LOS ANGELES, April 27 (UPI) -- A handful of Rolling Stones fans got a rare treat Saturday when the band announced a last-minute show at a Los Angeles club for $20 a ticket -- cash only.
CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- Earl Pionke, the owner of the landmark Chicago folk-music club Earl of Old Town, died Friday at the age of 80, a longtime friend said.
NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. singer Richie Havens' ashes will be spread over the grounds that made him a defining voice and face of the Woodstock Festival, his family and manager said.
NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- Canadian crooner Michael Buble gave an impromptu performance at the Lincoln Center New York subway stop, singing Smokey Robinson's "Who's Lovin' You."
BURBANK, Calif., April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Johnny Depp is talking with Walt Disney Studios for a Hollywood version of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Into the Woods," Variety reported.
NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- The original Broadway cast recording of "Kinky Boots," with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, is being prepared for release, its U.S. record label said Friday.
PARIS, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-songwriter-dancer Beyonce Knowles released a video from her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, including a clip of her singing "Run the World (Girls)."
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 25 (UPI) -- Swedish police said they found suspected marijuana and an unlicensed stun gun when they raided singer-songwriter Justin Bieber's tour bus, but plan no arrests.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald was honored with a Google Doodle on the search engine's homepage Thursday on what would have been her 96th birthday.
DETROIT, April 25 (UPI) -- East Coast hip-hop artist Rev. Run of the group Run-D.M.C. says it's critical for Americans to be screened for diabetes because knowledge is power.
BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Neil Diamond says he will donate the royalties from this week's soaring sales of his song "Sweet Caroline" to a Boston Marathon bombing victims fund.
MUNICH, Germany, April 24 (UPI) -- Canadian pop musician Justin Bieber wants to give away his pet monkey after German customs officers placed it in quarantine, an animal shelter said.
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., April 24 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will do a benefit concert for domestic violence victims in New York's Hudson Valley, the promoters said Wednesday.
NEW YORK, April 24 (UPI) -- Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow was named People magazine's "World's Most Beautiful Woman."
LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- Glen Campbell has canceled the remaining dates on his North American concert tour because his Alzheimer's disease is worsening, Rolling Stone reported.