Streisand fraud tickets cancelled
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More than 1,000 Barbra Streisand concert tickets are invalidated after being bought with a stolen credit card.
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Celine Dion has canceled the next five performances of her "A New Day" show and an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards because of a highly contagious respiratory infection, show producers said Wednesday.
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A musical of The Ten Commandments cancels three performances per week after bad reviews. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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Magician David Copperfield cancels shows in south-east Asia after an FBI investigation.
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The soprano Anna Netrebko, pregnant and engaged, has withdrawn from this summerâs Salzburg Festival, Agence France-Presse reported. She was scheduled to sing at the festival opposite the tenor Rolando VillazÃ³n in Gounodâs âRomeo and Juliet.â Ms. Netrebko, 36, a Russian-born Austrian citizen (right, with her finacÃ©, the Uruguayan-born baritone Erwin Schrott, 35), is in Vienna, filming Pucciniâs âBohÃ¨meâ with Mr. VillazÃ³n as her leading man. She also was to sing in Massenetâs âManon,â opening on April 4 at the Vienna State Opera, The Associated Press reported. Her manager, Jeffrey Vanderveen, said she âwill keep her engagements as long as her doctors permit it.â Helga Rabl-Stadler, president of the Salzburg Festival, said: âThe nicest reason for a cancellation is a child. Anna will receive the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from us.â The Metropolitan Opera said Ms. Netrebko has withdrawn from 10 performances of its revival of âLucia di Lammermoor,â beginning Oct. 3, but said her seven performances in Massenetâs âManonâ in December and January remained undecided.
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Hundreds of stolen credit card numbers were used to purchase more than 1,000 Barbra Streisand concert tickets that were offered for sale on the Internet, Ticketmaster officials said.
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Thousands of fans could lose money and miss concerts after the Ticket Tout agency goes out of business.
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By Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami Herald  Feb. 3--"The hottest ticket in South Beach" had cold water poured all over it by Miami Beach code-compliance officers who shut down a $1,000-a-head Star Island party.
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CBS has called for the cancellation of a &#36;550,000 federal fine for producing the Super Bowl halftime show during which Janet Jackson's breast was exposed.
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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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Business & money: Allegations internet bank Egg cancelled credit cards because holders paid up on time to be investigated
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Northwest Airlines Corp. canceled controversial fees on tickets bought through some travel agents after the agents and fare distributors objected and rivals didn&#39;t match the higher cost.
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COVENTRY, Vt.   Fans who were turned away by police because of muddy conditions inside the site of last weekend&#39;s Phish farewell festival will be offered a refund.
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Melissa Etheridge, &quot;Come to my window,&quot; has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and as a result, the two-time Grammy winner has cancelled her North American concert tour.
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Despite talk in the early going of  slow ticket sales, Barbra Streisand's first live performances  in six years put up record-setting box office numbers. The 20  concerts grossed $92,457,062 and set house gross records in 14  of the 16 arenas played on the tour.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt has canceled tour dates for the rest of the year to recover from surgery she had this week, her agent said Thursday.
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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.