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From JENNIFER CHANCELLOR – World Scene Writer (Tulsaworld.com): In a Tulsa World phone interview last week – his last public interview – Robert Wilson expressed joy about an impending return to his boyhood city, an Aug. 28 festival headlining show here and a following tour. “I can’t wait to get back home,” Wilson said as […]
Isn’t this interesting. A new song of Fantasia’s just leaked called “Lucky.” And seeing that it doesn’t appear on her new album “Back To Me”‘s track listing, it probably got scrapped. Why? Because she’s singing about getting it in with a “taken” man. Coincidence? RELATED: Fantasia “Man Of The House” [NEW MUSIC] RELATED: Fantasia Spotted […]
*It should come as no surprise that following Fantasia’s overdose on Monday a rep for VH1 told Access Hollywood that the premiere episode of the second season of the singer’s reality show, “Fantasia For Real,” will be reworked: http://www.eurweb.com/?p=42965
Legacy Recordings will release another clutch of deluxe Jimi Hendrix reissues on October 19. The titles are Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions, Jimi Hendrix: Blues, Live At Woodstock, and the EP Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year, which features the guitar legend’s medley of “Little Drummer Boy,” […]
the six-time Grammy Award-winning chanteuse who burst onto the scene in 1985 with her self-titled debut and within a quarter of a century became one of the best-selling vocalists of all time, is celebrating her 47th birthday. http://www.bvnewswire.com/2010/08/09/whitney-houston-47-birthday/
*The Queen of Soul, Godfather of Soul and King of Pop have made a shortlist of the top 20 greatest artists in the last 50 years – as chosen by a new poll from CNN and UK-based Songlines magazine. Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Michael Jackson, respectively, join Madonna, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan […]
*The late Ike Turner will be celebrated in his hometown of Mississippi this weekend. Officials in Clarksdale will gather with music fans to unveil two markers honoring the artist and his musical legacy. The event will coincide with the 23rd annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, dedicated this year to “Rocket 88,” the […]
VIA EURWEB.com: Every story has an arc, and love stories are no different. There’s the initial encounter, the flirtation, the first date, the escalation, the passion … and then the map gets a little fuzzy. What comes next is hard to predict – rock-solid commitment and eternal devotion for some, disillusionment or even betrayal for […]
Several of Bob Marley‘s master recordings and personal belongings were destroyed in a fire in Aburi, Ghana. The tapes were being stored at Studio One, the solar-powered studio founded by Marley’s wife, Rita. It was set to open just one month after the blaze. Rita will rebuild the complex and revealed that there was priceless […]
One of John Legend‘s nephews owes Twitter — big time — for getting him out of trouble. During a recent visit to Uncle John’s apartment, the boy broke one of his elder’s prized possessions: a Grammy award. Legend made light of the situation when he posted a picture of the damaged […]
*Rolling Stone is reporting that new material from the late Michael Jackson is coming to stores this fall courtesy of Sony Music. Ten previously-unreleased songs are due in November, which will be the first in a 10-project, seven-year, $250 million deal the Jackson estate signed with Sony Music in March 2010. The pact also […]
Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky weren’t the only high-profile couple who got married this weekend. Rapper T.I., 29, traded in his player’s card, wedding longtime girlfriend, singer, and reality show star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, 35, twice. Cottle was a member of hit ’90s group Xscape. The couple wed Friday at a […]
