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Psy back in saddle with new single 'Gentleman'
"Gangnam Style" star Psy unveiled Friday the follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking humour -- but fans had to wait for the all-important video.
13 April 2013
Psy's 'Gentleman' -- the only launch worth worrying about
Even Kim Jong-Un's threats of nuclear war can't divert world attention from the main event on the Korean peninsula this week -- the launch of Psy's hugely anticipated follow-up to his global hit "Gangnam Style".
11 April 2013
Anti-Thatcher song heads to top of UK charts
"Ding Dong! The witch is dead", as sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, on Tuesday raced to the top of the Amazon download chart in Britain.
10 April 2013
Obama soaks up soul at White House shindig
US President Barack Obama paid homage on Tuesday to Memphis soul and the role the music style played in advancing civil rights at a star-studded White House concert celebrating the genre.
10 April 2013
Beyonce, Jay-Z's Cuba trip was legal: US Treasury
Pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the US.
10 April 2013
Marat Bissengaliyev and ST Brothers to record Abai composition in London
Karl Jenkins invited the famous Kazakhstan violinist Marat Bissengaliyev, the frontman of ST Brothers Serik Nurmoldayev and the member of Turan band Abzal Arykbayev to London.
08 April 2013
Bryan, Lambert win big at US country music awards
Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert won big Sunday as Nashville's biggest names took over Las Vegas for the 48th Academy of Country Music awards.
08 April 2013
Rolling Stones roll out North America, Hyde Park tour dates
The Rolling Stones announced Wednesday a highly anticipated nine-city North American tour ahead of their first gig in London's Hyde Park in more than four decades.
04 April 2013
US court deals blow to digital music resales
A US federal court has dealt a blow to a music website offering sales of "pre-owned" digital music, ruling that it violates copyright law by making illegal reproductions.
03 April 2013
Grandson of Manush jazz founder to perform in Almaty
Django Reinhardt, grandson of the famous guitarist and founder of Manush jazz style, will perform at jazz festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
02 April 2013
Annual jazz festival to be held in Almaty in April
The Kazakhstan jazz fest will include performances of musicians from France, Holland, Hungary, Austria, the U.S. and Turkey.
01 April 2013
'Harlem Shake' tumbles off top of Hot 100 chart
"The Harlem Shake" is moving on.
28 March 2013
Stones to headline Glastonbury
The Rolling Stones will play Britain's Glastonbury Festival, the world's largest greenfield music and performing arts spectacle.
28 March 2013
Former Sex Pistol Lydon gears up for China shows
Former Sex Pistols front man John Lydon told his Chinese fans to "be perverse" Monday ahead of highly-anticipated concerts in China with his band Public Image Ltd.
25 March 2013
Kazakhstan's Motor-Roller sang an encore at Helsinki festival
Kazakhstan rock band Motor-Roller performed at the 14th international festival TUSOVKA in Helsinki.
19 March 2013
Bowie recrowned king of British charts
British rock icon David Bowie on Sunday reconquered his home charts by scoring his first number one album in 20 years with "The Next Day".
18 March 2013
Franz Liszt letters to go under hammer in Geneva
A collection of 14 letters written by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt go under the hammer in Switzerland next week, shedding light on his ties with his musical peers and his ire at cultural ignorance.
09 March 2013
David Bowie releases first album in decade
British rock icon David Bowie released his first album in a decade Thursday, streaming the comeback record exclusively on iTunes.
01 March 2013
US film, music industries roll out anti-piracy program
A new "copyright alert" system has begun rolling out this week in the United States in an effort to curb online piracy.
01 March 2013
US pianist Van Cliburn, Cold War music hero, dies
US pianist Van Cliburn, who won a world competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War and whose music transcended the decades-long standoff, died at age 78.
28 February 2013