NEW YORK (Reuters) – Does a pickle or the Canadian band Nickelback have more fans? It may be a joke, but the answer might not have the band laughing — a pickle.
A group on Facebook called “Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?” hit its goal over the weekend, notching up 1.4 million fans. The post-grunge band Nickelback had 1.38 million on Facebook, but has since topped 1.4 million.
The group was started
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Authorities in north Louisiana say two people in a pickup truck were killed when the truck ran head-on into a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins‘ band.
Cindy Chadwick of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says five band members were treated for minor injuries in the Saturday morning accident.
Adkins was not on the bus. Chadwick says he drove to the scene after hearing
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Authorities in north Louisiana say two people in a pickup truck were killed when the truck ran head-on into a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins‘ band.
Cindy Chadwick of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office says five band members were treated for minor injuries in the Saturday morning accident.
Adkins was not on the bus. Chadwick says he drove to the scene after
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SYDNEY — Australian band Men at Work copied a well-known children’s campfire song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit “Down Under” and owes the owner years of royalties, a court ruled Thursday.
“Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition, and the song has been a favorite around campfires
DENTON, Texas – The big sound emanating from a performance room on the University of North Texas’ campus starting at 1 p.m. doesn’t just come from any band.
It’s the school’s Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band.
The university band with a history of Grammy nominations has earned two more this year and for the first time, the 19 current band members — and 11 who have already graduated — will attend the
BERLIN (AP) — The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades.
The band, known for its early 1990s hit “Wind of Change” among others, said on its Web site Sunday that “we agree we have reached the end of the road.”
It said it would end its career with a final album — “Sting In The Tail,” to be released in March — and a tour that will start in
Only one American hero has earned the rank of Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger. Just one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, 3 Congressional Medals of Honor and 7 presidential medals of bravery. And only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In 2010, Will Forte brings Saturday Night Live’s clueless soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action comedy MacGruber.
In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off (more…)
NEW YORK – E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons says he’s “in great spirits” after undergoing back surgery.
Bruce Springsteen’s longtime sidekick issued a statement to The Associated Press on Friday saying he’s “looking forward to a brighter future and playing more music!”
The Big Man’s already doing a little Tweeting.
Clemons, who turned 68 on Monday, sends his love to fans via Twitter. He adds that
NEW YORK (AP) — Although the Dave Matthews Band’s many achievements include a Grammy Award, getting a trophy has never been the focus of the group, which has blazed an independent path from pop’s mainstream.
And it’s still not.
But this year, even frontman Dave Matthews is feeling emotional over their two nominations for “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King,” including album of the year, perhaps
DETROIT (Billboard) – The debut album release is still three months off, but response to the first single, “Ride to California,” has North Carolina's Paper Tongues wagging with high expectations.
“It's been this ongoing thing,” frontman Aswan North told Billboard.com. “I wouldn't say we're getting used to it, but we definitely have an awareness that something is occurring that's outside our control, and
