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Two thousand defy ban on Moscow rock protest - 2010-08-22

MOSCOW, Antoine Lambroschini- Some 2,000 people Sunday crammed into a Moscow square amid a heavy police presence for a banned rock concert to protest plans to build a motorway through a forest...

Armless man plays piano with toes to win hearts in China - 2010-08-20

SHANGHAI- A 23-year-old man who lost his arms in a childhood accident could become China's answer to Susan Boyle after wowing judges and the audience on a TV talent show by playing piano with his...

50 years after Beatles' first gig, Hamburg pays tribute - 2010-08-19

BERLIN- The club where the Beatles played their first gig 50 years ago in the German city of Hamburg is hosting four anniversary concerts featuring a tribute band starting from Tuesday, the...

Japan maestro Ozawa readies comeback after cancer surgery - 2010-08-02

TOKYO- Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa plans a comeback concert next month, declaring he has started his "second life" after surgery for esophagus cancer and seven months of treatment....

Germany mourns Love Parade victims - 2010-07-31

DUISBURG, Francois Becker- Thousands of mourners paid their respects in Duisburg on Saturday to the 21 victims of the Love Parade disaster, forgetting their anger for a while to remember the dead....

US singer Al Jarreau 'stable' in French hospital - 2010-07-23

GRENOBLE- Veteran US singer Al Jarreau was in a stable but "worrying" condition in a French hospital on Friday after falling ill just before he was due to go on stage, health officials said....

Beatles piano up for sale: auction house - 2010-07-22

LONDON - A coffee-stained piano used by the Beatles at London's Abbey Road studios is expected to sell for more than 100,000 pounds, an auction house said Wednesday. The battered Challen upright...

Australian conductor dies aged 84 after cancer battle - 2010-07-15

LONDON- Sir Charles Mackerras, the Australian symphony and opera conductor who was one of Britain's best-loved classical musicians, has died aged 84 after suffering from cancer, it was announced on...

Russian conductor bailed in Thai sex probe: consulate - 2010-07-06

MOSCOW- Famed Russian conductor Mihkail Pletnev has been released on bail after Thai police searched his home in Thailand as part of a probe into paedophilia, the Russian consulate said Tuesday....

Three held in Paris over death of Warner Music exec - 2010-06-29

PARIS- French police have detained three people on suspicion of foul play in the death of Australian rock music executive Peter Ikin, including his former lover, sources connected to the case said...
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