Violence and heavy metal seem to have been inextricably entwined since the dawn of the metal genre.
I have a confession. As a music style, heavy metal has completely passed me by. I don't understand it. I'm not even sure I want to. "Bring your daughter to the slaughter," bellows Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. Why would I want to do that? Why would I want to listen to anyone even suggesting I do that?
After an exhaustive poll of Iron Maiden fans, there's little doubt which song whips most of the audience into a frenzy during its live performance on stage.
His demonic face has stared maniacally from the cover of every Iron Maiden album since they released their first LP in 1980.
Having a gun pulled on you in Sao Paulo would be a frightening prospect if you weren't walking the streets with Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, and the gun-wielder wasn't an autograph-hunter... oh, and a policeman.
Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week -- and they have the tattoos to prove it.
Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.
Grammy-award-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after her arrest for alleged drug offenses, London's Metropolitan Police said Thursday.
The Police will cap their reunion tour with a final concert this summer in New York, where they started out 30 years ago.
Violence and heavy metal seem to have been inextricably entwined since the dawn of the metal genre.
I have a confession. As a music style, heavy metal has completely passed me by. I don't understand it. I'm not even sure I want to. "Bring your daughter to the slaughter," bellows Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. Why would I want to do that? Why would I want to listen to anyone even suggesting I do that?
After an exhaustive poll of Iron Maiden fans, there's little doubt which song whips most of the audience into a frenzy during its live performance on stage.
His demonic face has stared maniacally from the cover of every Iron Maiden album since they released their first LP in 1980.
Having a gun pulled on you in Sao Paulo would be a frightening prospect if you weren't walking the streets with Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, and the gun-wielder wasn't an autograph-hunter... oh, and a policeman.
Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week -- and they have the tattoos to prove it.
Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.
Grammy-award-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after her arrest for alleged drug offenses, London's Metropolitan Police said Thursday.
The Police will cap their reunion tour with a final concert this summer in New York, where they started out 30 years ago.
Josh Groban has been teased by family and friends about landing on People magazine's "most beautiful" list -- but he doesn't mind.
Troubled pop star Britney Spears will be allowed to spend more time with her sons under modified custody arrangements agreed upon at a hearing Tuesday, said attorneys for Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
Britney Spears was granted expanded visitation rights to her two sons Tuesday after a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles.
If there were any justice, the divas who've been trading off the No. 1 slot -- Mariah, Madonna, and newcomer Leona Lewis -- would also be slugging it out with a platinum-blond dark horse from Scandinavia.
Rock musician Pete Doherty has been released from a London jail after serving a partial sentence for breaking his probation.
The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
Country music singer Gretchen Wilson has a mantel full of awards in her Lebanon home.
The estate of Jimi Hendrix says it questions the authenticity of a sex tape released this week allegedly starring the deceased musician.
Producer Mark Ronson says he and Amy Winehouse have abandoned recording the theme to the latest James Bond film because the singer is not ready to work.
Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video -- but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life?
It takes a certain guts for all artists to take to the stage but imagine how it feels when after suffering two massive strokes you can barely remember the songs that the audience has paid to come and hear.
Disney says Miley Cyrus won't be attending her first scheduled public appearance since Vanity Fair published photos that have thrown her status as a role model for young girls into question.
Cuba has a new political leader but the Buena Vista Social Club lives on, thanks to 12 brilliant musicians, including four from the group made famous in the Wim Wenders' documentary featuring American guitarist Ry Cooder as he delved into Havana's pre-Castro musical past.
When things go bad for a huge inflatable pig, don't expect it to be pretty.
Vivid Entertainment is releasing a sex tape allegedly starring Jimi Hendrix.
Scott Weiland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was sentenced to eight days in jail.
"You get the best of both worlds," Miley Cyrus sings in the theme song of her hugely popular Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana." It's a reference to her character's secret double life as both a rock star and a normal schoolgirl.
