LONDON (AP) -- Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist and band leader, has died. He was 82.

Jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine — who married Dankworth in 1958 after meeting during an audition for a spot with his band — announced her husband's death before the finale of an anniversary concert at The Stables, the theater they founded together.

Monica Ferguson, the theater's chief executive

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CLEVELAND – The musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra have put down their instruments and gone on strike because of a pay impasse with management, jeopardizing upcoming performances.

They said they "may be considered to be amongst the best in the world musically, but we are a far cry from being compensated that way or treated that way."

Oboist Jeffrey Rathbun, chair of the musicians' negotiating committee, said Sunday

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Officials from Asian campaign groups have criticized Toby Keith after the country singer allegedly made a "racist hand gesture" at a Nobel Peace Prize party in Norway.

The singer was in Oslo, Norway on Thursday to see President Barack Obama handed the prestigious honor, and after the ceremony he joined Hollywood star Will Smith and musician Wyclef Jean for an impromptu rap performance at an after party.

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LOS ANGELES – Tom Petty has grown up, but not too much.

The 59-year-old spent a year going through thousands of hours of live concert recordings covering Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' tours across three decades.

The result is "The Live Anthology" — not a greatest hits album, but a multiple-disc set. There are no overdubs, and the notorious perfectionist can now see why his hard-driven mates were "a good little

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LONDON (Reuters) – Michael Jackson intended his run of 50 live concerts in London to be his live performance farewell and an event to share with his growing children, the director of his new movie said on Tuesday.

In the last few days of his life, Jackson appeared to have "gone into another gear" while rehearsing for the concerts and showed no signs of drug dependency, Kenny Ortega told Reuters in an interview.

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Courtesy of NME.com - Tracklisting announced for November release

Kings Of Leon are to release a DVD of their London O2 Arena gigs, which took place in June this year.

The band release 'Kings Of Leon: Live At The O2 London, England' on November 9, with a Blu-Ray version coming out on November 23.

The tracklisting for 'Kings Of Leon: Live At The O2 London, England' is:

'Notion'

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Keith Urban and Vince Gill will co-host an all-star concert Tuesday to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Others confirmed to perform at Nashville's Sommet Center are Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Faith Hill, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town.

The show

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