DETROIT (Billboard) – A 1977 concert filmed for the Who documentary "The Kids Are Alright" has long been considered a holy grail by rock fans. But frontman Roger Daltrey remembers it as taking place on "kind of a weird day."

"We did the show in the afternoon, which is not the best time of day […]

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NEW YORK – Leonard Bernstein was as much a teacher as a conductor and composer. Now, the post boomer generation — Bernstein’s musical grandchildren — have taken the stage, and perhaps just in time for classical music.

This weekend, two young lions of the podium — men about to take on the awesome responsibility of leading […]

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LONDON – Paul McCartney says it’s time an experimental Beatles track saw the light of day.

McCartney says he wants to release "Carnival of Light," a 14-minute experimental track the Fab Four recorded in 1967 but never released.
The band played the recording for an audience just once, at an electronic music festival in London. It reportedly […]

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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – In the waning moments of his performance of the 1968 album "Astral Weeks," Van Morrison offered his thanks to the Hollywood Bowl audience last Saturday, quipping, "You’ve made a happy man very old."

Van Morrison
Perhaps intended only as jokey stage banter, the remark nonetheless seemed apt on a night in which […]

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NEW YORK – Elton John still can’t believe he’s a Broadway hitmaker.

The 61-year-old musician marveled at his success Thursday night at the opening of "Billy Elliot." He composed the score for that show, "Aida" and "The Lion King," which is still playing on the Great White Way.
"I’m looking up at the street and I’m seeing […]

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NASHVILLE (Billboard) – Billy Joel and Elton John will reprise their wildly successful co-headlining concerts beginning in March of next year.

John confirmed the duo would work again together, during an appearance on "The View" Tuesday, adding that they could be on the road for "at least" two years. But sources say the extent of […]

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There’s something about a voice that’s personal, not unlike the particular odor or shape of a given human body.

Summoned through belly, hammered into form by the throat, given propulsion by bellows of lungs, teased into final form by tongue and lips, a vocal is a kind of audible kiss, a blurted confession, a soul-burp you […]

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Veteran singer Little Richard talks about the prejudice and racism he has experienced during his 50 years in the music industry.

"A Little Richard concert was electric. It was contagious," veteran DJ Sir Jimmy Savile remembers.
"For Richard aficionados like me, he is number one."
A wild and exuberant singer from Macon, Georgia, Little Richard blew the world […]

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MONACO (Reuters) – British band Coldplay was crowned the world’s top-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards (WMAs) in Monaco.

Chris Martin (R) and Jonny Buckland of Coldplay perform during a concert as part of their European Viva La Vida tour in Budapest on September 23, 2008.
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Their latest album "Viva La Vida […]

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As expected, your shared songs won’t last long online if they’re based on copyrighted music.

One of the most exciting features in Guitar Hero World Tour is the custom song creation tool, allowing gamers to write their own note charts and share them online. And unsurprisingly, by "write their own note carts," that has turned out […]

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