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Fall 2004 Asian Tour Planned for Britney Spears?

Posted Tuesday March 30, 2004 12:15 PM GMT

Britney Spears is planning to perform in five Chinese cities in late September as part of her Asian tour.

Her China tour organizer says the 22-year-old pop singer has agreed to stage five shows - in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, and possibly Shenyang in northeast China.

The tour is scheduled to begin in Guangzhou on September 24th and conclude on October 1st.

Although the Chinese organiser refuses to reveal the financial details of the tour, he says Spears has made substantial compromises to make her visit to China.

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Madonna's record label, Maverick, sues Warner Music

Posted Saturday March 27, 2004 1:20 AM GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Madonna's Maverick Records label sued Warner Music Group and Time Warner Inc. for breach of contract on Thursday, accusing the record company and its former parent of mismanagement and improper accounting that cost the singer and her partners millions of dollars.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, is the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between Madonna and Warner over Maverick, a joint venture the singer and record company launched in 1992.

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Britney Spears injured, cancels Chicago concert

Posted Saturday March 20, 2004 3:11 AM GMT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Britney Spears suffered a knee injury during her concert tour, forcing her to cancel a performance Friday night.

The singer hurt herself during a dance routine toward the end of her show Thursday night in Moline, Illinois. Spears was singing one of her new songs, "Boom Boom," according to "Entertainment Tonight."

Minutes later, the syndicated television program reported, the 22-year-old pop star reappeared on stage in a white bathrobe and apologized to the audience for not being able to continue. She'd planned two more encore songs.

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Mystikal sentenced to 6 years in prison

Posted Saturday January 17, 2004 8:15 AM GMT

Michael Tyler, better known as the Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal, was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for forcing his hair stylist to perform sex acts.

Tyler, 33, who pleaded guilty to sexual battery, was taken from court in handcuffs.

The victim accused Tyler and two bodyguards of forcing her to perform oral sex after they accused her of stealing $80,000 worth of his checks. She denied stealing any money.

Judge Tony Marabella, who saw a videotape that the men made of the acts, said the victim had been "terrorized."

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Jackson: "I would 'slit my wrists' before hurting a child"

Posted Sunday December 28, 2003 12:34 AM GMT

Michael Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. He remains free on $3 million bail.

When Michael was asked by Ed Bradley of CBS' 60 Minutes if it was still OK to sleep with children given the charges against him, Jackson answered, "Of course."

"Why not?" he said. "If you're going to be a pedophile, if you're going to be Jack the Ripper, if you're going to be a murderer, it's not a good idea. That I am not."

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Bruce Springsteen proves he's still The Boss!

Posted Thursday December 25, 2003 4:37 AM GMT

Bruce Springsteen was the boss of the concert business in 2003, raking in $115.9 million to rank second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a concert act in a year.

Wow, that's a lot of $$$! Way to go Bruce. He played 13 stadiums in the New York area alone.

I remember being 14 years old and going to see Bruce Springsteen in concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was 1984, in the middle of the winter and we had 7th row center seats. It was awesome!!

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