TV cooking queen Rachael Ray is making her annual presence at South By Southwest bigger and better this year. And public.

Before they head off to Europe in June, Pearl Jam will do a short run of dates in the midwest and East coast beginning in early May and finishing up on May 20 and 21 in New York.

Sade's "Soldier of Love" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) secures a fourth week atop Billboard's European Albums chart.

Rock 'n' roll may not be the term most commonly associated with ABBA's music, but the group's Benny Andersson thinks it's appropriate for the Swedish group, which broke up in 1983, to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next week.

As reported yesterday, Taio Cruz makes a record-setting jump to No. 1 for a new artist as "Break Your Heart," featuring Ludacris, leaps 53-1.

Kings of Leon may be taking a well-earned break after winning three Grammy Awards, including the "Record of the Year" prize, but fans of the band will soon have a new way to experience the group's breakthrough songs.

Rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.

Rare live performances by Plastikman, the pioneering house music group Inner City and Juan Atkins' Model 500 will highlight this year's Movement Electronic Music Festival, the annual Memorial Day Weekend bash in downtown Detroit.

Billboard's Ann Donahue breaks down every live performance of "American Idol" Season 9, from the top 24 contestants to the last one standing.  ...

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