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  • Alexander Pereira to head Italy opera house La Scala from 2015

    MILAN (Reuters) - Alexander Pereira, the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, will take over at the helm of Italy's best-known opera theatre La Scala in 2015, replacing current general manager ...

    June 6, 2013, 4:14 am

  • Bieber's mom pens teen edition of her autobiography

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pattie Mallette, mother of teenaged singing sensation Justin Bieber, is releasing a special edition of her best-selling book "Nowhere but Up" aimed at teens, her publisher said on...

    June 5, 2013, 5:21 am

  • Bob Dylan set to be awarded France's Legion d'Honneur

    PARIS (Reuters) - American singer Bob Dylan may soon be awarded France's highest distinction, the Legion d'Honneur, after his nomination was reportedly first tossed out over his marijuana use and oppo...

    June 3, 2013, 8:55 pm

  • Frontman of Australian band Yothu Yindi dies

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Yunupingu, lead singer of Australian rock band Yothu Yindi, which mixed traditional Aboriginal music and modern rock, has died at the age of 56 after battling kidney disease. ...

    June 3, 2013, 12:12 pm

  • Robin Thicke scores first UK singles number one

    LONDON (Reuters) - American R&B singer Robin Thicke has scored his first number one in the British singles charts with "Blurred Lines", which became the fastest selling single of 2013, the Officia...

    June 3, 2013, 4:01 am

  • Boston rockers play fundraiser for bomb victims

    By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - A succession of all-star bands from Aerosmith to Jimmy Buffett rocked a packed house at Boston's TD Garden on Thursday night in a mostly raucous ...

    June 1, 2013, 9:24 am

  • Justin Bieber's abandoned monkey moves to German wildlife park

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A pet monkey that had belonged to Justin Bieber has moved into a German wildlife park after the teenage pop star failed to provide the necessary paperwork to release it from customs...

    May 31, 2013, 11:46 pm

  • Rockers gather for Boston bomb victim fund-raising concert

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Rock band Aerosmith took a detour around the world from Singapore to "warm the cockles of peoples' hearts" in Boston as one of more than a dozen acts gathering on Thursday night to ...

    May 31, 2013, 3:30 am

  • Bon Jovi cuts price of Spanish tickets for cash-strapped fans

    MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. rock band Bon Jovi has waived its fee for a concert in recession-hit Spain next month so that cash-strapped fans can afford tickets, the band's publicist said on Thursday. ...

    May 31, 2013, 2:05 am

  • Two "Rites", no riot, for Stravinsky centenary

    By Michael Roddy PARIS (Reuters) - Right on cue, the "chosen one" danced herself to death, twice in a row, for the centenary of Igor Stravinsky's pagan and pulsating "The Rite of Spring...

    May 30, 2013, 7:45 am

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