Music News for May 15, 2008
Films said to be getting work guarantees from actors guild
(AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild has reached separate deals that will allow the completion of 95 independent movie productions if actors go on strike, a person with the union said Tuesday.
Streisand cancels planned performance in Israel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Barbra Streisand has canceled a
planned performance in Israel for an event marking the Jewish
state's 60th anniversary, citing personal obligations, her
publicist said on Tuesday.
Musician reunited with $4M violin he left in N.J. cab
(AP)
AP - A Grammy-nominated violinist has been reunited with a $4 million violin he left in the back of a cab.
The Sounds of Scarlett
(E! Online)
E! Online - Has Scarlett Johansson gone out on a limb for her upcoming album?
Paul McCartney's divorce: the computer game
(Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - A computer game based on the court case involving the divorce settlement between Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has been released online.
My Bloody Valentine to curate N.Y. music fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Reunited Anglo-Irish rock band My
Bloody Valentine will headline and curate a new upstate New
York branch of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival on September
19-21.
A Tribe Called Quest, Nas lead hip-hop fest
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos
Def and De La Soul will headline the Rock the Bells traveling
hip-hop festival, which kicks off in Chicago on July 19.
R&B singer Solange Knowles to release 2nd album
(Reuters)
Reuters - Solange Knowles, the younger sister
of R&B singer Beyonce, will release her second album on August
26, her Geffen Records label said.
The Edge hosts charity auction amid work on new U2 album
(AP)
AP - For the second year in a row, The Edge is putting his money where the music is.
Solange Knowles: What's in a Name?
(E! Online)
E! Online - To paraphrase the famous line about a rose by any other name still being a rose, Beyoncé's sisterby whatever nameis still Beyoncé's sister!
