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Aug 7, 2007 5:13 PM CDT

Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone can’t get cocaine satisfaction

(Newser) - Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said...

Tommy Makem Dies at 74

Aug 3, 2007 4:19 AM CDT

Tommy Makem Dies at 74

(Newser) - Tommy Makem, the great Irish singer and storyteller who, with the Clancy Brothers, led the revival in Irish folk music in the late 1950s and 1960s, died after a long battle with lung cancer yesterday. He was 74. "To hear Tommy Makem sing 'Four Green Fields,' " writes...

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Jul 5, 2007 6:26 PM CDT

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Music industry wants to start collecting AM, FM royalties

(Newser) - It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.

Britney
Wigs Out

May 3, 2007 9:25 AM CDT

Britney Wigs Out

Not-so-secret comeback continues with 20 minutes of lip-syncing

(Newser) - Britney's back—somewhat. In the latest performance by an ensemble billed as "the M+Ms," the troubled chanteuse strode onstage in scanty attire and a not-so scanty wig last night in Anaheim and shimmied to the tunes of her big hits, including "Hit Me Baby One More Time"...

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

May 1, 2007 6:08 AM CDT

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," singer mumbles

(Newser) - Tormented rock queen Courtney Love is staging a high-profile yard sale for the personal effects of husband Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who committed suicide 13 years ago. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity," the addled singer promises.