Topic: Western Europe

Cloistered French nuns sign record deal

A closed order of French nuns have signed an album deal with Universal Music, the record label announced Sunday, after a worldwide search to find the best female singers of Gregorian Chant. The Benedictine sisters cannot leave their abbey near Avignon, in ...

Ten killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade"

BERLIN (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 10 were seriously injured after panic broke out at a "Love Parade" music festival in Germany Saturday, police said. Overcrowding at an entrance gate to a former freight rail station where the ...

Black Eyed Peas' E.N.D. tour has staying power

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sitting in an Athens hotel room on a humid summer day in early July, Will.i.am recalls the days when he and his fellow members of the Black Eyed Peas made a collective $150 per show -- and were ...

Jazz singer Jarreau in critical condition in France

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. jazz singer Al Jarreau was in a critical condition in hospital in France on Friday after collapsing on stage the previous evening, hospital sources said. The 70-year-old singer collapsed during a concert in Barcelonnette in the southeast of ...
Veteran American singer Al Jarreau has been taken to a hospital in France with breathing problems. A hospital in the Alpine city of Gap says the 70-year-old fell ill before a concert Thursday at a jazz festival in the French town of ...
Cecile Aubry, a French film star turned author and writer of the popular 60s TV series "Belle and Sebastian", has died aged 81 after a long battle against lung cancer, her family said Tuesday. Aubry, who in a fairy-tale life was signed ...
US pop star Madonna was in hot water with her neighbours over a loud party thrown at her London house when she was not there, council officials said Monday. Staff working for Madonna at her home in Marylebone, central London, threw a ...
Film director Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request, said Saturday he felt warm affection for the country despite his arrest last year. The 76-year-old director, who will make his first public appearance since his release to ...
The creator of a Facebook tribute to a British killer who shot himself dead after a standoff with police removed the page Thursday after it sparked condemnation, including from the prime minister. Siobhan O'Dowd said she had taken down the page dedicated ...

Facebook page praising Moat removed after row

The creator of a Facebook tribute to the killer who shot himself dead after a standoff with police removed the page Thursday after it sparked condemnation, including from the prime minister. Siobhan O'Dowd said she had taken down the page dedicated to ...
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