Carrie Underwood performs at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Grand Ole Opry and MySpace are uniting to live stream an Opry performance with video for the first time this Saturday.
In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, Britney Spears poses with her awards backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Spears' Twitter account was hacked Thursday Oct. 12, 2009, with bogus messages going out claiming she worshipped Satan. The several unusual messages were deleted after a few hours. Her account posted a message announcing that her account had been hacked and apologized for "any offense the hacker's messages caused."
NEW YORK Britney Spears' Twitter and MySpace accounts have apparently been hacked.
This is a late 1950's photograph provided by the Copiah County Office of Cultural Affairs of the home of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson in Hazlehurst, Miss. Now, 70 years after his death, local officials want to restore the home in hopes of drawing Johnson fans and their tourism dollars to Copiah County, located about 100 miles from the Delta region where most bluesmen called home.
JACKSON, Miss. The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work.
FILE-This Oct. 29, 2009 file photo shows James Taylor in the press room at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Taylor and Carole King are going back to their formative years as musicians. The two singer-songwriters say they will go on a long concert tour together next year, recalling the first time they played at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles in 1970.
NEW YORK James Taylor and Carole King are going back to their roots.
This photo taken Oct. 30, 2009 shows Clarence Clemons, a saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1972, reacting during an interview in New York, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. Clemons, who got his first horn at age 9 and was awed by the sax sounds of King Curtis, Junior Walker, Sil Austin and Boots Randolph, prays that he and his horn will make a difference in someone's life before each concert.
NEW YORK It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and lovingly helps Clarence Clemons walk to his saxophone at the front of the stage.
Winners at Wednesday's 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Taylor Swift made history at the Country Music Awards, becoming the youngest person to win entertainer of the year and the first solo female to win it in a decade.
DETROIT Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will skip appearances this month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as he recovers from a heart attack.
FILE-This Feb. 7, 2003 file photo shows Steven Tyler, left, and Joe Perry performing during the "Salute to the Blues" concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
NEW YORK Aerosmith's guitarist Joe Perry says the future of the band is still uncertain.
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, Canadian singer Celine Dion performs at Madison Square Garden in New York. Dion's U.S. based publicist, Kim Jakwerth, said Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009, that the couple's doctor had initially confirmed a pregnancy in August through in vitro fertilization, and after that information started to leak to the public, Dion confirmed it. But a day later, she found out that the embroyo had not been implanted successfully.
MONTREAL Canadian pop singer Celine Dion isn't pregnant after all.
LONDON Mona Webster had two passions: birds and music.
LOS ANGELES A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch.
LONDON Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood has been divorced by his wife of 24 years on the grounds of adultery.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.
NEW YORK A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector.
Recording artist Taylor Swift attends the 57th Annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon.
LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million, according to court documents released Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has told a Mexican newspaper that he's taking music classes - 17 years after he started his career.
LOS ANGELES A California judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday barring Jennifer Lopez's first husband and his manager from distributing 11 hours of home video footage the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations.
In this photo taken Oct. 10, 2009, Lil Boosie whose real name is Torrence Hatch arrives at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.
BATON ROUGE, La. A Baton Rouge rapper who failed to follow a judge's instructions in a drug case will now have to serve about two years in prison instead of one.
This photo released by Essential Broadcast Media shows Universal South recording artist Randy Houser.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Randy Houser has no illusions when it comes to the Country Music Association Awards.
Singer Rihanna poses for a portrait in New York Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
NEW YORK Rihanna says recording songs on her new album was such an emotional experience that she sometimes had to leave the studio to prevent herself from breaking down.
iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Nov. 9, 2009:
FILE-This Feb. 7, 2003 file photo shows Steven Tyler, left, and Joe Perry performing during the "Salute to the Blues" concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
NEW YORK Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says the legendary rock band isn't breaking up - although they may be in need a new singer.
