Music
TOMMY PAGE DIES NEW YORK (AP) Tommy Page of "I'll Be Your Everything"
fame has died. Billboard.com editorial director Denise Warner says Page
was found dead Friday in New York of an apparent suicide. He was 46.
"I'll Be Your Everything" was a number-one hit in 1990. "A Shoulder To
Cry On" was the only other song of Page's that cracked the top 40, but
he enjoyed a successful career in Japan. He later became an executive
at Warner Brothers Records, a publisher at Billboard magazine and a
vice president at Pandora. Sound: 3:32 aes LOUIS TOMLINSON ARRESTED LOS
ANGELES (AP) The lawyer for former One Direction singer Louis (LOO'-ee)
Tomlinson says his client was arrested after a photographer "provoked
and caused the altercation. Attorney Martin Singer says Tomlinson was
protecting his girlfriend, Eleanor Calder, and asked a photographer to
stop filming as they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on
Friday. The photographer made a citizen's arrest on Tomlinson after an
alleged scuffle. Police took Tomlinson in custody. He was later
released and is due in court March 29. GLADYS KNIGHT REGAINS CONTROL OF
NAME FROM HER SON ATLANTA (AP) Gladys Knight has taken her name back
from her son's troubled restaurants in the Atlanta area. The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution reports a settlement filed in Clayton County court
shows Knight has severed ties with her son, Shanga Hankerson, over the
Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles restaurants. Hankerson must phase
out Knight's name from the business by April 26. Knight helped
Hankerson open the first restaurant in 1999. Investigators say
Hankerson racked up $1 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and
interests. All three restaurants are closed. Knight's attorney says
it's a "distinct possibility" Knight may use her name on another
restaurant. Hankerson's lawyer declined comment. TREY SONGZ DECLINES
PLEA DEAL DETROIT (AP) Trey Songz has turned down a plea deal over his
arrest in December for aggravated assault and assaulting a police
officer at a Detroit concert. The Detroit Free Press reports Songz did
not accept the offer during a hearing Friday but it remains open to
him. The offer would reduce the felony assault charge to a misdemeanor
and put Songz on two years' probation. Police say Songz became upset
when told to end his performance. Police say when they came to his
dressing room, Songz hit a photographer with a microphone stand and
punched a police sergeant in the head. The case is heading to trial.
FUTURE MAKES CHART HISTORY LOS ANGELES (AP) Future has become the first
act ever to have back-to-back number-ones on the Billboard 200 album
chart in successive weeks. His "HNDRXX (HEN'-drix)" album debuts at
number one its first week out, taking over the top spot from Future's
self-titled album, which also debuted at number one. Only five other
acts have replaced themselves at number one on the album chart: The
Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Monkees, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana
Brass, and Peter, Paul and Mary. CHANCE THE RAPPER MEETS THE GOVERNOR
OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO (AP) Chance The Rapper's take on his meeting with
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Friday was, "That went a little
different than it should have. Chance asked for a meeting with Rauner
to push for funds for Chicago Public Schools. Chance says he left
"flustered" over "vague answers," but Rauner called it a "good exchange
of views. Rauner says they may not agree on everything, but that's OK.
