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All rights reservedFri, 03 May 2013 19:41:36 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/music/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pepsico-drops-rapper-lil-wayne-over-controversial-lyric-234136836.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LoiNkuqPFdtx47yzE.zDAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T234136Z_1_CBRE9421TTL00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PEPSICO-AD-LILWAYNE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rapper Lil Wayne sings during the seventh inning stretch in Game 6 of the MLB NLCS playoff baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco" align="left" title="Rapper Lil Wayne sings during the seventh inning stretch in Game 6 of the MLB NLCS playoff baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne on Friday over a graphic reference to slain U.S. civil rights figure Emmett Till in a song. Lil Wayne, 30, had been the face of the PepsiCo drink Mountain Dew&#039;s &quot;Deweezy&quot; campaign, a play on the rapper&#039;s &quot;Weezy&quot; nickname. &quot;We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward,&quot; a Mountain Dew representative said in a statement. &quot;His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand.&quot; The Deweezy campaign website was taken down. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pepsico-drops-rapper-lil-wayne-over-controversial-lyric-234136836.htmlFri, 03 May 2013 19:41:36 -0400Reuterspepsico-drops-rapper-lil-wayne-over-controversial-lyric-234136836<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pepsico-drops-rapper-lil-wayne-over-controversial-lyric-234136836.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LoiNkuqPFdtx47yzE.zDAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T234136Z_1_CBRE9421TTL00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PEPSICO-AD-LILWAYNE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rapper Lil Wayne sings during the seventh inning stretch in Game 6 of the MLB NLCS playoff baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco" align="left" title="Rapper Lil Wayne sings during the seventh inning stretch in Game 6 of the MLB NLCS playoff baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne on Friday over a graphic reference to slain U.S. civil rights figure Emmett Till in a song. Lil Wayne, 30, had been the face of the PepsiCo drink Mountain Dew&#039;s &quot;Deweezy&quot; campaign, a play on the rapper&#039;s &quot;Weezy&quot; nickname. &quot;We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward,&quot; a Mountain Dew representative said in a statement. &quot;His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand.&quot; The Deweezy campaign website was taken down. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-release-low-priced-seats-ahead-l-014426152.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pSlIqsaj1h0rRa_A3pfnoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T014457Z_2_CBRE94204UB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-ROLLINGSTONES-TICKETS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Rolling Stones perform at the O2 Arena in London" align="left" title="The Rolling Stones perform at the O2 Arena in London" border="0" /></a>By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wild horses couldn&#039;t drag many of the most die-hard of Rolling Stones fans to the kick-off of the band&#039;s North American tour - at least not at prices of up to a whopping $600 a ticket. Three weeks after tickets went on sale, and a day before the British band take the stage on Friday, the Los Angeles Staples Center was far from sold out for the &quot;50 and Counting&quot; gig. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-release-low-priced-seats-ahead-l-014426152.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 21:44:57 -0400Reutersrolling-stones-release-low-priced-seats-ahead-l-014426152<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-release-low-priced-seats-ahead-l-014426152.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pSlIqsaj1h0rRa_A3pfnoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T014457Z_2_CBRE94204UB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-ROLLINGSTONES-TICKETS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Rolling Stones perform at the O2 Arena in London" align="left" title="The Rolling Stones perform at the O2 Arena in London" border="0" /></a>By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wild horses couldn&#039;t drag many of the most die-hard of Rolling Stones fans to the kick-off of the band&#039;s North American tour - at least not at prices of up to a whopping $600 a ticket. Three weeks after tickets went on sale, and a day before the British band take the stage on Friday, the Los Angeles Staples Center was far from sold out for the &quot;50 and Counting&quot; gig. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lyrics-unpublished-bob-dylan-anti-nuclear-song-sale-155354739.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uvbL4qkJvOXIzV86qKGy.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T155354Z_1_CBRE941186A00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-BOBDYLAN-SONG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs on the second day of the Hop Farm Music Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent" align="left" title="U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs on the second day of the Hop Farm Music Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The unpublished lyrics of an anti-nuclear protest song written by Bob Dylan 50 years ago are to be sold in London next month after being found in a drawer in Sweden. Auction house Christie&#039;s said the song - &quot;Go Away You Bomb&quot; - was written for an unpublished book of protest songs when Dylan was working on his second album, &quot;The Freewheelin&#039; Bob Dylan&quot;, which helped to propel him to global fame. Dylan&#039;s early years were dominated by poetic, anti-war songs, including the folk classic &quot;Blowin&#039; In The Wind&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lyrics-unpublished-bob-dylan-anti-nuclear-song-sale-155354739.