Music
. RONNIE WOOD'S PREGNANT WIFE SKIPS PART OF STONES TOUR TO AVOID ZIKA
VIRUS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) The Zika virus scare is forcing a change for
one Rolling Stones member. Guitarist Ronnie Wood says his wife who's
pregnant with twin girls is skipping the Stones' trek through Latin
America to avoid exposure to the virus. Wood has tweeted that his wife
Sally won't head to Latin America with the band because the virus and
excessive flying are "too dangerous" for their unborn daughters. Wood
says his wife hasn't "been sent home" from the tour, as some have
reported, but that the decision to skip that leg of the concert series
was done for health reasons. 50 CENT - BANKRUPTCY HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)
If you are going to go around crying that you're broke it's probably
not a good idea to be photographed lying in bed with bundles of $100
bills. That's a lesson 50 Cent is learning the hard way. The rapper has
filed for bankruptcy. But The Wall Street Journal reports the judge
handling his case is concerned that Fiddy isn't as bad off as he
claims. Judge Ann Nevins notes there are photos of the rapper on social
media that indicate he isn't being truthful about his finances. The
judge wants the rapper hauled into court to explain. But no date for
that hearing has been set. 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy last year after
a New York City jury ordered him to pay $7 million to a woman who said
he posted her sex tape online. ROB THOMAS APOLOGIZES FOR RACIST JOKE
SYDNEY (AP) The lead singer of Matchbox 20 says he's sorry. Rob Thomas
says he meant no harm when he told a joke in Australia that some took
as racist. Thomas was performing Saturday in Melbourne when he made a
crack about using booze to ward off jet lag. He said to keep his body
clock straight, he drinks until he thinks he's Australian, then he
keeps drinking until he thinks he's "a black Australian. That didn't go
down well because the Aboriginal population is among Australia's
poorest and many suffer from alcohol and drug abuse. Thomas says he
didn't know that when he made the joke and that he's "incredibly
embarrassed" by his ignorance. KESHA'S PRODUCER ISSUES NEW DENIALS NEW
YORK (AP) The man who has Kesha under contract is again denying the
singer's claim that he raped her. Attorneys for Dr. Luke have issued a
statement saying Kesha's accusations are "outright lies" that the
singer is telling "to extort a contract renegotiation and money. On
Friday, Kesha sobbed in court as a judge denied her bid to get out her
deal with Dr. Luke who has produced for artists including Britney
Spears, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj. Kesha's plight prompted Taylor
Swift to donate a quarter-million dollars to help her fellow pop
singer. TAYLOR SWIFT - MAID-OF-HONOR READING, Pa. (AP) It's never a bad
thing when your childhood friend turns out to be a superstar singer and
is willing to stand up for you at your wedding. That's the deal with an
old buddy of Taylor Swift's. Swift and Britany Maack literally go back
like babies and pacifiers with Swift saying on Instagram she first met
the bride when she was 10 days old. Swift returned to her hometown of
Reading (REH'-ding), Pennsylvania this past weekend to be Maack's maid
of honor. In her Instagram photos, Swift calls herself "the happiest
maid of honor ever. THE LUMINEERS AND THE PRESIDENT LONDON (AP) It's
one thing to know the President of the United States listens to your
music. But it's another thing to imagine what the president is doing
while he's checking out of your song. A member of The Lumineers says
now that he knows the group's song "Stubborn Love" is on the POTUS
Spotify list, he figures Barack Obama must listen to it while he's
bowling. Wesley Shultz says he was impressed by the bowling alley at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He says it was especially cool to see a
bowling ball emblazoned with the presidential seal. Sound:
011-a-08-(Wesley Schultz, recording artist, The Lumineers, in AP
interview)-"on the ball"-Wesley Schultz describes how he imagines
President Barack Obama listens to The Lumineers' song "Stubborn Love.
((The song was recently said to be on the president's Spotify list))
(23 Feb 2016) < <
