Lubango — The Cape Verdean singer Jonny Ramos is the main attraction of the party to present the latest musical show-promoting firm of southern Huíla province, dubbed “LB Promoções”, on Saturday in the provincial capital (Lubango), ANGOP learnt this Thursday.

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Forty-five years after the Beatles’ American TV debut at the Ed Sullivan Theater, Paul McCartney got back — with a concert on top of the marquee.

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Jimmy Page has confirmed reports that if himself, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham are to tour with a vocalist who is not Robert Plant, they will not be using the name Led Zeppelin.

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Beatles fans will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s Abbey Road album next month by dressing up as the Fab Four and recreating the record’s famous cover.

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Julian Casablancas takes time out from the band’s new album to go it alone.

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Yesterday continues its run at the Tropicana as the 45th anniversary of the Beatles playing Atlantic City nears.

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Viennese culture isn’t all high-class konditorei (patisserie or cake shops) and Klimt, Mozart and waltzes round the Prater. The singer Trude Mally brought that home with her mastery of two of the city’s working-class folk-music traditions. Without Schrammelmusik (the waltz’s working-class counterpart), Weanalieder (songs sung in the Viennese dialect) and dudler (the Viennese variant of yodel), …

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At 16-years-old, with blonde hair and a wholesome appeal, Kim Petras is set to be a superstar. But this is no ordinary girl. Kim, of Cologne, Germany, was actually born Tim.

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Rehearsals for Stefanie Sun’s concert have been eye-opener for local jazz singer Nathan Hartono.

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When the music journalist and future Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye compiled and annotated the double album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 for Jac Holzman’s Elektra Records in the early 1970s, he introduced a new generation of fans around the world to US garage bands like the Electric Prunes, the Standells, the Shadows Of Knight, the 13th Floor Elevators, …

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A lost track by The Beatles, ‘Now And Then’, is set to be released after Sir Paul McCartney spent the past two years working on it.

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The pop music industry has lost one of its most colourful characters and accountancy one of the few who could make that trade seem glamorous.

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If you were looking for a music business personality to contrast with troubled-but-beloved Michael Jackson, you couldn’t find one more stark than the decidedly-not-beloved Allen Klein, who passed away July 4 in New York after a battle with Alzheimers. He was 77.

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Record label mogul and Allen Klein, who fell in and out of favor with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died after battling Alzheimer’s disease, his spokesman said. He was 77.

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Ruthless music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to The Beatles’ demise, dies in New York at 77.

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TIERNEY SUTTON BAND Desire ** Telarc CD-83685, £12.72

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HARRY ALLEN – JOE COHN QUARTET …Plays Music From South Pacific **** Arbors Records ARCD 19380, £13.70

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Music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday, a publicist for his company said. He was 77.

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Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles and also nabbed control of some of the Rolling Stones’ best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.

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ALGERIAN singer Cheb Mami has been jailed for five years in France after being found guilty of forcing an attempted abortion on his former lover.

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Music recording artist Laura Bryna is already “giving back” through her volunteer work with Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Air National Guard. Add to that list her new role as celebrity spokesperson for the National Guard Youth Foundation (NGYF), whose mission is to raise national awareness for the National Guard Youth Challenge Program and expand the program throughout the country.

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It was the best business deal he ever did — Michael Jackson’s 50% stake in Sony/ATV, which comes with about 250 Beatles songs, should save his estate from bankruptcy.

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The Beatles’ first contract was removed from lock and key and shown off to fans who are being offered the chance to win it.

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CHILDREN from three Surrey schools are among thousands taking part in a unique Beatles concert to raise money for Third World youngsters.

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The 2009 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is pleased to announce that Grammy Award-winning bluesman Keb’ Mo’ will headline opening night, Thursday, July 2, of the 2009 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union. He will replace Etta James, who has canceled her entire West Coast tour due to illness.

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People who share their name with one of The Beatles are being sought to launch a new flight between Aberdeen and Liverpool.

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Michael Jackson’s former long-time nanny said she often had to pump the King of Pop’s stomach after he swallowed too many prescription medications, the Sunday Times of London reports.

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With her powerhouse voice and incredible range, Stephanie J. Block is the most substantial singer of the trio that makes up the stars of 9…

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DARYL SHERMAN Johnny Mercer – A Centennial Tribute **** Arbors Records ARCD 19388

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JOHNNY DODDS Definitive Dodds ***** Retrieval RTR79056

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My life and Michael Jackson’s have run along somewhat parallel lines for years, back to our earliest days growing up in the shadow of steel mills in Gary.

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Michael Jackson delighted people around the world with his music, inspired countless amateur moonwalkers with his moves and had an untold, but surely huge, effect on the sales of individual white gloves.

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They were that year’s “million-dollar poppets” and “Britain’s top thrushes” brought together by the Daily Mirror because girls were back in musical fashion.

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Unseen images of pop stars from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles are to go on display in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrating the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties.

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Watch swinging London sashay into view in Beatles to Bowie: The 60s Exposed , a photographic retrospective headed for the National Portrait Gallery later this year.

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A Sgt Pepper souvenir poster signed by The Beatles sells for $52,500 (£31,720) at a pop memorabilia auction in New York.

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Jimmy Page has confirmed reports that if himself, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham are to tour with a vocalist who is not Robert Plant, they will not be using the name Led Zeppelin.

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Barbra Streisand has joined forces with Canadian jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall on her first studio album in four years, which is set for release on September 29, her record label said on Monday.

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Beatles fans have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to own a rare piece of rock ‘n’ roll history – the band’s original recording contract signed by all four members.

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Eg White isn’t a household name, yet his songs are famous throughout the world, including co-writes like Adele’s “Chasing Pavements” and Duffy’s “Warwick Avenue.”

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – When critics comment that Amanda Blank lights up a stage, they and #39;re being literal.

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LONDON (Billboard) – Eg White isn and #39;t a household name, yet his songs are famous throughout the world, including co-writes like Adele and #39;s “Chasing Pavements” and Duffy and #39;s “Warwick Avenue.”

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Elvis Presley’s name tags from his army uniform are to be sold at auction. The current owner said he got them from a US army quartermaster after Presley did his national service in Germany.

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Exclusive album stream: Your chance to hear the new Gossip album before anybody else Music for Men is Gossip’s fourth album and the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2006’s Standing in the Way of Control. Featuring jagged shards of disco-punk guitar, Beth Ditto’s planet-shaking pipes and Rick Rubin on production duties, we think it’s a bit of a belter. Which is why we teamed up with free music …

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