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Radiohead
to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

Dec 27, 2007 9:52 PM CST

Radiohead to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

Tech-savvy group celebrates 'new' CD

(Newser) - Radiohead will celebrate the CD release of its buzz-generating new album In Rainbows by streaming a pre-recorded concert on its website at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The band broke new ground by first releasing the album online under a pay-what-you-want formula. The New Year's Eve show will include...

Spice Girls Heat Up Canada

Dec 3, 2007 2:16 PM CST

Spice Girls Heat Up Canada

Pop group kicks off world tour

(Newser) - If what you want, what you really really want, is a Spice Girls reunion, you've got it. The five-woman pop group resurfaced yesterday in Vancouver, dressed a little more conservatively than in the past. It was the quintet's first concert in a world tour expected to run through Canada, the...

Kanye Breaks Down on Stage

Nov 19, 2007 6:11 AM CST

Kanye Breaks Down on Stage

Weeps at Paris concert over mother's death

(Newser) - Rapper Kanye West broke down weeping at his first concert since the death of his mother just a week ago. He was near the end of a performance in Paris Saturday night and was unable to begin his song "Hey Mama." "This song is dedicated to...

Hannah Montana Fan Club Sued for 'Ticket Trick'

Nov 14, 2007 3:46 AM CST

Hannah Montana Fan Club Sued for 'Ticket Trick'

Fans claim $30 club didn't provide promised access to concert

(Newser) - Hannah Montana fans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the actress' fan club, charging they were deceptively lured into paying a $30 entrance fee with the promise that they would have better access to concert tickets. In fact the "vast majority of club members" couldn't get tickets to star...

Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

Nov 9, 2007 8:39 PM CST

Ticket Scalpers Draw Scrutiny

Is the ticket industry designed to fleece the average consumer?

(Newser) - The Hannah Montana tour is hot—tickets sold out in seconds, and resellers are charging as much as 100 times face value for them. And both the speed of sellouts and eye-popping resale prices for popular artists are arousing suspicion. The Washington Post looks at how scalpers use ticket-buying technology,...

Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

Oct 16, 2007 11:13 AM CDT

Ticketmaster Suit Halts Scalpers

Judge blocks software after outcry from Hannah Montana fans

(Newser) - Fans frustrated in their pursuit of instantly sold-out online tickets caught a break yesterday when a federal judge halted the use of scalper software on Ticketmaster. RMG Technologies' software let prospectors buy out concerts and resell tickets at inflated prices, Reuters reports. "They're cheating consumers, and we're not...

'Hannah Montana' Tour Has Scalpers in High Gear

Oct 2, 2007 3:20 PM CDT

'Hannah Montana' Tour Has Scalpers in High Gear

Teen sensation sells out shows nationwide

(Newser) - Parents across the nation are wringing their hands as scalpers rub theirs with glee over Hannah Montana, the 14-year-old fictional pop star whose concert tour dates are selling out in minutes. Her popular Disney Channel show rocketed the character to Madonna-level stardom with kids, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says, which means...

Rock Legends Party Like It's 1979 (With a 2007 Approach)

Sep 16, 2007 9:52 AM CDT

Rock Legends Party Like It's 1979 (With a 2007 Approach)

Rock has become a 'legitimate trade'

(Newser) - The Police. Genesis. Led Zeppelin. Rock legends are squeezing back into their familiar duds to electrify audiences decades after their heydays. The comebacks aren’t all about cash, the Economist proposes. Many of the greying rockers are in no need of funds "if they fancy a new castle or...

Led Zeppelin Set to Press 'Play'

Sep 12, 2007 4:11 PM CDT

Led Zeppelin Set to Press 'Play'

Surviving members will reunite to honor Atlantic Records founder

(Newser) - The surviving members of Led Zeppelin will reunite in November for a concert to honor late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who signed the group in 1968. The three band members haven't played together since 1988, although rumors of reconciliation have been swirling for several years, and a greatest-hits album...

Punk Rock Impresario Kristal Dead

Aug 29, 2007 1:40 PM CDT

Punk Rock Impresario Kristal Dead

NYC club CBGB launched some of movement's top acts

(Newser) - Hilly Kristal, whose iconic club CBGB was the epicenter of American punk rock, died yesterday at 75 after a battle with lung cancer. The New York venue—fully titled CBGB & OMFUG, or "Country, Bluegrass and Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandisers"—showcased the Ramones, the Talking...

Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Aug 29, 2007 11:18 AM CDT

Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Reviews of 'superdrunk,' 'confused' performance get guitarist riled up

(Newser) - Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,...

No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

Aug 22, 2007 5:01 PM CDT

No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

Richards, Wood defy smoking ban at UK show, plan to continue

(Newser) - Threat of fines appear unlikely to keep the Rolling Stones from smoking onstage, the Times reports. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood lit up during a show yesterday in London despite frantic warnings from venue staff. "You might say that Keith and Ronnie lighting up while they swap licks...

Van Halen, Roth to Reunite

Aug 14, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

Van Halen, Roth to Reunite

Rock legends to kick off comeback tour; former frontman back after 22 years

(Newser) - The iconic 80's Rock group Van Halen will set off on a comeback tour this fall—this time with original frontman David Lee Roth. Roth hasn't performed live with his former bandmates since leaving in a huff in 1985, but stresses it's a new era for the group. "This...

Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

Aug 9, 2007 2:26 PM CDT

Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

Censor intercepts Pearl Jam's jab; AT&T blames 'mistake'

(Newser) - Pearl Jam is slamming AT&T after the telecom company censored its Webcast of the band's performance at Lollapalooza Sunday. Lyrics telling George Bush to "leave this world alone" and "find another home" during the Chicago show vanished from the streaming version of the gig; AT&T blames...

Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism

Jul 7, 2007 8:29 AM CDT

Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism

Concerts will heat up stages, possibly the Earth

(Newser) - Today's concert in Sydney kicks off the 24-hour Live Earth series, which puts over 100 acts on stages on seven continents to fight climate change. Along with raising awareness, the concerts are raising eyebrows at the hypocrisy of using jet-setting rockers as role models for reducing greenhouse gases, and questions...

Princess Di Tribute Rocks On

Jul 2, 2007 4:50 AM CDT

Princess Di Tribute Rocks On

Princes' concert celebrates mom's 46th birthday

(Newser) - Nostalgic performances by Elton John and Duran Duran highlighted a concert packed with 68,000 fans yesterday to honor Princess Diana on what would have been her 46th birthday. The spectacle, which flashed giant-screen archival footage of the much-loved "People's Princess," was organized at Wembley stadium amid tight...

Spice Girls Back for World Tour

Jun 28, 2007 3:52 PM CDT

Spice Girls Back for World Tour

After six years—Scary, Ginger, Baby, Posh, and Sporty are back for more girl power

(Newser) - In a blast from the British past, all five of the Spice Girls reunited today in London for the first time since 2001 to kick off an 11-date, 8-country world tour, which starts in December. "The time is right," said Sporty Spice. "We want to have some...

Ticket Sales Scuttle Clarkson Summer Tour

Jun 15, 2007 5:56 AM CDT

Ticket Sales Scuttle Clarkson Summer Tour

Idle profits mark more turmoil for idol's new, "darker" album

(Newser) - Inaugural American Idol darling Kelly Clarkson has pulled the plug on her summer tour because of dismal ticket sales—just 11 days before her new album hits stores. It's been a rocky week for Clarkson, who canned her manager and has irritated RCA execs by refusing to work with producers...