to release an album exclusively through one retailer. AddTo...
Ben Folds Five to reunite for one-off show Sep/03/2008 2:00PM
Ben Folds Five are set to reunite for a show, set to take place September 18 in Chapel Hill, NC. AddTo...
Pigeon Detectives kick off mini US tour tonight Sep/03/2008 2:00PM
The Pigeon Detectives will tonight kick off a select number of dates in the US and Canada, including a stop at the Virgin Festival in Toronto this weekend. AddTo...
David Bowie to release his own favourite tracks on compilation Sep/03/2008 2:00PM
David Bowie has announced that he will release a compilation of his own favourite tracks, which he hand-selected earlier this year. AddTo...
Trial Set in Akon's Fan-Tossing Case (E! Online) Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
E! Online - Looks like Akon may get Konvicted after all. AddTo...
Motley Crue rocker marks National Recovery Month (Reuters) Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Reuters - Last September, Nikki Sixx's harrowing memoir of addiction, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star," debuted at No. 7 on the New York Times Book Review nonfiction best-seller list. AddTo...
Ne-Yo gets $700,000 from concert promoter Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Ne-Yo has been awarded $700,000 (%26%23156350,000) after suing a concert promoter in the USA for unfair dismissal from an R Kelly tour last year. AddTo...
Stevie Wonder to receive Gershwin Prize Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Stevie Wonder is set to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, in the second year of the already-prestigious award's existence. AddTo...
Akon to stand trial in 'fan tossing' case Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Akon will have to face criminal charges in a trial stemming from an incident in which he allegedly tossed a fan off a stage at a show last year. AddTo...
U2 to return to 'Joshua Tree' for new album Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
U2 spoken out about how the writing and recording is going for what will be their 12th studio album - the follow-up to 2004's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb'. AddTo...
Esser to play Jack Daniels Birthday Session on NME Radio Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Esser will play a Jack Daniels Birthday Session on NME Radio later this month. AddTo...
Human Value to headline Club NME LA tonight (September 3) Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
The Human Value are set to headline Club NME Los Angeles with Fred Perry Subculture tonight (September 3). AddTo...
Rodrigo y Gabriela to release live album Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Rodrigo y Gabriela are set to release a live album next month. AddTo...
Beck expands North American tour Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Beck has added several dates to his upcoming tour of North America to support the release of his 'Modern Guilt' album. AddTo...
Akon plans on trial in New York fan-toss case Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
FISHKILL, N.Y. (AP) - Akon is headed to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at an upstate concert last summer. AddTo...
Beyonce's sister aims for a path of her own Sep/03/2008 12:00PM
Solange Knowles turns out to be a little sensitive about using a certain b-word. AddTo...
The Week That Was: Tickets On Sale Now! Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
September's MOJO Club tickets exclusively available here! AddTo...
Akon will go to trial in New York fan-toss case (AP) Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
AP - Akon will go to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at a concert last summer. AddTo...
Solange Knowles hopes to emerge from sis' shadow (AP) Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
AP - Solange Knowles turns out to be a little sensitive about using a certain b-word. AddTo...
The Music announce new live dates and single Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
The Music have announced details of a slew of new live dates for Scotland and London, plus a new single. AddTo...
New Metallica album 'Death Magnetic' leaks Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
Metallica's forthcoming new album, 'Death Magnetic', has leaked online after allegedly being sold before its September 12 release date in a French record shop. AddTo...
Great White offer $1 million to gig fire victims Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
Band members from rock band Great White have agreed to pay $1 million in total to survivors and victims families who were in a fire sparked by their pyrotechnics during one of their shows. AddTo...
Guns N' Roses album bootlegger speaks out Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
US music blogger Kevin Cogill, who was arrested by the FBI for leaking nine tracks from the as-yet-to-be released new Guns N' Roses' album, 'Chinese Democracy', has spoken out about the incident. AddTo...
Storms lash Bestival site Sep/03/2008 10:00AM
Bestival creator Rob da Bank has written about how storms lashed the festival site last night (September 2) - striking fear into festival staff members' hearts. AddTo...
