As 2009 draws to a close, with Twitter undoubtedly this year's media darling and Facebook continuing on its path to global domination, you may wonder which social-media service will become tech's poster boy in 2010.
Lang Lang Revealed - narrated by Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock.
The demise of Saturn is a good thing for the new General Motors.
Mystery surrounds the 61-year-old rocker's condition after falling off the stage at a concert
Nearly a week after Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler fell off the stage at a South Dakota concert, mystery surrounds his current condition.
Baby Gunner's "tough" name "combats against the Flowers," the frontman says
Forty years ago this summer I wound up opening the Woodstock festival when the four acts scheduled before me were stuck in massive traffic jams and delayed in getting to the concert site in Bethel, New York.
• In Chicago for Lollapalooza weekend, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr stopped into Rockit Bar & Grill for lunch. The Gossip Girl costars enjoyed truffle fries and vodka lemonades. "They were really cute and affectionate," a source says of the two, who also dined out with three friends. "They were there for awhile," the source adds, "just hanging out, eating and drinking."
Even though Brooklyn's TV on the Radio formed in 2001, the group really started to break out just last year.
It doesn't matter that they can be feverishly hot. Or that crowds make for long food lines or the tickets may be hard to come by.
As 2009 draws to a close, with Twitter undoubtedly this year's media darling and Facebook continuing on its path to global domination, you may wonder which social-media service will become tech's poster boy in 2010.
Lang Lang Revealed - narrated by Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock.
The demise of Saturn is a good thing for the new General Motors.
Mystery surrounds the 61-year-old rocker's condition after falling off the stage at a concert
Nearly a week after Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler fell off the stage at a South Dakota concert, mystery surrounds his current condition.
Baby Gunner's "tough" name "combats against the Flowers," the frontman says
Forty years ago this summer I wound up opening the Woodstock festival when the four acts scheduled before me were stuck in massive traffic jams and delayed in getting to the concert site in Bethel, New York.
• In Chicago for Lollapalooza weekend, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr stopped into Rockit Bar & Grill for lunch. The Gossip Girl costars enjoyed truffle fries and vodka lemonades. "They were really cute and affectionate," a source says of the two, who also dined out with three friends. "They were there for awhile," the source adds, "just hanging out, eating and drinking."
Even though Brooklyn's TV on the Radio formed in 2001, the group really started to break out just last year.
It doesn't matter that they can be feverishly hot. Or that crowds make for long food lines or the tickets may be hard to come by.
The rocker and his wife will make 2-year-old son Ammon a big brother
At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded after a stampede ensued at the close of an eight-day music festival in Morocco on Saturday night, the country's news agency said.
At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, some of the best music happens miles from the Fairgrounds, hours after the crowds have gone and the last of the crawfish bread has been consumed.
The 90-year-old performer is one of many featured at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Under blue skies on the main stage, with his grandson by his side, they close the set with the Woody Guthrie classic "This Land Is Your Land."
At 71, two painful back surgeries have left Art Neville walking with a cane and a stiff gait. But if you put him down in front of a keyboard, his eyes light up and his fingers are as nimble as ever.
Quint Davis drives around the fairgrounds in his golf cart. The producer/director checks every nook and cranny the way a field commander checks his troops.
Of all the amazing New Orleans, Louisiana, musicians, my favorite could be Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
While attending the first Louisiana Heritage Fair in Congo Square 40 years ago, legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and influential jazz artist Duke Ellington spontaneously led a brass band and crowd of second-line revelers on a parade through the festival grounds.
The Italian-Scottish singer talks Coachella and opening for the Stones
The pair lounge by the pool - and catch some tunes at the Coachella festival
Parents danced with their young children to the infectious hip-hop beat of Lupe Fiasco on the main stage.
The souvenir booth at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival said it all.
"We are so chill and comfortable together," the singer tells PEOPLE about her husband of two months, Josh Duhamel
CD sales are down. Digital hasn't caught up. Record companies are consolidating. New bands are trying to find their own way.
