Music News

• Music labels bet Vevo.com is next MTV

  Reuters – 1 hr 6 mins ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a grainy black and white Web video, similar to footage from an in-store security camera, you can make out the muscular frame of rapper 50 Cent, smashing dozens of TV sets with a baseball bat. Full Story »

• New Zealand band visits U.S. with 'Dr. Boondigga'

  Reuters – 1 hr 13 mins ago

  NEW YORK (Billboard) - New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop sure knows how to take its time. The seven-piece dub outfit has been together for nearly a decade, yet only recently released its second album of studio material and, up until last week, had played just one gig in North America. Full Story »

• LA Opera gets $14M emergency loan from LA County

  AP – 1 hr 58 mins ago

  LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Opera will get a $14 million emergency loan from Los Angeles County, allowing it to keep paying its expenses through the middle of next year. Full Story »

• Deschanel, Ward reteam for follow-up album

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:00 pm ET
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  NEW YORK (Billboard) - The country-folk duo of M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, known as She & Him, is slated to return in 2010, proving that the 2008 collaboration wasn't just a one-off affair. Full Story »

• Pink to headline 2010 Wireless festival in London

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:30 pm ET

  LONDON (Billboard) - American pop singer-songwriter Pink will headline the 2010 Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park on July 2. Full Story »

• Rock band Yes plots winter U.S. tour

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:26 pm ET

  DETROIT (Billboard) - Progressive-rock veterans Yes return to the U.S. in February for an 18-date run of small venues that kicks off February 2 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and wraps 26 days later in Boca Raton, Fla. Full Story »

• Travis Barker settles suit over plane crash

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 5:52 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a plane crash in South Carolina last year that killed four people, attorneys said Tuesday. Full Story »

• Beyonce talking Vegas shows with Wynn, but no deal

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:13 pm ET
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  LAS VEGAS - Wynn Las Vegas officials say they're in preliminary talks with Beyonce to bring the superstar singer back to the Las Vegas resort. Full Story »

• Vinyl's comeback makes musicians want to sing

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 2:50 pm ET
  Reuters

  TORONTO (Reuters) - As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete -- vinyl -- has been making a strong comeback. Full Story »

• China's Lang Lang excited to play for Obama

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 2:39 pm ET

  OSLO - Chinese pianist Lang Lang said Tuesday he feels honored that he will perform for President Barack Obama when he collects his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this week. Full Story »

• The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 12:50 pm ET
  AP

  iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Dec. 7, 2009: Full Story »

• Elton will support Ukrainian boy he can't adopt

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ET
  AP

  LONDON - Elton John's partner says the musician was devastated that he wasn't allowed to adopt an HIV-positive Ukrainian toddler, but plans to support the boy anyway. Full Story »

• K'Naan song chosen as official 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem

  Yahoo! Music – Mon Nov 30, 8:00 am ET

  Courtesy of NME.com - 'Wavin' Flag: The Celebration Mix' will be used globally during the tournament Full Story »

• The Strokes to make UK festival comeback with Jay-Z

  Yahoo! Music – Mon Nov 30, 8:00 am ET

  Courtesy of NME.com -- Headliners for for 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival announced Full Story »

• Joseph Jackson, singer's father, lobs accusations

  Yahoo! Music – Mon Nov 9, 8:00 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES – On the eve of a hearing in the Michael Jackson estate, a lawyer for the singer's father filed a 60-page motion Monday that intensifies a bid to get money from his son's estate by making accusations of fraud against the administrators of his will. Full Story »

• Aerosmith's Joe Perry: 'Steven Tyler has quit'

  Yahoo! Music – Mon Nov 9, 4:00 am ET

  Courtesy of NME.com - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has said that singer Steven Tyler has quit the band "as far as I can tell." Full Story »

• `Boom Boom Pow,' Kings of Leon CD top 2009 iTunes

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 7:36 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - The Kings of Leon are the kings of the iTunes album charts for 2009. Full Story »

• Pearl Jam unveils 2010 European tour plans

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 6:46 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam will return to Europe in the summer for a series of headlining and festival appearances, beginning June 22 in Dublin.