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Celine Can't Take Cover From "Sacrilegious" Tune
6/23/2008, E! Online
For those about to rock, best not to take any cues from Celine Dion. The Canadian chanteuse's easy-listening rendition of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night...
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Celine Dion concert in Beijing canceled
4/3/2008, AP
Celine Dion canceled her concert in Beijing due to difficulty securing an appropriate venue, not because she was worried about sandstorms, her Web site said. The Beijing...
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Celine Dion's Beijing show cancelled: media
4/1/2008, Reuters
Canadian pop superstar Celine Dion's April 13 Beijing concert has been cancelled because the organizers failed to obtain a permit despite selling thousands of tickets,...
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Celine Sidelined by Sore Throat
3/28/2008, E! Online
Celine Dion's heart may go on, but her show won't. The ever-fragile Canadian chanteuse has been forced to postpone several concerts in Australia due to a throat...
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Celine Dion postpones Australian concerts
3/27/2008, Reuters
Canadian singer Celine Dion has postponed a series of Australian concerts as part of her world tour due to a throat infection, her publicists said on Friday. Dion is in...
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Celine Dion hits the road for world tour
2/12/2008, AP
Celine Dion is a musician, wife, mother and friend.
Viewers can get a glimpse of each in "Celine Dion: That's the Woman in Me." Debuting Friday, the hour-long CBS concert...
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Celine Dion lines up Beijing Games concert, theme bid
1/15/2008, Reuters
Celine Dion will play her first concert
in China in April and has submitted an entry for the Beijing
Olympics theme song competition, Games organizers said...
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Amazon to sell Sony BMG songs free of copy curbs
1/11/2008, Reuters
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on
Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs from Sony
BMG Music Entertainment without copy-protection technology, or
digital...
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Celine Dion takes final bow at Caesars
12/17/2007, AP
Celine Dion called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknowledging in her final show that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement.
As...
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Celine Dion Leaves Las Vegas
12/17/2007, E! Online
Her heart may go on and on, but her show has, at long last, come to an end.
Celine Dion's A New Day... ended its nearly five-year, 717-show run in Las Vegas Saturday...
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BLOG: Celine Dion, Leaving Las Vegas
12/16/2007, Yahoo! Music
Las Vegas lore is littered with many end-of-an-era instances. The dissolution of the Rat Pack. The razing of the Sands Hotel. The annulment of Britney Spears and Jason...
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Celine Dion steps back into pop world
11/14/2007, AP
Though she's undeniably warm and gregarious, you can hear a bit of irritation creep into Celine Dion's voice when her years away from the pop music world is referred to as...
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Movie songs no longer rule pop charts
11/12/2007, AP
There was a time around 1997 when no matter where you were — in the car, on the StairMaster, at the dentist's office — you couldn't help but hear "My Heart Will Go...
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Celine Dion receives WMA's Legend Award
11/5/2007, AP
Celine Dion and Patti LaBelle were honored at the World Music Awards for their outstanding careers, while British newcomer Mika took home a clutch of prizes.
Dion received...
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Dion takes "Chances" with harder sound as "Day" ends
10/7/2007, Reuters
It's the fourth standing ovation of
the evening as Celine Dion soars through another of her
signature hits. The reverent audience at Las Vegas' Colosseum
at Caesars...
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Celine Takes a Sickie
10/5/2007, E! Online
A New Day...is taking a sick day. Or two.
Celine Dion has been forced to cancel two performances of her Vegas spectacular this week, after being diagnosed with a viral...
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Canadian music sales slide in first quarter
4/27/2007, Reuters
Canada's retail music sales
fell 35% during the first quarter of 2007, continuing a near
decade-long decline attributed largely to Internet
file-swapping, an industry...
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SonyBMG deletes demo CDs, logs onto blogs
3/30/2007, Reuters
Thinking of sending your band's demo CD
to a music label in the hope of landing a deal? Don't try
SonyBMG, which wants to sample your music online...
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Caesars: Celine Dion's husband a winner
2/1/2007, AP
In an attempt to set the record straight about one of its best customers, Caesars Palace took the unusual step Thursday of disclosing the casino losses of Celine Dion's...
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Toni Braxton parts ways with label
1/12/2007, Reuters
Toni Braxton is being released from
her current recording contract after just one album, sources
told Billboard.
The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer's latest disc,...
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Stones, Streisand among top 2006 tours
12/28/2006, AP
Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006, helping drive...
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Celine Sidelined by Illness
11/29/2006, E! Online
A New Day... will have to wait until after Christmas.
Five performances of Celine Dion's Las Vegas show have been canceled, starting Wednesday, so the...
