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Guyana bans music of no-show Jamaican singer (AP)

AP - The state-owned radio network in Guyana says a Jamaican dance-hall singer has been banned from the airwaves of the South American country because of obscene lyrics.

Fans work to protect Jackson's name on trial's eve (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, Michale Jackson fan Lesley Cole, of Los Angeles, shows her support for the late singer outside the preliminary hearing for Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray, charged in the death of the singer, at Los Angeles Superior Court. Around the globe, the King of Pop's supporters are scanning headlines and airwaves for stories that contain inaccuracies about the singer's life. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)AP - Inside the compact, wood-paneled courtroom that will soon host the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, many of the tabloid-worthy elements of the singer's life will go unspoken.


Gloria Estefan releases sensual album in English (AP)

In this Sept. 13, 2011 photo, singer Gloria Estefan is interviewed  in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Estefan attributes her producer Pharrell with helping to bring out her sexier side in her new English album, 'Miss Little Havana.' (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Conga, merengue, salsa, cumbia. And also pop. Rock. Folk.


Jagger unsure if Stones will do anniversary tour (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2011 file photo, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles. Jagger said in an interview Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, that he is not sure if the Rolling Stones with tour for their 50th anniversary. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)AP - Rumors of a Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour have been floating around for months. But if they're true, Mick Jagger isn't saying.


LA trustees rename school 'Carlos Santana Academy' (AP)

FILE - This March 30, 2011 file photo shows Carlos Santana, performing on the last stop of his concert 'Guitar Heaven' in Asia, in Taipei, Taiwan. Santana has earned a long list of accolades in his four-decades-long career, but now he can add a new one — a Los Angeles school named in his honor. The LA Unified school board on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 approved the name 'Carlos Santana Arts Academy' for what has been called Valley Region Elementary School No. 12 in the San Fernando Valley. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)AP - Guitarist Carlos Santana has earned a long list of accolades in his four-decades-long career, but now he can add a new one — a Los Angeles school named in his honor.


A Minute With: Bob Weir looking back to Grateful Dead '72 (Reuters)

Reuters - The Grateful Dead revisit their historic 1972 tour of Europe with the release this week of "Europe '72 Vol.2, " featuring live versions of more of the band's classic songs and new material.

K-pop's slick productions win fans across Asia (AP)

In this photo taken June 2, 2011, Christine Rodriguez, second from left, sings with friends in a 'noraebang' in Korea or karaoke in their regular gathering in Manila, Philippines. Just as it has elsewhere in Asia, South Korean popular culture, from music and TV dramas to fashion and cosmetics, is captivating many in the Philippines, once an undisputed bastion of American pop and Hollywood movies. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - How did Seoul become Asia's capital of cool?


Gavin DeGraw feeling "Sweeter" after attack (Reuters)

Gavin DeGraw arrives for an Esquire and VH1 Save The Music Foundation benefit in New York November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Getting beaten up is never a good thing, unless maybe you're Gavin DeGraw. In which case, it could even make life "Sweeter."


Review: Demi Lovato: split musical personality in "Unbroken" (Reuters)

Reuters - When Demi Lovato spent several months at a therapeutic center recently, she wasn't being treated for a split personality. Yet that's the diagnosis you'd have to apply to her deeply divided third album, "Unbroken."

Jagger's new band, formed on a whim, gets Superheavy (Reuters)

Mick Jagger performs Reuters - Dave Stewart went to the hilltop and called on a higher rock star -- Mick Jagger. Thus began Superheavy, a project shrouded in secrecy for two years and now with one album released this week to its credit


Christopher Plummer makes music — with Shakespeare (AP)

In this Sept. 17, 2011 photo released by the New York Philharmonic, Christopher Plummer narrates during Sir William Walton's film score of Henry V as Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. (AP Photo/New York Philharmonic, Chris Lee)AP - It has been more than a half-century since Christopher Plummer played Henry V; it was 1956, to be exact.


All 5 entertainer nominees to perform on CMAs (AP)

AP - Star power will be on maximum when all five nominees for entertainer of the year perform during the 45th annual Country Music Association Awards.

Amy Winehouse shines on Tony Bennett's "Duets" (Reuters)

Reuters - To contend that Amy Winehouse walks away with Tony Bennett's "Duets II" album isn't just to give in to posthumous sentimentality. Even if Winehouse were up and bounding like a young gazelle, you'd still have to count her three-and-a-half minutes with the octogenarian partner who outlived her as the album's most precious.

Review: Sensitive Gavin DeGraw gets rascally on "Sweeter" (Reuters)

Reuters - When Gavin DeGraw was attacked for no obviously apparent reason on the streets of New York's East Village last month, it was hard not to flash back to that famous scene from "National Lampoon's Animal House" where John Belushi beat up Stephen Bishop for the mere crime of being a sensitive singer/songwriter.

Lady Gaga leads MTV Europe award nominations (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. pop star Lady Gaga led the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) nominations on Monday with six, including best song for "Born This Way," best pop and live act and best female artist.

Grateful Dead revisit historic 1972 tour on new CD (Reuters)

Reuters - The Grateful Dead's long strange trip keeps on truckin' this month. After 39 years, the Dead's seminal live album "Europe '72" has a proper follow up culled from that same tour.

Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber win Teen Choice Awards (AP)

Selena Gomez, center, accepts her award onstage at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 in Universal City, Calif.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Selena Gomez conjured five wins at the Teen Choice Awards — one more than boyfriend Justin Bieber.


Rain blows out amps, cancels INXS show in Pa. (AP)

AP - A concert by the Australian band INXS at a northeastern Pennsylvania casino had to be canceled after a rain storm shorted out the electrical system.

Kanye West says people look at him 'like Hitler' (AP)

In this May 21, 2011 photo, U.S. singer and rapper Kanye West performs at Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco. West is headlining the second night of the Big Chill Music Festival in Eastnor Castle Deer Park, England, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - Kanye West says he feels like people look at him like Hitler.


Gregg Allman cancels tour for medical reasons (AP)

AP - Rock legend Gregg Allman has canceled his tour from Aug. 26 to Sept. 15 for health reasons.

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