The singer won't attend a California music fest because of her assault charge at home
Havana has a thriving cultural scene and is the setting for world-class ballet and film festivals. But it's also a city of music, sunshine and rum, and Havana knows how to throw a damn fine party. Here are some of the city's biggest and best annual events.
The singers will be joined by the Killers, the Cure and over 120 other acts in California
Now in its 37th year, the Glastonbury festival has built a reputation as the mother of all music festivals, with the biggest names in rock music gladly accepting invitations to play the Pyramid stage year after year. Yet for all their combined wealth and fame, it is festival's organizer who remains the true star of Glastonbury.
Seattle hosts some fantastic events that make the most of the great outdoors and the city's passion for music. Here are some of the best.
There's a never a dull moment in London -- the only problem is trying to keep up with it all... Here are some annual events you won't want to miss.
As you might expect, Miami's calendar of seasonal events makes the most of the Florida sunshine, but it also includes some top-notch cultural happenings.
Jazz has always been a popular form of music because its improvisatory nature is easily adapted by a community or nation to reflect its individual identity.
Love was in the windy city air and Lohan and Ronson spend the weekend at Lollapalooza and supporting DJ Mark Ronson
Michael and Sharon thought the photos from their wedding were lost forever.
The rapper blames festival officials and Pearl Jam for his two-hour-late performance
As the pop couple gets set to tour together this summer, McCoy calls her "super hot"
As many surveys have suggested, fear of public speaking is one of our strongest anxieties, often ranking above the fear of dying.
At almost 8,500 feet in the Rockies, it can take a few breaths to walk up Central City's steep granite hills lined with Victorian homes, souvenir shops -- and an opera house that has served 19th-century gold miners as well as modern-day visitors.
The singer is set to precede Jay-Z at the big summer event in England
The couple heads to the California desert with baby Harlow this weekend
Grammy-winner Mariah Carey Рwhose new No. 1 album, E = MC2, sold 463,000 copies in its first week Рis hitting another high: This weekend the Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in lavendar, pink and white in her honor. One of the most successful female recording artists of all time, Carey, 39, recently surpassed Elvis Presley̢۪s record of 17 No. 1 hits with her 18th, "Touch My Body."
We've all been there: the dull business conference. A half-empty room of half-asleep attendees answer their e-mail on laptops and BlackBerries, while some hapless speaker lumbers through a PowerPoint speech.
The distinctive tall frame of Arcade Fire singer Win Butler scrapes against the elevator lights as seven bandmates, their instruments, a sound engineer and a cameraman stand cramped below his eyeline.
Counter-cultural rock festivals or family fun day? After traipsing around music festivals this summer, it seems to be the latter.
Music history lovers and casino developers alike are taking notice: part of dairy farmer Max Yasgur's land, part of which was the original site of the 1969 Woodstock music festival, is up for sale.
Lionel Richie says he doesn't know if daughter Nicole is pregnant, and he poked fun at himself for being an out-of-touch dad on Saturday by pleading, "Nicole, baby, call me!"
Summer is here and music festivals have become as much part of the season as picnics in the parks, long twilights, sticky weather and men who shouldn't -- but do -- wear shorts.
Leyla Safai is the owner of Heartschallenger (myspace.com/heartschallenger) in Los Angeles:
What do Hatebreed, Lamb of God and Lordi have in common? Apart from hair-raising names and a penchant for high-speed death metal, these three guitar-wielding bands are the only headliners so far to...
You could do a lot worse than the hill country of central Texas this time of year. The days are warm (but not too warm), the nights cool; rain is rare and next month South by Southwest, Austin's 21...
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Herb Wong and Jimmy Lyons were friends and San Francisco jazz radio broadcasters in the early 1950s when Lyons founded the Monterey Jazz Festival. Wong has been to all 48 Monterey festivals, has emceed many of them, and will be at this year's 49th annual festival, too.
The Monterey Jazz Festival can't claim that it's the biggest or oldest jazz festival in the world, but it can claim the devotion of jazz royalty.