FILE - In this July 29, 1968 file photo, singer Janis Joplin performs at the Newport Folk Festival with her band Big Brother and the Holding Company. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is celebrating the brief, electrifying career of Janis Joplin with a week of events building up to a tribute concert. The hall in Cleveland calls the bluesy singer one of rock's most passionate and influential artists. Joplin, who rose to fame during San Francisco's 1967 "Summer of Love," was 27 when she died of a drug overdose in 1970.
CLEVELAND The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is celebrating the brief, electrifying career of Janis Joplin with a week of events building up to a tribute concert.
FILE- This June 16, 2009 file photo shows Darius Rucker performing at the CMT Music Awards show in Nashville, Tenn. Rucker, is up for two Country Music Association Awards and could join Charley Pride as the only African-Americans to win male vocalist if he wins. And he has sold more than 1 million copies of his debut country CD, "Learn to Live."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Darius Rucker was just a young boy with a love for "Hee Haw" and FM radio when he made a discovery - and a decision - that would shape the rest of his life.
In this image released by Lost Highway records, Bon Jovi's latest "The Circle," is shown.
NEW YORK Members of Bon Jovi were supposed to be taking it easy this winter, basking in adulation and just letting the money roll in.
LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson's father does not stand to inherit any of his son's assets and cannot challenge the appointment of the executors chosen by the singer to handle his will, a judge said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES A judge on Monday ordered a woman to stay away from Justin Timberlake for the next three years.
LOS ANGELES A California judge has granted a temporary restraining order barring Jennifer Lopez's first husband from distributing 11 hours of home video footage from their marriage that the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations.
This photo taken Oct. 1, 2009 shows Iranian musician Shahram Nazeri, left, and his son Hafez posing for photos in Beverly Hills, Calif. By marrying the dainty lutes of the East with thrumming violas of the West in his latest symphony, composer Hafez Nazeri says he wants to create harmony between the U.S. and his native Iran.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. It's a seemingly simple approach to one of the modern world's most complicated political problems: By marrying the dainty lutes of the East with thrumming violas of the West, composer Hafez Nazeri says he wants to create harmony between the U.S. and his native Iran.
In this CD cover image released by Universal Motown, Melanie Fiona's "The Bridge," is shown.
Melanie Fiona, "The Bridge" (Universal Motown)
ARCHIV - Der britische Dirigent Sir Simon Rattle bedankt sich am 1. Februar 2007 fuer die 'Goldene Kamera' in der Spezial-Kategorie Integration bei der Preisverleihung des Medienpreises der Fernsehzeitung 'Hoerzu' in Berlin. Vergangene Woche hat Sir Simon Rattle seinen Vertrag als Chefdirigent der Berliner Philharmoniker bis 2018 verlaengert. Kommende Woche reist er mit seinem Orchester in die USA. Auftritte sind vom 9. bis 26. November 2009 unter anderem in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles und San Francisco geplant. Im AP-Interview am Dienstag, 3. November 2009, sprach der 54-jaehrige britische Dirigent, der das Orchester seit 2002 leitet, ueber die Reise, seine Zukunftsplaene, Cross-over und Musik im digitalen Zeitalter. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer, Archiv) --- FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2007 file photo British conductor Sir Simon Rattle receives the German television 'Goldene Kamera' (Golden Camera) media award for his integration work in Berlin, Germany.
BERLIN Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Taylor Swift poses before the Tommy Hilfiger spring 2010 collection is shown at New York Fashion Week.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.
In this image released by Lost Highway records, Bon Jovi's latest "The Circle," is shown.
Bon Jovi, "The Circle" (Island)
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Marianne Faithful arrives to the Women' s World Award Gala in Vienna, Austria.
NEW YORK Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played "As Tears Go By" on her fall U.S. concert tour, she found herself flashing back to where her wild ride all began.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gospel music singer Bobby Jones has donated an estimated $6 million worth of recordings to Tennessee State University, his alma mater.
In this Nov. 2, 2009 photo released by the New York City Opera, the chorus performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of "Esther," at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York.
NEW YORK Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser, like its production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."
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