Music News

  • Taylor Swift first U.S. tour dates sell in minutes

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tickets to four of country singer Taylor Swift's 2010 tour dates sold out in two minutes after going on sale on Friday, her publicists said.

    October 24, 2009, 5:31 am
  • Beatles-to-Bowie show delights in '60s Britain

    LONDON (Reuters) - A new show at Britain's National Portrait Gallery in London captures swinging 1960s Britain in photographs from bopping to the Beatles at the Cavern to the psychedelic explosion that ushered in the 1970s.

    October 24, 2009, 4:07 am
  • Singles sales hit record in 2009 - music group

    LONDON (Reuters) - Singles sales in Britain have hit a record high in 2009, already exceeding the previous peak in 2008 of 115.1 million.

    October 24, 2009, 2:33 am
  • U.S. formally asks Swiss to extradite Polanski

    ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, who fled sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said on Friday.

    October 24, 2009, 2:03 am
  • U.S. asks Swiss to extradite fugitive Polanski

    ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, who fled sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said on Friday.

    October 24, 2009, 12:05 am
  • London museum confronts climate change sceptics

    LONDON (Reuters) - London's Science Museum has waded into the climate change debate with a new exhibition called "Prove It!" that aims to persuade doubters that humans really are behind global warming.

    October 23, 2009, 11:40 pm
  • Intel assures Clearwire on investment info: report

    (Reuters) - Intel Corp assured Clearwire Corp it is closely guarding its investment information on the wireless-broadband company after an insider-trading scandal surfaced last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Clearwire chief executive Bill Morrow.

    October 23, 2009, 8:33 pm
  • Jay Sean recaptures top slot on singles chart

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - R&B singer Jay Sean's single "Down" returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on Thursday, just a week after Britney Spears' No. 1 debut bumped him to runner-up status.

    October 23, 2009, 7:56 pm
  • U.S. asks Switzerland to extradite Polanski

    ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, who fled sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1977, the Swiss Justice Department said on Friday.

    October 23, 2009, 7:25 pm