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``Delia's Gone'' was the opening salvo on ``American Recordings,'' Johnny Cash's landmark 1994 album recorded with Rick Rubin, and it was very much in synch with Cash's dark-hearted mythology: an old murder ballad about a man unrepentant for killing his lover. Except the song wasn't shrouded in the signature sounds we associated with Cash. Gone were Luther Perkins's boom-chicka-boom guitar melodies and the winking hell-raising apparent in Cash's performances at Folsom and San Quentin prisons. You could tell it was Johnny Cash singing, but his voice - once so virile you'd expect to hear it taming a wild bear on a mountaintop - was now grizzled, more expressive than imposing. The album featured Cash with just an acoustic guitar, yet no one could have predicted the profound impact it would have on his legacy, not even the men who made it. On Tuesday, the final installment in the ``American Recordings'' series will be released, leaving in its path six studio albums and a box set that enshr

Music Review: British techno pop band Hot Chip is less hot, more bothered in new record. Hot Chip, "One Life Stand" (Parlophone Records)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than six years after his death, Johnny Cash will return to record stores next month with a new album featuring one of the last songs the country legend ever wrote.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Music from artists on labels owned by Warner Music Group, the world's third largest music company, will be available to U.S. subscribers of digital music service eMusic, the companies said on Tuesday.

Top 20 Concert Tours. The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

Top 20 Concert Tours. The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

David Gray picked the right city to kick off the tour for his latest album, ``Draw the Line.'' The disc is his first in four years and Friday night at the Citi Wang Theatre a sold-out crowd made it clear that they missed the British singer-songwriter and his pensive and playful tunes. The exuberant energy in the room helped power the always revved-up Gray and his nattily attired four-man band through a nearly two-hour show that held a variety pack of charms, from hushed ballads to fist-pumping rock anthems. Not big on frills or banter, Gray instead kept talk to a minimum and let an array of lights and colors enhance the mood. There were pinwheels of white spiraling over the shout-from-the-rooftops pop declaration ``You're the World to Me.'' A background of twinkling stars, with a little help from a mirror ball, swirled around the keening ballad ``Nemesis'' - into which Gray tossed a bit of Kate Bush's ``Running up That Hill.'' There was cool blue for the ruminative ``Ain't No Love,'' s

Depeche Mode rep denies lead singer shouted 'Thank you very much Chile!' at Peru concert. A Depeche Mode representative is disputing reports that the British pop band's lead singer inadvertently sent a shout-out to the wrong country at a concert in Peru.

LONDON (Billboard) - Sometimes, much weirder things happen at the MTV Video Music Awards than Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech.

Leonard Cohen wows Israeli fans, angers Palestinian critics at sold-out Israeli concert. Leonard Cohen wowed an adoring audience Thursday night, crooning his iconic ballads at his first show in Israel in 30 years and ignoring a political storm over his appearance.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - When the members of AFI began work on their 2006 album, "Decemberunderground," they "tried really hard not to think about it as the follow-up to a big successful record," guitarist Jade Puget says.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago took a Dogg walk on the wild side on Sunday when rock legend Lou Reed and rapper Snoop Dogg took the stage at opposite ends of the Lollapalooza music festival.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25. Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25:

Today in History. Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2009. There are 161 days left in the year.

The art of the humble cover version has been re-awakened by French act Nouvelle Vague who demonstrate what can be achieved when artists apply the same creativity into reworking hits as in writing them.

The art of the humble cover version has been re-awakened by French act Nouvelle Vague who demonstrate what can be achieved when artists apply the same creativity into reworking hits as in writing them.

The art of the humble cover version has been re-awakened by French act Nouvelle Vague who demonstrate what can be achieved when artists apply the same creativity into reworking hits as in writing them.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11. Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11:

Today in History. Today is Wednesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2009. There are 176 days left in the year.

LONDON (Reuters) - Electronic music pioneers, Depeche Mode, are set to resume touring next month after the band revealed on Thursday that singer Dave Gahan underwent surgery to remove a tumor.