Jerry Lee Lewis album finally set for September (Reuters)
April 26, 2006Reuters - Rockabilly hellraiser Jerry Lee Lewis will release his first album in 11 years next September through Columbia Records.
Built to Spill Keeps Guitar Solos Alive (AP)
April 26, 2006
AP - It sometimes seems as though the guitar solo, that staple of rock 'n' roll, has noodled its way into obscurity.
Broadway Looks at New 'A Chorus Line' (AP)
April 26, 2006AP - They entered, one by one, to stand on the bare stage of the Hudson Theatre — the new line in `A Chorus Line," the 19 performers who will appear in the first Broadway revival of the landmark Michael Bennett musical.
Country trio Rascal Flatts still No. 1 on charts (Reuters)
April 26, 2006Reuters - Country trio Rascal Flatts earned a third week at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, during a quiet period in which rock band Dresden Dolls logged the top debut at No. 42 and Rod Stewart re-entered the charts at No. 58 following an appearance on "American Idol."
Mick Jagger Films Scenes for ABC Comedy (AP)
April 26, 2006
AP - With a potential new role in a TV sitcom, Mick Jagger may be going from counting box-office receipts to reading the Nielsen ratings.
Charts: Rascal Flatts Says Not "Now" (E! Online)
April 26, 2006
E! Online - Rascal Flatts' Gang keeps banging away on the competition.
50 Cent Fighting Childhood Obesity (AP)
April 26, 2006
AP - 50 Cent has sold millions of records serving kids from the hood to the 'burbs a steady diet of gangsta rap.
Ziggy Marley pledges "Love" on new album (Reuters)
April 26, 2006Reuters - Ziggy Marley has just finished work on his second solo record, "Love Is My Religion," a disc of groove-laden songs touching on the most universal of emotions.
Kirkwood brothers reuniting in Meat Puppets (Reuters)
April 26, 2006Reuters - For the first time in more than a decade, Meat Puppets principals Curt and Cris Kirkwood will work together on a new album, a project described by Curt as "sonic pyramids made out of garbage."
New Orleans Gears Up for Jazz Fest (AP)
April 26, 2006
AP - There will be one less stage, one less day of music and 100 fewer performers, but one thing this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will not lack is emotion.
Trial Set for Village People Cop (E! Online)
April 26, 2006
E! Online - Forget the YMCA, the Village People's original cop is headed to
C-O-U-R-T.
Village Cop Trial-Bound
April 26, 2006
Forget the YMCA, the Village People's original cop is headed to C-O-U-R-T.
A Bay Area judge on Tuesday set July 31 as the day Victor Edward Willis, the flamboyant disco band's former frontman, will stand trial on drug possession charges.
Prosecutors in San Mateo County, California, say the erstwhile Macho Man, 54, will face the music on charges stemming from a Mar. 26 arrest, when police allegedly discovered bags of cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his car during a routine traffic stop in South San Francisco and then lied to police about his identity.
Pop Singer Howie Day Gets Probation (AP)
April 26, 2006AP - Pop singer Howie Day won't face any jail time for his rowdy behavior on a Boston-bound American Airlines flight in December.
Metallica, Alice in Chains join forces for LA gig (Reuters)
April 26, 2006
Reuters - Members of hard rock bands
Metallica and Alice in Chains will play together at a Hollywood
benefit concert next month honoring Metallica singer James
Hetfield, organizers said on Wednesday.