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Mariah Carey snubbed at another awards show
11/21/2006, Reuters
Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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Rock band Nickelback hitting road again
11/1/2006, Reuters
Canadian rock act Nickelback will
hit the road one last time to promote its hit album "All the
Right Reasons," which has sold four million copies in the
United States since...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Struggling New Orleans musicians look ahead
8/27/2006, Reuters
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper on 'Duets'
7/24/2006, AP
Chaka Khan, Clint Black and Michael Bolton are among the pop stars who will be part of "Celebrity Duets," a new Fox TV show that pairs singers and celebrities trying to...
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Finland wins Eurovision song contest
5/20/2006, Reuters
Finland was the surprise winner of the
51st Eurovision song contest on Saturday with the
monster-themed hard rock band Lordi beating 23 other
competitors.
Lordi scored 292...
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Pop Acts Facing Off in Eurovision Contest
5/20/2006, AP
There's a giant stadium, highly toned participants, intense rivalry and flag-waving fans from many nations.
It's not the Olympics: It's the Eurovision Song Contest, the...
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Awards Put Spotlight on Unseen Songwriters
5/17/2006, AP
The Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel ballroom was filled with some of pop's biggest hitmakers, but even the most ardent music fans would have had a hard time finding a familiar...
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Celine Dion Into Working Mom Role
5/5/2006, AP
Celine Dion has become a working mom.
She heads to work four to five times a week and explains to her son, Rene-Charles, why mommy has to leave. "I'll sing as fast as I...
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Celine's Titanic Ear Pain
5/3/2006, E! Online
Celine Dion's heart may go on, but her ears are another story.
The Las Vegas headliner was forced to cancel nearly a week's
worth of gigs last month due to a rare ear...
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Beatles Songs Join With Cirque Du Soleil
4/19/2006, AP
The Beatles will soon join "Hairspray," "Mamma Mia!" and Celine Dion on the fabled Las Vegas Strip. Tickets went on sale Wednesday for "Love," a theater collaboration that...
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Dee Snider's Twisted Polyp
3/1/2006, E! Online
Dee Snider's not gonna take it anymore.
The
frontman for '80s metal pioneers Twisted Sister has confirmed he will
undergo emergency throat surgery Friday after his...
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NBC Takes a Chance on a New 'Idol'
2/10/2006, AP
With Fox's "American Idol" showing no sign of going flat, NBC announced it's planning a singing competition based on a 50-year-old European show that helped launch the...
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Price, Ads Draw Diddy Fragrance Attention
2/2/2006, AP
Sean "Diddy" Combs doesn't do anything in a small or subtle way. So when the hip-hop mogul launched his first fragrance under his Sean John fashion label, he did it with...
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Il Divo's brand of 'popera' an international hit
1/15/2006, Reuters
Chalk up Il Divo as the
latest act to show that worldwide platinum-plus success can
come without benefit of radio airplay.
The quartet, which performs what has been dubbed...
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Stones Roll over Concert Competition
12/30/2005, E! Online
Mick and the boys will surely get some satisfaction out of this.
The Rolling Stones raked in $162 million in concert ticket
sales in 2005, becoming the top-grossing tour...
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Rolling Stones, U2 Drive Concert Revenues
12/29/2005, AP
Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of...
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Kanye, Shakira celebrating New Year with MTV
12/12/2005, Reuters
Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5's Adam
Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV's 14th annual
New Year's Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Common,...
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Sony BMG recalls copy-protected CDs
11/16/2005, Reuters
Music publisher Sony BMG, yielding to
consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs
containing copy-protection software that acts like virus
software and...
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Retailers pin hopes on musical soundtracks
11/11/2005, Reuters
Much as Broadway's "Chicago"
razzle-dazzled cinemas in 2003, two new transplants from the
Great White Way are hoping to cause a sensation among holiday
moviegoers.
For...
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Sony BMG pulls CD software
11/11/2005, Reuters
Music publisher Sony BMG said on
Friday it would stop making CDs that use a controversial
technology to protect its music against illegal copying.
"As a precautionary...
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Sony to Stop Controversial CD Software
11/11/2005, AP
Stung by continuing criticism, the world's second-largest music label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, promised Friday to temporarily suspend making music CDs with antipiracy...
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Celine's Spawn Will Go On
10/24/2005, E! Online
With the big 4-0 looming, Celine Dion is ready to "bring to life"
another baby.
In an interview with a French entertainment
magazine, Dion says she will seek to give...
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Music Biz Sings for Hurricane Victims
10/18/2005, E! Online
How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Norah and Wyclef Sing for Relief
10/13/2005, E! Online
Hurricane Katrina's news coverage may have come and gone, but the
Hollywood benefits live on.
Grammy winners Wyclef Jean and
Norah Jones are the latest celebs to be...
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'Carmen: the Musical' Planned for 2006
9/8/2005, AP
There's the novel by the 19th-century French writer Prosper Merimee. And, of course, the Bizet opera. Now get ready for "Carmen: The Musical," which will have a workshop...
