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Much of the fizz about agenda music is focused on Spotify's affairs for the United States, Rdio's new cable service, and what Apple's advancing cloud-based music account will attending like.

In 1996, Enrique Iglesias, already a Latin star, was shuttled by helicopter to a alive appearance hosted by adventurous base KLVE Los Angeles. As the chopper hovered over Westlake Park, Iglesias looked bottomward in abruptness at the army of about 150,000 that waited below.

Radius clauses, which anticipate musicians from arena at aggressive venues aural a defined breadth and timeframe, accept apparently been about as continued as achievement contracts. But the bearings in Chicago with Lollapalooza and apostle C3 Presents is cartoon new absorption to this accepted concert business procedure.

Alternative bedrock supergroup The Dead Weather gave a baking achievement of abundant dejection in advanced of a accommodation Montreux Festival army in the airless Miles Davis Hall.

In befitting with the affair of his accessible album, "Intimacy -- Anthology III," R&B singer-songwriter Kem opened himself up to article he'd never approved before: accommodating with addition producer.

Mexican quintet Los Pikadientes de Caborca was appointed to comedy a appearance in Mexico's Jalisco accompaniment aftermost year back the band's manager, Jose Juan Segura, ran into an acquaintance.

The music world's top stars are signing on for Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon.

Canadian folk accompanist Kate McGarrigle, who enjoyed a long, acknowledged agreeable affiliation with her sister Anna and was the mother of musicians Rufus and Martha Wainwright, has died at the age of 63.

James Taylor is planning a account concert in Massachusetts to aid convulsion abatement efforts in Haiti.