Apple’s iTunes Music Store (iTMS) has reached another download milestone, with the announcement that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from iTMS since it was launched less than three years ago.
The billionth song “Speed of Sound” was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from the US state of Michigan. Ostrovsky […]

Pete Doherty’s band Babyshambles are beginning a tour which was rescheduled after singer Doherty was held in custody on drugs charges.
The band cancelled dates in Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle and London following Doherty’s arrest in January.
The ex-Libertines singer subsequently received a 12-month community service order after pleading guilty to seven charges of drug possession.
The six-date tour […]

A US music competition based on the Eurovision Song Contest is being developed by American network NBC.
The programme is intended to challenge American Idol, a ratings winner which is screened on rival network Fox.
A grand final with a singing representative from each US state and public voting is planned.
“Eurovision is the granddaddy of all talent […]

The Rolling Stones agreed to have two songs censored during their half-time performance at the Super Bowl, National Football League officials have said.
The sound was cut when frontman Mick Jagger sang lyrics that were deemed inappropriate for TV audiences.
“We agreed to that plan earlier in the week,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “The Stones were […]

Three men were arrested when pirate DVDs worth more than £500,000 were seized in north-west London.
Kent Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) raided an address in Burnt Oak on Wednesday.
Fact described the manufacturing facility as “one of the largest counterfeit DVD operations we have managed to raid”.
More than 100,000 copies were found, including […]

Former pop singer Boy George is due to appear before a court in New York accused of possessing cocaine.
The British star was arrested on 7 October after police allegedly found the drug at his apartment in the city when they responded to a burglary call.
The 44-year-old, charged under his real name of George […]