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 [ tickets ] 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 [ tickets ] 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 [ tickets ] webchat for its members on Oct. 16.

Silverchair [ tickets ]'s contract with Sony ran out and the band isn't going to resign with the label, MTV.com reported.