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All rights reservedThu, 04 Jul 2013 20:12:55 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/music/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-man-rodriguez-opens-montreux-jazz-festival-001255193.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fRq7EbiTMk_eYlo18szEeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-05T001255Z_1_CBRE96400LV00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MONTREUX-JAZZ-RODRIGUEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. folk singer Rodriguez performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival" align="left" title="U.S. folk singer Rodriguez performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - American singer-songwriter Sixto &quot;Sugar Man&quot; Rodriguez, virtually unknown a few years ago, opened the Montreux Jazz Festival on Thursday, which American producer and its former co-director Quincy Jones calls the &quot;Rolls Royce of music festivals.&quot; Fresh from the Glastonbury festival in Britain last weekend, Rodriguez gave a Fourth of July concert in the Swiss resort, mixing songs from his two albums that never made the charts with borrowed tunes including the classic rock&#039;n&#039;roll hit &quot;Fever. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-man-rodriguez-opens-montreux-jazz-festival-001255193.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 20:12:55 -0400Reuterssugar-man-rodriguez-opens-montreux-jazz-festival-001255193<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-man-rodriguez-opens-montreux-jazz-festival-001255193.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fRq7EbiTMk_eYlo18szEeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-05T001255Z_1_CBRE96400LV00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MONTREUX-JAZZ-RODRIGUEZ.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. folk singer Rodriguez performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival" align="left" title="U.S. folk singer Rodriguez performs during the first night of the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - American singer-songwriter Sixto &quot;Sugar Man&quot; Rodriguez, virtually unknown a few years ago, opened the Montreux Jazz Festival on Thursday, which American producer and its former co-director Quincy Jones calls the &quot;Rolls Royce of music festivals.&quot; Fresh from the Glastonbury festival in Britain last weekend, Rodriguez gave a Fourth of July concert in the Swiss resort, mixing songs from his two albums that never made the charts with borrowed tunes including the classic rock&#039;n&#039;roll hit &quot;Fever. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-strut-back-1969-woodland-london-gigs-162710328.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8wtptTn1po7wX8VIOsCBgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T162710Z_1_CBRE96319PN00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lead singer of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Lead singer of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will take a step back in time this weekend by replicating a woodland in London&#039;s Hyde Park present for a 1969 show there that became a tribute to band founder Brian Jones. Jones had already left the Stones the last time frontman Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts played the royal park 44 years ago for a gig meant to introduce his replacement Mick Taylor. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-strut-back-1969-woodland-london-gigs-162710328.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 12:27:10 -0400Reutersrolling-stones-strut-back-1969-woodland-london-gigs-162710328<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-strut-back-1969-woodland-london-gigs-162710328.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8wtptTn1po7wX8VIOsCBgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T162710Z_1_CBRE96319PN00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lead singer of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Lead singer of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will take a step back in time this weekend by replicating a woodland in London&#039;s Hyde Park present for a 1969 show there that became a tribute to band founder Brian Jones. Jones had already left the Stones the last time frontman Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts played the royal park 44 years ago for a gig meant to introduce his replacement Mick Taylor. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stones-backup-band-hot-stuff-london-gig-201845780.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MFi4C4RDu6OStnSFoZX78A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T201845Z_1_CBRE9631KFI00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES-BACKING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" align="left" title="Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" border="0" /></a>By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - If you ever wondered what a Flamenco version of &quot;Jumpin&#039; Jack Flash&quot; might sound like, then hustle over to London&#039;s Lyric Theatre on Monday to see the musicians the Rolling Stones call on for back-up when they go on tour. Backing musicians for the British band set to rock London&#039;s Hyde Park on Saturday will play their own separate gig at the Lyric, where they will bend classic Stones&#039; tunes into arrangements steeped in jazz, blues, rock and Latin genres. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stones-backup-band-hot-stuff-london-gig-201845780.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 16:18:45 -0400Reutersstones-backup-band-hot-stuff-london-gig-201845780<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stones-backup-band-hot-stuff-london-gig-201845780.