Drive-By Truckers deliver a ferocious show (Reuters)
May 4, 2006Reuters - Taken by itself, the Drive-By Truckers show at the House of Blues was typically devastating -- a visceral slab of countrified three-guitar hard rock packed into killer songs and played with passion and raucous fury.
Jack White Adds Touch of Scarlett (E! Online)
May 4, 2006
E! Online - White Stripes rocker Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson,
announced Thursday that they had their first child together Tuesday in
Tennessee. They named their baby girl Scarlett Teresa, according to
White's rep, Chloe Walsh.
Sony Music Can't Stop Master P And Lil' Romeo (Yahoo! Music)
May 4, 2006Yahoo! Music - Hip-hop mogul Master P says that Sony Music executives are trying to keep Romeo's "U Can't Shine Like Me" from getting played on radio.
White Adds Scarlett
May 4, 2006
Frankly, my dear...welcome to the family.
White Stripes rocker Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson, announced Thursday that they had their first child together Tuesday in Tennessee. They named their baby girl Scarlett, according to White's rep, Chloe Walsh.
The couple recently bought a home in Nashville on the same street where country legends Hank Williams Sr. and George Jones once lived.
Jack White and Karen Elson Have Baby Girl (AP)
May 4, 2006
AP - It's a girl for White Stripes frontman Jack White and his wife, model Karen Elson.
Rihanna's "SOS" rockets to No. 1 on singles chart (Reuters)
May 4, 2006
Reuters - R&B singer Rihanna's "SOS" surged 33
places to seize the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart Thursday, ending the five-week run of Canadian singer
Daniel Powter's "Bad Day," which slipped to No. 2.
Questions for "Bad Day" Singer-Songwriter (AP)
May 4, 2006AP - Daniel Powter knows a little something about being bounced off of a talent competition.
Crimefighter Recalls Woodstock Gig (AP)
May 4, 2006AP - As he walks to the stage of a Hofstra University lecture hall, Robert Leonard's attire is every bit the college professor: blue blazer and shirt, charcoal slacks, yellow tie, glasses.
Lachey Insults Lohan (Yahoo! Music)
May 4, 2006Yahoo! Music - Nick Lachey may be single and looking, but he's not giving starlet Lindsay Lohan so much as a passing glance.
Jack White Is A Dad (Yahoo! Music)
May 4, 2006Yahoo! Music - Jack White has become a father, according to reports.
Radio City Music Hall Sues Over LED Screen (AP)
May 4, 2006AP - The operators of the famed Radio City Music Hall have sued a Belgium-based media company for breach of contract over the purchase of a giant high-definition video screen they say never worked properly.
Friend of T.I. Gunned Down (E! Online)
May 4, 2006
E! Online - Rapper T.I. lost a member of his entourage Wednesday morning
when his personal assistant, 26-year-old Philant Johnson, was shot to
death while riding in a car with the group after they left a Cincinnati
nightclub.
Karen O the star of Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert (Reuters)
May 4, 2006Reuters - A Yeah Yeahs show is as much a visual as it is an aural experience. The sight of lead singer Karen O -- her hair in a bow cut, the dark makeup under her eyes making her look like a raccoon -- is endlessly entertaining. Prowling the stage with abandon and striking a series of angular poses with her impossibly long legs and arms, this powerhouse singer elevates the proceedings beyond a typical rock concert.
Gas Explosions Nix Goo Goo Dolls Concert (AP)
May 4, 2006AP - A failure in an underground electrical line apparently caused a series of gas explosions that sent utility hole covers flying and forced cancellation of a Goo Goo Dolls concert, officials say.
Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses reunite in Europe (Reuters)
May 4, 2006
Reuters - Guns N' Roses will open two German
dates on the Rolling Stones' upcoming tour of Europe, a role
they last performed during the Stones' 1989 U.S. trek.
Young unleashes "War" with urgency (Reuters)
May 4, 2006
Reuters - Journalists loathe
deadlines, though they go with the territory. Even the best
writers have trouble with them: Reviewers have recently pointed
out that Gay Talese, among the most distinguished journalists
of his generation, missed the deadline for his new book "A
Writer's Life" by about a decade.