Arcade Fire, David Byrne Help Raise AIDS Charity Funds
A charity compilation featuring songs by Arcade Fire, David Byrne and Feist, among others, has raised over £400,000 ($662,370) for charity.

Owl City’s ‘Fireflies’ Lands At No. 1 On Hot 100
Minnesota native Adam Young, better known as Owl City, moves 7-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Fireflies,” his debut effort on the list

LiveNation.com Overhauled To Feature User-Gen, Social Media
LiveNation.com is being overhauled to incorporate user-generated content.

La Roux Announces U.K. Spring Tour
Fresh from selling out its upcoming November U.K. tour, English alt-pop duo La Roux is to embark on its biggest U.K. tour to date in spring 2010.

‘New Moon’ Director Weitz Reveals Soundtrack’s Challenges
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” director Chris Weitz has one distinctive memory from a meeting in Paris where he first screened bits of the movie to its composer, Alexandre Desplat.

Michael Jackson Film ‘Grosses $7.4m’ On Day 1
Sony’s Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It” moonwalked to a stellar $7.4 million in estimated first-day boxoffice on Wednesday.

Michael Jackson Has Earned $72 Million Since Death
Even before the “This Is It” opening, Michael Jackson had earned $90 million in the past year, with most of it coming since his death five months ago.

The Baron Cohen Brothers Discuss Music For ‘Ali G,’ ‘Borat,’ ‘Brüno’
Sacha Baron Cohen and his brother, composer Erran Baron Cohen, filled the room with laughs, as they discussed their collaborations on “Da Ali G Show,”" “Borat” and “Brüno.” The discussion was the Oct. 29 keynote at The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film and TV Music Conference.

Robbie Williams Pulls MTV EMAs Appearance
U.K. singer Robbie Williams has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Sacred music creates unique opportunities for developing evocative and beautiful fingerstyle guitar arrangements. In this DVD, El McMeen demonstrates the use of such techniques as harp-like, arpeggios, alternate bass, and open C-G-D-G-A-D tuning to present moving and powerful sacred solos from around the world. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. “BUY NOW”