E Street Band member Danny Federici dies at 58 (AP)

AP - NEW YORK (AP) ? Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Risingpent," died Thursday. He was 58.

Published: 2008-04-18 Provider: Yahoo

Asbury Park's Stone Pony to host Federici memorial (AP)

AP - Friends and fans of keyboardist Danny Federici will gather at the famous Stone Pony nightclub Wednesday evening to pay tribute to the original E Street Band member who died at 58 Thursday after a three-year battle with melanoma.

Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: Yahoo

Fine, driving ban for Nickelback lead singer (Reuters)

Reuters - Chad Kroeger, the lead singer for Canadian rock band Nickelback, was sentenced on Thursday to a one-year driving ban and fined C$600 ($590) for drunken driving.

Published: 2008-05-01 Provider: Yahoo

Nickelback singer sentenced for impaired driving (Reuters)

Reuters - Chad Kroeger, the lead singer for Canadian rock band Nickelback, was sentenced on Thursday to a one-year driving ban and fined more than C$600 ($590) for drunk driving.

Published: 2008-05-01 Provider: Yahoo

Nickelback singer sentenced for impaired driving (Reuters)

Reuters - Chad Kroeger, the lead singer for Canadian rock band Nickelback, was sentenced on Thursday to a one-year driving ban and fined more than C$600 ($590) for drunk driving.

Published: 2008-05-01 Provider: Yahoo

Ashlee Simpson, rocker Pete Wentz engaged to wed (Reuters)

Reuters - Singer Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend Pete Wentz, bassist for the band Fall Out Boy, are engaged to marry, Simpson's spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Published: 2008-04-10 Provider: Yahoo

Animal rights group pursues rocker over squirrel death claim (AFP)

AFP - An animal protection group is investigating claims made by British band The Falls Mark E. Smith that he killed two endangered red squirrels and condones the deliberate running over of seagulls, it said Thursday.

Published: 2008-04-10 Provider: Yahoo

Springsteen and E Street Band album due out October 2 (Reuters)

Reuters - Bruce Springsteen will put out "Magic," his first album with the E Street Band in five years, on October 2, publicists said on Thursday.

Published: 2007-08-16 Provider: Yahoo

Queen star finishes PhD thesis after 30 years (AFP)

AFP - After more than 30 years which he spent as a member of one of the world's most successful bands, Queen guitarist Brian May has finally finished his PhD thesis which he began as a student in the 1970s, The Times reported on Thursday.

Published: 2007-07-11 Provider: Yahoo

Beatles pay tribute to late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (AFP)

AFP - Surviving ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr paid tribute Thursday to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band's one-time spiritual advisor, who died this week.

Published: 2008-02-07 Provider: Yahoo

Ex Beatle Starr pays tribute to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (AFP)

AFP - Former Beatle Ringo Starr paid tribute Thursday to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band's one-time spiritual advisor who died this week.

Published: 2008-02-07 Provider: Yahoo

Ex Beatle Starr pays tribute to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (AFP)

AFP - Former Beatle Ringo Starr paid tribute Thursday to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band's one-time spiritual advisor who died this week.

Published: 2008-02-07 Provider: Yahoo

Something new flying ogre Macy's parade (AP)

AP - This year's Macy's Thanksgiving parade will march down Broadway on Thursday with a grumpy green Shrek ? one of three new balloons ? and the Virginia Tech marching band playing in tribute to victims of last spring's campus shooting.

Published: 2007-11-22 Provider: Yahoo

Former 'Ramones' manager found murdered in New York (AFP)

AFP - The one-time manager of seminal punk rock band "The Ramones" has been found beaten to death in her Fifth Avenue apartment in New York, police said Thursday.

Published: 2007-11-01 Provider: Yahoo

Hanson group member undergoes surgery (AP)

AP - A member of the pop group Hanson underwent surgery Thursday to remove a blood clot in his lungs after suffering chest and shoulder pain following a concert this week, the band's publicist said.

Published: 2007-10-05 Provider: Yahoo

Sex Pistols leader lambasts Sting (AFP)

AFP - Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon slammed reformed 1970s band the Police as "soggy old dead carcasses" Thursday, singling out Sting for a particularly colourful barb.

Published: 2007-09-20 Provider: Yahoo