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Stars Pledge Help for Katrina Victims
9/2/2005, AP
Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Diddy, Jay-Z Each Pledge $1M to Red Cross
9/1/2005, AP
Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z have pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The two rappers announced their donation Thursday,...
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NBC, MTV to air concerts for Katrina victims
8/31/2005, Reuters
Three Louisiana-born stars -- Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis and Tim McGraw -- will headline a
televised charity concert to air live on Friday for victims of
Hurricane...
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Spears Sets Sights on Sin City?
8/31/2005, E! Online
Britney Spears apparently doesn't have a grudge with Sin City.
Despite having a 2004 trip to Las Vegas resulting in a quickie
marriage--and near instantaneous...
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'Hurricane' charts stormy days for Benet
8/28/2005, Reuters
Even before all the hoopla
surrounding the dissolution of his marriage to actress Halle Berry, Eric Benet was determined to record an album free of
genre constraints --...
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Record Co. May Settle 'Payola' Charges
7/25/2005, AP
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is expected to announce today an international "payola" settlement with a major record company to limit the industry's ability to...
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Concert Sales Down in '05, Ticket Price Up
7/6/2005, AP
North American concert attendance declined nearly 12 percent in the first half of 2005 despite the first drop in average ticket prices in a decade.
Fans purchased 14.5...
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Music Acts Donate Concert Tickets
7/6/2005, AP
Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Maroon 5 and other music acts have donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an...
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Cochrane Kicks Off Canada's Live 8 Concert
7/2/2005, AP
Canadian favorite Tom Cochrane kicked off Canada's Live 8 concert with "Life is a Highway" before 35,000 roaring fans, moving the global event into North...
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Luther Vandross' Swan Song
7/1/2005, E! Online
Luther
Vandross wasn't just a singer. He was a wedding
day. A
radio-show song dedication. A makeout session.
Vandross, whose
smooth voice earned him eight Grammys
...
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Lineup for Live 8 Show North of Toronto
7/1/2005, AP
The lineup for the Live 8 show north of Toronto:
Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams, The Bachman Cummings Band, Celine Dion, Deep Purple, Gordon Lightfoot, Jann...
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Live 8 Live in Your Living Room
6/23/2005, E! Online
All you who missed out the ticket lottery or can't swing that
last-minute fare to London to see the anticipated Pink Floyd reunion,
fear not--Live 8 is going to be live in...
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Mel B a Maybe for Live 8
6/21/2005, E! Online
Thanks to Scary Spice, Live 8 is in danger of a girl power
deficit.
Melanie Brown, the Scary fifth of the former
international chart-topping pop group the Spice Girls,...
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Canada Live 8 includes Adams, Dion, but no Stones
6/21/2005, Reuters
Bryan Adams and Celine Dion will
perform for Canada's Live 8 concert, but Rolling Stones fans
expecting an appearance by the British rock legends get no
satisfaction,...
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Destiny's Child, Linkin Park Join Live 8
6/17/2005, AP
Destiny's Child and Linkin Park have been added to the lineup for the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia on July 2.
The additions were announced Thursday, one day after...
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Elton John extends Vegas run through 2008
6/16/2005, Reuters
Elton John's "The Red Piano" will
play Las Vegas through 2008.
Originally scheduled for a 75-show, three-year run, the
show will now run on an accelerated pace that will...
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Eurovision Semifinals to Get Under Way
5/19/2005, AP
Eurovision, the continent's annual extravaganza of florid musical groups and cheerful cheesiness, got under way Thursday with contestants from 25 countries competing in the...
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Poor Song Choice Dooms Turner on 'Idol'
4/13/2005, AP
Nadia Turner picked the wrong song on Tuesday's "American Idol," and on Wednesday, she paid the price. Turner was voted off the Fox show after singing Crystal Gayle's "When...
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Man Convicted in Extortion of Rene Angelil
3/22/2005, AP
A minister from California has been convicted of trying to extort millions of dollars with his wife's rape allegation against singer Celine Dion 's husband, Rene...
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Celine Dion's Husband Explains Hush Money
3/17/2005, AP
A lawyer for singer Celine Dion 's husband, Rene Angelil, recounted in a Clark County courtroom details of a $2 million payment and an apology Angelil made to a woman...
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Backstreet Boys Are Back in Action
2/25/2005, Reuters
All the Backstreet Boys ask is
that you give them a fair chance. The quintet is set to return
with a new Jive album in June preceded by a single in March.
"That's the...
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No Doubt, Linkin Lead Tsunami Show
2/10/2005, E! Online
Musicians want tsunami victims to know that the tragedy has not
been forgotten.
With news coverage fading fast six weeks
after the earthquake-generated waves killed...
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Carson Was Generous Host to Musicians
1/28/2005, Reuters
Comedy was absolutely king during
the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his
desk at "The Tonight Show," but from his very first program in
1962, the...
