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http://news.yahoo.com/music/ Get the latest Music news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Music news, including analysis and opinion on top Music stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 02 Aug 2013 04:45:38 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/music/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-singer-signs-footballer-084126053.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mdTMROYmN3NfoSYN7pMx3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T084538Z_3_CBRE9710O5700_RTROPTP_2_US-SOCCER-ENGLAND-ONE-DIRECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Louis Tomlinson performs with his band &quot;One Direction&quot; on NBC&#039;s Today show in New York, November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton" align="left" title="Louis Tomlinson performs with his band &quot;One Direction&quot; on NBC&#039;s Today show in New York, November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Louis Tomlinson of boy band One Direction has signed for English Championship side Doncaster Rovers on a non-contract basis and could play for their development squad this season, the club has announced. Tomlinson 21, heartthrob to millions of teenaged girls around the world, has also been given squad number 28 which qualifies him to play for the club&#039;s first team in the second tier of English soccer, although that is unlikely to happen. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-singer-signs-footballer-084126053.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 04:45:38 -0400Reutersone-direction-singer-signs-footballer-084126053<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/one-direction-singer-signs-footballer-084126053.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mdTMROYmN3NfoSYN7pMx3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T084538Z_3_CBRE9710O5700_RTROPTP_2_US-SOCCER-ENGLAND-ONE-DIRECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Louis Tomlinson performs with his band &quot;One Direction&quot; on NBC&#039;s Today show in New York, November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton" align="left" title="Louis Tomlinson performs with his band &quot;One Direction&quot; on NBC&#039;s Today show in New York, November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Louis Tomlinson of boy band One Direction has signed for English Championship side Doncaster Rovers on a non-contract basis and could play for their development squad this season, the club has announced. Tomlinson 21, heartthrob to millions of teenaged girls around the world, has also been given squad number 28 which qualifies him to play for the club&#039;s first team in the second tier of English soccer, although that is unlikely to happen. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - The reviews are in for the scandal-tinged staging of Richard Wagner's "Ring" for his 200th birthday at Bayreuth, and while Serbian set designer Aleksandar Denic doesn't confirm he and German director Frank Castorf intended to provoke, he doesn't deny it either. ...http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-set-designer-denic-courted-reaction-got-revolt-180126905.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 14:01:26 -0400Reuterswagner-set-designer-denic-courted-reaction-got-revolt-180126905<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-keith-urban-returning-american-idol-judge-194254633.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t_2X2oLBRBssIy95Ayni9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T194254Z_1_CBRE9701IRU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-AMERICANIDOL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American Idol judge and country music star Keith Urban arrives at the Season 12 finale of &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="American Idol judge and country music star Keith Urban arrives at the Season 12 finale of &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Keith Urban will be returning to &quot;American Idol&quot; as a judge when the Fox singing contest returns for its 13th season next year, Fox Broadcasting Company said on Thursday. &quot;I will confirm one thing, Keith is going to return to the show, you could see how much he loved the show,&quot; Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment at Fox told reporters at a Television Critics Association meeting. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-keith-urban-returning-american-idol-judge-194254633.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:42:54 -0400Reuterscountry-singer-keith-urban-returning-american-idol-judge-194254633<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-keith-urban-returning-american-idol-judge-194254633.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t_2X2oLBRBssIy95Ayni9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T194254Z_1_CBRE9701IRU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-AMERICANIDOL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American Idol judge and country music star Keith Urban arrives at the Season 12 finale of &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="American Idol judge and country music star Keith Urban arrives at the Season 12 finale of &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Keith Urban will be returning to &quot;American Idol&quot; as a judge when the Fox singing contest returns for its 13th season next year, Fox Broadcasting Company said on Thursday. &quot;I will confirm one thing, Keith is going to return to the show, you could see how much he loved the show,&quot; Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment at Fox told reporters at a Television Critics Association meeting. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-birthday-ring-booed-clan-smoke-101931943.