FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, country star Randy Travis makes comments after exiting the Grayson County Courthouse, in Sherman, Texas. Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release

Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas.

Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. Photo Gallery Available

This March 14, 2013 photo shows members of the band Vampire Weekend, from left, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Thomson posing during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The band's latest album, "Modern Vampires of the City," was released on Tuesday.

Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album

The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like - the cover for "Modern Vampires of the City" is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a smoggy New York skyline. Photo Gallery Available

Boston Symphony Orchestra names new music director

Andris (AHN'-driss) Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

This CD cover image released by Amy Grant Productions/Sparrow Records shows "How Mercy Looks From Here," the latest release by Amy Grant.

Review: Grant returns gracefully with new album

Amy Grant, "How Mercy Looks From Here" (Capitol Christian)

This undated publicity photo released by Fox shows, Candice Glover, left, and Kree Harrison from "American Idol: The Final 2." The current 12th season is set to conclude Thursday, May 16, 2013, with a showdown between the 23-year-old R&B vocalist Glover of St. Helena Island, S.C., and the 22-year-old country crooner Harrison of Woodville, Texas.

How Candice Glover won 'American Idol'

With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." Photo Gallery Available

The multi-tasking Will.i.am doesn't plan to skip a beat

LOS ANGELES - Wednesday night in New York, will.i.am - the founder and frontman of Black Eyed Peas - received an honorary Clio Award in recognition of "the work and talent of those who push the boundaries of creativity in advertising and beyond," according to a release from the ad-business group that presents the awards.

Google adds subscription music service

LOS ANGELES - Google Inc. upended the Internet with its search engine.

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2012 file photo, members of One Direction, from left, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson perform at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 in New York. The band has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014. Plans call for the youthful chart-toppers to play major stadiums in Latin America, Britain and Ireland during the first leg of the mega-tour that begins next April.

Boy band One Direction: World tour next year

Hit boy band One Direction has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014.

Battling rappers hit funny bone

Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori Rasputin.

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