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3/4/2008 11:00:03 PM
'Idol' nearly mum on contestant's past (AP)
3/4/2008 10:29:30 PM
In this undated image released by FOX, 'American Idol' contestant David Hernandez, 24, of Glendale, Ariz., is shown. (AP Photo/FOX)

In this undated image released by FOX, 'American Idol' contestant David Hernandez, 24, of Glendale, Ariz., is shown. (AP Photo/FOX)

AP - David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol." Hernandez's three-year stint as a male stripper wasn't even mentioned during the live telecast, which featured the 24-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., performing a rendition of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." However, acerbic judge Simon Cowell did mutter something about stripping, off camera, immediately after the song ended.

Boy band impresario plans guilty plea (AP)
3/4/2008 8:25:23 PM
Lou Pearlman poses outside his office's at Church Street Station in Orlando, Fla., in this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Pearlman has agreed to plead guilty to charges he laundered money and made false statements during a bankruptcy proceeding. He will appear in court Thursday, March 6, 2008, according to a 47-page plea agreement released Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux, FILE)

Lou Pearlman poses outside his office's at Church Street Station in Orlando, Fla., in this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Pearlman has agreed to plead guilty to charges he laundered money and made false statements during a bankruptcy proceeding. He will appear in court Thursday, March 6, 2008, according to a 47-page plea agreement released Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux, FILE)

AP - Lou Pearlman, the gregarious mastermind behind boy bands such as 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, is now admitting his role in a different kind of choreography: a Ponzi scheme.

Met showcases contemporary operas (AP)
3/4/2008 7:15:32 PM
Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, right, and Met Music Director James Levine announce the Met's 2008-09 Performance Season, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, right, and Met Music Director James Levine announce the Met's 2008-09 Performance Season, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

AP - Giving new attention to living composers, the Metropolitan Opera will stage John Adams' "Nixon in China" and Thomas Ades' "The Tempest" for the first time along with the world premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's "Daedalus."

Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman to plead guilty in fraud (Reuters)
3/4/2008 6:55:18 PM
Reuters - Lou Pearlman, the music mogul who launched the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, has agreed to plead guilty and make restitution to victims swindled out of an estimated $300 million in phony bank and investment schemes, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Kenny Chesney leads ACM noms with 11 (AP)
3/4/2008 3:59:12 PM
Country Music artist Carrie Underwood, left, looks as Brad Paisley as she announces his name in a category during a news conference where they read the nominations for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh)

Country Music artist Carrie Underwood, left, looks as Brad Paisley as she announces his name in a category during a news conference where they read the nominations for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh)

AP - Kenny Chesney received a leading 11 Academy of Country Music nominations Tuesday, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.

The Top 5 lists (AP)
3/4/2008 3:46:44 PM
AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox.

Chesney leads country music award bids (Reuters)
3/4/2008 1:08:53 PM
Kenny Chesney performs during the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 15, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)

Kenny Chesney performs during the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 15, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)

Reuters - Kenny Chesney snagged 11 nominations on Tuesday to lead contenders for the annual Academy of Country Music awards, and Rodney Atkins, who has had four straight number one singles, was second with six.

Juanes prepares to launch "La Vida" tour (AP)
3/4/2008 12:55:12 PM
AP - It was a few months ago, Juanes recalls, when his oldest daughter, Luna, wondered why people stop him to take his picture, ask for his autograph, or simply call out his name as if they were good friends.

Boy Band Mastermind to Plead Out (E! Online)
3/4/2008 12:41:09 PM

Boy Band Mastermind to Plead Out(E! Online)

E! Online - Lou Pearlman is going to quit playing games with the Feds. Â

Music never stops for Beatle Bob (AP)
3/4/2008 12:20:22 PM
AP - The musical icons who called this city home could fill a history of American popular song: Chuck Berry, Ike and Tina Turner, Scott Joplin.

Idol Strips Back Another Scandal (E! Online)
3/4/2008 12:02:39 PM

Idol Strips Back Another Scandal(E! Online)

E! Online - Conspiracy theories on contestant hairpieces and unearthed, years-old DUI arrests aside, American Idol has broken its first big scandal of the seasonâ€”and the Fox juggernaut's producers barely batted a collective eye.

Blind Boys of Alabama return to school (AP)
3/4/2008 11:46:13 AM
Blind Boys of Alabama singer Jimmy Carter holds one of the group's three Grammy's at his home in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The group returns to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Ala., on Friday, Feb. 29, in their first performance at the school in more than 60 years. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Blind Boys of Alabama singer Jimmy Carter holds one of the group's three Grammy's at his home in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The group returns to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Ala., on Friday, Feb. 29, in their first performance at the school in more than 60 years. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

AP - Nearly 70 years later, Jimmy Carter Â— the last active, original member of the Grammy-winning Blind Boys of Alabama Â— still gets emotional talking about the day his mother dropped him off at age 7 to live at the state-run school for the deaf and blind.

Radiohead, Petty set for San Francisco festival (Reuters)
3/4/2008 5:34:27 AM
Thomas Yorke, singer and guitar player of Radiohead, performs during their concert at the 37th Montreux Jazz Festival in the Auditorium Stravinski in Montreux, July 5, 2003. (Jean-Bernard Sieber/Reuters)

Thomas Yorke, singer and guitar player of Radiohead, performs during their concert at the 37th Montreux Jazz Festival in the Auditorium Stravinski in Montreux, July 5, 2003. (Jean-Bernard Sieber/Reuters)

Reuters - Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jack Johnson will headline a music festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in August.

Weinsteins Get Up With Marley Biopic (E! Online)
3/4/2008 8:53:31 AM

Weinsteins Get Up With Marley Biopic(E! Online)

E! Online - Bob Marley may soon be jammin' on the big screen.

UK music magazine NME launches U.S. awards show (Reuters)
3/4/2008 5:28:18 AM
Reuters - British music publication NME will hold its first U.S.-based awards ceremony in Los Angeles on April 23.

Radiohead, Petty Play Outside (E! Online)
3/4/2008 5:38:33 AM
Radiohead, Petty Play Outside(E! Online)

Radiohead, Petty Play Outside(E! Online)

E! Online - San Francisco is the right place for Radiohead.

Chesney, Paisley in Tune to ACM Awards (E! Online)
3/4/2008 4:02:45 AM

E! Online - Forget just who Kenny Chesney isâ€”just what he is is a music award magnet.

New Nine Inch Nails album hits the Web (Reuters)
3/4/2008 5:37:19 AM
Trent Reznor of music group Nine Inch Nails performs at the Voodoo Music Experience concert held at Riverview Park in New Orleans, October 29, 2005. Nine Inch Nails started selling an instrumental album, 'Ghosts I-IV,' on its Web site, http://www.nin.com, Sunday. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Trent Reznor of music group Nine Inch Nails performs at the Voodoo Music Experience concert held at Riverview Park in New Orleans, October 29, 2005. Nine Inch Nails started selling an instrumental album, 'Ghosts I-IV,' on its Web site, http://www.nin.com, Sunday. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Reuters - Industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails has wasted no time releasing its first album since becoming a free agent last October.

Eddie's Ailments Put Van Halen on Hold (E! Online)
3/4/2008 3:23:28 AM

Eddie's Ailments Put Van Halen on Hold(E! Online)

E! Online - The music hasn't died, it's just under the weather. Â

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