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A string of superstars have been lined up to perform at this year's Fashion Rocks event which will take place in New York on September 5.

23 Jul 2008 10:56pm GMT

AP - Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

23 Jul 2008 10:55pm GMT

The Pretenders have announced that they will release their forthcoming album in a unique way this autumn.

23 Jul 2008 10:42pm GMT

M83 has announced the dates of a tour across North American this autumn.

23 Jul 2008 10:14pm GMT

Reuters - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his permission and without paying him a fee.

23 Jul 2008 9:52pm GMT

AP - Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended — more than one fan, in fact.

23 Jul 2008 9:11pm GMT

DMX has been indicted on felony charges in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill by assuming a false identity.

23 Jul 2008 7:55pm GMT

Fountains of Wayne guitarist Jody Porter is gearing up for the release of his very first solo record, set to be released next month.

23 Jul 2008 7:14pm GMT

AP - Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill.

23 Jul 2008 6:41pm GMT

AP - In a July 22 story about Foreigner's Mick Jones, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Foreigner's co-headlining tour with Bryan Adams stops Thursday. The bands have a concert Thursday, July 24, near San Antonio, Texas, before ending their combined tour Saturday in Dallas. Foreigner will continue on the road at least through late October.

23 Jul 2008 6:23pm GMT

AP - Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow minidress.

23 Jul 2008 6:12pm GMT

Pink Floyd's singer/guitarist David Gilmour has announced that he will release a live multi-disc album and concert DVD from his 2006 performance in Gdansk, Poland.

23 Jul 2008 6:01pm GMT

Reuters - One rapper replaced another atop the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, while the soundtrack to the new movie "Mamma Mia!" soared four places to No. 3.

23 Jul 2008 5:39pm GMT

Sting, Moby, Garbage and Alanis Morissette are among the artists contributing songs to a forthcoming CD supporting Tibet's struggle for national sovereignty.

23 Jul 2008 5:35pm GMT

AP - Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.

23 Jul 2008 5:28pm GMT

AP - Buddy Guy, "Skin Deep" (Silvertone/Zomba)

23 Jul 2008 5:22pm GMT

AP - Candlebox, "Into the Sun" (Silent Majority/ILG Records)

23 Jul 2008 5:15pm GMT

Reuters - France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy shot to the top of the charts with her latest album in its first full week on sale, a music industry body said on Wednesday.

23 Jul 2008 4:52pm GMT

E! Online - Mindy McCready's hope for a comeback just got pushed back, after a drug and booze binge landed the troubled country songbird first in the emergency room of a Tennessee hospital and then in an Arizona rehab center.

23 Jul 2008 3:55pm GMT

Around 2.4 million copies of McFly's latest studio album, 'Radio:ACTIVE', were given away free with the Mail On Sunday newspaper last Sunday (July 20).

23 Jul 2008 3:24pm GMT

Dr Dre's long-awaited new album, 'Detox', should be finished by the end of 2008.

23 Jul 2008 3:19pm GMT

The Twang have announced a gig at This Feeling club night, Parker Macmillan in London this Friday (July 25).

23 Jul 2008 2:59pm GMT

The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture has formed a new band.

23 Jul 2008 2:16pm GMT

A new Russian law could make being an emo kid illegal in the eastern European country.

23 Jul 2008 2:08pm GMT

Eagles of Death Metal and The Hives have announced a co-headlining tour of North America, kicking off September 16 in Austin, TX.

23 Jul 2008 2:04pm GMT

Courtney Love is being sued by a Los Angeles-based business management company that says she didn't pay them a share of profits she made after selling a portion Nirvana's publishing catalogue.

23 Jul 2008 1:54pm GMT

NME.COM are looking for writers between the age of 14 and 18 to blog from the forthcoming Underage Festival.

23 Jul 2008 1:42pm GMT

Heavenly Records are putting on a festival to celebrate 18 years in the business.

23 Jul 2008 1:39pm GMT

E! Online - The ABBA-channeling Meryl Streep apparently doesn't have the same street cred as Nas and Lil Wayne.

23 Jul 2008 12:23pm GMT

E! Online - Pink has garnered her fair share of headlines over the past year, none of which have been for her music. Until now.

23 Jul 2008 10:37am GMT

E! Online - Ashanti knows how to put on a tour. And she was born on Long Island.

23 Jul 2008 10:19am GMT

Reuters - Rock-star widow Courtney Love has been sued by a management firm for allegedly failing to pay commissions for the partial sale of her share of the Nirvana publishing catalogue.

23 Jul 2008 7:39am GMT

In the wake of Lindsey Buckingham's latest solo project, Fleetwood Mac is gearing up for a tour in early 2009 that will likely be followed by a new band album. Contrary to earlier reports, Sheryl Crow will not be a part of the tour.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

The Pretenders will roll out their new album, "Break Up the Concrete," as one MP3 per week with a different partner leading up to the Sept. 23 CD street date via Shangri-La Music.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

Pop star Pink has set an Oct. 28 release for her as-yet-untitled fifth album. The LaFace/Zomba set is led by the single "So What," which will hit radio early next month and digital outlets shortly thereafter.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

On the day Nas' untitled Def Jam album hit No. 1 on The Billboard 200, the rapper joined political groups Color of Change and Move On, along with fans and protesters, outside of the Fox News building in New York to protest the network's portrayal of African-Americans.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

One rapper replaces another atop The Billboard 200 this week, as Nas' untitled Def Jam album dethrones Lil Wayne's Cash Money/Universal set "Tha Carter III." Nas' album sold 187,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, becoming the rapper's fifth No. 1 here.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

The Billboard 200 will greet a new No. 1 next week in the form of Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) or Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville), which are neck and neck on the Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart released today (July 23).

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

Metallica has confirmed the track list for its upcoming album, "Death Magnetic," due in September via Warner Bros.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

There's an odd co-production credit on Nils Lofgren's new album, "The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil" -- for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed away 1995.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

Kanye West has joined forces with MTV for the documentary "Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming," the next installment of the "Choose or Lose" campaign which tells the stories of war veterans and the difficulties they face once they return home.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT

Rap star DMX has been indicted in Arizona on charges that he used a false identity to try and avoid paying medical expenses incurred during a hospital visit.

23 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT