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NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert (AP)
September 5, 2008
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
Kanye West ends VMA boycott (Reuters)
September 5, 2008
Reuters - A year after vowing never to
perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye
West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on
Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and
the Jonas Brothers, organizers said.
Dylan rolls out rocking show in rarely used venue (Reuters)
September 5, 2008Reuters - Leave it to an enigmatic-after-all-these-years rock legend to play a 50-year-old creaky venue that hasn't been a concert hotspot for quite some time. Back in the 1970s and '80s, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium played host to shows from the Kinks to Queen to the Clash. The sound was never very good.
Denmark's Horsens builds city on rock 'n roll (Reuters)
September 5, 2008Reuters - To stop local people from moving out, the town of Horsens in western Denmark decided to invite international rock stars in.
VMAs offer glimpse of music and mayhem (AP)
September 5, 2008
AP - Britney Spears may not sing at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will.
Target scores Aguilera hits album exclusive (Reuters)
September 5, 2008Reuters - Target and Target.com (http://www.target.com/) will be the sole retailers to carry Christina Aguilera's first greatest hits collection, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits," due November 11.
Turner adds new concert dates to tour (Reuters)
September 5, 2008Reuters - Tina Turner has added eight concert dates to her upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to launch October 1 in Kansas City, Mo. The singer's 36-date arena trek wraps with a December 12-13 stand in Toronto.
Next U2 album pushed to early 2009 (Reuters)
September 5, 2008
Reuters - Initially expected this fall as a
fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to
early 2009 while the band continues to write and record
material.
Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold (AP)
September 5, 2008
AP - A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector.
Wein works to preserve the Newport festival legacy (AP)
September 5, 2008
AP - For the first time since he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein didn't have to sign any checks or worry about how the fickle weather might affect the bottom line. Instead, his biggest concern at the recent festival was whether he could keep up on piano with his Newport All-Stars band during their set on the main stage that preceded performances by Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins.