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 11:53:54 -0400Reuterslyrics-unpublished-bob-dylan-anti-nuclear-song-sale-155354739<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lyrics-unpublished-bob-dylan-anti-nuclear-song-sale-155354739.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uvbL4qkJvOXIzV86qKGy.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T155354Z_1_CBRE941186A00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-BOBDYLAN-SONG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs on the second day of the Hop Farm Music Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent" align="left" title="U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs on the second day of the Hop Farm Music Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The unpublished lyrics of an anti-nuclear protest song written by Bob Dylan 50 years ago are to be sold in London next month after being found in a drawer in Sweden. Auction house Christie&#039;s said the song - &quot;Go Away You Bomb&quot; - was written for an unpublished book of protest songs when Dylan was working on his second album, &quot;The Freewheelin&#039; Bob Dylan&quot;, which helped to propel him to global fame. Dylan&#039;s early years were dominated by poetic, anti-war songs, including the folk classic &quot;Blowin&#039; In The Wind&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website. He was 49. "Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure," the band said. Hanneman founded Slayer with fellow guitarist Kerry King in the early 1980s in suburban Los Angeles. The band was known as one of the "big four" thrash metal groups of the 1980s, along with Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica. ...http://news.yahoo.com/slayer-heavy-metal-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dead-49-235838974.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 19:58:38 -0400Reutersslayer-heavy-metal-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dead-49-235838974<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-stars-come-bid-george-jones-final-000120154.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8GrKwk4aD1i2IG11JdYe9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T000120Z_1_CBRE942002I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-JONES-FUNERAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mourners pay their last respects to country music legend George Jones in Nashville" align="left" title="Mourners pay their last respects to country music legend George Jones in Nashville" border="0" /></a>By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Country music legend George Jones&#039; final standing ovation, after a career filled with them, came on Thursday afternoon at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. And the song that brought about 4,000 fans and friends to their feet was Jones&#039; signature song, &quot;He Stopped Loving Her Today,&quot; fittingly a tune about both love and death. Alan Jackson, a long-time friend, sang the song, channeling Jones&#039; country traditionalism. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-stars-come-bid-george-jones-final-000120154.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 20:01:20 -0400Reuterscountry-music-stars-come-bid-george-jones-final-000120154<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-music-stars-come-bid-george-jones-final-000120154.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8GrKwk4aD1i2IG11JdYe9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-03T000120Z_1_CBRE942002I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-JONES-FUNERAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mourners pay their last respects to country music legend George Jones in Nashville" align="left" title="Mourners pay their last respects to country music legend George Jones in Nashville" border="0" /></a>By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Country music legend George Jones&#039; final standing ovation, after a career filled with them, came on Thursday afternoon at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. And the song that brought about 4,000 fans and friends to their feet was Jones&#039; signature song, &quot;He Stopped Loving Her Today,&quot; fittingly a tune about both love and death. Alan Jackson, a long-time friend, sang the song, channeling Jones&#039; country traditionalism. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/viva-not-forever-spice-girls-london-musical-closes-102125625.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SGCRKxqKqDH04UjL4JrJYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T102125Z_1_CBRE9410SSC00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo shows Spice Girls receiving award at Brit Awards in London" align="left" title="File photo shows Spice Girls receiving award at Brit Awards in London" border="0" /></a>By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - A musical based on the meteoric rise of British pop band The Spice Girls that was mauled by the critics is closing six months after its premiere in London, the show&#039;s producer said on Thursday. The brainchild of &quot;Mamma Mia!&quot; creator Judy Craymer, &quot;Viva Forever&quot; was loosely based on the story of The Spice Girls, with a wannabe girl band making the finals of a TV singing contest resembling &quot;The X Factor&quot;. But the show, written by British comedienne Jennifer Saunders, struggled after receiving appalling reviews. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/viva-not-forever-spice-girls-london-musical-closes-102125625.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 06:21:25 -0400Reutersviva-not-forever-spice-girls-london-musical-closes-102125625<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/viva-not-forever-spice-girls-london-musical-closes-102125625.