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Songwriter Foster Inks with Fox for Series
1/28/2005, Reuters
Grammy Award-winning
producer/songwriter David Foster has signed a deal with Fox for
his own reality series, which the network will start airing
later this year.
Foster's...
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Elton, Ozzy Shed "Tears"
1/20/2005, E! Online
Elton John , Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Collins and Rod Stewart are piping
up for tsunami relief.
The quartet is among several music
stars who have begun recording a new...
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Bjork, Celine, Incubus Get Charitable
1/13/2005, E! Online
Icelandic pop imp Bjrk knows just what to do with all those
unused "Army of Me" remixes laying around her studio--make a charity
record out of them.
The singer has...
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Prince: King of the Road
12/27/2004, E! Online
First Old Navy brings back leg warmers and now this.
Proving the '80s are gone but definitely not forgotten, several of that
decade's top musical acts were among the top...
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Adult Contemporary Takes on Top 40 Flavor
12/18/2004, Reuters
Adult contemporary radio in 2004
pulled a page from the adult top 40 songbook, culling more than
half its top 10 hits for the year from the sister format.
Instead of such...
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On the Go with Mario
12/18/2004, Reuters
The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Barry Manilow Signs Long-Term Las Vegas Deal
12/14/2004, Reuters
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow ,
saying it was time to end decades of touring, said on Tuesday
that he had signed a long-term contract to perform exclusively
at the Las...
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Madonna Tops Year's Tours
12/13/2004, Reuters
Madonna 's blockbuster Re-Invention
tour took all of the drama out of the top tour of the year
race, ringing up a year's best $125 million in total box office
gross by...
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'King' Cole's Holiday Song Tops Survey
12/2/2004, AP
Although it's been played many times, many ways, Nat "King" Cole's "The Christmas Song" rates as the most popular Christmas song in a survey of women ages 30-49.
Following...
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Exec Says Country Acts Not Reaching Beyond Borders
11/26/2004, Reuters
Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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CD Soundtrack Sales Tumble 33 Pct This Year
11/12/2004, Reuters
There is good news and bad news for
soundtrack sales in 2004.
The bad news is that 2004's soundtrack sales are down about
33% compared with last year. The good news is...
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Celine Hubby's Extortionist Convicted
10/29/2004, E! Online
A woman whose lawyers allegedly warned would go "hog wild" with
a cry of rape against Celine Dion 's husband has been found guilty of
hatching a multimillion-dollar...
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Hot Rod Races Up Charts
10/27/2004, E! Online
For the first time since Jimmy Carter sat in the White House and
Star Wars had no sequels, Rod Stewart has the nation's number one
album.
The croaky-voiced crooner's...
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Strait Flushes Dion, Def, Duran Duran
10/20/2004, E! Online
Not even a Miracle could carry Celine Dion to the top of
the charts.
Despite some high-profile face time on
Oprah, Dion's new collaboration with author Anne Geddes...
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Celine Dion Sings in Air Canada Show
10/19/2004, AP
Air Canada celebrated its recent emergence from bankruptcy protection by unveiling new colors Tuesday at a glitzy airport spectacle headlined by star singer Celine Dion...
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Cirque Du Soleil Show to Feature Beatles
10/14/2004, AP
The Beatles are teaming up with Cirque du Soleil to create a theatrical production that will replace the legendary Siegfried & Roy act at The Mirage hotel-casino.
It is...
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Q&A: Barry Manilow
9/25/2004, Reuters
Barry Manilow has a busy fall.
On Sept. 28, Concord Records releases "Scores: Songs from
'Copacabana' and 'Harmony,"' Manilow's 43rd album. The CD is a
collection of...
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Elliot Smith CD Released Year After Death
9/24/2004, AP
It's been almost a year since singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide, and fans and friends will be looking for answers as the posthumous "From a Basement on the...
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Celine Dion Extends Las Vegas Run
9/21/2004, Reuters
Celine Dion has extended her run at
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas for an additional year.
The announcement was made at a Sept. 16 press conference in
the city, which Dion...
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Usher, OutKast Win Big at World Music Awards
9/19/2004, Reuters
Usher and OutKast were the top
winners at this year's World Music Awards, which took place for
the first time in Las Vegas.
The show at the Thomas & Mack Center was...
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Dion Extends Vegas Show Another Year
9/18/2004, AP
Celine Dion will continue "A New Day ..." for one more year. The singer's popular show at Caesars Palace has been extended into 2007, show spokeswoman Kris Lingle said...
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European Download Services Go Mobile
8/14/2004, Reuters
The ability to download complete
tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is
becoming a reality in Europe.
O2 Music, the music arm of U.K.-based...
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Warped Tour Shines Amid Summer Concert Slump
7/31/2004, Reuters
Young punk rock fans are coming to the
rescue of a sluggish summer concert season.
Blending low-price tickets with high-energy talent and side
attractions, the Warped...
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Stadium Tours? Not This Year
7/23/2004, Reuters
Are stadium tours extinct?
