Killers Trump Guns N' Roses For U.K. No. 1 December 01, 2008
- Retail In an all-new top three on the U.K. album chart, the Killers' "Day & Age" (Vertigo/Universal) took the No. 1 spot ahead of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (Black Frog/Geffen), while Take That scored its 11th U.K. career No. 1 single with "Greatest Day" (Polydor/Universal). » Full Story
Pavarotti Tribute Heads To Cinema Screens December 01, 2008
- Global The Luciano Pavarotti tribute concert staged in the world heritage site of Petra in Jordan, in front of just 500 people, will now be available to a much wider audience. » Full Story
Jury Hears Boy George Police Interview December 01, 2008
- Global Singer Boy George admitted to police that he handcuffed a male escort to his bed and threatened him, but was not going to kill him, a court heard on Monday at his trial on false imprisonment charges. » Full Story
Zavvi Misses Out On Take That, Britney December 01, 2008
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| Retail Continuing problems with distributor EUK meant that U.K. entertainment retailer Zavvi did not have stock of major new albums by Britney Spears and Take That on the day both sets were released. » Full Story
Killers Trump Guns N' Roses For U.K. No. 1 December 01, 2008 - In an all-new top three on the U.K. album chart, the Killers' "Day & Age" (Vertigo/Universal) took the No. 1 spot ahead of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (Black Frog/Geffen), while Take That scored its 11th U.K. career No. 1 single with "Greatest Day" (Polydor/Universal). » Full Story
Live Earth India Canceled After Attacks December 01, 2008 - The Live Earth India concert, scheduled to be held in Mumbai on Sunday, has been called off after terror attacks in India's financial capital killed nearly 200 people, organisers said. » Full Story
Fall Out Boy Partners With Fuse November 21, 2008 - To promote its new album "Folie à Deux" Fall Out Boy will perform at the Chicago Theatre on Dec. 2. The performance will then be broadcast exclusively on Fuse Dec. 16, the day the album is released. » Full Story
Yunupingu Wins AIR Awards Triple November 25, 2008 - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was the big winner at the 2008 Jagermeister AIR Awards held at Melbourne's Corner Hotel, where the Aboriginal singer and multi-instrumentalist grabbed three awards. » Full Story
Zavvi Misses Out On Take That, Britney December 01, 2008 - Continuing problems with distributor EUK meant that U.K. entertainment retailer Zavvi did not have stock of major new albums by Britney Spears and Take That on the day both sets were released. » Full Story
New Boards For APRA, AMCOS December 01, 2008 - Composer Nigel Westlake and J. Albert & Son CEO Tim Prescott have been elected to the respective boards of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and sister society the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society (AMCOS).
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Killers Trump Guns N' Roses For U.K. No. 1 December 01, 2008 - In an all-new top three on the U.K. album chart, the Killers' "Day & Age" (Vertigo/Universal) took the No. 1 spot ahead of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (Black Frog/Geffen), while Take That scored its 11th U.K. career No. 1 single with "Greatest Day" (Polydor/Universal). » Full Story
Bright Named To Word Post November 10, 2008 Veteran producer and music publishing executive Mark Bright has been named president and CEO of Word Entertainment. He succeeds Jim Van Hook, who decided to retire after more than 30 years in the faith-based music industry. » Full Story
Williams To Manage Ryman November 25, 2008 Music business veteran Sally Williams has been named GM of Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium. » Full Story
Dutch Dance Promoter ID&T Opens Up Down Under November 19, 2008 Amsterdam-based dance promoter ID&T is setting up offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane this month, its managing director Duncan Stutterheim tells Billboard.biz. » Full Story
President Reduces Sentence Of Fugees Producer Forte November 25, 2008 Rapper/producer John Forte, who worked closely with the Fugees before being sent to prison on drug charges, had his sentence commuted yesterday (Nov. 24) by President George W. Bush. » Full Story
Arjona Posts Career-Best Sales Week November 26, 2008 With sales approaching the 18,000 unit mark, singer/songwriter Ricardo Arjona notched his best-selling week ever on the Billboard charts, according to Nielsen SoundScan. » Full Story
Sony Preps Miles Davis Exhibition November 20, 2008 An exhibition of photos of Miles Davis will open Friday (Nov. 21) to the public at the Morrison Hotel gallery in New York. » Full Story
