MUSIC
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS SAYS HIS HAND IS SLOWLY GETTING BETTER NEW YORK (AP)
Enrique Iglesias is thanking fans for their support while he recovers
from an injury to his hand. Iglesias wrote "thank you" in red on the
palm of his good hand and posted a photo on Instagram. He then
conducted a question-and-answer session to thank fans. He says his hand
is getting better little by little and he plans to be back on tour in
Mexico next month. Iglesias sliced and fractured his hand when he
grabbed a drone filming his concert in Tijuana, Mexico, last week. THE
WEAVERS' RONNIE GILBERT DIES MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) Singer Ronnie
Gilbert of The Weavers has died. Her longtime partner, Donna Korones,
says Gilbert died Saturday of natural causes at the age of 88 at a
retirement community outside San Francisco. Gilbert and The Weavers
sparked a national folk revival in the 1950s with their versions of
songs like "Goodnight Irene," 'On Top of Old Smokey," 'If I Had a
Hammer" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. They eventually disbanded after
being targeted by anti-Communists during the McCarthy era. Gilbert had
a solo career as a singer, stage actor and psychologist. Her memoir,
"Ronnie Gilbert: A Radical Life in Song," comes out this fall. SOUND:
3:32 aed 'LEMON TREE" WRITER WILL HOLT DIES WASHINGTON (AP) The man who
wrote the song "Lemon Tree" has died. The Washington Post reports Will
Holt died May 31 in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Trini Lopez turned
"Lemon Tree" into a top-20 hit in 1965. The song was also covered by
The Kingston Trio, Chad and Jeremy, Bob Marley and Peter, Paul and
Mary. Holt later wrote music for the stage, including the off-Broadway
1970 rock musical "The Me Nobody Knows. SOUND: 3:32 aed ROWDY CONCERT
CROWD EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) New Jersey State Police used tear gas
last night outside of a major hip-hop concert at MetLife Stadium.
Authorities say officers had bottles thrown at them by people in the
crowd who were trying to get inside some without tickets. Some in crowd
at the Hot 97 Summer Jam became upset when the gates were closed and
blocked off by police in riot gear. An armored state police vehicle
began blasting a piercing loud noise to try to disburse the crowd and
police later used tear gas. The show was headlined by Kendrick Lamar,
Trey Song, Big Sean and Chris Brown. SOUND: 3:32 aed 33 HURT WHEN
LIGHTNING HITS GERMAN ROCK FESTIVAL BERLIN (AP) Authorities in Germany
say 33 people were hurt after lightning struck twice at the Rock am
Ring festival Saturday in the town of Mendig. The first strike hit
backstage around 1 a.m. after Marilyn Manson had finished his set.
Eight people from production teams were hurt. A little before 4 a.m.,
lightning hit the festival's camping area. Another 25 were injured. No
one was directly hit by lightning, and police say those injured were
taken to hospitals for observation. The festival continued as planned
on Sunday with The Foo Fighters, Bastille, Slipknot and Prodigy.
LUDACRIS IS A DAD NEW YORK (AP) Ludacris has yet another new lady in
his life. People magazine reports his wife, Eudoxie, gave birth to a
girl last week. They've named her Cadence Gaelle. Ludacris has two
other daughters from previous relationships. CHANCE THE RAPPER SAYS
"SURF" DOWNLOADED 618,000 TIMES LOS ANGELES (AP) Chance The Rapper has
a hit album and may have helped that he gave it away. He released a
collaboration with Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment called
"Surf" on iTunes last week for free. On Friday, Chance tweeted the
album had been downloaded 618,000 times and individual tracks were
downloaded more than 10 million times. He says the best thing about
"Surf" is that it will be free forever. KACEY MUSGRAVES REVEALS FUN
FACTS NEW YORK (AP) Kacey Musgraves is afraid of alien abductions and
she says she's seen several UFOs. Us magazine asked Musgraves for 25
facts that people don't know about her. Musgraves reveals she's working
on a line of cowboy boots and a vodka company, she can't get enough
glitter, she once saved a mouse from getting hit on Music Row in
Nashville, and she has a framed Willie Nelson joint. by Margie
Szaroleta
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