Green Day Toned Down, Tributes Shine at Grammys
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The 47th Annual Grammys on Sunday  were long on tributes and short on controversy thanks to a  censored performance by punk trio Green Day and Sheryl Crow's  peek-a-boo yellow gown, which covered just enough.
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Led Zeppelin got a "whole lotta"  belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a  lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that  changed the face of rock 'n' roll.
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Green Day topped the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week Wednesday, passing the two million sales mark and extending its lead over Eminem during a quiet sales period.
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Green Day have raised the stakes for themselves and their fans, taking things to another level and leaving behind all punk-pop pretenders of the past few years.
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Now that 300 crew  members have taken down 150 tons of gear from the rafters of  the Staples Center and switched off 13,000 amps of power, the  site of Sunday's Grammy Awards can return to its main role as  the home of basketball's Lakers, Kings and Clippers.
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Exclusive: To celebrate the return of football to the Superdome and aid in the city's rebuilding, U2 and Green Day will debut their special new benefit single on Monday Night Football
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Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.
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The Grammys got soul on Sunday,  honoring Ray Charles with five posthumous awards, including the  coveted album and record of the year prizes.
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Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis will receive lifetime achievement awards at this year's Grammy Awards, organizers said Tuesday.
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No one can say that Grammy Award organizers aren't quick learners when it comes to scheduling. This year they were rewarded for it.
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The Grammys got underway with a classic feel, and Kanye West and Amy Winehouse â two of the nightâs most compelling storylines â were among the early leaders at Sunday nightâs ceremony.
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It was clear that rock was on a Grammy roll when the award for best country album went to a disc produced by a long-haired punk from Detroit. Jack White produced and played on Loretta Lynn's winning "Van Lear Rose, but the White Stripes lead singer was far from the only rocker to put a stamp on Sunday night's show.
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LAS VEGAS (Billboard) - With a No. 1 debut for its current  album "American Idiot," and now Tuesday's news of six Grammy  nominations, Green Day has found itself back in the spotlight.  But if the punk-rock trio has its way, its Reprise album may  yet fuel a crossover into an entirely new medium.
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The 50th Grammy Awards opened with a dead guy and gave a 67-year-old the big prize, but Amy Winehouse and Tina Turner ruled, while the Beatles and Pavarotti got painful tributes
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Influential rock bands The Doors and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said on Tuesday.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the nominees for the Grammy Awards on Thursday, while country outcasts the Dixie Chicks picked up key nods for a defiant tune stemming from critical comments they made about President George W. Bush.
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Billie Joe Armstrong swung his microphone around a few times, and that&#39;s the only thing last night&#39;s Green Day show had in common with the Who.