Aretha Franklin is set to perform at the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington D.C. next month.
The Queen Of Soul will play for about four million people, who will make the trek to the city for the swearing in of Obama as President of the United States.
Other participants in the historical inauguration will include poet Elizabeth [...]
Doctors and nurses at festivals and concerts are using text messages to check if people who have fainted are well enough to go back into the crowd, it has been revealed.
It’s been claimed that being able to text your friends is a sign that you’ve recovered from fainting or a panic attack, and can leave the [...]
Wired.com is posting some pretty startling stuff, and it sounds quite real.
Online jihadists have already used YouTube, blogs and other social media to spread their propaganda. Now, a group of internet Islamic extremists is putting together a plan for “invading Facebook.”
“We can use Facebook to fight the media,” notes a recent posting on the extremist al-Faloja forum, [...]
Papa Roach (remember them?) is being sued by their old drummer, who claims that the band owes him royalties.
David Buckner also argues that the group borrowed $210,000 from a bank without him knowing and says that he wants the court to dissolve the band.
It was announced online in January 2008 that Buckner had left the group [...]
Fall Out Boy fought the law in New York’s Washington Square Park on Monday afternoon. the law won, mostly.
After tipping off fans via their official site, the band headed to the landmark Greenwich Village gathering place - acoustic guitars in tow -for a special pop-up gig just hours before their new album, Folie a Deux, went [...]
Lily Allen is in trouble with her record label, and apparently it’s Mark Ronson’s fault for playing her cover of Britney Spears’ song Womanizer on his radio show.
Fans ripped the track from the show on Saturday and have put it online, and EMI aren’t pleased, according to Lily Allen.
Allen explained on her blog: “Now, some of you [...]
Folk legend Davy Graham, who was cited as a major influence on The Kinks, Nick Drake and Paul Simon, has died aged 68.
The guitarist was a hugely important artist in the ’60s folk revival.
His manager announced that he died “from a massive seizure at home after a short battle with lung cancer”.
Keep on playin’ up [...]
No Doubt drummer Adrian Young says the band are unlikely to release any new material in 2009.
The ska-influenced band announced they were reuniting in November, with Gwen Stefani also hinting that they would release a new album.
However, Young said the band would continue working on fresh material while they tour, but a new release is [...]
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