Music News
Warrant issued for Lil Wayne in Arizona case
(AP)
Rapper DMX ordered to 6 months in Phoenix jail
(AP)
Teen idol Justin Bieber begins tour in June
(Reuters)
Sony in new music deal with Michael Jackson estate
(Reuters)
Dixie Chick members make debut at SXSW
(AP)
Dixie Chicks touring for first time since 2006
(Reuters)
Dixie Chicks to tour with Keith Urban, the Eagles
(AP)
Luke Bryan, Gloriana among ACM top new artists
(AP)
Judge OKs settlement in deadly Lear jet crash
(AP)
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
(AP)
ABBA, Hollies, Genesis, Iggy Pop enter Rock Hall
(AP)
Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln
(AP)
Abba, Genesis inducted into rock's Hall of Fame
(Reuters)
Kings of Leon begin North America tour in June
(Reuters)
Fans go Gaga for video as Lady unveils new shows
(Reuters)
Tegan & Sara in rare collaboration for new album
(Reuters)
Warner Music, KKR/Bertelsmann mull EMI bid
(Reuters)
Singer-songwriter Dan Black looks for U.S. breakthrough
(Reuters)
Judge grants Evans temporary injunction against ex
(AP)
White Stripes movie documents oddball Canada tour
(Reuters)
AP - An Arizona judge issued a bench warrant Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne after he failed to appear for a hearing on drug and weapons charges because he is serving jail time in New York.
AP - A judge has ordered rapper DMX to spend six months in a Phoenix jail for violating probation and to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Reuters - Canadian teen pop singer Justin Bieber will begin his first headlining tour of North America on June 23 in Hartford, Conn., he said Tuesday, a week before his new album hits stores.
Reuters - The King of Pop is dead; long live the King of Pop.
AP - Even though the Court Yard Hounds are a new group, they are hardly your typical baby act. The duo is derived from one of music's best-selling bands — the Dixie Chicks — and their self-titled debut album is already among the spring's more anticipated releases.
Reuters - The Dixie Chicks will tour for the first time in four years this summer when the country trio opens for the Eagles on a brief North American stadium tour.
AP - All three members of the Dixie Chicks, including lead singer Natalie Maines, are heading out in June on a one-month stadium tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban.
AP - Reverse psychology may have done the trick for country singer Luke Bryan.
AP - A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.
AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 15, 2010:
AP - An English band steeped in harmony, a reggae pioneer, progressive rockers who thrived despite a defection, four Swedes who combined their nation's traditions with their rock heroes and a man who prowled a ballroom floor singing "I Wanna Be Your Dog" wouldn't seem to have much in common.
AP - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records.
Reuters - Pop band Abba was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday in a ceremony that honored genres from the Swedish group's catchy tunes to the theatrical British rock band Genesis and reggae master Jimmy Cliff.
Reuters - Kings of Leon will begin a North American amphitheater tour in Atlantic City on June 5, the rock band said Monday.
Reuters - Glam pop singer Lady Gaga on Monday announced 31 U.S. concert dates as her fans went wild for a controversial new music video that features R&B star Beyonce and lesbian prison sex.
Reuters - Tegan & Sara's latest album, "Sainthood," has opened the door for the two to spend more time writing together.
Reuters - Warner Music Group executives are talking with KKR/Bertelsmann, a private equity-backed music joint venture, about a potential joint bid for beleaguered music company EMI Group, according to two people familiar with the talks.
Reuters - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break.
AP - A judge has ordered a temporary injunction against the ex-husband of country singer Sara Evans.
Reuters - As stylish as the band it depicts and occasionally as enigmatic, "The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights" stands out among tour films largely because of the strange tour at hand.