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Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.

Halifax musicians are fundraising for local guitar player Rick Edgett, who's dying of cancer.

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards, winning eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for Red.

A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000 US, said officials with the company behind the event

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune Only Teardrops.

German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter.

For Pete Townshend, watching the Stratford Festival's revamp of his hit rock opera Tommy stirs up difficult memories from his working-class, post-war upbringing.

Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million US over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits.

When National Gallery of Canada curators started pulling together work by indigenous artists from around the world for the summer exhibit Sakahan, they discovered surprising connections.

Hollywood director, writer and producer Mel Brooks is the master of genre parody. He talks to Q about his long career in comedy and finding the funny.

The Cannes Film Festival, now underway in southern France, offers an interesting blend of the high and low in the world of international cinema, according to cultural critic Jesse Wente.

Canada's MuchMusic Video Awards are going Gangnam Style: The music station has signed on South Korean pop star Psy as co-host and performer for the MMVAs bash in Toronto on June 16.