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Music News for July 6, 2008
ZZ Top hitches ride with Rick Rubin for comeback (Reuters)
Reuters - Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to
producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a
commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior
Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond.
Singing dentist wins $2 million music contract (Reuters)
Reuters - An opera-loving dentist is ready to swap
his drill for a microphone after winning a four-album recording
contract worth about $2 million.
Miley Cyrus Gives U.S. Troops a Shout Out (E! Online)
E! Online - Teen sensation Miley Cyrus headlined the "America's Freedom Festival" in Provo, Utah, on the Fourth of July.
Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.
Gospel singer Wright hurt in Pa. car accident (AP)
AP - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said.
Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand (AP)
AP - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
Kylie Minogue receives OBE (Reuters)
Reuters - Kylie Minogue, the former soap actress
who become one of the world's most famous female recording
artists, was honored for her services to music on Thursday.
Eminem Sued for Bathroom Brawl (E! Online)
E! Online - He might be MIA, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding Eminem.
White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit (AP)
AP - DETROIT (AP) — Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown.
Hizzoner, the Mayer of Fibbington (E! Online)
E! Online - With rumors spreading like wildfire, perhaps the best thing to do is spread some more...kinda like firemen setting a backfire to sap a blaze's energy. Maybe that's John Mayer's strategy, because he told the crowd at his St. Louis show last night:
