Topic: Pop And Rock Music

Australia's Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals

MELBOURNE (Reuters Life!) - Football club songs and pop or rock music have been banned from funerals in Catholic churches in Australia under new guidelines distributed this week to priests and funeral directors. A funeral should not be a "celebration" of the ...
Americana Awards set to celebrate legacy of rockabilly queen Wanda JacksonWanda Jackson had no idea the influence she would have on future rock 'n' roll women when she carved a sharp, distinctive line across the heartwood of the new genre back in ...
Ex-member of Electric Light Orchestra killed in freak collision with rolling hay balePolice in southwestern England say a former member of the Electric Light Orchestra was killed in a freak collision with a huge hay bale that rolled down a steep hill. ...
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Barcelona fines rock band U2

Barcelona authorities fine rock band U2 for noise, study sanction for ShakiraBarcelona city hall says rock band U2 has paid a fine of euro18,000 ($22,000) for playing too long and too loudly during rehearsals in the Spanish city last year. A spokeswoman ...

Disney Trips

Everyone that has kids at one point has probably made at least one trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Even if you don't have kids, Orlando is a very entertaining place to visit. There are so many different entertaining things to ...

Nick Cave & Co. open the debate on love, sex, sexism

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Australian post-punk hero Nick Cave has skipped from project to project during his 37-year career, but he's always maintained his pasty-faced, black-clad persona. An especially dark and sexual vibe runs through the latest album by his band Grinderman. ...
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Rocker John Mellencamp likens Internet to A-bomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rocker John Mellencamp said on Tuesday that the Internet was the most dangerous invention since the atomic bomb, although new technology could paradoxically delay the inevitable demise of rock 'n' roll. But before then, "some smart people, the ...

Katy Perry's "California Gurls" on safe ground

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Rondor Music, which owns the copyright to the Beach Boys' "California Girls," has sent a letter to Capitol Records demanding that it grant writing credits and royalties for the Katy Perry summer hit "California Gurls" to Brian ...
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