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MFi4C4RDu6OStnSFoZX78A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T201845Z_1_CBRE9631KFI00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROLLINGSTONES-BACKING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" align="left" title="Mick Jagger (L) and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" border="0" /></a>By Paul Casciato LONDON (Reuters) - If you ever wondered what a Flamenco version of &quot;Jumpin&#039; Jack Flash&quot; might sound like, then hustle over to London&#039;s Lyric Theatre on Monday to see the musicians the Rolling Stones call on for back-up when they go on tour. Backing musicians for the British band set to rock London&#039;s Hyde Park on Saturday will play their own separate gig at the Lyric, where they will bend classic Stones&#039; tunes into arrangements steeped in jazz, blues, rock and Latin genres. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lock-mick-jaggers-hair-sells-6-000-auction-175703110.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NQkwzn5MHBx0_xpjtpPGkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T175703Z_1_CBRE9631DVJ00_RTROPTP_2_US-AUCTION-JAGGER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" align="left" title="Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - An anonymous buyer snapped up a lock of Mick Jagger&#039;s hair for 4,000 pounds ($6,000) after bidders pushed the price to double its pre-sale estimate, auction house Bonhams said. The clump of hair was sold by the Rolling Stone&#039;s former girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton, who is also the sister of 1960s English model Jean Shrimpton and first met Jagger when he was still an unknown student at the London School of Economics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lock-mick-jaggers-hair-sells-6-000-auction-175703110.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 13:57:03 -0400Reuterslock-mick-jaggers-hair-sells-6-000-auction-175703110<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lock-mick-jaggers-hair-sells-6-000-auction-175703110.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NQkwzn5MHBx0_xpjtpPGkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T175703Z_1_CBRE9631DVJ00_RTROPTP_2_US-AUCTION-JAGGER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" align="left" title="Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - An anonymous buyer snapped up a lock of Mick Jagger&#039;s hair for 4,000 pounds ($6,000) after bidders pushed the price to double its pre-sale estimate, auction house Bonhams said. The clump of hair was sold by the Rolling Stone&#039;s former girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton, who is also the sister of 1960s English model Jean Shrimpton and first met Jagger when he was still an unknown student at the London School of Economics. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/motorhead-cancels-summer-gigs-due-frontmans-ill-health-104303403.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sVZoiMS71lO1u268j6m56g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T104303Z_1_CBRE9630TS300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MOTORHEAD-CANCELLATIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kilmister, bassist of Motorhead, performs during the annual heavy metal music open-air festival in Wacken" align="left" title="Kilmister, bassist of Motorhead, performs during the annual heavy metal music open-air festival in Wacken" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British metal band Motorhead has canceled its summer festival appearances due to frontman Lemmy&#039;s ill health. Lemmy, 67, apologized to fans on Thursday for having to pull out of six concerts in Germany, France and Russia, while playing down his health issues saying he expected to be back in full force later this year. The band had already canceled three concerts in June after Lemmy reportedly suffering a hematoma which is when blood collects outside of a blood vessel. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/motorhead-cancels-summer-gigs-due-frontmans-ill-health-104303403.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 06:43:03 -0400Reutersmotorhead-cancels-summer-gigs-due-frontmans-ill-health-104303403<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/motorhead-cancels-summer-gigs-due-frontmans-ill-health-104303403.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sVZoiMS71lO1u268j6m56g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T104303Z_1_CBRE9630TS300_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MOTORHEAD-CANCELLATIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kilmister, bassist of Motorhead, performs during the annual heavy metal music open-air festival in Wacken" align="left" title="Kilmister, bassist of Motorhead, performs during the annual heavy metal music open-air festival in Wacken" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British metal band Motorhead has canceled its summer festival appearances due to frontman Lemmy&#039;s ill health. Lemmy, 67, apologized to fans on Thursday for having to pull out of six concerts in Germany, France and Russia, while playing down his health issues saying he expected to be back in full force later this year. The band had already canceled three concerts in June after Lemmy reportedly suffering a hematoma which is when blood collects outside of a blood vessel. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-wale-knocks-kanye-west-atop-billboard-album-204011921.