Bill Graham's rock archives stream online (Reuters)

February 12, 2006

Reuters - Some of rock's most intriguing content is now in cyberspace via Wolfgang's Vault. The memorabilia seller offers treasures from the stash of promoter Bill Graham, programmer of San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, who died in 1991.

Rocker Manson offers glimpse of film-in-progress (Reuters)

February 12, 2006

Reuters - Shock rocker Marilyn Manson paid a visit to the Berlin International Film Festival on Sunday to drum up interest for his directorial debut, a surreal-horrific look at the life of English writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his "Alice in Wonderland" pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

Communities at Odds Over Haggard Honors (AP)

February 12, 2006

Country music legend Merle Haggard smiles during a news conference at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington Wednesday, May 28, 2003 where he and his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge donated belongings taken on their family's Dust Bowl-era move from Oklahoma to California on Route 66. A dispute is brewing over which of two central California communities should be the first to honor country music legend Merle Haggard. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - A dispute is brewing over which of two central California communities should be the first to honor country music legend Merle Haggard.


3 Doors Singer Downed (E! Online)

February 12, 2006

Forget Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down need to worry more about wet 
 roads.E! Online - Forget Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down need to worry more about wet roads.


Stones roll into Rio for huge Copacabana beach gig (Reuters)

February 12, 2006

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones sings as part of the halftime show during the NFL's Super Bowl XL between the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers in Detroit, Michigan February 5, 2006. (Shaun Best/Reuters)Reuters - Roll over, bossa nova. The Rolling Stones are taking over Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana Beach next Saturday for what promises to be a historic rock'n'roll extravaganza.


Country artist Alan Jackson takes gospel turn (Reuters)

February 12, 2006

Jermaine Jackson, brother of popstar Michael Jackson, arrives for the birthday party of his father Joseph Jackson in this Friday, July 22, 2005 file photo in Berlin. Jackson has revealed plans to build an entertainment complex in Armenia and said he hoped that his brother, Michael Jackson, will join in a reunion concert marking its opening.  Jackson, a singer and bass guitar player who has pursued a solo career, is on a 12-day visit to this impoverished landlocked Caucasus Mountain nation. The 51-year-old said the complex could include a hotel, a restaurant and a television company.   (AP Photo/Jan Bauer, File)Reuters - What was originally intended as a Christmas gift for his mother will soon become a treat for all of Alan Jackson's fans.


Piazza Offers Medals Ceremonies, Concerts (AP)

February 12, 2006

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs during the Men's 20 km Biathlon medal ceremony in Turin's Medal Plaza, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006. Germany's Michael Greis won the gold ahead of Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, silver, and Halvard Hanevold, bronze, in Cesana San Sicario, northern Italy, at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on Saturday. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)AP - There's a hole in the middle of every medal at these Winter Olympics for a reason: to honor the open piazzas. So it only makes sense that the city square at the heart of Turin is already THE place to be at these games.