Streisand cancels concert in Rome
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Barbra Streisand cancels her Rome gig next month, but denies protests over high ticket prices had any bearing.
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A leading opera house has canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo," citing authorities' fears that it posed "incalculable" security risks because it featured the severed head of religious figures, including Muhammad.
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Luciano Pavarotti will make his first public appearance next week since an operation to remove a pancreatic cancer in July forced him to cancel a tour, but will not sing, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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La Scala opera house has lifted its cancellation of a production of 'Candide' that included a scene in which actors depicting President Bush and other world leaders danced in their underwear.Director Robert Carsen said there would be some modifications to the production, which was to open Wednesday night, but that the underwear scene would remain. He denied that censorship or political pressure played any role in the changes.'I wouldn't be here now if there had been any pressure because that would be against the spirit of freedom in this opera,' Carsen said, according to the news agency ANSA. Read more
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The Rolling Stones canceled their  concert in Valladolid, Spain, on Monday after lead singer Mick  Jagger developed laryngitis.
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British pop star Elton John cancelled a show in Britain after losing his voice due to illness.
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After canceling a Rome performance that would have launched an upcoming European tour, Barbra Streisand plans to kick off her first continental concert series in Switzerland, organizers said on Tuesday.
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An accident involving one of the trucks carrying concert equipment for George Michael forced the British pop singer to cancel a show in Prague on Saturday, the Web site of a Czech newspaper reported.
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Eric Clapton had to cancel a concert scheduled for Saturday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills because the guitarist has a sore throat.
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Luciano Pavarotti will make his first  public appearance next week since an operation to remove a  pancreatic cancer in July forced him to cancel a tour, but will  not sing, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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The free LeAnn Rimes concert scheduled for Friday in Vilseck, Germany, has been canceled because she is ill.
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Sir Elton John has been forced to call off a second concert after losing his voice due to a throat infection.
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BERLIN -- One of Germany's foremost opera houses has abruptly canceled a modern production of Mozart's ``Idomeneo" because of fears of a violent reaction to a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Mohammed.
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Ticketmaster said Tuesday it had invalidated more than 1,000 tickets to concerts in Barbra Streisand's upcoming national tour after discovering they were bought with a stolen credit card and then resold on the Internet.
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Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez on  Wednesday canceled a handful of promotional appearances in  Europe for her latest film and upcoming album release.
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Germany will welcome Barbra Streisand with open arms when she performs at Berlin's Waldbuehne arena on Saturday, her first appearance in the country after turning down several invitations in the past.
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Barbra Streisand ended her latest farewell tour on Monday at a celebrity-studded Los Angeles love-in that included incoming Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi among the thousands of rapt fans.