Weekly Music News Brief for 4/7/2008 – 4/14/2008
April 14, 2008
BOB DYLAN WINS SPECIAL PULITZER PRIZE
ROCKER PETE DOHERTY ARRESTED FOR PROBATION VIOLATION, IN JAIL FOR 14 WEEKS
ELTON JOHN CONCERT RAISES $2.5 MILLION FOR HILARY CLINTON
GEORGE STRAIT BACK ON TOP, BUMPS R.E.M. FROM TOP SPOT ON CHARTS
KANYE WEST LAUNCHES TRAVEL SERVICE COMPANY
ARE YOU READY FOR A 500,000 SONG IPOD?
AMY WINEHOUSE CUT FROM U.S. CHARITY EVENT
CHARLIE DANIELS UPSET AT ‘GUITAR HERO III’ FOR VERSION OF ‘DEVIL WENT DOWN IN GEORGIA’
PROCTER & GAMBLE GET INTO HIP-HOP BUSINESS, LAUNCHES LABEL WITH DEF JAM
COLDPLAY’S CHRIS MARTIN TALKS ABOUT NEW ALBUM, TRACK LISTING REVEALED
AXL ROSE REPORTEDLY PLAYING NEW ‘GUNS N’ ROSES’ ALBUM TO RECORD EXECS
STROKES GUITARIST, ALBERT HAMMOND JR., COMPLETES SECOND SOLO ALBUM – DUE IN JUNE
RUMORS: METALLICA TO HEADLINE OZZFEST 2008
NEIL YOUNG TO HEADLINE SPAIN’S ‘ROCK IN RIO MADRID’ ON JUNE 27
JOHN MAYER ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR DATES
KELLER WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES LIVE ALBUM DETAILS AND SUMMER TOUR DATES
SPRINGSTEEN BRINGS OUT RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’S TOM MORELLO TO JAM WITH THE E. STREET BAND
FEIST MAKES APPEARANCE ON SESAME STREET – SINGS “1234″
SINGER NORAH JONES ACTS IN ‘BLUEBERRY NIGHTS’
MARILYN MANSON’S ABSINTHE, ‘MANSINTHE,’ WINS GOLD MEDAL AT INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION
DMX FRAT HOUSE CONCERT ENDS AFTER THREE SONGS, CROWD MACED BY PRIVATE SECURITY
VANILLA ICE RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR SHOVING WIFE
BRITNEY SPEARS CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENT
FOLKSTER DEVENDRA BANHART DATING ACTRESS NATALIE PORTMAN
