Briefly: AOL-TW, Phish, DVD singles, System of a Down
According to The Associated Press, "The European Union's executive body on Wednesday conditionally approved America Online Inc.'s $129 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., removing another obstacle in the proposed combination between the world's largest Internet and media companies."
Certain news sources are saying that Phish has broken up, though the band has said only that it would stop touring indefinitely.
Arista is preparing to release DVD singles, Billboard reported. For example, one of the first ones contains two Toni Braxton videos and behind-the-scenes footage. The retail price for a DVD single is $9.98. Would you pay ten bucks for that?
System of a Down will headline a benefit concert for the Armenian National Committee of America at the Palace in Los Angeles on Nov. 4. The committee wants Congress to officially recognize as genocide the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
AOL and CompuServe are co-hosting a Lenny Kravitz webchat for its members on Oct. 16.
Silverchair 's contract with Sony ran out and the band isn't going to resign with the label, MTV.com reported.
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26 Phish Fans Arrested Outside Iowa Coliseum [October 1999]
Phish Keyboardist Addresses Reunion Rumors [June 2008]
LiveDaily News Break Podcast, June 18: Steely Dan, Indigo Girls, Lenny Kravitz and more [June 2008]
Lenny Kravitz returns to Canada this fall [June 2008]
LiveDaily News Break, June 9: Van Halen, Gnarls Barkley, The Police and more [June 2008]
Toni Braxton's Las Vegas Show Canceled [June 2008]
2008 Pitchfork Music Festival Photos - Day 3
2008 Pitchfork Music Festival Photos - Day 2
2008 Pitchfork Music Festival Photos - Day 1
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
The Duke Spirit on stage and in the studio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler

