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Vatican: Beatles music better than today's songs (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:43:28 GMT - (AP)

AP - Vatican media are praising the Beatles' musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon's boast that the British band was more popular than Jesus.

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Tenor's Met Opera feat: 2 major roles in a day (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:37:52 GMT - (AP)

AP - Italian tenor Marcello Giordani has pulled off the rare feat of singing two major roles in a single day at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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MTV holds its first African music awards (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:31:04 GMT - (AP)

AP - Two Nigerian singers won top awards Saturday as MTV held its first-ever music award program for Africa, with acts from across the world's poorest continent being nominated for prizes.

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Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization (AP)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:21:21 GMT - (AP)

AP - The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.

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Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash (AP)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:50:08 GMT - (AP)

AP - Punk musician Travis Barker on Friday sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing two friends.

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New Guns N' Roses album hits stores, a little late (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:26:06 GMT - (Reuters)

Reuters - The day many rock fans never expected to see in their lifetimes is nigh.

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Guns N' Roses not bringing "Democracy" to China (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:26:30 GMT
Reuters - Guns N' Roses fans in China will have to go underground to get their hands on a copy of the band's first album in 17 years, "Chinese Democracy," which will be released worldwide on Sunday.
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Duo Xtreme helps fuel rise of urban bachata (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:20:41 GMT
Reuters - Every once in a while, urban bachata duo Xtreme will dial up the fans that leave their phone numbers on the group's MySpace page.
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U.K. band Franz Ferdinand "swings" on 3rd album (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:17:32 GMT
Reuters - Franz Ferdinand's 2005 album may have promised "You Could Have It So Much Better," but the sales figures begged to differ -- the band's second album failed to match the transatlantic success of its self-titled predecessor.
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Rob Zombie assembles box for "Corpses" (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:06:00 GMT
Reuters - Assembling the White Zombie boxed set "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" was "weird" and somewhat bittersweet for band founder Rob Zombie.
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Billboard CD reviews: Guns N' Roses, Kanye West (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:05:06 GMT
Reuters - Grunge. Techno. Boy bands. Both President Bushes. These are just a few of the things Guns N' Roses has improbably outlasted in the 17 (!) years since its last album of original music.
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Singer Laura Pausini welcomes "Early Spring" (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:02:27 GMT
Reuters - Laura Pausini is mad, and she's not going to take it anymore.
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Take That 'write a song about Amy Winehouse' (Yahoo! Music)
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT
Yahoo! Music - Take That have written a new song, :How Did It Come To This," which fans are speculating is about the plight of Amy Winehouse.
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Britney Shows Up in Court to Talk Touring (E! Online)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:34:44 GMT - (E! Online)

E! Online - Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die down—and the music to get turned up.

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Prince slams gay marriage? (Yahoo! Music)
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT
Yahoo! Music - Prince has said that he does not believe that gay marriage is "right."
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T.I.: Witness to Murder (E! Online)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:45:26 GMT - (E! Online)

E! Online - Looks like we might have a clue why T.I. went on a gun-shopping spree that got him in so much doo-doo.

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Singer Enya eyes concert stage as "Winter" arrives (Reuters)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:55:52 GMT
Reuters - With her new album off to a strong start, ethereal-voiced Irish singer Enya is considering touring for the first time in her career.
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Slash releases video supporting gay marriage (Yahoo! Music)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT
Yahoo! Music - Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has released a video in support of gay marriage.
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Jacko P.A.: Michael, Sheik Brothers From Another Mother (E! Online)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:24:43 GMT - (E! Online)

E! Online - Michael Jackson's latest court battle keeps getting weirder. And he hasn't even shown up yet.

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Musicians page through their pasts for book deals (Reuters)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:01:32 GMT
Reuters - As recording artists experiment with all manner of digital media to reach their fans, a few are engaging in a centuries-old practice -- writing books.
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