MusicReuters - Mouse ears in the mud. It seemed a fitting end to the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza, the three-day music festival that started under warm, sunny skies but ended on Sunday night in a rainy dance party.
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Rapper Big Boi arrested on drug charges in Miami (AP)
AP - Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills.
Amy Winehouse's goddaughter performs at UK fest (AP)
AP - Amy Winehouse's 15-year-old goddaughter performed an outstanding set at the Big Chill music festival, mirroring her late mentor by closing her show with a cover of Winehouse's "Love Is a Losing Game."
Lady Gaga accused of copying "Judas" (Reuters)
Reuters - Lady Gaga on Friday was slapped with a lawsuit claiming her hit song "Judas" on the new album "Born This Way" was copied from a similar tune by a Chicago-based singer and songwriter.
Rapper Big Sean charged after NY park concert (AP)
AP - Rapper Big Sean faces charges in upstate New York after a woman complained she was sexually assaulted during a concert.
Trace Adkins, Kristin Chenoweth to host ACAs (AP)
AP - Multi-platinum country star Trace Adkins says he won't be as nervous this time when he hosts the second American Country Awards on Fox television.
Adkins, Chenoweth to host American Country Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Trace Adkins will return to host the "American Country Awards," this time joined by Kristin Chenoweth, Fox announced Friday.
Ivan Fischer leads bracing 'Don Giovanni' (AP)
AP - It's high on everyone's short list of "world's greatest operas," but performances of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" can often feel ponderous and dramatically inert.
Portugal. The Man: From Alaska to rock stardom (AP)
AP - John Gourley, lead singer of Portugal. The Man, has one heck of a back story.
McCartney recalls fear after 9/11, says music heals (Reuters)
Reuters - Paul McCartney on Thursday recalled the shock and fear that engulfed New York in the aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks and what he called the magical power of music in helping to heal those wounds.
Rapper Lil Wayne slapped with $15 million lawsuit (Reuters)
Reuters - Rapper Lil Wayne has been slapped with a $15 million lawsuit by a Georgia company that claims he stole the song "BedRock," according to a lawsuit filed in New York.
Amy Winehouse duet with Tony Bennett going to charity (Reuters)
Reuters - A duet between jazz great Tony Bennett and the late singer Amy Winehouse is being released as a single to benefit a charity established by her father, Bennett's spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Katy Perry breaks record set by Gaga, Timberlake (Reuters)
Reuters - With her latest smash, "Last Friday Night (TGIF)," Katy Perry has beaten a chart record previously held by Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake. But she'll have to wait till next week to find out whether she can match a milestone set by Michael Jackson.
Trace Adkins really is "Proud To Be Here" (Reuters)
Reuters - The irony of the title of Trace Adkins' new album, "Proud To Be Here," is not lost on anyone who knows the country singer.
Latin jazz artists sue Grammys for dropping their category (Reuters)
Reuters - Four Latin jazz artists are suing the organizers of the Grammy Awards, alleging the elimination of their category from next year's competition has caused them irreparable harm.
Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream" make Billboard history (Reuters)
Reuters - Pop princess Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" reached a new height this week as "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" became the album's fifth single to reach the top of Billboard's pop songs chart, marking the first time any album has amassed such a feat in its 19-year history.
Pablo Milanes looks forward to first Miami gig (AP)
AP - Cuban musician Pablo Milanes says he chose to play in Miami this summer for the first time because it is home to so many Cubans and Latin Americans. Yet for years, he had stayed away from the city for precisely the same reason.
Bank moves to foreclose on R. Kelly's Chicago mansion (Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter R. Kelly has failed to make mortgage payments on his multimillion-dollar Chicago-area home for more than a year and now may lose the property to lenders, court documents show.
Bank moves to foreclose on R. Kelly's suburban Chicago mansion (Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter R. Kelly has failed to make mortgage payments on his multimillion-dollar Chicago-area home for more than a year and now may lose the property to lenders, court documents show.
R Kelly faces foreclosure on Chicago-area mansion (AP)
AP - Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly faces a $2.9 million foreclosure on his suburban Chicago mansion.
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