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SGCRKxqKqDH04UjL4JrJYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T102125Z_1_CBRE9410SSC00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo shows Spice Girls receiving award at Brit Awards in London" align="left" title="File photo shows Spice Girls receiving award at Brit Awards in London" border="0" /></a>By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - A musical based on the meteoric rise of British pop band The Spice Girls that was mauled by the critics is closing six months after its premiere in London, the show&#039;s producer said on Thursday. The brainchild of &quot;Mamma Mia!&quot; creator Judy Craymer, &quot;Viva Forever&quot; was loosely based on the story of The Spice Girls, with a wannabe girl band making the finals of a TV singing contest resembling &quot;The X Factor&quot;. But the show, written by British comedienne Jennifer Saunders, struggled after receiving appalling reviews. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kriss-kross-rapper-chris-mac-daddy-kelly-dies-031959078.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pwve8Lm7QOuLayoT40IWvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T055739Z_1_CBRE9410GK700_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-CHRISKELLY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture shows Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performing in Atlanta" align="left" title="File picture shows Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performing in Atlanta" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chris &quot;Mac Daddy&quot; Kelly of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross likely died of a drug overdose, police said on Thursday, a day after the 34-year-old was found unconscious at his Atlanta home. Kelly gained fame as a young teen in 1992 with the hit song &quot;Jump&quot; and for the duo&#039;s fashion trademark of wearing their clothes backward. &quot;Based on the information at the scene, we are concluding that it was a drug overdose,&quot; said Corporal Kay Lester, spokeswoman for the Fulton County Police Department. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kriss-kross-rapper-chris-mac-daddy-kelly-dies-031959078.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 16:25:36 -0400Reuterskriss-kross-rapper-chris-mac-daddy-kelly-dies-031959078<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kriss-kross-rapper-chris-mac-daddy-kelly-dies-031959078.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pwve8Lm7QOuLayoT40IWvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T055739Z_1_CBRE9410GK700_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-CHRISKELLY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File picture shows Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performing in Atlanta" align="left" title="File picture shows Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performing in Atlanta" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chris &quot;Mac Daddy&quot; Kelly of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross likely died of a drug overdose, police said on Thursday, a day after the 34-year-old was found unconscious at his Atlanta home. Kelly gained fame as a young teen in 1992 with the hit song &quot;Jump&quot; and for the duo&#039;s fashion trademark of wearing their clothes backward. &quot;Based on the information at the scene, we are concluding that it was a drug overdose,&quot; said Corporal Kay Lester, spokeswoman for the Fulton County Police Department. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beyonce-j-lo-headline-london-charity-concert-women-230119709.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QklVvDwd6NfQneMX70LZ_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T230119Z_1_CBRE9401RZL00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-BEYONCE-JLO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Beyonce attends HBO&#039;s New York premiere of her documentary &quot;Beyonce - Life is But a Dream&quot; in New York" align="left" title="Singer Beyonce attends HBO&#039;s New York premiere of her documentary &quot;Beyonce - Life is But a Dream&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Florence &amp; The Machine are teaming up for a four-hour charity concert in London next month to benefit women&#039;s health and education projects around the world. The &quot;Sound of Change Live&quot; concert on June 1 in London&#039;s Twickenham sports stadium could fund at least 120 projects supporting girls and women in more than 70 nations, if all the tickets are sold, organizers said on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beyonce-j-lo-headline-london-charity-concert-women-230119709.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 19:01:19 -0400Reutersbeyonce-j-lo-headline-london-charity-concert-women-230119709<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beyonce-j-lo-headline-london-charity-concert-women-230119709.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QklVvDwd6NfQneMX70LZ_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T230119Z_1_CBRE9401RZL00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-BEYONCE-JLO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Beyonce attends HBO&#039;s New York premiere of her documentary &quot;Beyonce - Life is But a Dream&quot; in New York" align="left" title="Singer Beyonce attends HBO&#039;s New York premiere of her documentary &quot;Beyonce - Life is But a Dream&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Florence &amp; The Machine are teaming up for a four-hour charity concert in London next month to benefit women&#039;s health and education projects around the world. The &quot;Sound of Change Live&quot; concert on June 1 in London&#039;s Twickenham sports stadium could fund at least 120 projects supporting girls and women in more than 70 nations, if all the tickets are sold, organizers said on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bonos-one-time-sydney-holiday-home-sells-record-055543490.