NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- The audience at a New York benefit for young musicians went home with an unexpected memory when rocker Bruce Springsteen gave a surprise performance.

NEW YORK, March 13 (UPI) -- The gracious salute by R.E.M to other Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees at a New York ceremony was typical of the good vibes all around.

ALHAMBRA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Police have identified the woman who was shot and killed Monday at the Alhambra home of record producer Phil Spector as Lana Clarkson, 40, of Los Angeles.

ALHAMBRA, Calif., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Producer Phil Spector, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was charged with murder Monday after a shooting at his home in Alhambra, near Los Angeles. Police said the 62-year-old Spector was being held on $1 million bail in the shooting death of an

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Eminem opened up to Vibe magazine in a cover story titled "The Zen of Eminem" that covered his debt to the late rapper Tupac Shakur, anger management and his relationship with his daughter Hailie.

Last Friday the Rolling Stones demonstrated why they are called "the world's greatest rock band" with a fired-up show that had Chicago's Comiskey Park shaking on its foundations.

Today's musical birthdays include the late guitar maker Leo Fender, who was born in 1909; country's Jimmy Dean and Eddie Fisher, both in 1928 (age 74); Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers in 1940 (age 62); Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson in 1947 (age 55);

The weekly package of Today in Music for Aug. 10-16.