Rauner says he looks forward to more discussions with Chance. When
asked what his favorite Chance song is, Rauner didn't name any but
called his music "innovative and distinctive and creative. JAMES DURBIN
JOINS QUIET RIOT LOS ANGELES (AP) James Durbin from the 2011 season of
"American Idol" is the new singer for Quiet Riot. Drummer Frankie
Benali tells Billboard magazine Durbin will replace Seann Nichols on
vocals after the band experienced "serious creative and personal
differences" with Nichols. Quiet Riot has had several singers since the
death of original frontman Kevin Dubrow in 2007. Durbin, who's 28,
wasn't even born when Quiet Riot's breakthrough album "Metal Health"
came out, but he says he discovered Quiet Riot in the early 2000s from
a video game soundtrack. The band's "Road Rage" album will come out
April 21 with Nichols' vocals on it, and Benali acknowledges that's an
uncomfortable situation. He says it's a great record but they're not
that band anymore. STEVE AOKI IS FUSSY ABOUT HIS CAKES NEW YORK (AP) If
you're a Steve Aoki fan, you know it's an honor to get caked. Aoki will
throw cakes at his fans during concerts, and it's not just any old
cake. Aoki says he has six pages of his rider devoted just to cake. He
says they have to be very specific because someone will likely get one
in the face. And while Aoki considers himself quite a businessman, he
does not plan to become a dessert mogul. He says cake is not his
passion like music or designing clothes and he considers cake just a
fun part of the show. Sound: 3:32 aes SHAKIRA AND CARLOS VIVES SUED
OVER "LA BICICLETA MADRID (AP) A Cuban singer and music producer is
suing Shakira and Carlos Vives, saying they copied his song for their
hit "La Bicicleta. Livan Rafael Castellanos, who also goes by Livam,
says the song is too similar to his 1997 song "Yo te quiero tanto. He
says he has nothing against Shakira or Vives, but the law must decide
"whether changing a song's key is enough to make it different. He says
his 3-year-old identified his melody in "La Bicicleta. Livam's suit was
filed in Madrid. Sony ATV Music Publishing in Spain declined comment,
saying it had not received notice of the lawsuit. DESTRUCTIVE ARTIST
WHO INSPIRED PETE TOWNSHEND PASSES AWAY LONDON (AP) The artist who
inspired Pete Townshend to smash his guitars has died. Gustav Metzger
died Wednesday at his home in London at the age of 90, according to his
publicist. Metzger came up with the concept of "auto-destructive art"
in 1959, which melded destruction and creation. One of his pieces
involved Metzger painting acid on nylon sheets so they disintegrated.
Townshend attended Metzger's lecture on auto-destructive art in 1962.
That was on Townshend's mind in 1964 when he accidentally broke his
guitar neck on a low ceiling during a concert in London, so Townshend
continued to destroy the guitar. Metzger's art was used as a backdrop
during Who shows. Townshend says Metzger was "the most gentle man you
could meet" who was also "tough, determined and activist until the end.
KING RECORDS WILL NOT BE DESTROYED JUST YET CINCINNATI (AP) The
demolition of the building that once housed King Records has been put
off for at least six months. Cincinnati's Historic Conservation Board
was supposed to hear the case today, but the building owner agreed with
the board to delay the hearing until Aug. 27 in the hope that a deal
could be made to save the building. King Records was once home to James
Brown, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Joe Tex and Hawkshaw Hawkins.
Building owner Dynamic Industries believes that demolishing the
building would make the site more valuable for a potential sale. The
city has offered $220,000 to buy the building to turn it into a small
museum and recording studio. ABBEY ROAD RECORDING CONSOLE WILL BE SOLD
NEW YORK (AP) The recording console used to record Pink Floyd's "Dark
Side Of The Moon" album will be auctioned March 27 in New York. Bonhams
auction house will sell the console used between 1971 and 1983 in
Studio 2 of Abbey Road Studios. It also was used for recordings by Paul
McCartney and Wings, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, The Cure and Kate
Bush. Producer Mike Hedges, who worked at Abbey Road, bought the
console when the studio upgraded in 1983 and kept it in his personal
studio. The console is in excellent working condition. It comes with
letters of authenticity, a PDF of the operating manual and a copy of
"Dark Side of the Moon. A sales estimate was not given. PARIS JACKSON
SIGNS MODELING CONTRACT NEW YORK (AP) Michael Jackson's daughter has
joined a top modeling agency. Paris Jackson will model for IMG, which
also represents Mick Jagger's daughter, Georgia May Jagger, as well as
Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and Bella and Gigi Hadid. Paris Jackson
writes on Instagram she feels "very lucky and blessed. She will make
her acting debut on the Fox drama "Star" later this year. COUNTRY
CONCERT IN THE HILLS FOUNDER PASSES AWAY FORT LORAMIE, Ohio (AP) The
founder of the Country Concert in the Hills festival in Ohio has died.
Family members say Mike Barhorst died Wednesday at his home in Fort
Loramie (lohr-uh-MEE'), Ohio, at the age of 77. Barhorst and his wife
started the festival in 1981 at his family campground. This year's
festival is July 6-8 and features Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Florida
Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Brett Eldredge and Old Dominion. by Margie
Szaroleta
