Category: Music (11-20 of 386)

Feb 28 2013 10:17 AM ET

Anastacia cancels tour after cancer diagnosis

Managers for U.S. pop singer Anastacia say she has canceled a planned performance in Dubai and an upcoming European tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer a decade after her first battle with the disease.

A statement Thursday says the 44-year-old performer will cancel all appearances and travel until further notice.

Anastascia, who has had multi-platinum album sales in Europe, Australia and elsewhere, was scheduled to perform March 30 at the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race.

Her European tour was set to begin in London on April 6.

She successfully battled breast cancer in 2003.

Feb 27 2013 08:55 AM ET

Mindy McCready's funeral: 'She's healed. She's no longer sick,' says mother.

As her music played in the background, country music star Mindy McCready was remembered Tuesday by friends and family as a fun and talented singer who also “wanted to be healed” from her past.

About 200 friends and family gathered in the 37-year-old singer’s Florida hometown of Fort Myers. A large screen behind the altar of Crossroads Baptist Church was filled with her images and her portrait stood nearby.

“Our Mindy was so tired. She felt helpless,” said McCready’s mother, Gayle Inge. “She was in her darkest moment and she was hurt by so many allegations. She was too emotional to understand.”

McCready, whose real name was Malinda Gayle McCready, committed suicide Feb. 17 at her home in Arkansas, days after leaving a court-ordered substance abuse treatment program. The mother of two died from a single gunshot to the head about a month after her longtime boyfriend David Wilson’s death, also thought to be suicide, in the same place. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 26 2013 09:25 AM ET

Judge opens the door for Michael Jackson lawsuit to go to trial

A jury should decide whether the promoter of Michael Jackson’s final concerts negligently hired and supervised the physician convicted of causing the singer’s death, a judge tentatively ruled Monday.

If the ruling stands, it will allow the case by Jackson’s mother, Katherine, to go forward and present the theory that concert giant AEG Live controlled the physician who gave the superstar a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol.

Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos’ tentative ruling however eliminates some of Katherine Jackson’s claims and an attorney for AEG predicted the company would win at trial. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 22 2013 07:15 PM ET

Cleotha Staples of Staples Singers siblings dies

Cleotha Staples, the eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staples Singers, has died. She was 78.

Staples family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter says Staples died Thursday at her Chicago home after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the last decade.

The Staples Singers began as a way for Roebuck “Pops” Staples to entertain his family, which included five children — Cleotha, known as “Cleedi,” Pervis, Yvonne, Mavis and Cynthia. He taught the children gospel songs and accompanied them on his guitar. Two decades later they became unlikely hit makers for the Stax label.

Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her family in 1999 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2005.

Feb 22 2013 03:57 PM ET

Mindy McCready's funeral set for Tuesday in Fla.

 Mindy McCready’s funeral has been scheduled for Tuesday in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla.

The funeral for the late country star will be held at Crossroads Church. A Friday news release says a Nashville memorial organized by friends and the music community is tentatively scheduled for March 6 at Cathedral of the Incarnation.

McCready committed suicide Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark., days after leaving a court-ordered substance abuse treatment program. The 37-year-old mother of two died from a single gunshot to the head about a month after her longtime boyfriend David Wilson was believed to have killed himself in the same location.

Feb 22 2013 09:38 AM ET

Lindsay Lohan loses Pitbull 'Give Me Everything' lawsuit

Looks like she didn’t have this one locked up: Yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit that troubled actress Lindsay Lohan had brought against musicians Pitbull, Ne-Yo, and Afrojack over their 2011 song “Give Me Everything.”

Lohan claimed that the song’s lyrics were “destined to do irreparable harm” to her. Specifically, she took issue with this line, which references the time she spent in jail: “Hustlers move aside, so I’m tiptoein’, to keep flowin’ / I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 12:41 PM ET

Rapper Ja Rule completes one jail sentence, heads to federal lock-up for tax evasion

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Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case.

U.S. Marshals escorted the 36-year-old musician out of Mid-State Correctional Facility at 9:30 a.m. He was being held at the Oneida County Jail in central New York as he awaited word from the Federal Bureau of Prisons about where he’ll serve time in the tax case.

The rapper, who had been in protective custody because of his celebrity, has some time remaining on a 28-month sentence for tax evasion. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 11:43 AM ET

Lady Gaga reports undergoing hip surgery

Lady Gaga says she’s had surgery to fix her hip.

The 26-year-old singer posted on her blog late Wednesday that she had hip surgery and it “happened so fast.” She canceled her “Born This Way Ball” tour last week.

She thanked her fans in the post, saying they gave her “a lot of strength.” Lady Gaga said that as she was wheeled to surgery, she reflected on her fans. She wrote: “Sometimes you are so brave that it terrifies me. I wonder how it’s even possible.”

Lady Gaga canceled more than 20 dates on the remainder of her tour, which began last April. She originally postponed four dates last week after experiencing difficulties during her concert in Montreal. She explained to fans on Twitter that she’d hurt herself while performing some time ago.

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Feb 15 2013 11:33 AM ET

Rapper 2 Chainz arrested on drug charges in Maryland

Sergeant Marc Black, spokesperson for the Maryland State Police Department, has confirmed to EW that rapper 2 Chainz was arrested last night and charged with possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

According to Black, a van was pulled over yesterday evening containing seven passengers. There was a grinder found in a backpack, and when 2 Chainz took ownership of it, he was arrested. He has since been released on a criminal citation.

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Feb 15 2013 10:35 AM ET

Bryan Adams welcomes second daughter

“Summer of 69″ singer Bryan Adams welcomed his second daughter with Alicia Grimbaldi earlier this week, People confirmed. The couple’s first daughter is named Bunny and the new baby is Lula Rosylea.

“Rosylea is cockney rhyming slang in London for ‘cup of tea’ and the name Lula comes from Gene Vincent’s song ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula,’” Adams explained to People.

Adams tweeted his appreciation to his fans, “Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes. Baby and mama are doing well.”

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