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- Oasis guitarist describes Toronto assault
- Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher says it felt like he was "hit by a bus" when he was attacked on stage at a Toronto music festival.
- Akon video angers Buddhist protesters
- About 200 protesters in Sri Lanka threw stones at the headquarters of a TV and radio company over a video by R&B singer Akon, which they say defames the Buddha.
- U.K. singing sailors sign major record deal
- A group of singing seamen from Cornwall, England, known in the area for performing at pubs, have landed a major record deal reported to be worth $1.5 million Cdn.
- WW II bombs threaten AC/DC concert
- Unexploded Second World War bombs at an Austrian airfield threaten to shut down an May concert by metal rockers AC/DC.
- Vienna Philharmonic names 1st female concertmaster
- The Vienna Philharmonic has officially appointed Albena Danailova as its first female concertmaster.
- McLachlan recording album of new songs
- It took seven years, but Sarah McLachlan says she's got a new album of songs to be released in June.
- Lady Gaga responds to ex-boyfriend's lawsuit
- The lawyer for pop performer Lady Gaga says her ex-boyfriend, a music producer, concocted an illegal contract with the singer and has no claim on her success.
- Musician frets after banjo plucked from van
- A Montreal musician's Halifax vacation has turned into a sad, fruitless search after her treasured banjo was stolen.
- Peaches Christ Superstar set to go
- Canadian electro-rapper Peaches is going ahead with her solo performance of Jesus Christ Superstar next week in Berlin after a battle over rights with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
- Ian McEwan's Atonement to be opera
- British author Ian McEwan's bestselling novel Atonement will be made into an opera set to premier in 2013.