You've seen the video for "4 Minutes," Madonna's flirty duet with Justin Timberlake. Perhaps you've heard that roughly half of her new album, "Hard Candy," was produced by the Neptunes, with the remainder entrusted to the team of Timbaland, Nate "Danja" Hills, and Timberlake. Maybe you know that Kanye West pops up on one song ("Beat Goes On").
Annie Leibovitz on Monday defended her provocative photograph for Vanity Fair magazine of teen heartthrob Miley Cyrus -- aka Hannah Montana -- who has expressed embarrassment about the pose.
Amy Winehouse left a London police station Saturday after receiving a formal police caution for assault.
Amy Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault Friday following reports that she scuffled with two men during a wild night out, Sky News television reported.
The third time could be the charm for Carmen Electra.
No festival is more predicated on the elements than the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
A British court has overruled the government's decision to deny Snoop Dogg a visa after he was involved in an airport lounge brawl in 2006.
Yoko Ono is suing the producers of a movie that challenges the concept of Darwinian evolution, saying they used the song "Imagine" without her permission and led the blogosphere to accuse her of "selling out."
The critics came, they saw, and frankly, my dear, most were unmoved by a new musical adaptation of "Gone With the Wind."
Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter whose soft rock hit "I Go Crazy" stayed on the charts for months after its release in 1977, died Tuesday. He was 60.
Al Wilson, the soul singer and songwriter who had a number of 1970s hits including "Show and Tell," has died. He was 68.
Richie Sambora struck a deal with prosecutors Tuesday just hours after they filed drunken driving charges against him, pleading no contest to one misdemeanor count of driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit.
Richie Sambora was charged Tuesday with drunken driving following his arrest last month when his blood-alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit, prosecutors said.
Is that Miley Cyrus flashing some skin?
Scarlett O'Hara: Southern belle; feminist icon; West End star.
Check out Sara Bareilles in concert and you'll find a singer who's clearly having fun on stage.
Even though Bret Michaels endured two seasons worth of conniving, drunken debauchery, bad weaves and cat fights on his reality show "Rock of Love," he admits that he still may not have found that one special woman.
Vocal problems have forced Jordin Sparks to temporarily withdraw from Alicia Keys' tour and cancel all performances for the rest of the month, a representative for the "American Idol" champ said Monday.
Ray Charles' children are accusing his longtime manager of mismanaging his estate and trusts and tarnishing his legacy by releasing two posthumous CDs the late singer never would have approved, according to a published report.
If Taylor Swift didn't get enough excitement this week with her two Country Music Television awards, she got another shot when she learned she'd be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine's "The Best of Rock 2008" issue.
Lance Bass doesn't want others to stay silent as he did.
Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58.
A court commissioner on Thursday authorized various lawyers representing Britney Spears and her family to be paid more than $372,500 out of Spears' funds.
Singer Leona Lewis has become the first British artist to debut at number one in the U.S. album charts.
The buildup to Leona Lewis' stateside debut has been so great that you half expect her to be surrounded by heavenly angels when she appears.
Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist.
Singer Debbie Gibson filed for a restraining order Tuesday against a Spanish man who runs a fan club and has allegedly followed her on concert tours and showed up at her door.
Neil Diamond, who is releasing a new album next month and embarking on a new tour this summer, says both projects mark the best -- and hardest work -- of his career.
Taylor Swift won video of the year and female video for her smash "Our Song" while newcomer Kellie Pickler took home three awards during Monday's Country Music Television awards.
Toni Braxton won't return to the stage on the Las Vegas Strip until at least next month.
There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist.
Britney Spears' motoring misfortunes continue.
The ex-wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said Friday that she snapped when she poured a jug of water over the head of her former husband's lawyer during their bitter divorce battle in Britain's courts.
Never-before-seen photos have surfaced of Elvis Presley rocking Madison Square Garden in all his jumpsuited glory.
As half of the famed hip-hop duo OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is known for his bass-booming, chart-topping smash hits. His recording studio in Atlanta is lined with plush velvet, stocked with Courvoisier and has a swing hanging from the ceiling -- a place to settle in and do his work.
