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Music News for July 5, 2008

ZZ Top hitches ride with Rick Rubin for comeback (Reuters)

Members of the band ZZ Top, Dusty Hill (L) and Billy Gibbons (R) perform during the second annual VH1 Rock Honors concert at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 12, 2007. 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. (Steve Marcus/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.


NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 - maybe (AP)

Paul Huey, an archaeologist for New York state, poses in front of a painting depicting Dr. Richard Shuckburg composing the lyrics to 'Yankee Doodle' in Rensselaer, N.Y., Monday, June 30, 2008.  Huey believes he has narrowed down a date in June 1758 that Shuckburg, a British army physician, wrote the lyrics.  As the story goes, Shuckburgh penned the lyrics at Fort Crailo, in Rensselaer, after being amused by the sloppy drill and appearance of New England militiamen.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe.


Barbershop faces a discord among members (AP)

This photo provided from the Barbershop Harmony Society of The Oak Ridge Boys, who were inducted as honorary members of the Barbershop Harmony Society during the society's 70th Annual Convention in Nashville on July 3, 2008. Left to Right: Duane Allen, Ed Watson, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban. The organization is facing a discord among fans of the old fashioned music. (AP Photo/Barbershop Harmony Society, Matt Bostic)AP - As thousands of singers converge on Nashville for an international convention of barbershop harmony music, the old-fashioned music style is facing discord among its fans.


Mamma Mia! ABBA Reunites for Film Premiere (E! Online)

Mamma Mia! ABBA Reunites for Film Premiere(E! Online)E! Online - Don't pull out the polyester and platforms just yet, folks. It was just for a movie premiere.


Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand (AP)

Jazz Soul singer Amy Winehouse, from England, performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo / Victor R. Caivano)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.


Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave (E! Online)

Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave(E! Online)E! Online - Ian Curtis wasn't around long but he left quite an impression.


Springsteen Remembers Madam Marie (E! Online)

Springsteen Remembers Madam Marie(E! Online)E! Online - It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning.


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.

Rock musician Natasha Shneider dies of cancer (Reuters)

Josh Homme (L) and Natasha Shneider (R) of Queens of the Stone Age perform during the band's set at the annual KROQ Weenie Roast 2005 concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, May 21, 2005. Singer/songwriter Shneider, who collaborated with former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and rock band Queens of the Stone Age, died Tuesday of cancer. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)Reuters - Singer/songwriter Natasha Shneider, who collaborated with former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and rock band Queens of the Stone Age, died Tuesday of cancer.


Hizzoner, the Mayer of Fibbington (E! Online)

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: