Music News

VARINA, Va. - Country music legend Jimmy Dean and his wife escaped a fire that heavily damaged their house in Virginia.

LONDON (Reuters) - MUZU.TV, an Irish-based video Web site which has won plaudits from the music industry for the way it pays artists when their music is played online, has signed a deal with the world's largest label Universal.

STOCKHOLM - Organizers say former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill will be the headline act for the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July.

LONDON (Reuters) - A little-known musician working in a warehouse for a living and without a record deal was nominated for a coveted Ivor Novello Award on Tuesday, joining some of the giants of British pop including Coldplay and Duffy.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Green Day has announced a slate of 38 summer dates that begins July 3 in Seattle and marks the chart-topping rock band's first full North American tour in more than three years.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Coachella magic was at work during most of Sunday's closing date of the three-day festival in the southern California desert, from the hot-rockin' Gaslight Anthem out of New Jersey to the headliner, celebrated Britrock mood icons the Cure, playing until the plug was pulled just shy of 1 a.m.

LOS ANGELES - Esa-Pekka Salonen says he'll return Europe and focus on composing after taking his final bow as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Derek Trucks has been on the road for almost 20 years, which is a real feat for a guitarist and bandleader who hasn't yet reached 30 years-old.

BLANTYRE, Malawi - Madonna's appeal of a court ruling denying her request to adopt a 3-year-old girl from Malawi will be heard next month, a court official said Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - He led one of the greatest record-label house bands of all time, wrote a rock classic, is enshrined in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and received a lifetime Grammy award.

NEW YORK - Beyonce says one of the toughest parts of summer tour has been condensing more than a decade's hits into a two-hour show. Judging from a recent photo shoot, figuring out how to perform them in Thierry Mugler's elaborate, over-the-top costumes is just as difficult.

Smashing Pumpkins have issued a statement saying that they are seeking a drummer to replace Jimmy Chamberlin, who left the band last week.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - You might say The Edge is having boundary issues.

Lady GaGa knocked out one of her dancers' teeth during a U.S. radio performance yesterday (March 31).

Los Angeles (E! Online) - UPDATE: The charges were dropped April 15, with prosecutors saying that the alleged victim, Nate Dogg's estranged wife, never contaced them.

David Hasselhoff's teenage daughters have announced they're launching a pop career.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Zac Efron may be putting musicals behind him, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy some show tunes every once in a while.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - The boy genius has given way to the convicted murderer.

LONDON (Reuters) - A middle aged Scottish spinster with untamed hair and a plain-spoken manner has captivated millions of music lovers and confounded celebrity watchers with her rise to fame after appearing on a British TV talent show.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jared Leto wants kids in need to have more than a so-called life.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Chris Brown isn't going to let something like his arraignment get in the way of having a good time.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - With his latest single shooting up the charts, Jason Aldean faces a problem that most entertainers wouldn't mind having.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Britney Spears could be forced back into the legal zone.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Jazz musician Chuck Mangione's (man-jee-OH'-nees) performance in Buffalo, N.Y., next month will be followed by a fundraiser for the victims of Flight 3407, including two members of his band.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Maybe it was bad gravy?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. singer and actress Madonna was thrown from a horse and suffered minor injuries on Saturday after the animal was startled by photographers on New York's Long Island, her spokeswoman said.

INDIO, Calif. - Crowds appeared as big as ever at the seemingly recession-proof Coachella music festival, where Paul McCartney delivered an epic set of Beatles classics, M.I.A. ended her maternity leave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Sunday alongside a giant inflated eyeball.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - As if Lindsay Lohan wasn't having a rough enough week already.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Yusuf Islam is wearing a starched white shirt and sitting on a stark white couch at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel, sipping tea from a white teacup and admitting that he's taken aback by the hotel's lurid vibrancy.