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BAm_XUNLimuJpm8jMP79GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T055812Z_2_CBRE9410GH900_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Irish singer Bono arrives for reception with German Chancellor Merkel and with youth representatives of the organisation ONE against human poverty in Berlin" align="left" title="Irish singer Bono arrives for reception with German Chancellor Merkel and with youth representatives of the organisation ONE against human poverty in Berlin" border="0" /></a>SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Sydney harborfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million ($55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city&#039;s growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday. On the market for six years, the luxurious eight-bedroom &quot;Altona&quot; in exclusive Point Piper was bought in a secret deal with the businessman who currently lives in Melbourne, the newspapers reported. The property and its heated waterside pool and boathouse, rented by U2 rock star Bono in 2006 for a family holiday, was last sold in 2002 for A$28 million. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bonos-one-time-sydney-holiday-home-sells-record-055543490.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 01:58:12 -0400Reutersbonos-one-time-sydney-holiday-home-sells-record-055543490<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bonos-one-time-sydney-holiday-home-sells-record-055543490.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BAm_XUNLimuJpm8jMP79GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-02T055812Z_2_CBRE9410GH900_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Irish singer Bono arrives for reception with German Chancellor Merkel and with youth representatives of the organisation ONE against human poverty in Berlin" align="left" title="Irish singer Bono arrives for reception with German Chancellor Merkel and with youth representatives of the organisation ONE against human poverty in Berlin" border="0" /></a>SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Sydney harborfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million ($55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city&#039;s growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday. On the market for six years, the luxurious eight-bedroom &quot;Altona&quot; in exclusive Point Piper was bought in a secret deal with the businessman who currently lives in Melbourne, the newspapers reported. The property and its heated waterside pool and boathouse, rented by U2 rock star Bono in 2006 for a family holiday, was last sold in 2002 for A$28 million. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f.s2Rm0whMDNGJaInV55PA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T182942Z_1_CBRE9401FDS00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MARIAHCAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sumptuous princess ceremony that shut down Disneyland, Mariah Carey and her comedian husband Nick Cannon renewed their weddings vows and celebrated the second birthday of their twins. Wearing matching Cinderella and Prince Charming-style costumes, and riding in a horse-drawn crystal carriage, the &quot;We Belong Together&quot; singer and the &quot;American Idol&quot; judge tweeted photos and video of the celebration on Tuesday night at the southern California theme park. &quot;On our way to renew our vows. I love you Nick Cannon shut down Disneyland,&quot; Carey tweeted. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 14:29:42 -0400Reutersmariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mariah-carey-goes-cinderella-disneyland-wedding-vow-renewal-182942681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/f.s2Rm0whMDNGJaInV55PA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T182942Z_1_CBRE9401FDS00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MARIAHCAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Carey poses at the party for the finalists of the television show &quot;American Idol&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sumptuous princess ceremony that shut down Disneyland, Mariah Carey and her comedian husband Nick Cannon renewed their weddings vows and celebrated the second birthday of their twins. Wearing matching Cinderella and Prince Charming-style costumes, and riding in a horse-drawn crystal carriage, the &quot;We Belong Together&quot; singer and the &quot;American Idol&quot; judge tweeted photos and video of the celebration on Tuesday night at the southern California theme park. &quot;On our way to renew our vows. I love you Nick Cannon shut down Disneyland,&quot; Carey tweeted. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WI_QYijsdS_C72WD9vJKow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T181910Z_1_CBRE9401EXD00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer Michael Buble went straight to the top of the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, scoring his fourth No. 1 album. &quot;To Be Loved&quot; - a mix of standards and original songs - sold 195,000 copies in its first week, beating out its nearest competitor by more than 100,000 according to figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan. The 37-year-old singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album had already topped the charts in the U.K. following its April 15 release there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 14:19:10 -0400Reutersmichael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-buble-grabs-top-spot-billboard-200-album-181910676.