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Bono joins world leaders at Global Citizen Festival

Sept 22, 2013

U2 front man Bono and a long list of world leaders will attend next week’s Global Citizen Festival to help fight poverty. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, leaders from several countries and U.S. lawmakers will join Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer at the free concert Sept. 28 in New York’s Central Park. The concert coincides with the U.N. General Assembly, and fans earn free tickets for helping spread the word or volunteering to help end world poverty.Bono wi
Insane Deegie back for more

Sept 22, 2013

Hip-hop producer returns with next installment in jazz hip-hop series
Russian diva to open third Met season in a row

Sept 17, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― Already one of the most famous singers in the world, Anna Netrebko is about to claim a new title at the Metropolitan Opera: The prima donna is becoming a “three-ma” donna.When the Russian diva launches the Met season on Sept. 23 in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” it will mark her third consecutive opening night ― a milestone no soprano has ever reached before in leading roles.The streak began in 2011 in Donizetti’s tragic “Anna Bolena” and continued last year with a comedy by the
K-pop lovers to flock to Gyeongju for Hallyu Dream Festival

Sept 17, 2013

The fourth annual 2013 Hallyu Dream Festival held in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, is set to launch its K-pop-filled events on Oct. 5 and 6. This year’s Hallyu Dream Festival will include the K-pop Cover Dance Festival and the final Hallyu Dream Concert, as well as cultural awareness events. The lineup for the upcoming Hallyu Dream Concert, which will be held on the second day of the festival, includes big-name K-pop acts such as TVXQ, 4minute. Sistar, Crayon Pop, 2AM, KARA, T-ara, Ailee,
Sound of The Clash saved for a new generation

Sept 16, 2013

PARIS (AFP) ― They’ve never reformed, despite lucrative offers to do so, and the surviving band members swear they never will now that front man Joe Strummer is no longer around.Which just might be why, 37 years after they played their first riffs, The Clash are still adored by a global army of fans as one of the greatest bands in the history of rock.In Paris this week to promote a new box set that involved guitarist Mick Jones salvaging the original master tapes for their five seminal albums, t
Arts school works to give students a fighting chance

Sept 15, 2013

This is the sixth in a series on producers, MCs, DJs and artists working in the Korean underground hip-hop scene. ― Ed.Most entertainers, musicians and actors will agree that an academic degree is not always necessary for a career in entertainment. But nowadays, just like most of the working world, it’s harder to get jobs based on talent alone. Young job seekers need a set of skills and techniques along with talent.That is what Korea Conservatory, an arts school based in Apgujeong-dong, is hopin
New album of Beatles rarities set for release

Sept 15, 2013

LONDON (AFP) ― A box set of previously unreleased recordings and studio chat by The Beatles including early hits and cover versions is to be released later this year, their record company said Friday.The tracks from radio broadcasts at the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1963 and 1964 include 37 performances which have never been issued before now and 23 tracks of conversations featuring the Fab Four.The album, “On Air ― Live At The BBC Volume 2,” is a follow-up to a similar box set released
Can Rottini become Korea’s Il Divo?

Sept 15, 2013

Popera group releases first canzone album, talking about love, life
Eyelike: ‘Coup D’etat’ no revolution

Sept 13, 2013

‘Coup D’etat’ no revolutionG-Dragon “Coup D’etat”(KT Music)G-Dragon’s second studio album “Coup D’etat” is chock-full of colorful songs and features big-name artists, but are the songs really “revolutionary?”Title track “Coup D-etat,” is actually one of the weakest songs on the album. Featuring Diplo and Baauer, the same beat and melody plays throughout the whole song, making it repetitious and boring. “Niliria,” featuring Missy Elliot, has a unique sound consisting of an interesting mix of trad
Stevie Nicks, Lady Antebellum team on ‘Crossroads’

Sept 13, 2013

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) ― Lady Antebellum may be on hiatus, but fans are still getting a chance to see something new from the Nashville trio.Lady A will join Stevie Nicks on Friday night’s episode of “CMT Crossroads,” the show that matches country stars with partners from different musical genres.“Performing with Stevie Nicks is by far the coolest thing we have ever done in our career,” Lady A’s Charles Kelley said. “I mean, it really was. We are actually going to have a little viewing party a
Bowie heads Britain’s Mercury Prize shortlist

Sept 12, 2013

LONDON (AFP) ― Rock icon David Bowie’s re-emergence into the limelight continued on Wednesday when he was named on the shortlist for the Mercury Prize, one of Britain’s most prestigious music awards.The winners of the award, for the best British or Irish album of any genre released in the year to July, will be announced at a ceremony in London on Oct. 30.Also on the list are former winner Arctic Monkeys, folk singers Jake Bugg and Laura Marling and Oxford art-rockers Foals.The victors, chosen by
Drunken Tiger ends long hiatus with ‘The Cure’

Sept 12, 2013

After a five-year hiatus Drunken Tiger is finally coming out with a new album on Friday, titled “The Cure.” The legendary hip-hop group began performing in the United States in 1990 and consists of artist Tiger JK, who usually has prominent underground hip-hop artists such as Bizzy and Paloalto joining him when performing. The upcoming album will feature Bizzy and Yoon Mi-rae, established female rapper and Tiger JK’s wife. This will be the first album produced by the label FeelGhood Music, which
Amy Winehouse celebrated in her London spiritual home

Sept 12, 2013

LONDON (AP) ― Amy Winehouse lived and died in north London’s Camden neighborhood ― and in the month that she would have turned 30, her presence is still being celebrated.The beehived diva’s spray-painted image adorns several Camden walls, and fans still flock to the area more than two years after her 2011 death from accidental alcohol poisoning at age 27.Winehouse got her start amid the pubs and clubs of Camden, so local businesses are holding a series of events this month to raise money for the
Jarasum fest to bring international jazz lineup

Sept 12, 2013

The 10th annual Jarasum International Jazz Festival will start its festivities on Oct. 3, featuring notable jazz musicians from around the world. The festival, held on Jaraseom Island in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, launched in 2004 with 30 bands from 12 countries. More than 100,000 people attend the festival every year. In the past decade, it has invited more than 500 artists from more than 41 countries. This year’s lineup will include local jazz band the Jo Young Deok Trio ― winner of the
‘Parsifal’ to show the essence of Wagner opera

Sept 10, 2013

Korea National Opera’s staging of Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Seoul Arts Center Opera House on Oct. 1, 3 and 5 will be a highlight for Wagnerians here celebrating the 200th anniversary of the German composer’s birth. It is the Korean premiere of the master’s last piece and perhaps the longest production in the history of the state opera company ― the show starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. with an hour allotted for dinner between the acts. Internationally acclaimed Wagnerian bass singer Youn Kw