Archive | September, 2008

AOL TV showcases stars in Q-and-A format (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Reuters - AOL Television is thinking “Outside the Box.”

AC/DC extends tour, joins “Rock Band” (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Reuters - Hard rock band AC/DC has extended its Black Ice tour of North America into early 2009. New dates begin December 20 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and run through January 31 in Nashville.

Beenie Man cleared of tax evasion in Jamaica (AP)

Posted on 30 September 2008

AP - A Jamaican judge has cleared Grammy-winning musician Beenie Man of tax-evasion charges, saying the government never informed him of his legal rights.

Jackson postpones two concerts after hospital stay (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Singer Janet Jackson speaks on stage at the 8th annual BMI Urban Awards at the Wilshire theatre in Beverly Hills, California September 4, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Janet Jackson on Tuesday postponed two concert tour dates this week after the singer was rushed to a hospital with an unexplained illness minutes before a performance in Montreal.

Discovering Krautrock - in Germany (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Musician Noel Gallagher of the band Oasis stands for a portrait in New York, November 6, 2006. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)Reuters - Few scenes in rock history have won such fame abroad yet been so overlooked at home as the wave of music West Germany spawned in the late 1960s known as Krautrock. Four decades on, that is changing.

ABC wins TV premiere week for second year (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Reuters - “Dancing with the Stars”, “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy” helped ABC become the most-watched television network during premiere week for the second straight year, according to Nielsen Media Research figures on Tuesday.

Couric-Palin chat hoists ratings for CBS (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

CBS Evening News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent Katie Couric smiles before an interview with journalist Marvin Kalb, in the first instalment of this year's 'Kalb Report' series, in Washington, September 25, 2007. (Molly Riley/Reuters)Reuters - Katie Couric’s series of buzzworthy interviews with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given “CBS Evening News” a boost.

Bond film books passage to India (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Actor Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Craig and Director Marc Forster pose during a photocall at the set of the 22nd James Bond film, 'Quantum of Solace', in Bregenz, May 6, 2008. (Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters)Reuters - James Bond is making an unprecedented side trip before his next adventure reaches the U.S.

Paul McCartney reignites Fireman project (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Former Beatles star Paul McCartney gestures at photographers in Tel Aviv, September 24, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)Reuters - Paul McCartney is returning to his Fireman alias after a decade away from the musical collaboration with producer Youth.

Springsteen, Joel sign on for Obama benefit (Reuters)

Posted on 30 September 2008

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at Veterans Park in celebration of the 105th anniversary of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 30, 2008. (Allen Fredrickson/Reuters)Reuters - In what is being billed as the first time they’ve ever played at the same concert, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel have signed on for a benefit for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on October 16 at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.