NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- U.S. concert promoters are concerned festivals are selling worse than summer tours by Prince and Madonna and smaller pairings like No Doubt and Blink-182.

LOS ANGELES, June 4 (UPI) -- Don McLean, whose hit song "American Pie" was voted No. 5 in a recording industry poll of the top songs of the 20th century, will enter the National Academy of

LOS ANGELES, April 15 (UPI) -- The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame said Thursday Stevie Wonder will be honored at its awards ceremony in New York in June.

NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame announced in New York Wednesday the next seven inductees.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Pink, Evanescence, Sean Paul, 3 Doors Down and Rod Stewart have been added to the line-up of the American Music Awards.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2003 with 81 to follow.

Today's birthdays include Jerry Lawson of the Persuasions, who was born in 1944 (age 59); the Pointer Sisters' Anita Pointer in 1948 (age 55); Bill Cunningham of the Box Tops, Danny Federici of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and Patrick Simmons of the

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for January 18-24.

Today's birthdays include Blood Sweat and Tears drummer Bobby Colomby, who was born in 1944 (age 58); Peter Criss of Kiss in 1947 (age 55); and "Little" Stevie Wright of the Easybeats in 1948 (age 54); Anita Ward and Billy Bragg, both in 1957 (age 45); an