Once an integral and lucrative facet of the warm-weather
concert business, the stadium tour is completely absent from
this summer's...
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Ronstadt's Vegas Comeback?
7/22/2004, E! Online
Forget Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion or Wayne Newton , Linda Ronstadt --and her new duet partner, Michael Moore--could soon be the
biggest thing on the Vegas strip.
...
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Singer Groban Speaks at Mich. Arts Camp
7/20/2004, AP
Josh Groban had an artistic homecoming Monday, returning to the art school that he says did much to launch his career as a singer and songwriter.
"I've been dreaming of...
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Lindsay Lohan: Pop Star
7/9/2004, E! Online
Just call her L.Lo.
Lindsay Lohan, Hollywood's
latest It Girl thanks to sparkling performances in such hit flicks as
Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, is officially...
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Dion, Geddes Working on Project Together
6/27/2004, AP
Singer Celine Dion and photographer Anne Geddes are working together on the "Miracle" project, a collection of songs and images honoring "the moving, tender and unbreakable...
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Beastie Boys End Six-Year Lull with No. 1 Album
6/23/2004, Reuters
Proving they can still fight for
their right to party, the Beastie Boys returned in style from a
six-year recording lull to top the U.S. pop album charts with
their latest...
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Beasties Ch-Check In at No. 1
6/23/2004, E! Online
Ch-check it out: The Beasties are number one.
As
expected, the Beastie Boys exerted their party rights with their sixth
studio album, To the 5 Boroughs, which got the...
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Faith Hill to Return to Stage This Summer
5/18/2004, AP
After a four-year hiatus, country singer Faith Hill will return to the stage this summer. She is scheduled to perform at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on...
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Celine Dion Cancels Vegas Shows
5/16/2004, AP
Celine Dion canceled the weekend performances of her nightly show at Caesars Palace because the singer needed more time to recover from a sprained neck. Dion had already...
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Elton John Strolls Down 'Peachtree Road'
5/13/2004, Reuters
Elton John , who threatened a few
years ago never to record again, is eyeing a November release
for his next studio album, "Peachtree Road," a reference to the
famed...
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Divas Smell Money in Fragrance Biz
5/7/2004, Reuters
Some of today's biggest music stars
have ignited a boom in the once-dormant celebrity fragrance
business.
Leading the way is Jennifer Lopez , who has two...
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Usher Album Tips Triple-Platinum
5/4/2004, Reuters
Just over a month after its release,
Usher's chart-topping album, "Confessions," has been certified
triple-platinum for U.S. shipments in excess of three million
copies by...
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Prince CD Sparks Debate
4/30/2004, Reuters
Instead of "Musicology,"
Prince should have gone back into his catalog and named his new
album "Controversy."
That is what he is once again stirring up as he...
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'Built This City' Tops Worst Songs List
4/21/2004, AP
Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band's "We Built This City" as the worst song ever.
Some tunes on...
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Robi Rosa Moves In On Ricky Martin's Turf
4/1/2004, AP
Robi "Draco" Rosa has been on the music scene for two decades, first as a member of the Puerto Rican teen dream group Menudo, then as a top producer and songwriter for Ricky...
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French 'Star Academy' Singer Wins Prize
4/1/2004, AP
A 21-year-old French singer won an international competition of young performers who shot to fame on reality shows that coached them on how to become pop stars.
Elodie...
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Canada Court Refuses to Crack Down on Music Swaps
3/31/2004, Reuters
People who swap songs on the Internet in
Canada can remain anonymous after a Canadian court decision on
Wednesday.
The Federal Court of Canada rejected a request from...
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Tesh Offers Family-Friendly Radio
3/19/2004, Reuters
Against the backdrop of all the
indecency controversy surrounding radio, John Tesh hosts an
Adult Contemporary-targeted syndicated radio show that is the
antithesis of the...
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Warner Music Restructuring Hits Nashville
3/4/2004, Reuters
A number of high-placed executives
are exiting Warner Bros. Nashville and Word Entertainment as
part of a massive restructuring process by the new owners of
Warner Music...
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Randy Jackson Takes Industry to Task
2/15/2004, Reuters
Randy Jackson is a hero. And it's
not just because the music-industry veteran -- who is a judge
on "American Idol" -- has given a lot of great advice in his
Hyperion book,...
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Australian Teen Star Goodrem Takes on America
2/15/2004, Reuters
The past year has been extraordinary
for 19-year-old Australian pop sensation Delta Goodrem . Now it
is time to see if the rest of the world is ready for the...
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Grammy Ratings No Super Boob
2/9/2004, E! Online
A Jackson family victory is a bigger--much bigger--draw than a
Jackson family controversy.
CBS says an estimated 26.4
million watched some, all or as much as they...
