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Pop savant and Drake tourmate Francis and the Lights creates some irresistible pop
By Jason Anderson, CBC News
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- Russian composer and conductor Vassily Sinaisky has been named to the top musical post at the famed Bolshoi Theatre.
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- Grammy-winning musician Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency has garnered another critic: his former Fugees bandmate, Pras.
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- Gordon Lightfoot will take the stage in five Ontario cities next May and is also planning a more extensive tour.
- Spain's economic crisis hits summer festivals
- Spain's economic crisis has forced municipalities to cut the budgets of the country's traditional summer festivals, which typically include concerts, dancing and parades.
- Glastonbury asks U2 to open 2011 fest
- The Glastonbury Festival in England has asked U2 to launch its 2011 festival after the rockers had to cancel their appearance this year.
- Rod Stewart to become dad for 7th time
- British rock legend Rod Stewart will be a father for the seventh time when his wife Penny Lancaster gives birth to their second child in March.
- Muppet Show's Jack Parnell dies
- British bandleader, drummer and composer Jack Parnell, who led The Muppet Show's music for its five-year run, died on Sunday at age 87 after a year-long battle with cancer.
- Sum 41's Whibley defies doctors to perform
- Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley performed two shows in Japan this weekend after a bar fight last week that left him hospitalized.
- Family Guy's MacFarlane records Broadway album
- Family Guy creator and voice actor Seth MacFarlane has signed a record deal to release an album of Broadway tunes.