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Ian McEwan plans opera version of 'Atonement'

LONDON (AP) — It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.

Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace

GENEVA (AP) — Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the…

Producer files $30M suit against Lady Gaga in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga's spokesman is declining to comment on a music producer's lawsuit.

No charges for son over conductor's Swiss suicide

LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Friday that they will not charge the son of conductor Edward Downes and his wife with assisting…

Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies

Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of…

World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68

LONDON (AP) — Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at…

Singing Cornish fishermen sign major-label deal

LONDON (AP) — After singing soldiers and harmonious priests, a group of English fishermen is the latest unorthodox band to sign a…

Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie…

Marie Osmond cancels Las Vegas shows for the week

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donny and Marie Osmond are canceling their shows this week at the Flamingo Las Vegas hotel while she copes with the…

Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Justin Moore knows his fans can get rowdy — maybe sometimes to a fault.

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