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Slash releases video supporting gay marriage (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has released a video in support of gay marriage.
U.K. band Franz Ferdinand "swings" on 3rd album (Reuters)
Reuters - Franz Ferdinand's 2005 album may have promised "You Could Have It So Much Better," but the sales figures begged to differ -- the band's second album failed to match the transatlantic success of its self-titled predecessor.
Take That 'write a song about Amy Winehouse' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Take That have written a new song, :How Did It Come To This," which fans are speculating is about the plight of Amy Winehouse.
Musicians page through their pasts for book deals (Reuters)
Reuters - As recording artists experiment with all manner of digital media to reach their fans, a few are engaging in a centuries-old practice -- writing books.
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce (AP)

Madonna performs during her 'Sticky & Sweet Tour' at the Wachovia Center, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, in Philadelphia. The pop star and husband Guy Ritchie will likely be granted an  initial divorce decree on Friday, according to the schedule for London's High Court. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)AP - After the wedding in a Scottish castle, the mansion on a green English estate and the drinks in their own pub, Madonna and Guy Ritchie's eight-year marriage ended in a dreary London courtroom.


Britney Shows Up in Court to Talk Touring (E! Online)

Britney Shows Up in Court to Talk Touring(E! Online)E! Online - Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die downand the music to get turned up.


Jacko P.A.: Michael, Sheik Brothers From Another Mother (E! Online)

Jacko P.A.: Michael, Sheik Brothers From Another Mother(E! Online)E! Online - Michael Jackson's latest court battle keeps getting weirder. And he hasn't even shown up yet.


Duo Xtreme helps fuel rise of urban bachata (Reuters)
Reuters - Every once in a while, urban bachata duo Xtreme will dial up the fans that leave their phone numbers on the group's MySpace page.
Singer Laura Pausini welcomes "Early Spring" (Reuters)
Reuters - Laura Pausini is mad, and she's not going to take it anymore.
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash (AP)

This Nov. 17, 2006 file photo shows Travis Barker as he appears onstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios, in New York. Travis Barker has sued over a plane crash that left him injured and killed two of his friends.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)AP - Punk musician Travis Barker on Friday sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing two friends.