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2ExLMZM3i3ZjJ6uQ1rt7Dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-03T204011Z_1_CBRE9621LF900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rapper Wale attends the re-opening of 40/40 Club in New York" align="left" title="Rapper Wale attends the re-opening of 40/40 Club in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American rapper Wale grabbed the top spot on Wednesday on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart for the first time with his record &quot;The Gifted,&quot; while fellow rapper Kanye West&#039;s &quot;Yeezus,&quot; last week&#039;s No. 1, fell to third place. &quot;The Gifted&quot; sold 158,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Wale&#039;s previous album, 2011&#039;s &quot;Ambition,&quot; sold 164,000 copies in its first week but only reached No. 2 on the weekly album chart. West&#039;s &quot;Yeezus&quot; fell to No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-wale-knocks-kanye-west-atop-billboard-album-204011921.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 16:40:11 -0400Reutersrapper-wale-knocks-kanye-west-atop-billboard-album-204011921<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-wale-knocks-kanye-west-atop-billboard-album-204011921.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2ExLMZM3i3ZjJ6uQ1rt7Dw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-03T204011Z_1_CBRE9621LF900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rapper Wale attends the re-opening of 40/40 Club in New York" align="left" title="Rapper Wale attends the re-opening of 40/40 Club in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American rapper Wale grabbed the top spot on Wednesday on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart for the first time with his record &quot;The Gifted,&quot; while fellow rapper Kanye West&#039;s &quot;Yeezus,&quot; last week&#039;s No. 1, fell to third place. &quot;The Gifted&quot; sold 158,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Wale&#039;s previous album, 2011&#039;s &quot;Ambition,&quot; sold 164,000 copies in its first week but only reached No. 2 on the weekly album chart. West&#039;s &quot;Yeezus&quot; fell to No. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pharrell-williams-sues-am-over-am-223032278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/blJbHY7M81FXUMhyDdeAAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T231450Z_1_CBRE9601SKX00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PHARRELL-LAWSUIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Recording artist will.i.am performs at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" align="left" title="Recording artist will.i.am performs at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" border="0" /></a>By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - Music producer Pharrell Williams filed a lawsuit Monday asking a U.S. court to rule he has not violated any trademark that Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am owns for the phrase &quot;I AM.&quot; The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, said that will.i.am, whose real name is William Adams, has repeatedly sent letters to Williams demanding he stop using versions of the phrase &quot;I AM&quot; on a website founded by Williams, iamother.com. The website, according to the lawsuit, focuses on &quot;encouraging individuality through different forms of expression. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pharrell-williams-sues-am-over-am-223032278.htmlMon, 01 Jul 2013 19:14:50 -0400Reuterspharrell-williams-sues-am-over-am-223032278<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pharrell-williams-sues-am-over-am-223032278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/blJbHY7M81FXUMhyDdeAAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T231450Z_1_CBRE9601SKX00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PHARRELL-LAWSUIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Recording artist will.i.am performs at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" align="left" title="Recording artist will.i.am performs at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" border="0" /></a>By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - Music producer Pharrell Williams filed a lawsuit Monday asking a U.S. court to rule he has not violated any trademark that Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am owns for the phrase &quot;I AM.&quot; The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, said that will.i.am, whose real name is William Adams, has repeatedly sent letters to Williams demanding he stop using versions of the phrase &quot;I AM&quot; on a website founded by Williams, iamother.com. The website, according to the lawsuit, focuses on &quot;encouraging individuality through different forms of expression. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of the 1990s teen rap duo Kris Kross died in May from a drug overdose according to toxicology reports, authorities said on Tuesday. Mary Beth Hauptle, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office in Atlanta, released the test results to Reuters but declined to identify the drugs used. A friend of Kelly's told police that Kelly, 34, was using a mixture of heroin and cocaine on the evening before he was found unconscious in his Atlanta home on May 1, according to a police report. ...http://news.yahoo.com/kris-kross-rapper-kelly-died-drug-overdose-authorities-161537502.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 12:15:37 -0400Reuterskris-kross-rapper-kelly-died-drug-overdose-authorities-161537502<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kendrick-lamar-gabrielle-douglas-among-bet-award-winners-052602111.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Y61kZjh7SWqrXbtgKlrsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T052602Z_1_CBRE9600F3Y00_RTROPTP_2_TELEVISION-US-BETAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas poses backstage with her youngstars award at the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas poses backstage with her youngstars award at the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teenage Olympian Gabrielle Douglas, rapper Kendrick Lamar, actor Jamie Foxx as well as singers Rihanna and Nicki Minaj were among the top winners at the annual BET Awards on Sunday. The BET Awards celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes. The program is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. Lamar, who scored eight nominations, won the awards for best new artist and best male hip-hop artist at the 3-1/2 hour show at Hollywood&#039;s Nokia Theater, which was hosted by actor and comedian Chris Tucker. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kendrick-lamar-gabrielle-douglas-among-bet-award-winners-052602111.htmlMon, 01 Jul 2013 01:26:02 -0400Reuterskendrick-lamar-gabrielle-douglas-among-bet-award-winners-052602111<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kendrick-lamar-gabrielle-douglas-among-bet-award-winners-052602111.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7Y61kZjh7SWqrXbtgKlrsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T052602Z_1_CBRE9600F3Y00_RTROPTP_2_TELEVISION-US-BETAWARDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas poses backstage with her youngstars award at the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas poses backstage with her youngstars award at the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teenage Olympian Gabrielle Douglas, rapper Kendrick Lamar, actor Jamie Foxx as well as singers Rihanna and Nicki Minaj were among the top winners at the annual BET Awards on Sunday. The BET Awards celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes. The program is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. Lamar, who scored eight nominations, won the awards for best new artist and best male hip-hop artist at the 3-1/2 hour show at Hollywood&#039;s Nokia Theater, which was hosted by actor and comedian Chris Tucker. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/springsteen-revisits-glory-days-london-061633143.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NwZQIK35BGeKS04odBuziQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T061633Z_1_CBRE9600HFW00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-LEISURE-SPRINGSTEEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Bruce Springsteen rings a bicycle bell given to him by a little boy as he left his hotel in Gijon" align="left" title="Singer Bruce Springsteen rings a bicycle bell given to him by a little boy as he left his hotel in Gijon" border="0" /></a>By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen treated his fans to a complete performance of &quot;Born in the USA&quot;, the 1984 album which shot him to global superstardom, as the centerpiece of a three-hour show in London on Sunday night. The Boss and his E Street Band played the 12 songs in the same order as the original, kicking off with the Vietnam veteran&#039;s lament of the title track and serving up rollicking versions of &quot;Glory Days&quot;, &quot;No Surrender,&quot; and other favorites. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/springsteen-revisits-glory-days-london-061633143.htmlMon, 01 Jul 2013 02:16:33 -0400Reutersspringsteen-revisits-glory-days-london-061633143<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/springsteen-revisits-glory-days-london-061633143.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NwZQIK35BGeKS04odBuziQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T061633Z_1_CBRE9600HFW00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-LEISURE-SPRINGSTEEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Bruce Springsteen rings a bicycle bell given to him by a little boy as he left his hotel in Gijon" align="left" title="Singer Bruce Springsteen rings a bicycle bell given to him by a little boy as he left his hotel in Gijon" border="0" /></a>By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen treated his fans to a complete performance of &quot;Born in the USA&quot;, the 1984 album which shot him to global superstardom, as the centerpiece of a three-hour show in London on Sunday night. The Boss and his E Street Band played the 12 songs in the same order as the original, kicking off with the Vietnam veteran&#039;s lament of the title track and serving up rollicking versions of &quot;Glory Days&quot;, &quot;No Surrender,&quot; and other favorites. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mumford-sons-bring-glastonbury-jigging-end-001932066.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5rdSKyjOG3Rd.VbofjZn0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T001932Z_1_CBRE96000WP00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford &amp; Sons, performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford &amp; Sons, performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - British folk band Mumford &amp; Sons brought the annual Glastonbury festival jigging to a close on Sunday, capping three days of music, good-natured mayhem and minimal mud. The bluegrass-inspired set completed a trio of headline acts after British indie band Arctic Monkeys and veteran rockers the Rolling Stones played to crowds on the site attended by up to 150,000 music fans on Friday and Saturday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mumford-sons-bring-glastonbury-jigging-end-001932066.htmlSun, 30 Jun 2013 20:19:32 -0400Reutersmumford-sons-bring-glastonbury-jigging-end-001932066<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mumford-sons-bring-glastonbury-jigging-end-001932066.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5rdSKyjOG3Rd.VbofjZn0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T001932Z_1_CBRE96000WP00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford &amp; Sons, performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford &amp; Sons, performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - British folk band Mumford &amp; Sons brought the annual Glastonbury festival jigging to a close on Sunday, capping three days of music, good-natured mayhem and minimal mud. The bluegrass-inspired set completed a trio of headline acts after British indie band Arctic Monkeys and veteran rockers the Rolling Stones played to crowds on the site attended by up to 150,000 music fans on Friday and Saturday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swedish-duos-love-tops-britains-singles-chart-181626467.