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Jan. 2, 2009, 7:22 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour, their first since 2004, beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.C. The group, which now just calls itself The Dead, announced its plans Thursday. Original ... Read More
Dec. 31, 2008, 3:47 PM EST
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Vincent Ford, a songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic "No Woman, No Cry," has died in Jamaica. He was 68. Ford died Sunday at a hospital of complications from diabetes, said Paul Kelly, a spokesman for the Kingston-based Bob Marley Foundation. ... Read More
Dec. 31, 2008, 5:10 PM EST
A number of high profile musicians have made enormous dents on YouTube: Soulja Boy, Rihanna, the Jonas Brothers and Chris Brown among them. But Beyoncé is giving them all a run for their money. Her video for "If I Were a Boy" has been watched by more than 34 million on the video-sharing site. ... Read More
Dec. 31, 2008, 8:48 AM EST
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse has been summoned to appear in a Norwegian court on Jan. 12 in her appeal against a fine in a drugs possession case, a police prosecutor said Wednesday. Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in the western city ... Read More
Dec. 30, 2008, 3:07 PM EST
Rapper DMX pleads guilty to charges of drug possession, theft, animal cruelty
Dec. 29, 2008, 12:08 PM EST
Dec. 29, 2008, 4:19 PM EST
Freddie Hubbard, Grammy-winning trumpeter who influenced numerous others, dies at 70 in LA
Dec. 29, 2008, 3:46 PM EST
No wasting away in Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett gets bigger, more diversified with age
Dec. 28, 2008, 3:45 PM EST
Songwriter Delaney Bramlett, who worked with rock legends, dies in Los Angeles at 69
Dec. 26, 2008, 12:51 AM EST
Eartha Kitt, an Emmy-winning performer famous for 'Santa Baby' and a catlike purr, dies at 81
Dec. 24, 2008, 12:02 PM EST
I will dance! Do ask me! 10 balls slated around city for Obama's inaugural celebration
Dec. 24, 2008, 11:35 AM EST
DJ AM sues over South Carolina plane crash that left him badly injured
Dec. 24, 2008, 7:31 AM EST
Guitar smashed by grunge rocker Kurt Cobain sold to private collector for $100,000
Dec. 24, 2008, 9:08 AM EST
Concert industry posts record year despite sour economy
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