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qMsj6X1.lPGD_ImCbPul9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T101931Z_5_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday &quot;Ring&quot; cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the festival. A thunderous chorus of boos and hisses, competing with cheers for the singers, conductor and orchestra, greeted the final curtain on Wednesday night of a new staging of the 17-hour-long, four-opera cycle by radical Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-birthday-ring-booed-clan-smoke-101931943.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 06:19:31 -0400Reuterswagner-birthday-ring-booed-clan-smoke-101931943<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-birthday-ring-booed-clan-smoke-101931943.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qMsj6X1.lPGD_ImCbPul9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T101931Z_5_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday &quot;Ring&quot; cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the festival. A thunderous chorus of boos and hisses, competing with cheers for the singers, conductor and orchestra, greeted the final curtain on Wednesday night of a new staging of the 17-hour-long, four-opera cycle by radical Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-selena-gomez-tops-billboard-album-chart-first-231634603.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sVzq0_3PSqbHBCBeYlUJhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T231634Z_1_CBRE96U1SO000_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Selena Gomez performs on ABC&#039;s &#039;Good Morning America&#039; show in New York" align="left" title="Singer Selena Gomez performs on ABC&#039;s &#039;Good Morning America&#039; show in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American pop singer Selena Gomez topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time on Wednesday, besting rapper Jay-Z and the soundtrack to &quot;Teen Beach Movie.&quot; Backed by her hit single &quot;Come &amp; Get It,&quot; 21-year-old Gomez&#039;s fourth studio album, &quot;Stars Dance,&quot; sold 97,000 in the past week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Jay-Z, whose album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; topped the chart for two weeks, fell to No. 2, selling 77,000 copies. The soundtrack to &quot;Teen Beach Movie,&quot; a Disney Channel film, rose to No. 3 from No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-selena-gomez-tops-billboard-album-chart-first-231634603.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 19:16:34 -0400Reuterssinger-selena-gomez-tops-billboard-album-chart-first-231634603<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-selena-gomez-tops-billboard-album-chart-first-231634603.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sVzq0_3PSqbHBCBeYlUJhQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T231634Z_1_CBRE96U1SO000_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Selena Gomez performs on ABC&#039;s &#039;Good Morning America&#039; show in New York" align="left" title="Singer Selena Gomez performs on ABC&#039;s &#039;Good Morning America&#039; show in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American pop singer Selena Gomez topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time on Wednesday, besting rapper Jay-Z and the soundtrack to &quot;Teen Beach Movie.&quot; Backed by her hit single &quot;Come &amp; Get It,&quot; 21-year-old Gomez&#039;s fourth studio album, &quot;Stars Dance,&quot; sold 97,000 in the past week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Jay-Z, whose album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; topped the chart for two weeks, fell to No. 2, selling 77,000 copies. The soundtrack to &quot;Teen Beach Movie,&quot; a Disney Channel film, rose to No. 3 from No. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-were-giant-craters-injured-hip-203849236.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iAX1oKTyX67Nsbu5mI7wRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T203849Z_1_CBRE96U1LDT00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in Portland Maine" align="left" title="Singer Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in Portland Maine" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lady Gaga had a &quot;huge breakage&quot; and &quot;giant craters&quot; in her right hip that forced the pop singer to cancel about two dozen concerts this year and undergo surgery. Her tour promoter, Live Nation, said in February that the &quot;Born This Way&quot; singer was treated for a labral tear in her right hip. &quot;My injury was actually a lot worse than just a labral tear,&quot; Lady Gaga told Women&#039;s Wear Daily magazine this week. &quot;I had a broken hip.&quot; Lady Gaga, 27, said her doctor warned that if she had performed one more dance-filled concert, she may have needed a hip replacement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-were-giant-craters-injured-hip-203849236.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 16:38:49 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-were-giant-craters-injured-hip-203849236<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-were-giant-craters-injured-hip-203849236.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iAX1oKTyX67Nsbu5mI7wRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T203849Z_1_CBRE96U1LDT00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in Portland Maine" align="left" title="Singer Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in Portland Maine" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lady Gaga had a &quot;huge breakage&quot; and &quot;giant craters&quot; in her right hip that forced the pop singer to cancel about two dozen concerts this year and undergo surgery. Her tour promoter, Live Nation, said in February that the &quot;Born This Way&quot; singer was treated for a labral tear in her right hip. &quot;My injury was actually a lot worse than just a labral tear,&quot; Lady Gaga told Women&#039;s Wear Daily magazine this week. &quot;I had a broken hip.