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K.5VfUrUtpXdiQApSp_KCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T110836Z_1_CBRE9600UYE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop comprised of Hjelt and Jawo perform at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" align="left" title="Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop comprised of Hjelt and Jawo perform at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" border="0" /></a>By Dasha Afanasieva LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop&#039;s &quot;I Love It&quot; entered the singles chart at number one on Sunday, knocking Robin Thicke off the top spot he had held for four weeks, the Official Charts Company said. Nearly 125,000 copies of &quot;I Love It&quot;, featuring British singer Charli XCX, were sold in the past seven days. The single features in the TV advertising campaign for Samsung&#039;s new Galaxy S4 smartphone and has been in the top 10 in 14 countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swedish-duos-love-tops-britains-singles-chart-181626467.htmlSun, 30 Jun 2013 14:16:26 -0400Reutersswedish-duos-love-tops-britains-singles-chart-181626467<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swedish-duos-love-tops-britains-singles-chart-181626467.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K.5VfUrUtpXdiQApSp_KCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-01T110836Z_1_CBRE9600UYE00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-BRITAIN-MUSIC-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop comprised of Hjelt and Jawo perform at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" align="left" title="Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop comprised of Hjelt and Jawo perform at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson" border="0" /></a>By Dasha Afanasieva LONDON (Reuters) - Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop&#039;s &quot;I Love It&quot; entered the singles chart at number one on Sunday, knocking Robin Thicke off the top spot he had held for four weeks, the Official Charts Company said. Nearly 125,000 copies of &quot;I Love It&quot;, featuring British singer Charli XCX, were sold in the past seven days. The single features in the TV advertising campaign for Samsung&#039;s new Galaxy S4 smartphone and has been in the top 10 in 14 countries. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-set-stage-alight-glastonbury-debut-010605613.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DAL7ZeFvcyae6lVp2MFBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-30T012722Z_1_CBRE95T041P00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-GLASTONBURY-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Belinda Goldsmith and Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones lived up to their reputation as one of the greatest rock&#039;n&#039;roll bands when they played to more than 100,000 revelers on Saturday during their first performance at Glastonbury, the world&#039;s best-known music festival. Despite an average age of 69, the four band members strutted, strummed and shrieked their way through a set lasting over two hours that began with &quot;Jumping&#039; Jack Flash&quot; and ended with fireworks exploding off the stage during &quot;Satisfaction&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-set-stage-alight-glastonbury-debut-010605613.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2013 21:06:05 -0400Reutersrolling-stones-set-stage-alight-glastonbury-debut-010605613<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stones-set-stage-alight-glastonbury-debut-010605613.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DAL7ZeFvcyae6lVp2MFBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-30T012722Z_1_CBRE95T041P00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-GLASTONBURY-ROLLINGSTONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Belinda Goldsmith and Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones lived up to their reputation as one of the greatest rock&#039;n&#039;roll bands when they played to more than 100,000 revelers on Saturday during their first performance at Glastonbury, the world&#039;s best-known music festival. Despite an average age of 69, the four band members strutted, strummed and shrieked their way through a set lasting over two hours that began with &quot;Jumping&#039; Jack Flash&quot; and ended with fireworks exploding off the stage during &quot;Satisfaction&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glastonbury-hosts-heaven-hell-haircuts-alongside-music-154159127.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yPONNzrHYv6TpwpUPeTtNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-29T154159Z_1_CBRE95S17MC00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Festival goers play rounders with a wellington boot and a beer can on the first day of Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Festival goers play rounders with a wellington boot and a beer can on the first day of Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - Tomato fights, anarchic gymnasts and astrophysics drew festival-goers of all ages away from the mainstream music acts at Britain&#039;s Glastonbury festival this weekend. The 1,500 hippies who paid one pound ($1.52) to attend the first Glastonbury festival in 1970 would barely recognize the massive three-day event, where around 150,000 fans were watching 2,000 acts on 58 stages, alongside thousands of workshops and stalls. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/glastonbury-hosts-heaven-hell-haircuts-alongside-music-154159127.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2013 11:41:59 -0400Reutersglastonbury-hosts-heaven-hell-haircuts-alongside-music-154159127<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glastonbury-hosts-heaven-hell-haircuts-alongside-music-154159127.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yPONNzrHYv6TpwpUPeTtNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-29T154159Z_1_CBRE95S17MC00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Festival goers play rounders with a wellington boot and a beer can on the first day of Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Festival goers play rounders with a wellington boot and a beer can on the first day of Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - Tomato fights, anarchic gymnasts and astrophysics drew festival-goers of all ages away from the mainstream music acts at Britain&#039;s Glastonbury festival this weekend. The 1,500 hippies who paid one pound ($1.52) to attend the first Glastonbury festival in 1970 would barely recognize the massive three-day event, where around 150,000 fans were watching 2,000 acts on 58 stages, alongside thousands of workshops and stalls. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stevie-wonder-sing-blind-treaty-negotiators-155547063.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LtYxjC2H7hUQS7KNPeuROw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-27T155547Z_1_CBRE95Q189600_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-TREATY-UN-STEVIEWONDER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Stevie Wonder performs &quot;Sir Duke&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Stevie Wonder performs &quot;Sir Duke&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. singer Stevie Wonder will give a concert in Marrakesh on Friday, honoring his promise to perform if negotiators concluded an international treaty boosting access to books for blind and visually impaired people worldwide. The &quot;Isn&#039;t She Lovely&quot; star, who has been sightless since birth, lobbied hard for the pact approved on Thursday by more than 600 negotiators from 186 states, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said in a statement. &quot;This is a legacy, a gift to future generations. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stevie-wonder-sing-blind-treaty-negotiators-155547063.htmlThu, 27 Jun 2013 11:55:47 -0400Reutersstevie-wonder-sing-blind-treaty-negotiators-155547063<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stevie-wonder-sing-blind-treaty-negotiators-155547063.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LtYxjC2H7hUQS7KNPeuROw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-27T155547Z_1_CBRE95Q189600_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-TREATY-UN-STEVIEWONDER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Stevie Wonder performs &quot;Sir Duke&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" align="left" title="Stevie Wonder performs &quot;Sir Duke&quot; at the 48th ACM Awards in Las Vegas" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. singer Stevie Wonder will give a concert in Marrakesh on Friday, honoring his promise to perform if negotiators concluded an international treaty boosting access to books for blind and visually impaired people worldwide. The &quot;Isn&#039;t She Lovely&quot; star, who has been sightless since birth, lobbied hard for the pact approved on Thursday by more than 600 negotiators from 186 states, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said in a statement. &quot;This is a legacy, a gift to future generations. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A former Warner Music Group intern who's suing the music company has filed a second suit, this time against a New York City recording studio. In a class-action complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, Justin Henry says that he worked for Chung King studios from October 2008 until August 2010. During that time, Henry says, he wasn't paid minimum wage and didn't receive overtime compensation. The class-action suit claims that he wasn't the only one to endure such alleged treatment. ...http://news.yahoo.com/former-warner-music-intern-files-second-lawsuit-004415379.htmlThu, 27 Jun 2013 20:44:15 -0400Reutersformer-warner-music-intern-files-second-lawsuit-004415379<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-album-leads-rap-debuts-billboard-190543551.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiXRUMTkgkcw7GfE68C5tA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T190543Z_1_CBRE95P1H1N00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-KANYEWEST-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rap musician West is seen court side as the Miami Heat play the New York Knicks in their NBA basketball game in Miami" align="left" title="Rap musician West is seen court side as the Miami Heat play the New York Knicks in their NBA basketball game in Miami" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West led a slew of new rap music debuts on the U.S. weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, as his latest album &quot;Yeezus&quot; topped the chart but fell below industry sales projections. &quot;Yeezus,&quot; West&#039;s seventh solo studio album, sold 327,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, falling below Billboard&#039;s expectation of 500,000 copies sold. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-album-leads-rap-debuts-billboard-190543551.htmlWed, 26 Jun 2013 15:05:43 -0400Reuterskanye-wests-yeezus-album-leads-rap-debuts-billboard-190543551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kanye-wests-yeezus-album-leads-rap-debuts-billboard-190543551.