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Mick Jagger's daughter Jade to marry DJ beau in India
Mick Jagger's second eldest daughter, jewellery designer Jade, has reportedly told her friends that she is getting married, for the first time, to the handsome music festival promoter and DJ Adrian...


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Julio Iglesias to hold concerts in Argentina
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina.

A concert in Tandil, a mountain tourist center located 375 km from the Argentine capital, was the first of three shows...
Jessie J to snog Rihanna, Sheeran
British singer Jessie J says that she will snog pop stars Rihanna and Ed Sheeran if she wins three Brit awards.

The 23-year-old is nominated for best female, best breakthrough and best single for...
Willow Smith shaves her head completely bald
Will Smith's music minded daughter Willow Smith has taken the bold decision to shave off the long braids that helped to make her famous.

In the music video accompanying her 2010 hit single 'Whip My...
Katy Perry's ex says he'll always be there for her
Katy Perry's ex boyfriend Travie McCoy has been comforting and supporting the singer after her split from now estranged husband Russell Brand.

The 'Firework' hitmaker and British comedian Brand...
Becks and Prince Harry party with Katherine Jenkins in London
David Beckham and Prince Harry cancelled their boys' night out to party with Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins on Friday.

The three partied at the Arts Club in Mayfair and despite the snow warnings the...
Love hurts 'innocent third parties' too
The singers who croon "Love Hurts" are right - but it is not only the jilted partners and unrequited romantics who are at risk but also innocent third parties, researchers say.

People who are...
First Listen: Field Music, 'Plumb'
February 5, 2012 How much does it take for someone to become your New Favorite Band? A single great album? Or does it require more of a body of work? In my case, the English progressive pop group...
Madonna Gives High Energy Super Bowl Halftime Show
She made quite an entrance, that's for sure, riding onto the field at Lucas Oil Stadium on a throne dressed in full-on Cleopatra mode pulled by dancers dressed like Roman warriors. Decked out in...
'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Trailer Explodes Into Super Bowl
Super Bowl Sunday: A time for an intense football matchup, million-dollar commercials and for movie studios to show off what blockbuster flicks they have in store for the rest of the year. Paramount...
Madonna Rocks, M.I.A. Flips the Bird During Super Bowl Halftime Show
It's Madonna Louise Ciccone's world, we're just living in it. The pop icon took to the world's biggest stage to rock three-and-a-half older tracks and a playful new song during...
Utah Jazz regain edge, punch out L.A. Lakers 96-87
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter (0) pulls down a rebound ahead of Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum (17) as the Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Lakers, NBA...
Madonna’s Glittering Super Bowl Spectacle
Madonna packed some serious spectacle into her twelve-minute halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI. Ushered in on a golden chariot pulled by a phalanx of centurions, Madonna opened the set with her 1990...
'Avengers' New Trailer Blasts Into Super Bowl
is any indication, Cap will have bigger things to think about than the Super Bowl this summer. The game was a big deal and all, but comic book movie fans also assembled in front of televisions and...
New-artist category has a history of hits and misses
The erratic history of Grammy's best new artist award hopscotches from bull's-eyes (The Beatles) and head-scratchers (A Taste of Honey) to one-hit wonders (Starland Vocal Band) and scandals...
Grammy's song of the year category changes its tune
What's the difference? Song of the year traditionally has rewarded artful marriages of music and lyrics that can stand the test of time. Think of 1971's winner, Carole King's...
Madonna's Super Bowl Halftime Show: What Hollywood Is Saying
PHOTOS: The Best (and Worst) Super Bowl Commercials of 2012 The performance featured a stunning electronic stage and plenty or pyrotechinics. Her performance featured some oldies-but-goodies such...
Super Bowl Party for Two: Jordin Sparks and Boyfriend Jason Derulo Celebrate Big Game
viewers may recall that her father, Phillippi "PJ" Sparks, was a Defensive Back for the New York Giants. But on this Super Bowl, where the Giants take on the New England Patriots, the...
Don Cornelius Upset About 'Health, Divorce, Relationships,' Son Says
'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Remembered on ABC's 'The View' (Video) "He was not feeling well so it's really hard to say why my dad decided he had had...
Kelly Clarkson Nails National Anthem at Super Bowl 46
Some of the greatest singers have gotten a little pitchy when singing the National Anthem; but not Kelly Clarkson.   The Grammy-winning singer scored with an elegant, pitch-perfect, slightly...
Best websites to stream high quality free and legal music
As long as you have a fast (512kbps or more) home broadband connection or a stable 3G network, you can get free music on your PC, mobile phone or tablet in an instant. Several online music services...
NBA: Utah Jazz look strong, but two-month road test awaits
Two years, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said. That's how long it takes most NBA teams to learn how to win on the road. And for every good squad that eventually becomes great by claiming victories...
Rolling Stone Rocks the Super Bowl Tailgate
Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Rolling Stone's Volkswagen Rock & Roll Tailgate The Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Tailgate Party may have been indoors – in Indianapolis’ newly...
Kelly Clarkson's National Anthem Kicks Off Super Bowl
to share her two cents about rehearsal time: "Just finished rehearsing the anthem in Indy ... wow, I'm actually really nervous about singing at the Super Bowl ha!" she wrote....
'Smash' And 'Glee' Are 'Very Different,' Megan Hilty Says
It's safe to assume that if you're watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night (February 5), you will see several promos for NBC's newest musical drama, "Smash," which premieres...
Laura Marling and Gruff Rhys for BBC 6Music birthday concert
Gruff Rhys are among the artists on the bill of a concert to celebrate BBC 6Music's 10th birthday. The concert takes place across three venues at London's Southbank Centre on Friday...
Best websites to stream high quality free & legal music
As long as you have a fast (512kbps or more) home broadband connection or a stable 3G network, you can get free music on your PC, mobile phone or tablet in an instant. Several online music services...
Stripped of bells and whistles, hockey still has its soundtracks
This week’s Hockey Day in Canada festivities include Stolen From a Hockey Card, a CBC-sponsored concert on Feb. 9 in Charlottetown, where musicians Dave Bidini, Sarah Harmer and others will...
UFC 143 walk-in music: Ghosts, transformations and a dash of “Tubthumping”
Carlos Condit raises his arms after the fifth round of his welterweight title win over Nick Diaz at UFC 143 Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events...
Rapid City native presents organ concert
Rapid City native Wyatt Smith will present a concert of classic works for organ at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Sioux...
National Music Museum to host Javanese gamelan workshop
Joko Sutrisno leads the performance of the traditional Javanese...
Music Review: Collegiate Chorale Sings Tippett and Bruckner at Carnegie
To be a gay atheist remains almost as marginalizing in many societies today as it was for Michael Tippett (1905-98), the British composer and pacifist who began composing "A Child of Our Time" the...
Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center
With Rossini's radiant late operas receiving ever more respect and attention, it seems increasingly perverse that Stendhal, his first biographer, loudly preferred his early comic works.


But a...
Music Review: Prism Quartet and Music From China at Weill Recital Hall
Anyone unfamiliar with the Prism Quartet, a Philadelphia saxophone ensemble, and Music From China, a New York group formed to preserve and promote traditional Chinese music, might assume that they...
Geri Halliwell won't rule out Spice Girls reunion
, which suggested the fivesome could reunite for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this summer. Victoria Beckham has reportedly refused to be a part of any possible reunion, with a source claiming...
Pass notes No 3,119: Curse of the ninth symphony
Mahler was so scared of reaching the fateful number that he called what would have been his ninth symphony Das Lied von der Erde to play safe. But then he overcame his fears, wrote a ninth, and...
'Smash' pulls out all the entertainment stops and succeeds
Arriving tonight as NBC's Great-White-Way hope, Smash is just the kind of gloriously entertaining, wildly ambitious network series you hope for each season and seldom get. Almost every step this...
OK Go's Super Bowl Commercial Hits Overdrive
"Needing/Getting" video — which premiered Sunday (February 5) on MTV.com and will also be seen in a Chevy commercial during tonight's Super Bowl XLVI — OK Go stage a...
String quartet, Persian music master prove a captivating blend in Alverno performance
(0) Comments The most amazing things happen when brilliant people cross paths. Take, for instance, the concert by the wildly inventive string quartet Brooklyn Rider and Kayhan Kalhor, an Iranian...
Dion's hubby may buy Schwartz's deli
MONTREAL – Superstar Celine Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, is rumoured to be looking to purchase arguably the most famous restaurant in Montreal - or perhaps in Canada - Schwartz’s...
Lana Del Rey's 'Born To Die' tops UK album chart
Lana Del Rey 's debut 'Born To Die' has gone straight to the top of album chart. The Official Charts Company reports that the album sold more than 117,000 copies in a week, making...
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb 'feels fantastic' after cancer recovery
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb says he is "feeling fantastic" after making a recovery from colon cancer. The 62-year-old had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment after a growth on his...
Lana Del Rey: 'I might never make another album'
Lana Del Rey says she may never make another album after 'Born To Die'. The Lake Placid singer's debut is expected to go straight to the top of the album chart today (Sunday), and,...
Liz Phair Defends Lana Del Rey
reached out to the singer-songwriter/provocateur to share her thoughts on Lana Del Rey, who has been as intensely loved and loathed by fans and media in recent weeks as Phair herself was in the...
Lambert not new Queen frontman
Adam Lambert has cleared up reports he is the new frontman of Queen, insisting remarks he made about joining the "We Will Rock you" stars were "taken out of context". In a...
Metallica's Kirk Hammett joins ex-Exodus bandmates on stage
Exodus bandmates on stage on Saturday at a special concert in Oakland, California. Hammett, alongside former guitarist Rick Hunolt and original bassist Jeff Andrews joined Exodus' current...
The Black Keys – review
Enormous beats ... Patrick Carney of the Black Keys on the opening night of their UK tour at Arena, Nottingham. Photograph: Ollie...
The Jacobin – review
Jacobin and disinherited. But change, he soon realises, is also needed in his home town, where the mayor is using his authority to press his attentions on Terinka, the spirited daughter of a local...