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Music News for July 5, 2008
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:
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.
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.
ABBA foursome makes rare appearance (Reuters)
Reuters - All four members of supergroup ABBA
appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film
"Mamma Mia!," delighting fans with their first public showing
for years.
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.
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.
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.
Springsteen Remembers Madam Marie (E! Online)
E! Online - It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning.
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.
Eminem Sued for Bathroom Brawl (E! Online)
E! Online - He might be MIA, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding Eminem.
