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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Long gone are the days when the  Rolling Stones courted controversy with their sex, drugs and  rock 'n' roll antics. Nowadays, the health of the surviving  band members is more often the hot talking point.
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Some of the biggest musical stars  of the 1960s counterculture gathered in San Francisco on Sunday  for a concert to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer  of Love, yet backstage many voiced disappointment about the  era&#39;s unfulfilled ideals.
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By PAUL REVOIR  IT'S 40 years since they were shaking the world in their mop-top prime.   But the Beatles could soon be topping the charts again after the ending of a legal battle which could pave the way for legal downloads of their music.
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For even a performer who courts controversy, Madonna's upcoming concert in Moscow has drawn considerable uproar.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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AN ego-fuelled squabble between one of rock&#39;s elder statesmen and a flashy young pretender has broken out over a new recording to mark the 20th anniversary of the Band-Aid charity concert.
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To mark the 40th anniversary since the Beatles released Sgt Pepper, The Fray, Razorlight and the Kaiser Chiefs cover the album's songs.
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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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Rock stars from the 1960s and 1970s have been hitting Germany's lucrative concert circuit but many of the grandpa-generation acts have disappointed fans and provoked withering reviews in Europe's biggest music market.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Death threats, loud catcalls and walkouts didn't stop rock legends Crosby Stills Nash & Young from completing their fiercely anti-Bush reunion tour in 2006.
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A group of conservative Christians staged their own celebration of the 400-year anniversary of the historic colony--and blasted the official commemoration as politically correct folly that failed to recognize Jamestown's importance as the beachhead of American Christianity.
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By David Pollak, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Too many people, Phil Collins says, tend to forget the genesis of a rock 'n' roll band.
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A television benefit show for  victims of the Asian tsunami featuring Madonna, Stevie Wonder,  Eric Clapton, Elton John and a string of Hollywood celebrities  has run into controversy in the United States before a note has  been played or a dollar pledged.
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Jimi Hendrix's breakthrough performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, when he transfixed the American rock cognoscenti with a set that climaxed with the immolation of his guitar, will be released on DVD for the first time on October 16.
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By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.