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Luther Vandross Wins Song Of The Year
2/9/2004, USRN
Luther Vandross, who suffered a debilitating stroke last year, won four Grammy awards, including Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father," which he shares with songwriter...
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Beyoncé Bags Grammys
2/8/2004, E! Online
Janet didn't show. Justin did. Beyonc won--a lot.
The
46th
Annual Grammy Awards, irrevocably shaped by last weekend's 38th
annual Super Bowl, played it safe with a...
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Madonna, Beck Among Presenters at Host-Free Grammys
2/4/2004, Reuters
Similar to last year's "host-less"
Grammy Awards ceremony, the 2004 event on Sunday will use
music, film and television personalities to introduce
performance segments of...
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Vandross Not Well Enough for Grammys
2/3/2004, Reuters
R&B artist Luther Vandross , on the advice of his doctors, will not be able to
attend the Grammy Awards on Sunday night as planned.
Vandross, 52, who is nominated for five...
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Grammys: Janet, Justin In; Luther Out
2/3/2004, E! Online
The Grammy
RSVPs are in and it looks like the boobylicious Super Bowl tandem of Janet
Jackson and Justin
Timberlake are still on the guest list, but Luther
Vandross will be...
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Ailing Vandross Unable to Attend Grammys
2/3/2004, AP
An ailing Luther Vandross will not be able to attend Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where he's nominated for five awards, including song of the year for "Dance With...
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Grammys Planning Beatles Tribute
2/2/2004, Reuters
Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
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50 Cent Joins Grammy Telecast Performers
1/30/2004, AP
Performances by rapper 50 Cent, the Foo Fighters and Chick Corea, and a tribute to Luther Vandross featuring Celine Dion , Alicia Keys and Richard Marx have been added to...
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50 Cent Cashes in on 2003
1/2/2004, E! Online
Here's another stat for shot-nine-times rapper 50
Cent's collection: One. As in, number one.
The
27-year-old's solo debut, Get
Rich or Die Tryin', was 2003's...
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Bruce on Fire in '03
12/24/2003, E! Online
Glory days are here again for the Boss.
Hitting that
Thunder Road in support of The
Rising, his first album of new material with the E Street Band
in 18 years,...
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The Boss Tops 2003 Concert Earnings List
12/24/2003, AP
Bruce Springsteen was the boss of the concert business in 2003, raking in $115.9 million to rank second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a...
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Glory Days for Springsteen at Concert Box Office
12/23/2003, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen was the top
concert draw across North America in 2003 as more than 1.6
million fans paid to take in his marathon shows and musings on
the struggles of the...
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Ex-Waitress' Outsize Talent Wins UK 'Pop Idol'
12/22/2003, Reuters
Michelle McManus, a former waitress from
Scotland who has attracted as much attention for her weight as
for her voice, won the final of Britain's "Pop Idol" TV talent
show...
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50 Cent Proves His Worth
12/21/2003, Reuters
Across the pop, R&B and rap
genres, among top singles and albums, 50 Cent dominates the
2003 Year in Music charts.
The rapper from Queens, N.Y. has the No. 1 song of the...
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Ex-Waitress' Outsize Talent Wins UK 'Pop Idol'
12/20/2003, Reuters
Michelle McManus, a former waitress from
Scotland who has attracted as much attention for her weight as
her voice, won the final of Britain's "Pop Idol" TV talent show
on...
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Adult Programming Boosts Pop Vets
12/20/2003, Reuters
The year 2003 marks a time in
popular music where many adult artists were banished to the
confines of adult contemporary radio.
The format gave the primary support to such...
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Bertelsmann, Sony Finalize Music Deal
12/12/2003, AP
Beyonce and Christina Aguilera will be singing for the same label under a final merger agreement announced Friday by Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) .,...
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Peabo Bryson's Grammys to Be Auctioned
12/5/2003, AP
Grammy Awards won by Peabo Bryson for "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" will be auctioned Friday and Saturday to help pay his $1.2 million tax debt.
The...
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Jackson's Roots Run Deep in Las Vegas
12/2/2003, AP
Michael Jackson 's roots run deep in Las Vegas, his playland away from Neverland, where he holds a key to the city, loves browsing magic shops for a clever card trick and...
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Time Warner to Sell Music Unit to Bronfman Group
11/24/2003, Reuters
Time Warner Inc. on Monday said it
would sell its Warner Music business to a group led by Edgar
Bronfman Jr. for $2.6 billion, signaling a return of the former
Seagram...
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Vandross Scores at AMAs
11/16/2003, E! Online
Performers like Rod Stewart and Alan Jackson , presenters like
Glen Campbell , Hall and Oates and the Smothers Brothers... gee, it's
hard to imagine why the broadcast...
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List of American Music Award Winners
11/16/2003, Reuters
Following is a complete list of
winners at the 31st American Music Awards, which took place on
Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:
POP/ROCK
Favorite male...