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kiXRUMTkgkcw7GfE68C5tA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T190543Z_1_CBRE95P1H1N00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-KANYEWEST-CHARTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Rap musician West is seen court side as the Miami Heat play the New York Knicks in their NBA basketball game in Miami" align="left" title="Rap musician West is seen court side as the Miami Heat play the New York Knicks in their NBA basketball game in Miami" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West led a slew of new rap music debuts on the U.S. weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, as his latest album &quot;Yeezus&quot; topped the chart but fell below industry sales projections. &quot;Yeezus,&quot; West&#039;s seventh solo studio album, sold 327,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, falling below Billboard&#039;s expectation of 500,000 copies sold. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/willy-wonka-wows-critics-less-impressed-mendes-musical-164949152.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgNNzEZcQL.gFjh3Gysb8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T164949Z_1_CBRE95P1ASL00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEATRE-ROALDDAHL-CHARLIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Director Sam Mendes arrives for the royal world premiere of the new 007 film &quot;Skyfall&quot; at the Royal Albert Hall in London" align="left" title="Director Sam Mendes arrives for the royal world premiere of the new 007 film &quot;Skyfall&quot; at the Royal Albert Hall in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Director Sam Mendes earned grudging critical acclaim for a stage musical of &quot;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory&quot; but was always going to struggle in comparison to much-loved past productions of Roald Dahl&#039;s work. The glitzy new staging of Dahl&#039;s children&#039;s novel, which opened in London on Tuesday, battles universal acclaim for an earlier production of his &quot;Matilda&quot;, Gene Wilder&#039;s whimsical Willy Wonka in the 1971 film and Johnny Depp&#039;s turn in 2005 - not to mention the audience&#039;s memories of the book. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/willy-wonka-wows-critics-less-impressed-mendes-musical-164949152.htmlWed, 26 Jun 2013 12:49:49 -0400Reuterswilly-wonka-wows-critics-less-impressed-mendes-musical-164949152<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/willy-wonka-wows-critics-less-impressed-mendes-musical-164949152.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgNNzEZcQL.gFjh3Gysb8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T164949Z_1_CBRE95P1ASL00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-THEATRE-ROALDDAHL-CHARLIE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Director Sam Mendes arrives for the royal world premiere of the new 007 film &quot;Skyfall&quot; at the Royal Albert Hall in London" align="left" title="Director Sam Mendes arrives for the royal world premiere of the new 007 film &quot;Skyfall&quot; at the Royal Albert Hall in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Director Sam Mendes earned grudging critical acclaim for a stage musical of &quot;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory&quot; but was always going to struggle in comparison to much-loved past productions of Roald Dahl&#039;s work. The glitzy new staging of Dahl&#039;s children&#039;s novel, which opened in London on Tuesday, battles universal acclaim for an earlier production of his &quot;Matilda&quot;, Gene Wilder&#039;s whimsical Willy Wonka in the 1971 film and Johnny Depp&#039;s turn in 2005 - not to mention the audience&#039;s memories of the book. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-nephew-says-singer-happy-final-days-012030093.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VdLSqPZYfQltSetSoDg7tw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-27T213358Z_2_CBRE95P047A00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON-AEG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Paris and her brother Prince, children of the late Michael Jackson, arrive at the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink launch party in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Paris and her brother Prince, children of the late Michael Jackson, arrive at the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink launch party in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s nephew and co-guardian to his three children testified on Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late pop star&#039;s family that the &quot;Thriller&quot; singer appeared happy at a family party about month before his death in 2009. &quot;He was in a good mood, he was happy, making jokes,&quot; T.J. Jackson, 34, the son of Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson, told jurors in a Los Angeles courtroom about the last time he saw the self-styled &quot;King of Pop.&quot; &quot;We talked primarily about the children,&quot; T.J. said. &quot;I wanted to have more kids, so did he. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-nephew-says-singer-happy-final-days-012030093.htmlThu, 27 Jun 2013 21:20:30 -0400Reutersmichael-jacksons-nephew-says-singer-happy-final-days-012030093<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-nephew-says-singer-happy-final-days-012030093.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VdLSqPZYfQltSetSoDg7tw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-27T213358Z_2_CBRE95P047A00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON-AEG.