When Hurricane Katrina swept through Louisiana during the American summer last year, it left New Orleans in a shambles and musician Davell Crawford without a home.
Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs is often referred to as "Nobby's in the Lobby."
A judge said she needs more information before ruling on a motion by US Weekly magazine to dismiss a $20 million libel lawsuit filed against it by Britney Spears.
For every Lisa Simpson, tooting on her saxophone, there are dozens of Barts who prefer Game Boys and slingshots. But if the Simpsons' fictitious Springfield was revealed to be California's Monterey County, where jazz education thrives, even the spiky-haired prankster could be transformed into a cool jazz cat.
The leader of one band taking part in the 48th Monterey Jazz Festival says his collection of rock stars sets out to create improvised "chaos" on stage -- with the possibility of a "train wreck."
H. Johnson has pretty much heard it all.
Taking place on back-to-back summer weekends, the Bonnaroo and Telluride music festivals have one huge common thread in addition to many overlapping artists, says bluegrass guitarist Peter Rowan: music-loving audiences.
After striking a low note last year, the concert business is poised to sing.
The king of concerts in 2004 turned out to be a prince.
There's no escaping the rock 'n' roll circus that is the U.S. presidential election. Like rock stars, candidates perform in front of large audiences, conduct interviews, rake in large amounts of money, and, of course, tour for exposure.
Musicians tune up, cooks fire up and ticket holders line up as the Monterey Jazz Festival swings into its 47th year, and fans from around the world celebrate food, festivities and all that's jazz.
Marian McPartland, the legendary jazz pianist and host of National Public Radio's "Piano Jazz," returns this year to the Monterey Jazz Festival. She'll perform, and she'll also join panel discussions with musicians such as Clark Terry and Bill Charlap and jazz enthusiast Clint Eastwood.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" filmmaker Michael Moore called the opening weekend numbers for his documentary "mind-boggling" and credited his political opponents for boosting ticket sales.
With two girls, two boys and two guitars, the Von Bondies are probably the second most famous garage band to come out of Detroit, Michigan, in the past few years. Like the White Stripes, the Von Bondies make raw, bluesy and punk-inflected rock.
Black Sabbath will reunite for Ozzfest, which begins July 10 in Hartford, Connecticut, according to the Ozzfest Web site.
There is a world where Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson and American Idol celebrity reject William Hung headline the same show. That place is the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, California, at the Wango Tango Music festival.
Craigslist is ready for its closeup. The website, where wired twenty-and thirtysomethings search for jobs, homes, and love, so fascinated filmmaker Michael Ferris Gibson that he made 24 Hours on Cr...
Snow Patrol is preparing for a U.S. invasion.
Call it the refinancing Lollapalooza. As interest rates plunged over the past three years to near-historic lows, millions of Americans rushed to refinance their mortgages--and ended up flush with m...
Sharon Osbourne may know nothing about Six Sigma, but you should take notes anyway. Ozzy Osbourne's longtime (long-suffering?) wife and manager built the heavy-metal Ozzfest into the top music fest...
Jesse Morreale was gearing up for the Van's Warped Tour, a punk-rock concert that appeared in Denver last summer. Morreale's 25-person company, Nobody in Particular Presents (NIPP), had been promot...
Jesse Morreale was gearing up for the Van's Warped Tour, a punk-rock concert that appeared in Denver last summer. Morreale's 25-person company, Nobody In Particular Presents (NIPP), had been promot...
Woodstock was one of the defining cultural moments of the mass-media age, and the mere mention of it therefore brings to mind some very specific imagery. When you think of Woodstock, you think of p...
Most investors who end the year doing twice as well as the market would break out the Veuve Clicquot. Not Warren Buffett: ''Nineteen ninety-two will be worse than average,'' says the Oracle of Omah...
Better acts that offer more bang for the buck and tours by hot bands like Genesis, U2, Metallica, and Hammer are reviving revenues from rock music concerts following last year's bummer. The top 20 ...
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