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WI_QYijsdS_C72WD9vJKow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T181910Z_1_CBRE9401EXD00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" align="left" title="Michael Buble poses for a portrait while promoting his new album &#039;Michael Buble: To Be Loved&#039; in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer Michael Buble went straight to the top of the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, scoring his fourth No. 1 album. &quot;To Be Loved&quot; - a mix of standards and original songs - sold 195,000 copies in its first week, beating out its nearest competitor by more than 100,000 according to figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan. The 37-year-old singer&#039;s follow-up to his 2011 &quot;Christmas&quot; album had already topped the charts in the U.K. following its April 15 release there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Country music legend George Jones will be remembered in a public memorial service featuring former First Lady Laura Bush and a list of speakers and musical performers including Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson on Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones, whose honky-tonk career spanned more than six decades, died in Nashville last week at the age of 81. The memorial service will be open to the public, the singer's publicist announced. ...http://news.yahoo.com/laura-bush-top-country-singers-headline-george-jones-224821971.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 18:48:21 -0400Reuterslaura-bush-top-country-singers-headline-george-jones-224821971<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Js_T39y6ZstgCX6481v.cA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T083924Z_2_CBRE940037Z00_RTROPTP_2_PSY-SONG-GENTLEMAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The story of South Korean rap sensation Psy&#039;s ascent to global stardom with his megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; has now been immortalized in full color and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in a comic book. &quot;Fame:Psy&quot;, which went on sale in the United States and South Korea on Wednesday, focuses mainly on what went into making &quot;Gangnam Style,&quot; which catapulted the sunglassed singer with the garish jackets to global fame and became YouTube&#039;s most popular song ever with more than 1.5 billion hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 04:39:24 -0400Reuterskorean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/korean-rapper-psys-story-immortalized-comic-book-010929304.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Js_T39y6ZstgCX6481v.cA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T083924Z_2_CBRE940037Z00_RTROPTP_2_PSY-SONG-GENTLEMAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The story of South Korean rap sensation Psy&#039;s ascent to global stardom with his megahit &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; has now been immortalized in full color and with appropriate dramatic flourishes in a comic book. &quot;Fame:Psy&quot;, which went on sale in the United States and South Korea on Wednesday, focuses mainly on what went into making &quot;Gangnam Style,&quot; which catapulted the sunglassed singer with the garish jackets to global fame and became YouTube&#039;s most popular song ever with more than 1.5 billion hits. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - More than 400 Afghan women and girls jumped from their seats, screaming and even headbanging to rock and rap music at an all-female music festival in the capital of Kabul, which organizers say was the largest such event in the country's history. It may also be one of the last. In ultra-conservative Afghanistan, women's rights remain precarious. ...http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-female-rock-fest-triumphs-anxiety-over-future-042625867.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 00:26:25 -0400Reutersafghan-female-rock-fest-triumphs-anxiety-over-future-042625867By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly four decades after his death, British singer-songwriter Nick Drake has never been as popular. Tribute singers, car and cough syrup advertisements, radio and film documentaries, and word of mouth have combined over time to turn Drake from unheralded 1970s musician into modern-day music lore. Now a new CD of Drake's songs covered by other artists and a remastered boxed vinyl of one of his few albums are set to add to the phenomenon and put his haunting, poetic music into the spotlight. ...http://news.yahoo.com/songs-unheralded-nick-drake-airing-four-decades-150314885.htmlWed, 01 May 2013 11:03:14 -0400Reuterssongs-unheralded-nick-drake-airing-four-decades-150314885<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zpcRGIk8GpFTA4SFTZHeXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-30T215453Z_2_CBRE93T17DE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STAGE-TONYAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical &quot;Kinky Boots,&quot; with the score by pop star Cyndi Lauper, on Tuesday earned 13 nominations for the Tony Awards, leading the field for Broadway&#039;s highest honor and closely followed by British import &quot;Matilda,&quot; which received 12. Both shows were nominated for best musical, along with &quot;Bring It On: The Musical&quot; and &quot;A Christmas Story: The Musical.&quot; Lauper was nominated for best score along with book writer Harvey Fierstein and three members of the show&#039;s cast. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 17:54:53 -0400Reutersmusical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/musical-kinky-boots-leads-tony-nominations-13-140034176.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zpcRGIk8GpFTA4SFTZHeXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-30T215453Z_2_CBRE93T17DE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STAGE-TONYAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Actor Billy Porter performs with The Angels during a performance of the play Kinky Boots in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical &quot;Kinky Boots,&quot; with the score by pop star Cyndi Lauper, on Tuesday earned 13 nominations for the Tony Awards, leading the field for Broadway&#039;s highest honor and closely followed by British import &quot;Matilda,&quot; which received 12. Both shows were nominated for best musical, along with &quot;Bring It On: The Musical&quot; and &quot;A Christmas Story: The Musical.&quot; Lauper was nominated for best score along with book writer Harvey Fierstein and three members of the show&#039;s cast. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HoEt0BdIzO.Iikk3Da6fNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T182554Z_1_CBRE93S1F7F00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JASONALDEAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Country music singer Jason Aldean has filed for divorce from his wife and high-school sweetheart Jessica Ussery, seven months after photographers caught the singer kissing a former &quot;American Idol&quot; contestant at a Los Angeles bar. Aldean, who became one of country music&#039;s biggest stars with his 2011 album &quot;My Kinda Party,&quot; cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce in court documents filed late on Friday in Williamson County, Tennessee. &quot;This is a really tough time for my entire family,&quot; Aldean said in a statement on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 14:25:54 -0400Reuterscountry-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-singer-jason-aldean-files-divorce-182554446.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HoEt0BdIzO.Iikk3Da6fNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T182554Z_1_CBRE93S1F7F00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JASONALDEAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Jason Aldean performs &quot;1994&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Country music singer Jason Aldean has filed for divorce from his wife and high-school sweetheart Jessica Ussery, seven months after photographers caught the singer kissing a former &quot;American Idol&quot; contestant at a Los Angeles bar. Aldean, who became one of country music&#039;s biggest stars with his 2011 album &quot;My Kinda Party,&quot; cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce in court documents filed late on Friday in Williamson County, Tennessee. &quot;This is a really tough time for my entire family,&quot; Aldean said in a statement on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W6_3KPq.yy7xONOb0X.0Aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T221826Z_1_CBRE93S1PZ100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEVOICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" align="left" title="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singers Rod Stewart and CeeLo Green will perform live in May on U.S. television singing competition &quot;The Voice,&quot; a prominent spot for artists to promote upcoming albums. Network NBC said on Monday that Green, a former judge on the popular contest, is slated to perform his new song &quot;Only You.&quot; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stewart will perform material from his upcoming album, &quot;Time,&quot; his first release of original material in over a decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 18:18:26 -0400Reutersrod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rod-stewart-ceelo-green-slated-perform-tvs-voice-221826821.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W6_3KPq.yy7xONOb0X.0Aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-29T221826Z_1_CBRE93S1PZ100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEVOICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" align="left" title="British singer Stewart reacts ahead of the Champions League soccer match between Celtic and Juventus at Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singers Rod Stewart and CeeLo Green will perform live in May on U.S. television singing competition &quot;The Voice,&quot; a prominent spot for artists to promote upcoming albums. Network NBC said on Monday that Green, a former judge on the popular contest, is slated to perform his new song &quot;Only You.&quot; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stewart will perform material from his upcoming album, &quot;Time,&quot; his first release of original material in over a decade. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hmzk6FazhuA2v7_oVitfhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T141120Z_1_CBRE93R13F100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-EMELISANDE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" align="left" title="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scored a new chart record on Sunday with her debut album after a stellar year in Britain that has paved the way for her next challenge - the U.S. market. Sande smashed a record held for nearly 50 years by The Beatles when her debut album, &quot;Our Version of Events&quot;, hit its 63rd week in the top 10 of the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 10:11:20 -0400Reuterssinger-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-emeli-sande-eyes-u-market-setting-uk-141120528.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hmzk6FazhuA2v7_oVitfhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T141120Z_1_CBRE93R13F100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-EMELISANDE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" align="left" title="Scottish singer Sande performs during the Echo music awards ceremony in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scored a new chart record on Sunday with her debut album after a stellar year in Britain that has paved the way for her next challenge - the U.S. market. Sande smashed a record held for nearly 50 years by The Beatles when her debut album, &quot;Our Version of Events&quot;, hit its 63rd week in the top 10 of the UK album charts, according to the Official Charts Company. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vkMFyL2QYcNGPyq3Heb7fA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T192607Z_1_CBRE93R1HZU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" align="left" title="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - French electronic duo Daft Punk notched up their first number one in Britain&#039;s official singles charts on Sunday, dislodging London drum&#039;n&#039;bass quartet Rudimental who were pushed into the number two spot. Daft Punk&#039;s song &quot;Get Lucky&quot;, featuring the guest vocals of Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers on guitar, had entered the chart the previous week in the number three spot. It racked up sales of 155,000 in the past week, the Official Charts Company said, the biggest one-week sales tally of the year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 15:26:07 -0400Reutersfrench-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-electronic-duo-daft-punk-snatches-top-spot-192607481.