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Paris and her brother Prince, children of the late Michael Jackson, arrive at the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink launch party in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Paris and her brother Prince, children of the late Michael Jackson, arrive at the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink launch party in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s nephew and co-guardian to his three children testified on Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late pop star&#039;s family that the &quot;Thriller&quot; singer appeared happy at a family party about month before his death in 2009. &quot;He was in a good mood, he was happy, making jokes,&quot; T.J. Jackson, 34, the son of Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson, told jurors in a Los Angeles courtroom about the last time he saw the self-styled &quot;King of Pop.&quot; &quot;We talked primarily about the children,&quot; T.J. said. &quot;I wanted to have more kids, so did he. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bet-kicks-off-live-music-festival-beyonce-ahead-223623504.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tPHWvM9jf4EIvhCyZhncSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-28T223623Z_1_CBRE95R1QSW00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Beyonce poses for photographs at &quot;The Sound of Change&quot; concert at Twickenham Stadium in London" align="left" title="Singer Beyonce poses for photographs at &quot;The Sound of Change&quot; concert at Twickenham Stadium in London" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Beyonce will kick off the first BET three-day music festival on Friday, ahead of the BET awards this weekend, as the network hopes to attract more fans to music and comedy by black artists. The annual BET awards, now in its 13th year, celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes across a variety of categories spanning music, film and sport. It is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bet-kicks-off-live-music-festival-beyonce-ahead-223623504.htmlFri, 28 Jun 2013 18:36:23 -0400Reutersbet-kicks-off-live-music-festival-beyonce-ahead-223623504<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bet-kicks-off-live-music-festival-beyonce-ahead-223623504.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tPHWvM9jf4EIvhCyZhncSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-28T223623Z_1_CBRE95R1QSW00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Beyonce poses for photographs at &quot;The Sound of Change&quot; concert at Twickenham Stadium in London" align="left" title="Singer Beyonce poses for photographs at &quot;The Sound of Change&quot; concert at Twickenham Stadium in London" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Beyonce will kick off the first BET three-day music festival on Friday, ahead of the BET awards this weekend, as the network hopes to attract more fans to music and comedy by black artists. The annual BET awards, now in its 13th year, celebrate black musicians, actors and athletes across a variety of categories spanning music, film and sport. It is televised on the cable TV network BET, Black Entertainment Television, part of Viacom Inc. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/veteran-performers-wow-crowds-final-day-glastonbury-180043513.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yj1BnQAiadh3YWyeAQ.1Zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-30T180043Z_1_CBRE95T1E1I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-GLASTONBURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - An octogenarian entertainer and a veteran country music singer had fans of all tastes and ages roaring on the final afternoon of the Glastonbury music festival on Sunday. The sun beat down on the sprawling 900 acre farm in southwest England that this year showcased the Rolling Stones and Arctic Monkeys and features British folk rockers Mumford &amp; Sons on Sunday, playing to up to 150,000 music fans. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/veteran-performers-wow-crowds-final-day-glastonbury-180043513.htmlSun, 30 Jun 2013 14:00:43 -0400Reutersveteran-performers-wow-crowds-final-day-glastonbury-180043513<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/veteran-performers-wow-crowds-final-day-glastonbury-180043513.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yj1BnQAiadh3YWyeAQ.1Zg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-30T180043Z_1_CBRE95T1E1I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-GLASTONBURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" align="left" title="Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset" border="0" /></a>By Isla Binnie PILTON, England (Reuters) - An octogenarian entertainer and a veteran country music singer had fans of all tastes and ages roaring on the final afternoon of the Glastonbury music festival on Sunday. The sun beat down on the sprawling 900 acre farm in southwest England that this year showcased the Rolling Stones and Arctic Monkeys and features British folk rockers Mumford &amp; Sons on Sunday, playing to up to 150,000 music fans. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-melissa-etheridge-wed-gay-marriage-ruling-182905794.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lKMLxH8MEoQU2usyj9exYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T182905Z_1_CBRE95P1FCV00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-COURTS-GAYMARRIAGE-CELEBRITIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Etheridge poses for photographers after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Singer Etheridge poses for photographers after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. rock singer Melissa Etheridge on Wednesday announced plans to marry partner Linda Wallem after the U.S. Supreme Court&#039;s rulings paved the way for gay marriage in California, the couple&#039;s home state. Etheridge, 52, came out in 1993 and was an early and prominent gay rights advocate in the entertainment industry. &quot;I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and ge

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