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Music News for July 5, 2008
Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave (E! Online)
E! Online - Ian Curtis wasn't around long but he left quite an impression.
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.
Barbershop faces a discord among members (AP)
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.
Huge trove of 78 rpm records donated to Syracuse U (AP)
AP - A vast collection of 78 rpm records — valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history — is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner.
Man claims assault by Eminem in 2006 in Detroit (AP)
AP - A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club.
Eminem Sued for Bathroom Brawl (E! Online)
E! Online - He might be MIA, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding Eminem.
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.
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.
Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod? (AP)
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world — each a chatty bunch — buzzing with questions about the two "friends."
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.
