Pop queen Janet Jackson is considering shunning record labels to release her own music, after finding herself without industry backing for the first time in her...

Rapper Snoop Dogg is eager to reunite with singer Katy Perry in the studio and has lined up the singer to appear on his next...

British singer Cheryl Cole's marriage to soccer ace Ashley was officially declared dead Friday, when they were granted a...

Singer Celine Dion has revealed her new fragrance is inspired by her...

Singer Lady Gaga was hospitalised six times last year because of her extreme dieting, which saw her lose as much as 20 pounds between fittings for...

Bono's daughter's acting career has got a boost after landing a starring role in Irish pop stars The Strips' latest music video.ve Hewson, 18, is launching an acting career and has already featured in one of her dad's...

Singer Robin Gibb is said to be recovering from his recent emergency stomach...

Brit singer Rod Steward has urged troubled Paris Hilton to stop partying following news of her cocaine arrest in Las...

Soon, music aficionados can use plug-in USB speakers that produce high-quality sound from the laptop without the need for mains...

British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf, dubbed 'Islam's biggest rock star' by Time magazine, has decided to donate profits from his latest single to help Pakistan flood...

American singer Katy Perry says she will apply to become a citizen of the UK as soon as she weds Russell...

DETROIT — You didn't think they were going to have two of the biggest hip-hop shows in the past decade without inviting 50 Cent to join in, did you? Fif and the Unit have...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones. A federal...

Google, which is developing a digital music service, is winning over record companies that are hoping the technology company can loosen Apple's grip on the digital music market. The talks center on...

photo by Ros O'Gorman The Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers, was talking to Xfm London's Dave Berry this morning (September 3), when he revealed, "I'd be working at a casino probably. That's...

by Music-News.com - September 4 2010 The 'Fight for This Love' singer ' who split from soccer player Ashley Cole in February amid claims he had been unfaithful with a string of women ' wasn't...

photo by Haylee Cashmere Robert Plant played a secret show in London on Wednesday night, dropping a whole bunch of rootsy Led Zeppelin tunes in amongst his new material. The band Plant is currently...

by Tim Cashmere - September 4 2010 Carl Barat seems very content with The Libertines reunion that took place at the Reading and Leeds festivals last week. Barat said in a mailout to fans: “I...

photo by Ros O'Gorman Halford, fronted by the metal god himself Rob Halford, have announced the release of a new album. ‘Halford IV: Made Of Metal’ is a fourteen track album due to his stores...

After selling out two shows in Saskatoon, musician Johnny Reid has added a third concert in the City of Bridges this fall. Reid will return to TCU Place on Oct. 22. His Sept. 19 and 20 dates are...

Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests. One third of children play a musical instrument compared with two thirds of their...

"American Idol" Judge Shake-Up continues. Kara DioGuardi has been announced as the latest talent critic to exit the show in recent months. After joining "Idol" in...

superstar MC was covered in prosthetic bruises and hobbles away from an enflamed car in the commercial for the VMAs, Eminem kept things light behind the scenes at his shoot. In fact,...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLTON, Calif. -- A judge has ruled that a rapper known as 40 Glocc who touted his gang member status in songs and videos is subject to a 2008 gang injunction barring him from...

Deshpande (85) who is survived by his wife, a son, two daughters and grand children started his singing career at the age of six listening to gramophone.In 1936, at Belgaum '' Gramoudhyag ''...

Only 34 per cent of parents did not play an instrument as a child, but that figure has dropped massively, according to the survey by the BBC to mark the launch of their Zingzillas magazine aimed at...

“This is not a funeral,” Kix Brooks, above, said Thursday at a farewell concert in Nashville to close his 20-year collaboration with Ronnie Dunn. “We did show up to party, I promise.” ...

programming goes, this was an extravagant show. It began with new music for traditional Japanese instruments, touched on a handful of modern and avant-garde styles, and ended with a jazz...

At home in Europe, the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas has emerged in the last 15 years or so as one of contemporary music’s most original thinkers. Trained in modernist enclaves like...

Techno and indie: historically, these have been separate, hermetically sealed genres; parallel worlds; sworn enemies, even. To the techno purist, guitar music is a dead...

Launching last week with a live set from Teenagersintokyo and a guest DJ turn from Jakwob, all-new bash Club Remix has set the bar at a noteworthy height. This Thursday sees the second outing for Xfm...

Sky Larkin. Photograph: Liam Henry Now on their second album, Sky Larkin continue to pull off an attractive confidence trick. As their songs begin, you could quite easily place the Leeds band as...

Yo Alesha Dixon! With your dazzling TV portfolio and your disproportionately small head! You is well fit, innit. You is also not terribly good at this singles lark, is you, what with your cast-off...

Norman Lebrecht has been tweeting the virtues of his book on Mahler so vigorously in the past month that I was unusually keen to trash it. I also had something of a personal score to settle. In 2002...

The BBC's first female DJ is more likely to pick up a dubstep promo than a free bus pass; she shares 12 musical highs from her wild life on Radio...

As the misadventures of Shaun, Combo and co move into the mid-80s, we meet Shane Meadows and his TV sequel's young cast, including Joe Gilgun and Vicky McClure, on set in...

Simon Armitage in the Guardian's weekend magazine that "you can't help but feel the Chinese are a subspecies" , a remark even nastier than his miserable rant against immigration in England a few...

2008 MTV Video Music Awards , when the Chicago MC mounted an innovative rendition of his spankin' new single "Love Lockdown." Kanye ditched the hard-hitting rhymes for heartfelt vocals and closed the...

on Tuesday, he was just waking up after a night behind the decks in Ibiza, Spain. Axwell (born Axel Hedfors) had just a few hours earlier been spinning another...

mixtape, Fan of a Fan, which was released for free on the Internet earlier this year. "Deuces," produced by and featuring Kevin McCall, marks Brown's first time back on top of a Billboard chart...

Osmo Vänskä looked tired as he spoke to supporters of the Minnesota Orchestra at a reception after the band's two London concerts. But by all evidence it was a good tired, as he related how...

Sep 03, 2010 5:22 PM EDT In the new issue of Rolling Stone, we go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of Mad Men, the winner of three consecutive Outstanding Drama Series Emmys. In this...

revealing their new music-based social network Ping at a conference earlier this week, but another competitor may be on the horizon: Google could be launching their own digital music service by...

. He curated a night for the All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival going on this weekend and shared some of his picks, including Sunn O))) and Boris, Hope Sandoval and T-Model Ford. And right now,...

Sam Stryke Jazz Trio Concert at KU Edwards Campus, Regnier Hall Auditorium, Sept. 23, 7 pm Acclaimed pianist Sam Stryke (aka Struyk) has been invited for an encore performance to The University of...

Presteigne's programming – contemporary without being cutting edge – has established a remarkably loyal following. The very familiarity of the artists and composers who return year after year has...

Led Zeppelin mob, currently serving as a flag of convenience for a collection of crack Nashville session musicians – launch into Led Zep's Misty Mountain Hop. This kind of thing is part of the...

Morrissey, the former Smiths singer and author of the song Meat Is Murder, is a long-term vegetarian, animal rights advocate and campaigner against circuses and zoos. Photograph: Jake Walters for the...