AP - British prosecutors say they will not charge the son of conductor Edward Downes and his wife with assisting their suicides at a Swiss clinic last year.
Reuters - The name "Sam Adams" mainly has been associated with several American historical figures and a popular Boston beer -- until now.
Reuters - A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against late model Anna Nicole Smith, leaving her heirs none of the $300 million she sought from the estate of her Texas oil baron husband.
AP - Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace.
AP - Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of musicians through his work with Big Star, died Wednesday in New Orleans. He was 59.
AP - Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the director's 32-year-old sex case.
AP - Britt Daniel can't resist some dry humor when asked what it means to him that his band, Spoon, sold out a gig at New York's prestigious and spacious Radio City Music Hall weeks in advance.
AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
Reuters - Just three months ago, Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell was standing onstage at Los Angeles' Staples Center accepting the song of the year Grammy Award for Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" with co-writers Chris "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "the-Dream" Nash.
Reuters - Since he started his career in the '60s, Peter Frampton has maintained his reputation as an electrifying guitarist and solo artist, most famously on 1976's multiplatinum live set "Frampton Comes Alive!" Five days after his 60th birthday, the British legend will release one of the most personal albums of his career, "Thank You Mr. Churchill."
Reuters - In the promotional run-up to the April 13 release of its new album, Ohio experimental rock group Foxy Shazam tapped a curious outlet to promote the release: Chatroulette.
AP - It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.
AP - Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.
Reuters - As Aretha Franklin celebrates her 68th birthday this month, she shows no sign of slowing down.
Reuters - When Laura Marling first emerged from the U.K. alt-folk scene, she was a painfully shy, if precociously talented, 17-year-old. But her second album finds her growing in confidence, as a person and a songwriter.
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