Review: ‘The Rolling Stones’
Mick Jagger has been singing the lyrics to "It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)" for more than three decades at this point. But his performance at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night marked the…
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MTV wants its hi-def channel
MTV has now jumped aboard the hi-def bandwagon. Van Toffler, prexy of MTV Networks Music Group, unveiled a new HDTV channel Tuesday, with a slate of content to be taken from existing channels MTV…
Sirius rings up cell deal
Sirius Satellite Radio announced a deal with Sprint Nextel that will put 20 channels of commercial-free music on Sprint mobile phones. The Sirius music channel is the latest of three streaming music…
Indie music labels try to harmonize
Indie music labels have formed the Intl. Coalition, which will make its presence felt at the three-day Popkomm music trade fair in Berlin, which starts today.
Review: ‘Oasis; Jet’
For the first half-hour or so, things went along pretty much as expected at Oasis' Hollywood Bowl appearance Monday night. Noel Gallagher's songs have an embattled swagger, but they are only as good…
Brits take on Hendrix case
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has returned to court to stop the sale of unauthorized recordings in England issued by a company that the court has ruled has no rights to do the release.
Sandoval headlines hurricane benefit
Arturo Sandoval will headline a concert for Hurricane Katrina relief at Miami's American Airlines Arena on Sept. 25.
Review: ‘George Clinton & Parliament/ Funkadelic’
Reviewing a George Clinton/P-Funk All-Stars show these days is almost beside the point. Like the Grateful Dead, a Clinton show is almost by definition going to be a lumpy, inconsistent, occasionally…
Review: ‘Pink Martini; Bebel Gilberto; L.A. Philharmonic’
In times of national disaster, there is a place for musical escapism as a pressure release -- New Orleans itself became famous for just that, -- and it so happened that the Hollywood Bowl had put…
Telethon takes shape
U2, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, the Foo Fighters, Garth Brooks and Kanye West have been added as performers on tonight's multi-network Hurricane Katrina relief concert.
