NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) Britney Spears starred in her own "Circus" on Tuesday, performing songs from her new album of that name under a big top in New York City, unveiling plans for a 2009 tour and celebrating her 27th birthday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) The video-sharing website YouTube will take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses by holding an online competition where the public chooses musicians to play at Carnegie Hall. ... > full story
LONDON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Billboard) The Luciano Pavarotti tribute concert staged recently in the world heritage site of Petra, Jordan, in front of only 500 people, now will be available to a much wider audience. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2008 (Billboard) Creed is hammering out details for a lucrative 2009 reunion tour, sources tell Billboard. The Scott Stapp-led hard rock group, which was one of the top sellers of the past decade, has not performed since a rancorous split in June 2004. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2008 (Billboard) Bruce Springsteen has unveiled a second new song from his next album, "Working on a Dream," jointly through Amazon.com and MySpace Music. ... > full story
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears," Yahoo reported on Monday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2008 (Billboard) Holding a red velvet cupcake with white frosting and colored sprinkles, Akon stands atop an extended conference room table at Universal Records' New York headquarters. He's ecstatic. ... > full story
NASHVILLE, Nov. 30, 2008 (Billboard) The 28 dates on Madonna's just-concluded North American jaunt grossed about $91.5 million and moved about 550,000 tickets, according to tour producer Arthur Fogel, chairman of global music for Live Nation. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) A mere 5 million viewers tuned in Friday for the 8 p.m. bow of Rosie O'Donnell's variety show, "Rosie Live," on NBC. The show has been dropped from the network's schedule. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2008 (Billboard) Rapper T.I. started a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna. But Beyonce was nipping at his heels with two songs. ... > full story
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