Ashlee Simpson and her rocker boyfriend Pete Wentz are engaged.
Moby just wants you to dance. Shake your booty. Get jiggy with it. Throw your hands in the air like you just ... well, you get the idea.
Rock musician Pete Doherty has been sentenced to 14 weeks in jail for violating a probation order.
The maestro who was conducting Luciano Pavarotti at the opening ceremony of the Turin Winter Olympic Games in 2006 has revealed that the ailing tenor lip-synched his performance. The late singer's manager said Monday the bitter cold of the outdoor event made a live performance impossible.
Even if you don't care much for bluegrass, you can't help but admire Ricky Skaggs' enthusiasm for the music and its formative years.
A company in a court fight with the Beatles has agreed not to release recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group until the case is resolved.
It appears that Jay-Z and Beyonce have finally tied the knot.
Kevin Federline might play the part of the pauper to his pop princess ex-wife Britney Spears, but in Las Vegas he is king.
When Patti LuPone was in her early teens, she appeared in a local Long Island production of "Gypsy," put on by what she says was "a group of kids that got together in the summertime. ... It was just kids who loved musical theater."
Rapper Remy Ma isn't letting jail derail her wedding plans.
The lead singer of British band Procol Harum has won an appeal court judgment awarding him full royalties for the band's iconic hit, "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
They may be pushing 40, but the New Kids are returning to the block.
With her 18th chart-topper "Touch My Body," Mariah Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and is now second only to the Beatles.
The family of R&B singer Sean Levert wants the FBI to look into his death after a jail medical emergency.
Jessica Simpson is feeling "much better" after being hospitalized with a kidney infection.
"The Here and Now" might well be subtitled "Redeeming Rumi." As if to save us from the new-age squish of much contemporary rediscovery of the 13th-century Persian poet's work, Christopher Theofanidis' 33-minute sonic salon is an exhilarating setting bound for a Carnegie Hall debut April 5.
Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now he has a chance to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by telling kids not to make the same mistakes he did.
Rapper T.I. has pleaded guilty to federal weapons possession charges, and is to be sentenced in one year, after completing a period of community service.
Even Rock and Roll Hall of Famers aren't free from the hassles of touring.
Raul Navaira remembers seeing his brother, the Tejano music star known to his fans simply as Emilio, signing autographs after an Easter weekend club date in Houston.
The Los Angeles Times apologized for using documents that were apparently fabricated in a story implicating associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on rapper Tupac Shakur.
Kimora Lee Simmons has already moved on, but she took steps to make it official by filing for divorce from her husband of seven years, entertainment mogul Russell Simmons.
Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol.
The editor of the Los Angeles Times says an internal investigation will be done concerning the authenticity of documents cited by the newspaper that implicate associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on Tupac Shakur.
Even if he survives a horrific head injury suffered in a bus crash, Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira faces a long recovery and an uncertain future, his doctors say.
A state appeals court on Monday dismissed an attorney's challenge to the order that gives Britney Spears' father control over much of her life.
Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira may not survive a severe brain injury suffered when his tour bus slammed into traffic barrels on a Houston interstate, his neurosurgeon said Monday.
Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and business associate of The Beatles, has died in New York City at age 66.
Dolly Parton knows a good investment when she sees one, and these days she sees one in the mirror.
Cuban bassist and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday at age 89, a family spokesman said.
Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group in 1962.
Marian McPartland celebrated her 90th birthday in a style befitting the "Grande Dame of Piano Jazz" with a little help from friends like Norah Jones and Wynton Marsalis at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Two former members of the Beach Boys settled a five-year legal dispute over use of the band's name, a lawyer said.
T.I. didn't get to host a Thanksgiving gathering at the suburban home where he is under house arrest, but he will be able to attend Easter services.
The following are excerpts from the Heather Mills-Paul McCartney divorce ruling, issued by the Honorable Mr. Justice Bennett. Dollar figures are based on the current exchange rate of approximately two dollars per British pound:
