News …
Who doesn't want Paul McCartney performing in Israel? Well … it's complicated - The Times Online U.K.
Nokia has "Comes With Music" and Sony Ericsson has "PlayNow Plus." But how free is the free music? - BBC News / dot.life
Will MySpace Music save change the music biz? - CNN
Everlast gets the buzz again - Great Falls Tribune
Remember all those news stories last month claiming Bruce Springsteen would appear at the Democratic National Convention? Here's how rumors start - Poynter Online
U2 tour manager Dennis Sheehan to receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award - The Parnelli Awards / PRNewswire / press release
Views …
Darius Rucker in Minneapolis - "As a Nike cap-wearing Nashville neophyte, Darius Rucker sure showed Minneapolis country fans a good time Tuesday night." - Minneapolis / St. Paul Star Tribune
The Swell Season in Columbus, Ohio - "Group builds upon hit film's successThe group came on in stages, and then only after singer Glen Hansard first brought on a couple of friends from Bell X1 who were playing nearby in the Basement." - The Columbus Dispatch
Sigur Ros in Toronto - " … treated a sold out Massey Hall to a stunning set filled with cascading feedback, bowed-guitar distortion and gorgeous melodies." Eye Weekly
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in Portland, Oregon - "It was Cave's 51st birthday - 'I am disgracefully old' - but he acted like there was no place he'd rather be than turning his obsessions into art on a Monday night in Portland." - The Oregonian
Alanis Morissette in Boston - " … keeps devoted crowd in her pocket." - The Boston Globe
They Say It's Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)
Herb Jeffries is 97
Sonny Turner (The Platters) is 69
Barbara Allbut (The Angels) is 68
Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) is 66
Gerry Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) is 66
Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 46
Marty Cintron (No Mercy) is 37
Juan DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 33