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singer stories: 110 news summaries

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 Idol Idled by Vocal Injury 

Jordin Sparks cancels tour start, expects full recovery

Apr 22, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - "American Idol" champ Jordin Sparks has been forced to cancel April concert dates with Alicia Keys because of dangerous vocal-cord hemorrhaging, the New York Post reports. Even a sneeze could permanently damage the 18-year-old chart-topper, who has been singing nonstop since winning "Idol" last year. However, her handlers... More »

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American Idol • Jordin Sparks • injury • concert • singer

Britney Back
in the Studio
'Just for Fun'

Singer working on voice, aiming to
stay 'on right track'

Apr 17, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears is taking voice lessons and spending time in a Burbank recording studio, singing and playing piano "just for fun," E! Online reports. Insiders say that after a troubled year, the star is simply enjoying herself. "It may lead to something down the road, but right... More »

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Britney Spears • singer • studios • piano

 Aussie Booted in 'Idol' Shocker 

Stunned fans boo as voters chuck frontrunner

Apr 11, 08 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australian American Idol hopeful Michael Johns got the heave-ho from the show last night in the biggest shocker so far this season, the Daily News reports. A surprised crowd booed the stunned singer's abrupt departure. Johns had been considered a frontrunner but the 31 million voters were clearly unimpressed by... More »

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television • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • singer • Aerosmith

 Braxton Rushed 
 to Hospital With 
 Chest Pains  

'Unbreak My Heart' singer undergoing tests

Apr 9, 08 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after suffering chest pains, Access Hollywood reports. She was taken in for tests and will likely be released today after an overnight stay, said a spokesman for the Famingo hotel-casino, where Braxton has been performing since 2006. The six-time Grammy winner... More »

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heart disease • Las Vegas • singer • hospitalization • Toni Braxton

Singing Marine Sounds Off at Dixie Chicks

Iraq vet takes war at home to the studio
with hawkish hit

Mar 20, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine back from Iraq and Afghanistan has fired a musical rebuke at the Dixie Chicks for their anti-war hit, "Not Ready to Make Nice."  Cpl. David Thibodeaux's "Not Ready to End the Fight" is hitting America's country dials—including some that shunned the Nashville trio's... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • country music • singer • Nashville • Marine • Iraq war • Dixie Chicks • Not Ready to Make Nice

Her Space is in the Music Biz

Singer's Web site launches a successful career

Dec 18, 07 7:15 PM CST
(Newser) -   Living with her parents and toiling as a teacher in an after-school program, Ingrid Michaelson’s music career consisted of gigs in a coffee shop and a dream of having one of her songs on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Thanks to MySpace, the dream has come true, a... More »

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MySpace • iTunes • Grey's Anatomy • singer • Ingrid Michaelson

Brit's Mess
My Fault,
Says Mom

Lynne Spears claims blame: I wasn't around enough to guide her

Nov 8, 07 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Think Britney is a brat? Blame her mom. That's what Lynne Spears is doing. The 52-year-old says her daughter has been falling apart for years and it's her fault because she wasn't able to go on the road with Britney when her career took off. "I wish I'd been... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • singer • Lynne Spears

Singer Robert Goulet Awaits Lung Transplant

Life 'hanging on the edge, but he's
 strong,' says wife

Oct 24, 07 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critically ill singer Robert Goulet is sedated and on a respirator awaiting a lung transplant at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife said yesterday. A suitable donor has yet to be found, and a hospital committee has not yet determined that Goulet, 73, would make a good transplant candidate. He... More »

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Broadway • musical theater • singer • Robert Goulet • Vera Goulet • Camelot

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti Dies

Succumbs to cancer surrounded by family in hometown Italian villa

Sep 6, 07 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opera star Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest tenors of the last century, died early this morning of pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his wife, sister and four daughters, in his hometown villa in Modena, Italy. He was 71. "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle," said his manager.... More »

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Italy • obituary • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • pancreatic cancer • singer • Modena • Nessun Dorma • Metropolitan Opera

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Winehouse drama escalates as in-laws call singer, husband 'drug addicts' on BBC

Aug 28, 07 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The continuing drama surrounding "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse took a bizarre new turn this morning when her in-laws, in an plea broadcast on the BBC, begged fans not to buy her records. Her husband's parents called for a boycott to force the couple into rehab, the Guardian reports. "... More »

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rehab • drugs • musician • Amy Winehouse • singer • Blake Fielder Civil

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