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Amos, Seal Crack 'Mona Lisa Smile'
11/8/2003, Reuters
Tori Amos , Seal, Alison Krauss and
Celine Dion are among those contributing to the soundtrack to
the film "Mona Lisa Smile."
Due Nov. 25 from Epic, the collection...
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Britney, Bruce Make Beautiful Music
11/7/2003, E! Online
Music pirates beware. Two music giants have just announced plans
to form a powerful alliance in the fight to save the recording
industry.
New York-based Sony Corp...
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Bertelsmann, Sony to Merge Music Cos.
11/6/2003, AP
Bertelsmann AG and Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) . announced a preliminary plan to merge their music businesses Thursday, setting the stage for a music company that would vie...
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Sting, Clapton Team to 'Save the Children'
11/4/2003, Reuters
Sting, Sarah McLachlan , Eric Clapton
and Barbra Streisand are among the artists who have donated
songs to a new compilation aimed at raising funds for Save...
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Jackson Eyes Sweeps Special
11/4/2003, E! Online
Is Michael
Jackson ready to beat it onstage again?
For those who
couldn't get enough off-the-wall coverage
of the entertainer during last February's sweeps, get ready...
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For Pavarotti, Time to Go Pop
10/26/2003, Reuters
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti has been a
superstar for decades. He is a household name around the world
-- whether his fans first encountered him on the stage of
Milan's La...
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Jacko's Overdue Ditty Due
10/24/2003, E! Online
It's the thought that counts, right?
Two years after Michael
Jackson corralled some of the best in the music biz to sing on a
9/11 charity anthem, the track "What
More...
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Singer Elliott Smith Dead in Apparent LA Suicide
10/22/2003, Reuters
Brooding singer-songwriter Elliott Smith , who earned an Oscar nomination and widespread notice for
his 1997 single "Miss Misery" from the film "Good Will
Hunting," has died...
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Elliott Smith's Apparent Suicide
10/22/2003, E! Online
He was once dubbed "the unhappiest man in the land." His most
renowned song was called "Miss Misery." Nevertheless, Elliott
Smith sounded disappointed that he was often...
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Celine Dion Helps Out Vegas Flood Victims
9/7/2003, USRN
Celine Dion may be one of the more recent immigrants to Las Vegas, but that's not stopping her from coming to Sin City's aide in a time of need. Vegas has been ravished by...
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Taylor, Dion, Crow, Yearwood Set For 'Sesame Street'
8/15/2003, USRN
Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music, a 3-disc collection of songs from Sesame Street recorded by some of the largest names in music, will be released on September 2....
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Celine Dion Recording Next Album In French
5/8/2003, USRN
As if Celine Dion didn't have enough projects already, now comes word that the singer has begun recording a new album in French, her native language. Celine is currently in...
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Knowles, Presley, Houston & Dion Added To 'VH1 Divas Duets'
4/29/2003, USRN
Beyonce Knowles, Lisa Marie Presley, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion are the latest performers announced for VH1 Divas Duets at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on May...
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Celine Dion Is Honored In Poland
4/17/2003, USRN
Celine Dion is a hit in Poland. Dion was named the International Female Artist of the Year at the 2003 Dragon Awards in Poland. The singer's A New Day Has Come album, as...
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Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne Featured On 'Peace Songs'
3/31/2003, USRN
Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Moby, and Our Lady Peace are among the artists who have...
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Celine Dion Celebrates 'A New Day...' At Las Vegas Show Opener
3/25/2003, USRN
Celine Dion's Las Vegas theatrical spectacle, A New Day..., premiers Tuesday (March 25) at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. In addition, the show will air live on CBS....
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Celine Dion Tells Oprah Her Life Has Changed 'Completely'
3/21/2003, USRN
Celine Dion and her A New Day... show in Las Vegas will be the focus of Monday's (March 24) episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Winfrey brought her television show to...
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Justin Timberlake Signs On To Host Celine Dion Special
3/20/2003, USRN
Justin Timberlake has signed on to host Celine Dion's CBS special, Celine In Las Vegas Opening Night Live, which will air live on the network on March 25 beginning at 9:00...
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Four Celine Dion Tickets Sell For $250,000 At Charity Auction
3/18/2003, USRN
Tickets to Celine Dion's upcoming Las Vegas show were the hot item at the Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Research Foundation benefit dinner. Host Robin Leach auctioned off four...
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Celine Dion's Las Vegas Show Opener To Air Live On CBS
3/12/2003, USRN
Celine Dion will debut her new Las Vegas show, A New Day..., with a live U.S. telecast on CBS at 9 p.m. ET on March 25th. The telecast, dubbed Celine In Las Vegas: Opening...
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Celine Dion Readying 'One Heart' For Release
2/28/2003, USRN
Celine Dion's upcoming album, One Heart, features 14 tracks--including her new radio single, "I Drove All Night"--and will come out March 25 in North America and March 24...
