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Stones Censored but Raucous at China Show (AP)

April 8, 2006

Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, performs in the 8,000-seat Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China, Saturday April 8, 2006. The Rolling Stones opened their first-ever concert in mainland China on Saturday with 'Start Me Up,' a song with suggestive lyrics that apparently made it past the censors who banned five other songs. The concert was the band's first in mainland China, after an earlier scheduled performance was cancelled in 2003 due to the SARS crisis. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Strutting, preening and greeting the audience in Chinese, the Rolling Stones made their debut in mainland China on Saturday in a censored — but still raucous — show.


Stones Play Mainland China for First Time (AP)

April 8, 2006

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, left, performs with Cui Jian, China's best known rocker, in the 8,000-seat Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China, Saturday April 8, 2006. Cui, whose songs were anthems for student protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, described the show as a 'milestone' for him and for all rock fans in China. The Rolling Stones were performing for the first time in mainland China, after an earlier scheduled performance was cancelled in 2003 due to the SARS crisis. (AP Photo/Gaetano Salvadore)AP - Strutting, preening and greeting the audience in Chinese, the Rolling Stones made their debut in mainland China on Saturday in a censored — but still raucous — show.


Official Wants to Offer B.I.G. Reward (AP)

April 8, 2006

AP - A city councilman wants to offer a $50,000 public reward for leads in the unsolved murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. Councilman Dennis Zine proposed Friday to offer the reward for 60 days.

Netrebko Romps Through Met's 'Pasquale' (AP)

April 8, 2006

Anna Netrebko, standing, performs as Norina alongside Mariusz Kwiecien performing as Dr. Malatesta during the final dress rehearsal of Gaetano Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale' at the Metropolitan Opera, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - This will go down as the season Metropolitan Opera audiences fell in love with Anna Netrebko.


Rolling Stones push boundaries in China debut (Reuters)

April 8, 2006

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert in Shanghai, China April 8, 2006. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - The Rolling Stones rode roughshod over China's censors during their first show in the communist country on Saturday, serenading a largely foreign crowd with songs about Satan, sleaze bags and serial killers.


Stones Play to Packed House in China (AP)

April 8, 2006

Mick Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones, performs in the 8,000-seat Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China, Saturday, April 8, 2006. The concert was the band's first in mainland China, after an earlier scheduled performance was cancelled in 2003 due to the SARS crisis. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - The Rolling Stones opened their first-ever concert in mainland China on Saturday with "Start Me Up," a song with suggestive lyrics that apparently made it past the censors who banned five other songs.