U2 producer talks about their new album (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - U2's producer Daniel Lanois, has spoken on about his time with the band and their new album.

Slash releases video supporting gay marriage (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has released a video in support of gay marriage.

`Chinese Democracy' begins streaming on MySpace (AP)

AP - Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world.

Britney Spears craves freedom amid career upswing (AP)

AP - Britney Spears is craving more freedom.

McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace (Reuters)

Reuters - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.

Young conductor Gustavo Dudamel lives his dream (AP)

AP - With long sideburns and black curly locks hanging over his ears and collar, Gustavo Dudamel looks more like a rock star than the next music director of one of the nation's leading orchestras.

The Who look back to '77 on live DVD (Reuters)

Reuters - A 1977 concert filmed for the Who documentary "The Kids Are Alright" has long been considered a holy grail by rock fans. But frontman Roger Daltrey remembers it as taking place on "kind of a weird day."

50 Cent's new album pushed back to next year (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - The release date of 50 Cent's forthcoming new album, Before I Self Destruct, has been pushed back to 2009--although a final release date is yet to be confirmed.

John McCain fights back against Jackson Browne (Reuters)
Reuters - John McCain may have lost the presidential election to Barack Obama, but his campaign seems absolutely determined not to lose to Jackson Browne.

Alabama's Randy Owen starts over with solo CD (AP)

AP - As front man and lead singer of Alabama, Randy Owen racked up 42 No. 1 singles and dozens of other hits.

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