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Celine Dion's Next Studio Album 'One Heart' Due In March
1/15/2003, USRN
Celine Dion's next studio album, titled One Heart, is scheduled for international release on March 24 and for North American release on March 25.
The first single from the...
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Sony CEO Tommy Mottola Leaving Company To Start Own Record Label
1/10/2003, USRN
Sony Music Chief Tommy Mottola, who helped launch the careers of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, and Lauryn Hill, among others, announced Thursday (January 10)...
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Celine Dion To Sing Friday At Detroit Auto Show
1/10/2003, USRN
Celine Dion will make a rare performing appearance Friday (January 10) at the black-tie fundraising gala for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Dion, who...
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Celine Dion Plans To Raise Multi-Millions For Canadian Children's Hospital
12/23/2002, USRN
Celine Dion plans to raise $100 million Canadian (almost $65 million U.S.) for Ste-Justine's Hospital, one of the Canada's largest pediatric facilities.
The 34-year-old...
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Celine Dion Rehearses In Belgium For Vegas
10/20/2002, USRN
Celine Dion began rehearsals in Belgium on Thursday (October 17) for her upcoming three-year run in Las Vegas.
The 33-year-old French-Canadian entertainer is living in a...
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Celine Dion Receives Star On Walk Of Fame In Montreal
9/27/2002, USRN
Celine Dion and her husband Rene Angelil were on hand at a ceremony to unveil a bronze star engraved with Dion's name on the sidewalk outside the Pepsi Forum in Montreal,...
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Celine Dion And Enrique Iglesias To Perform In World's Children's Day Concert
9/9/2002, USRN
Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, David Foster, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, and Josh Groban are among the performers scheduled for the taping of the 2002 Ronald McDonald House...
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Celine Dion Joins Jennifer Lopez In The Fragrance Game
7/31/2002, USRN
Singer Celine Dion has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Coty, Inc. to develop and market a new fragrance line. Coty is a leading manufacturer and...
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Celine Dion Ready To 'Discover Something New' With Las Vegas Show
5/28/2002, USRN
Celine Dion is currently preparing for her starring role in a live, Las Vegas stage spectacular--which will also feature a cast of some 70 dancers, musicians, characters,...
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Marc Anthony & Celine Dion 'Rockin' For The USA'
5/23/2002, USRN
Marc Anthony, Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, Clint Black, and Lonestar will perform during the CBS special Rockin' For The USA at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday (May 25). The...
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Clint Black & Celine Dion Salute The Military
4/25/2002, USRN
Clint Black will join Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, and Lonestar on the deck of America's newest aircraft carrier for a show to kick off National Military Appreciation Month...
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Celine Dion Claims Top Of The Charts With A Half-Million Served
4/3/2002, USRN
Celine Dion has claimed the top of the Billboard 200 with the debut of her latest album, A New Day Has Come, with sales topping 527,000 copies, according to sources. The...
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Celine Dion Auctions World's Most Expensive Disc For Charity
3/22/2002, USRN
Celine Dion was presented with the most expensive disc ever made in recognition of her 15 million album and single sales in the U.K. on Thursday (March 21) in London. The...
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Destiny's Child & Brian McKnight Join Celine Dion For CBS Special
3/6/2002, USRN
Celine Dion's hour-long television special, Celine Dion: A New Day Has Come, will air on CBS at 8 p.m. ET April 7, and on Canada's CBC and worldwide in the weeks following....
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Celine Dion Readying New Album, CBS Special & Las Vegas Show
2/6/2002, USRN
Celine Dion's new album, A New Day Has Come, will be released worldwide on March 25 and in North America on March 26. The album is her first release since she took a...
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'God Bless America' Debuts Atop The 'Billboard' 200 Chart
10/24/2001, USRN
The Columbia Records set God Bless America, a collection of songs that will benefit of the Twin Towers Fund, lands at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week...
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Celine Dion To Perform In Canadian Benefit Concert
9/27/2001, USRN
Celine Dion will take to the stage again tomorrow (September 28) to perform in a benefit concert for victims of the terrorist attacks on America. Dion, who emerged from her...
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Celine Dion To Perform In Las Vegas Production
5/18/2001, USRN
Celine Dion has announced that she will star in a Las Vegas-based theatrical musical production that is scheduled to run in an exclusive engagement at Caesars Palace. The...
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Celine Dion Has Baby Boy
1/25/2001, USRN
Canadian singer Celine Dion, 32, gave birth to a baby boy named Rene-Charles today (January 25)--three weeks ahead of her February 14 due date. The baby weighed six pounds,...
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Celine Dion Video/DVD Compilation Due This Month
12/5/2000, USRN
Multiplatinum-selling songstress Celine Dion is releasing a visual compilation of her greatest songs and performances via VHS and DVD this month. The disc will be available...
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Celine Dion Pregnant -- For Real This Time!
6/9/2000, USRN
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