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Chris Brown could face prison for breaching probation imposed after Rihanna assault
Tuesday 16 July 2013
The singer was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run car crash and went 'ballistic' at the other driver
Music producer Bob Clearmountain adds magic touch to Rolling Stones' Hyde Park setlist
Friday 05 July 2013
Celebrated music producer Bob Clearmountain is being flown in to put his magic touch on The Rolling Stones' return to London's Hyde Park tomorrow.
'They've even got my chin right': Adele gives her Madame Tussauds waxwork seal of approval
Wednesday 03 July 2013
"Skyfall" singer Adele has been immortalised by sculptors at London's Madame Tussauds
What really killed Amy Winehouse was the eating disorder bulimia, her brother Alex claims
Monday 24 June 2013
The singer's elder brother says years of suffering from an eating disorder left Amy 'weaker and more susceptible'
G8: 'There is one world – and we need to change how it is run'
Friday 14 June 2013
Curing poverty, hunger, disease: Charity luminaries set out their stalls for Lough Erne summit
Bob Dylan announced nine UK dates this autumn
Thursday 13 June 2013
The artist will play dates in Glasgow, Blackpool and London
Prince signs new deal with record label Kobalt Music Group without giving up control over his rights
Tuesday 21 May 2013
American singer Prince has signed a new deal with Kobalt Music Group to market and distribute his future work without giving up control over his rights, the company said on Monday.
Any Winehouse's cultural icon status confirmed by Jewish Museum exhibition and bronze statue
Friday 10 May 2013
Amy Winehouse's status as a cultural icon looks set to be canonised as plans to install a life-sized statue of the "Back to Black" singer in her native Camden are approved by the local council in the same week the Jewish Museum announces an exhibition dedicated to her.
As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis denies plotting his wife's murder
Friday 10 May 2013
Heavy metal singer Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying has pleaded not guilty to plotting the attempted murder of his wife.
Fugees star Lauryn Hill sentenced to three months in prison over unpaid taxes
Monday 06 May 2013
The Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on earnings of around $1m.
He Stopped Loving Her Today: Country music superstar George Jones dies aged 81
Friday 26 April 2013
George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today", has died. He was 81.
Google Doodle honours 'Queen of Jazz' Ella Fitzgerald on 96th birthday
Thursday 25 April 2013
The Doodle shows singer on stage with a band
Azealia Banks, Plan B and Goldfrapp to headline Lovebox festival
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Plan B, Azealia Banks and Goldfrapp are to headline this summer’s Love Box festival in East London.
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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