LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rock 'n' roll history played out Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom as original recordings of Led Zeppelin working through the song that became the epic “Stairway to Heaven” were played for jurors and the songwriters discussed failures and successes in the making of the hit.Jimmy Page testified about his ambitions to write a song that would accelerate and build to a crescendo and how he shared the introduction with keyboardist and bassist John Paul Jones to get an ally in his

An attorney for Park Yoo-chun, the embattled member of boy band JYJ, called on the police Wednesday to make known the details of the charges raised against the singer-actor who has been accused or raping several women.The lawyer said the police should provide information made by the three alleged victims who claimed they were raped by Park.Getting information about the charges raised can better help an attorney to prepare for a case in which it is important to prove innocence.While the police us

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Led Zeppelin’s lawyers asked a judge on Monday to throw out a case accusing the band’s songwriters of ripping off a riff for “Stairway to Heaven.”The estate of Randy Wolfe, founder of the band Spirit, failed to prove it owned the copyright to his 1968 song “Taurus” or that it was substantially similar to “Stairway,” attorney Peter Anderson said.“Plaintiff rested and failed to carry his burden of proof on multiple issues,” Anderson wrote in a motion to dismiss.U.S. District Ju

BUDAPEST (AFP) -- A Budapest orchestra did not let their opera performance get in the way of watching Hungary's Euro 2016 game, dashing backstage mid-show to watch a crucial game on TV.With Hungary losing 1-0 against Iceland in a Group F tie, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra musicians downed instruments between Acts of Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried” opera to catch the closing stages.“When the Second Act of the opera was over, the orchestra pit emptied in record time,” Marcell Nemeth, spokesman f

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Streaming-only tracks from services such as Apple Music and Spotify will be considered for next year’s Grammy Awards for the first time, organizers announced on Thursday.The Recording Academy said it had tweaked its definition of “general distribution” to include “paid subscription, full catalogue, on-demand streaming/limited download platforms” that are at least a year old.The change means the Chicago hip-hop star Chance the Rapper -- who made music-business history in May