LONDON (Reuters) – A chat with Ian Anderson – flautist, multi-instrumentalist, founder and wild face of British rock group Jethro Tull – does not go quite as expected. Yes, there is discussion of his music, the 40th anniversary world tour of the progressive rock classic “Thick As A Brick”, and of its 2012 follow up. But there is also a lot more about flutes in space, an unlikely link with the George W.
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(Reuters) – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has teamed with country sensation Taylor Swift on a new song for his upcoming third album, though details were scant as the “Boyfriend” singer keeps fans guessing. Bieber told British radio station Capital FM in a recent interview that Swift was one of several people he had worked with on “Believe.” “I even wrote a song with Taylor Swift, so the whole album ranges differently,” Bieber said. “With my music it doesn’t only stay in a box.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lili Chookasian, a renowned contralto who sang at the Metropolitan Opera for more than two decades and taught at the Yale School of Music, has died at her home in Connecticut. She was 90. Chookasian, who died on Tuesday, enjoyed a long career that included 290 performances with The Metropolitan Opera from 1962 through 1986, and she appeared with many of the world’s major conductors, symphony orchestras, opera and recording companies
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LONDON (Reuters) – A woman suspected of breaking into the home of television entrepreneur Simon Cowell, reportedly armed with a brick, is due to appear in court on Monday. Cowell, the music mogul turned TV producer who created “The X Factor” talent show program that airs in both Britain and the United States, was confronted by the intruder late on Saturday at his home in west London, police said. “There was a loud bang and Simon rushed upstairs to find out what was going on,” Cowell’s spokesman Max Clifford told the Sun newspaper
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AP – Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music’s computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday. A person familiar with the situation said the hackers had obtained unreleased Michael Jackson tracks.
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Reuters – A large number of music files of the late “king of pop” Michael Jackson were allegedly stolen from record company Sony Music by computer hackers, sources familiar with the case said on Monday.
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Reuters – British stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard and actor Liam Neeson have joined the final lineup for Sunday’s one-night benefit show, the Secret Policeman’s Ball, to be staged for the first time in New York at Radio City Music Hall.
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Reuters – British stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard and actor Liam Neeson have joined the final lineup for Sunday’s one-night benefit show, the Secret Policeman’s Ball, to be staged for the first time in New York at Radio City Music Hall.
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Reuters – It’s been a long hike from the Austrian Alps to the Hollywood Hills for Christopher Plummer, but the actor best known for playing the steely captain with seven children in “The Sound of Music” looks set to finally win his first Oscar.
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