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Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use. U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/16EWVKZ) reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy Lambesis, who has ...

Tim McGraw recasts ACM's TV special, airing Sunday

When the producers of the Academy of Country Music's annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program's format. "They were tribute shows and I certainly didn't want anything to do with that," the 46-year-old McGraw said with a laugh. ...

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, British singer George Michael performs at a concert to raise money for AIDS charity Sidaction, during the Symphonica tour at Palais Garnier Opera house in Paris, France. George Michael's publicist says the singer is being treated for minor injuries after he was a passenger in a car crash. A statement released Friday May 17, 2013 said he was in the accident on Thursday night and suffered "superficial cuts and bruises." (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

George Michael injured in another car crash

George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. A statement released Friday said the singer was in an accident on Thursday night and suffered "superficial cuts and bruises." The statement from publicist ...

FILE - Bob Dylan arrives for a ceremony to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House, in this May 29, 2012 file photo taken in Washington. Dylan couldn't be there to be inducted Wednesday May 15, 2013 into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, but his presence was felt in both letter and spirit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy

Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the keynote speaker Wednesday at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was explaining his undiminished passion for rock music and confiding that he had become ...

FILE - This Nov. 21, 2002 file photo shows Tom Scholz, co-founder of the band Boston, in a recording studio in Waltham, Mass. A defamation lawsuit filed by Scholz against Micki Delp, the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer Brad Delp, was reinstated Tuesday, May 14, 2013, by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Delp committed suicide in 2007, and Scholz claimed that remarks Micki Delp made to the Boston Herald could be construed as blaming Scholz for his death. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Defamation suit reinstated for founder of Boston

A defamation lawsuit filed by the founder of the rock group Boston against the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer was reinstated Tuesday by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. The lawsuit was filed by Tom Scholz, who founded the band in the 1970s with lead singer Brad Delp. Delp committed ...

This undated publicity image released by Dualtone Music Group shows Michael Trent, left, and Cary Ann Hearst from the band Shovels & Rope. On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Hearst and Trent earned four nominations for the Americana Honors & Awards, including album, song and emerging artist of the year. The awards will be held Sept. 18 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Dualtone Music Group, Leslie Ryan McKellar)

Harris, Miller among Americana Awards top nominees

Husband-wife duo Shovels & Rope is the top nominee for this year's Americana Honors & Awards, but longtime favorites Buddy Miller and Emmylou Harris lurk nearby. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent earned four nominations, including album, song and emerging artist of the year. Miller, the Americana Music Association's most-awarded ...

This image provided by NASA shows astronaut Chris Hadfield recording the first music video from space Sunday May 12, 2013. The song was his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. Hadfield and astronaut Thomas Marshburn are scheduled to return to earth Monday May 13, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA, Chris Hadfield)

Astronaut exits space station with music video

In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." It's believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's personalized ...

FILE - In this May 30, 2009 file picture, Little Richard performs at The Domino Effect, a tribute concert to New Orleans Rock and Roll musician Fats Domino, in New Orleans, La. Macon, Ga. officials say they plan to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project. Mayor Robert Reichert and others made the announcement as the 80-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee was scheduled to receive an honorary degree Saturday, may 11, 2013 from Mercer University. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Little Richard's boyhood home to be moved

Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert made the announcement Friday. WMAZ-TV reports (http://on.wmaz.com/YB9JwR) that the 80-year-old singer is receiving an honorary degree on Saturday from Mercer University. Born Richard Wayne Penniman, ...

Today in Rock - May 11

Crosby Stills and Nash win a Grammy for Best New Artist (1970). Paul McCartney is knighted by the Queen (1997). George Kooymans of Golden Earring is born (1948). Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his second wife, Jane Mitcham to marry his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gayle Brown (1958). Jim Morrison (The Doors) ...

This 2009 publicity photo provided courtesy of Slayer shows, from left, Dave Lombardo, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman and Tom Araya. Hanneman, 49, died May 2, 2013, of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife, Kathy, by his side. It was initially theorized that Hanneman's death might have had something to do with a suspected spider bite that led to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, nearly costing him his arm. Members of Slayer say Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Slayer, Mark Seliger)

Slayer: Guitarist Hanneman died of cirrhosis

Members of Slayer say Jeff Hanneman died of alcohol-related cirrhosis. The guitarist died last week at a hospital in Hemet, Calif., at age 49. It was initially theorized that Hanneman's death might have had something to do with a suspected spider bite that led to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, ...

US high school choir will back Rolling Stones

You can't always get what you want. Unless, perhaps, you're a member of the Green Valley High School choir and you want a chance to sing onstage with the Rolling Stones. The Henderson school's choir will join the Stones at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday ...

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the kickoff of the band's "50 and Counting" tour at the Staples Center on Friday, May 3, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Nevada high school choir will back Rolling Stones

You can't always get what you want. Unless, perhaps, you're a member of the Green Valley High School choir and you want a chance to sing on stage with the Rolling Stones. The Henderson school's choir will join the Stones at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday ...

FILE- In this 1970 file photo, Jimi Hendrix performs on the Isle of Wight in England. Fans of Hendrix and trumpet master Miles Davis have long known that the pair had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix’s sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another band at the time. (AP Photo/File)

1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play?

Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they ...

Tim Lambesis, the lead singer for the Metal band As I Lay Dying, is escorted by a San Diego sheriff deputy into Superior Court for his arraignment on charges he allegedly attempted to hire a hit man to kill his wife in Vista, Calif., Thursday, May 9, 2013. Lambesis was charged late Wednesday with one felony count of solicitation of murder, San Diego County district attorney spokeswoman Tanya Sierra said. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, Pool)

Metal singer charged with soliciting wife's murder

A heavy metal singer gave an envelope containing $1,000 in cash to an undercover agent and provided instructions on how to kill his estranged wife, including her photograph, address, security gate code and dates he would be with their children to give him an alibi, a prosecutor said Thursday. The ...

Singer arrested in Calif. murder-for-hire plot

Divorce documents show that the lead singer of metal band As I Lay Dying had an amicable split with the estranged wife he's now accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill, but she was concerned about how recent changes in his behavior would affect his parenting. Meggan ...

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