&quot; Lady Gaga, 27, said her doctor warned that if she had performed one more dance-filled concert, she may have needed a hip replacement. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/music-streamer-spotify-doubles-2012-revenues-expansion-141518675.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MKfgdwNbTvVaE46Gb0Augg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T141518Z_1_CBRE96U13LU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-SPOTIFY-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Daniel Ek, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Spotify, addresses attendees during the International CTIA WIRELESS Conference &amp; Exposition in New Orleans" align="left" title="Daniel Ek, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Spotify, addresses attendees during the International CTIA WIRELESS Conference &amp; Exposition in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Music streaming web service Spotify more than doubled revenues in 2012 to 435 million euros ($577 million) as it expanded to new markets and almost doubled its users, documents showed on Wednesday. The Stockholm-based company, which provides free on-demand music or ad-free tunes for paying customers, posted a 58.7 million euro net loss, compared with the 45.4 million loss it had in 2011 on turnover of 190 million. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/music-streamer-spotify-doubles-2012-revenues-expansion-141518675.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 10:15:18 -0400Reutersmusic-streamer-spotify-doubles-2012-revenues-expansion-141518675<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/music-streamer-spotify-doubles-2012-revenues-expansion-141518675.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MKfgdwNbTvVaE46Gb0Augg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T141518Z_1_CBRE96U13LU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-SPOTIFY-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Daniel Ek, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Spotify, addresses attendees during the International CTIA WIRELESS Conference &amp; Exposition in New Orleans" align="left" title="Daniel Ek, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Spotify, addresses attendees during the International CTIA WIRELESS Conference &amp; Exposition in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Music streaming web service Spotify more than doubled revenues in 2012 to 435 million euros ($577 million) as it expanded to new markets and almost doubled its users, documents showed on Wednesday. The Stockholm-based company, which provides free on-demand music or ad-free tunes for paying customers, posted a 58.7 million euro net loss, compared with the 45.4 million loss it had in 2011 on turnover of 190 million. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jackson-freddie-mercury-duets-released-fall-004752829.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pnU1fOUJZS9qxJau55z.iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T004752Z_1_CBRE96T027X00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON-FREDDIEMERCURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People walk around a statue of singer Freddie Mercury during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux" align="left" title="People walk around a statue of singer Freddie Mercury during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A previously unreleased series of duets from Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury are set to come out this fall, according to members of Mercury&#039;s band Queen. Guitarist Brian May and Drummer Roger Taylor promised &quot;something for folks to hear&quot; in two months, according to media reports. Jackson and Mercury recorded three tracks at Jackson&#039;s Encino, California home in 1983. The sessions never went further and the music was not released. Until now, that is. The King of Pop died in 2009 at age 50 after suffering cardiac arrest linked to his drug dependency. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jackson-freddie-mercury-duets-released-fall-004752829.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2013 20:47:52 -0400Reutersmichael-jackson-freddie-mercury-duets-released-fall-004752829<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jackson-freddie-mercury-duets-released-fall-004752829.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pnU1fOUJZS9qxJau55z.iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-30T004752Z_1_CBRE96T027X00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON-FREDDIEMERCURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People walk around a statue of singer Freddie Mercury during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux" align="left" title="People walk around a statue of singer Freddie Mercury during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A previously unreleased series of duets from Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury are set to come out this fall, according to members of Mercury&#039;s band Queen. Guitarist Brian May and Drummer Roger Taylor promised &quot;something for folks to hear&quot; in two months, according to media reports. Jackson and Mercury recorded three tracks at Jackson&#039;s Encino, California home in 1983. The sessions never went further and the music was not released. Until now, that is. The King of Pop died in 2009 at age 50 after suffering cardiac arrest linked to his drug dependency. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oliU.Rp8sZC87Sx9Uoz6dg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/14bacafe-744b-43a8-8763-99dd23b8ca30_mosdef.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mos Def" align="left" title="Mos Def" border="0" /></a>By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done the rounds at the Navy base. U.S. medics who perform the real thing on hunger-striking prisoners say they&#039;re not impressed. &quot;It&#039;s ridiculous. It&#039;s 100 percent false,&quot; said a Navy nurse known as &quot;Ensign Lodowick&quot; at the detainee hospital where real names are protected for security reasons. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:17:06 -0400Reutersrappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oliU.Rp8sZC87Sx9Uoz6dg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/14bacafe-744b-43a8-8763-99dd23b8ca30_mosdef.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mos Def" align="left" title="Mos Def" border="0" /></a>By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done the rounds at the Navy base. U.S. medics who perform the real thing on hunger-striking prisoners say they&#039;re not impressed. &quot;It&#039;s ridiculous. It&#039;s 100 percent false,&quot; said a Navy nurse known as &quot;Ensign Lodowick&quot; at the detainee hospital where real names are protected for security reasons. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Jahmene Douglas, a former supermarket worker and talent show contestant, topped the UK album charts for the first time on Sunday with "Love Never Fails", the Official Charts Company said. Meanwhile, Swedish artist Avicii kept the top spot in the British singles chart for a second week with "Wake Me Up", which became the fastest selling single of the year a week earlier. Douglas, 22, was a contestant on a TV talent show "The X Factor". His debut album features 10 tracks including Gospel interpretations of other artists' songs and a duet. ...http://news.yahoo.com/former-supermarket-worker-britain-tops-uk-album-chart-180623270.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 14:06:23 -0400Reutersformer-supermarket-worker-britain-tops-uk-album-chart-180623270By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to blues and jazz, has died after suffering a heart attack, his official website said on Saturday. Cale, 74, won a Grammy in 2008 for "The Road to Escondido," which he recorded with singer-songwriter Eric Clapton. While he never attained Clapton's level of stardom, he had a wide-ranging influence, particularly his style of playing the guitar and the songs he wrote for music legends. ...http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-jj-cale-dead-74-heart-attack-153010999.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 17:28:55 -0400Reuterssinger-songwriter-jj-cale-dead-74-heart-attack-153010999By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Rapper DMX was arrested on Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and failing to have a valid driver's license, Greenville County jail officials told Reuters. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, paid $1,235 in bail and left Greenville County Detention Center after being booked on the charges, jail officials said. But a representative for the 42-year-old New York-born rapper, who lives in South Carolina, said the DUI charge was never filed officially because Simmons passed a breath test in the jail. ...http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-dmx-arrested-drunken-driving-south-carolina-010902170.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 21:09:02 -0400Reutersrapper-dmx-arrested-drunken-driving-south-carolina-010902170<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:56:52 -0400Reuterssinger-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:21:27 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fred Armisen, who left his longtime "SNL" gig last season, will direct a livestream concert by Kings of Leon on August 9. The concert, performed in London, will be livestreamed on Vevo and YouTube as part of American Express's "Unstaged" series, which pairs bands with notable directors. Wernor Herzog directed a Killers performance, for example; Gary Oldman directed Jack White. This won't be Armisen's first foray into music directing - he's an accomplished drummer and directed the video for The Helio Sequence's "Don't Look Away. ...http://news.yahoo.com/snl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:36:14 -0400Reuterssnl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:37:14 -0400Reutersbeatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:30:28 -0400Reutersjay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:43:43 -0400Reuterssinger-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 17:19:42 -0400Reuterswagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage, friends said. He was 51. Ondar died at a hospital in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, a Central Asian republic of Russia that borders Mongolia, said Sean Quirk, a longtime friend of the singer and manager of the Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Alash. "He is not replaceable," Quirk told Reuters by phone from his home in Tuva. ...http://news.yahoo.com/tuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:34:00 -0400Reuterstuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 21:11:25 -0400Reutersjacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 10:19:45 -0400Reuterssinger-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:54:56 -0400Reuterswagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 15:03:54 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - The Swedish artist Avicii hit the top of the British singles chart on Sunday with 'Wake Me Up', which became the fastest selling single of the year, the Official Charts Company said. The track by the 23 year-old DJ and producer, whose real name is Tim Bergling, sold nearly 267,000 copies to dislodge U.S.-Canadian singer-songwriter Robin Thicke from the top spot. The single is Avicii's second number one this year. ...http://news.yahoo.com/avicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 14:06:21 -0400Reutersavicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - It's happened very fast for soprano Catherine Foster, who was a midwife before she became a singer and this week wi

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