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vkMFyL2QYcNGPyq3Heb7fA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T192607Z_1_CBRE93R1HZU00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" align="left" title="France&#039;s electronic music artists Daft Punk perform at the Santiago Urbano Electronico Festival" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - French electronic duo Daft Punk notched up their first number one in Britain&#039;s official singles charts on Sunday, dislodging London drum&#039;n&#039;bass quartet Rudimental who were pushed into the number two spot. Daft Punk&#039;s song &quot;Get Lucky&quot;, featuring the guest vocals of Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers on guitar, had entered the chart the previous week in the number three spot. It racked up sales of 155,000 in the past week, the Official Charts Company said, the biggest one-week sales tally of the year. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSrDGIzgwd7WQsShpxcy0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T224605Z_2_CBRE93Q1NOU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-MUSIC-GUTHRIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" align="left" title="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" border="0" /></a>By Steve Olafson TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie&#039;s mind where the final repository of her famous musician father&#039;s legacy would be. The Woody Guthrie Center opened on Saturday in Tulsa, allowing visitors to see the folk singer&#039;s handwritten lyrics to &quot;This Land Is Your Land&quot; and thousands of other lyric sheets, letters, postcards, artwork, photos, manuscripts and journals. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, about 60 miles from Tulsa, in 1912 and spent his early years there. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 19:25:26 -0400Reuterswoody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woody-guthrie-legacy-display-oklahoma-museum-212904653.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSrDGIzgwd7WQsShpxcy0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T224605Z_2_CBRE93Q1NOU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-MUSIC-GUTHRIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" align="left" title="Nora Guthrie watches a presentation with Mary Jennings Boyle the first wife of Woody Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa" border="0" /></a>By Steve Olafson TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie&#039;s mind where the final repository of her famous musician father&#039;s legacy would be. The Woody Guthrie Center opened on Saturday in Tulsa, allowing visitors to see the folk singer&#039;s handwritten lyrics to &quot;This Land Is Your Land&quot; and thousands of other lyric sheets, letters, postcards, artwork, photos, manuscripts and journals. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, about 60 miles from Tulsa, in 1912 and spent his early years there. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.htmlSun, 28 Apr 2013 10:37:51 -0400Reuterstrombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trombone-shorty-carries-orleans-jazz-tradition-143751844.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2E0rRYTaRLSJ7wTVmn5YBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-27T170337Z_1_CBRE93Q1BEB00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-USA-MUSIC-JAZZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" align="left" title="A Mardi Gras Indian parades during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans" border="0" /></a>By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as &quot;Trombone Shorty,&quot; witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. &quot;I was playing with my brother&#039;s brass band,&quot; said Andrews, now 27. At this year&#039;s New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high honor. He will perform for the first time as the closing act of the final day on the biggest stage. That time slot previously had long been occupied by one of New Orleans&#039; most famous bands, the Neville Brothers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kr4STdV6LxQHpUn2IbALow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T003931Z_1_CBRE93R01U300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will play a &quot;surprise&quot; gig for fans in Los Angeles on Saturday, a week ahead of kicking off a U.S. tour to mark 50 years in the music business. Hundreds of fans, alerted on the band&#039;s Twitter account, lined up from as early as 5 a.m. on Saturday to get hold of the $20 dollar tickets for the concert at the 320 person capacity Echoplex club in Los Angeles. Tickets were distributed by a lottery system and, according to the band&#039;s Twitter account, sold out swiftly. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.htmlSat, 27 Apr 2013 20:39:31 -0400Reutersrolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-play-surprise-la-gig-ahead-u-003931681.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kr4STdV6LxQHpUn2IbALow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-28T003931Z_1_CBRE93R01U300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Mick Jagger performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will play a &quot;surprise&quot; gig for fans in Los Angeles on Saturday, a week ahead of kicking off a U.S. tour to mark 50 years in the music business. Hundreds of fans, alerted on the band&#039;s Twitter account, lined up from as early as 5 a.m. on Saturday to get hold of the $20 dollar tickets for the concert at the 320 person capacity Echoplex club in Los Angeles. Tickets were distributed by a lottery system and, according to the band&#03

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