Controversy dogs 40th anniversary of Monterey Pop
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Some bands that played Monterey Pop 40 years ago will return in July to the site of the first great rock festival, but the original promoter and others say the spirit of the Summer of Love is a long time gone.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By Therese Poletti, Michelle Quinn and Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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The BBC is criticised after rock star Iggy Pop used a racist term during coverage of the Glastonbury Festival.
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NOVEMBER 19--Another day, another lawsuit for the King of Pop. A Los Angeles antiques dealer yesterday sued Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a $180,000 bill for merchandise he purchased earlier this year.
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A planned tribute to late musician Johnny Cash at the New York Republican convention has attracted some strong criticism, the BBC reported.
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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts  - More than 40,000   Rolling Stones fans turned out as the four-decade-old band   kicked off its latest U.S. tour on Wednesday night, looking for   another chance to spend the night together.
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About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.
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Singer George Michael has issued a  stinging reply to uncomplimentary remarks made by Elton John,  which he said were garnered from gossip on the "gay grapevine."
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The Miller Brewing Co. has tapped the keg of controversy with a promotion designed to commemorate the &quot;50th Anniversary of Rock and Roll.&quot; Miller, working with cover images from Rolling Stone magazine, chose rock musicians to be featured on cans of Miller ...
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun.
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Let's see. We have Trophy Gate. We have SpearGate. We have ``I Didn't Say That" Gate. And we also have the 40th anniversary and reunion -- if not celebration -- of the ``Game of the Century" -- a game neither team won.
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Organizers of a benefit concert for the Lebanon war's victims found themselves in the middle of controversy.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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By Ian Hill, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Dec. 15--STOCKTON -- It's a long lost but important artifact from local rock history.   The red, white and blue poster advertises a 1967 Stockton Civic Auditorium concert that ultimately would be attended by less than 100 people.
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FOLSOM, Calif.  Â A concert marking the 40th anniversary of Johnny Cash's famous concert at Folsom State Prison has been scraped, with the prison and the promoter blaming each other for the cancellation.