Does the brain process words and music separately or as one? Well scientists in Germany seem to have found an answer to the hotly debated...

Singer Lily Allen has signed up for a TV show that will chart her journey from a pop singer to a shopkeeper as she prepares to open a designer clothes-hire store, called Lucy in Disguise, with her...

Lady Gaga is releasing her Monster Ball tour in 3D for...

Amy Winehouse is reportedly set to tie the knot with former husband Blake Fielder-Civil one more time in a Las Vegas ceremony.he Brit singer was said to be waiting for her US visa application to be cleared before she purportedly remarries her jailbird...

Beijing came alive this weekend with blazing Bollywood music; film and classical Indian dances mostly by Chinese artists at an Indian consumer show...

Massage eases anxiety, but it is no more effective than simple relaxation in a room alone with soft, soothing music, concludes a new...

The Dubai Mall, world's largest shopping and entertainment destination, hosted a record five million visitors in the 15th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival Jan 28 to Feb 28, WAM news agency...

Watch The Video At the Community Music School in Buffalo, it's little children who are learning to keep the beat. Kids as young as 6 months up to 3 years old can participate in the children's class,...

1980s alongside longtime pal Corey Feldman, was found unresponsive in his apartment near Burbank, California, police told the station.He reportedly died at 3:30 a.m. PT, and his mother was at his...

In any other lifetime, Jack White would have been a woodblock printer, a pirate, a missionary, a wheelwright, a buckskin-clad frontiersman, a statesman, a Union soldier, a sharecropping bluesman, a...

You wouldn't peg Mary J Blige as the black-light-and-tapestry sort, but, as has become readily apparent in recent weeks, she absolutely loves Led Zeppelin. In early February, reports began...

Hearing the commanding voice of Jay Electronica on the microphone, one probably couldn't detect his New Orleans roots. Years ago, like many MCs from the South, Electronica experienced...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Entertainers lined up for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony March 25 in Montgomery include Percy Sledge and the Blind Boys of Alabama. ...

DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Red Bull Art of Can is a national juried exhibition featuring artwork in a variety of media that have one thing in common -- they are all inspired by Red...

http://www.kingsisle.com ) is using Aria Platform Enterprise Edition to support tremendous growth in its online gaming community. KingsIsle specializes in massively multiplayer online (MMO) games...

www.loopt.com ), the groundbreaking location-based mobile social networking service, today announced a new version of its popular iPhone application. The new version of Loopt expands the product's...

Radio 2 since 2007, will be cut from four to three nights a week.Their Thursday night outing will be replaced with a new live music strand, In Concert, which previously aired on Radio 1.The Radcliffe...

Errors ' new album, Come Down With Me, it hasn't left my computer. It has occupied my iTunes non-stop, even more than their debut, It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever. Their recent effort is...

Jennifer Hudson, who contributed a memorable version of Will You Be There? at the Michael Jackson memorial in June, has been tasked with updating the NCAA March Madness theme One Shining Moment....

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- EMI Music, the U.K. recording company controlled by Guy Hands’s Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd., said Chief Executive Officer Elio Leoni-Sceti will leave the company...

THIS year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix and, predictably, the event is being commemorated with the release of a new CD, the freshening up of his classic titles, a tribute...

Allen has been non-executive chairman of EMI Music since January 2009, chairing its board during the transformation of the business under Terra...

, Comcast-Spectator president Peter Luukko spoke with Billboard.biz about the steps that led to the merger, how the company intends to compete with Live Nation Entertainment on the ticketing front,...

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Crazy Heart" emerged victorious at Sunday's (March 7) 82nd Annual Academy Awards. While lead character Jeff Bridges was anointed Best Actor, the film's theme likewise produced a coveted Oscar statue,...

The main problem: costs of developing new talent are not dropping along with recorded music revenue. "It's becoming more and more difficult to sustain that level of investment given the problems we...

Aventura, which was the Top Latin Albums artist of the year in Billboard's 2009 year-end chart, has released a karaoke app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. “Aventura Open Mic” costs $1.99...

Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm, has completed its acquisition of ticketing software provider Paciolan from Live Nation Entertainment. Terms were not...

The shows are set for undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday (March 11) and Buenos Aires on March 20. Plans are also in the works for a show in Rio De...

Tato Luzardo, the director of Spain's Academy of Music Arts and Sciences, died the day after the 14th Premios de la Musica gala award organized each year by the...

"Leona is a staggering musical talent, going from strength to strength as her songwriting develops. We're thrilled to be working with her and her management team," Tony Moss, managing director BMG...

The IFPI has published a new report outlining the record labels' investment in music talent, which it says now reaches around $5 billion a year. That $5 billion includes A&R development and...

Howe said the band's contract prohibits selling tracks "otherwise than in the original configuration of the Pink Floyd albums." EMI claims the rule applies only to physical albums, not the...

A show by the German pop-rock act Tokio Hotel at St. Petersburg's 12,000-seat Ice Palace was canceled at the last minute, allegedly due to a dispute between the artist and the...

Baby boomers led the U.S. out of a downturn in the last two recessions, but this time around, it will be Gen Xers and millennials paving the way to economic recovery, according to a new report issued...

"With the incredible creative input of seasoned American producer Michael Omartian, and the live sound of Nashville's best swing musicians, 'Bold as Brass' is an album I've planned and dreamt about...

David Dorn, of Warner Music Group’s Rhino division, has been promoted to senior VP of global sales and digital strategy for U.S. repertoire. Formerly senior VP of new media strategy—where...

Music services that operate internationally are often required to report territorial uses to local performance, mechanical and neighboring rights societies. RightsFlow will facilitate this service...

Publishers Weekly is reporting that employees of the retailer have dubbed the day on which last week's wave of job losses took place "Black Thursday". One blog post cited by the trade magazine said...

Could it be true that the lure of celebrities, even tarnished ones, outweighs the risk of getting involved with them? At a time when former pitchman extraordinaire Tiger Woods tries to pick up the...

She said the two sides will continue to work on finalizing a deal that will play WABC a retransmission consent fee. The amount was not specified, but Campbell noted that it "recognizes the fair value...

Entertainers lined up for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony March 25 in Montgomery include Percy Sledge and the Blind Boys of...

Karen Khaw Phaik Ean, 35, was charged with murdering Andrew Michael Murchie, 46, at a house in SS2/2 Sea Park, Petaling Jaya, between 8am and 9am on March 5.No plea was recorded.Magistrate Ho Kwong...