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Reuters - Hip Hop group Run-DMC, heavy metal band Metallica and musician/songwriter Bobby Womack are among nine nominees announced on Monday vying for five spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Guitarist Jeff Beck, disco and R&B band Chic, rock and roll singer Wanda Jackson, doo-wop group Little Anthony and the Imperials, rock band The Stooges, and the California funk band War were also nominated.

Janet Jackson parts ways with Island Def Jam

NEW YORK (Billboard) - After just 14 months on Island Def Jam, Janet Jackson announced Monday (September 22) her departure from the label. According to Jackson's publicist, the label agreed to dissolve its relationship with the artist at her request. After a long stint with Virgin, Jackson inked a deal with Island in July 2007 and released her label debut, "Discipline," in February. When album sales failed to meet expectations, the singer expressed dissatisfaction with Island Def Jam, first telling SOHH.com that the label "stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album" after releasing the first single, "Feedback."

Sony Ericsson to roll out music service in weeks

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson will launch a mobile phone service with unlimited music downloads within weeks, the company said on Tuesday, as it competes with Nokia in expanding business beyond the sale of handsets. Sony Ericsson's Play Now Plus, which will be available solely through telecoms operators, will provide subscribers access to millions of songs, and users can keep up to 300 songs after their 6-18 month contracts end.

Cat Power, McLachlan on Bridge School lineup

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The lineup has been unveiled for the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert, with school co-founder Neil Young anchoring a bill that features Wilco, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Sarah McLachlan and Death Cab For Cutie. Day one of the October 25-26 event at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, boasts performances from those artists plus Norah Jones. ZZ Top performs only on day one, while Smashing Pumpkins and Josh Groban perform only on day two.

Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde a rockabilly rebel

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is unleashing her inner cowgirl on the rock band's first new album in five years. But her label does not want "Break Up the Concrete" (Shangri-La Music; October 7) to be described as a country effort because of negative connotations. Call it rockabilly, invoke comparisons with Bo Diddley or Sun Records, and luxuriate in the pedal steel guitar. Just don't say that she has gone Nashville.

Age is not an issue when it comes to rock 'n' roll

BERLIN (Reuters) - If anyone thought the Rolling Stones were beginning to get on in years, another British band are proving age is not an issue when it comes to rock 'n' roll. The Zimmers, whose lead singer is 91, has just celebrated the launch of its 14-song debut album "Lust for Life" in a Berlin shopping center, a rock show that made the front page of many German newspapers at the weekend.

Miley Cyrus says committed to "Hannah Montana"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Miley Cyrus and Disney Channel sought to shoot down rumors on Monday that the teen sensation of the TV hit "Hannah Montana" was seeking to part ways with the show that made her a star. Patti McTeague, a Disney spokeswoman for the "Hannah Montana" show, told Reuters that reports of on-set turmoil were "absolutely not true, pure gossip."

Beck brings it all back home in wide-ranging show

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With a huge sense of irony, Beck kicked off his triumphant homecoming show Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl with his 1993 slacker anthem "Loser." A decade and half after gaining notice with that breakthrough hit, he has the clout to handpick openers Spoon and MGMT and to share the stage with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Strings, conducted by his father, David Campbell. Although he's touring to support the recently released DGC album "Modern Guilt," Beck treated the capacity crowd to a career overview, drawing on highlights from his diverse oeuvre, with the second half of the set specifically designed to take advantage of the evening's orchestral support.

Renee Fleming takes on three roles for opera gala

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opera star Renee Fleming is used to challenging roles, and will take on three for The Metropolitan Opera's Gala season opening on Monday that will mark the 125th anniversary of the company. Fleming, whose latest recording of Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" with the Munich Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann was released last week, will sing three of her signature roles with three different conductors.

Leading R&B drummer Earl Palmer dead at 84

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Leading R&B drummer Earl Palmer, best known for his New Orleans recording sessions with the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles at age 84, his family said. Palmer, who died after a lengthy illness, played on hundreds of hits during a career that ran from the 1940s through the 1970s and earned him an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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