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NEW ORLEANS - Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mariah Carey will launch her first North American tour in more than three years on December 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Full Story »

If only there were more Kanye Wests in the world. Full Story »

TEPOZTLAN, Mexico - Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala was rounded up during a raid on a drug cartel's Christmas party in a wealthy gated community, a lavish night that showed the audacity of traffickers in gathering despite being hounded by police. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been placed in a temporary guardianship, court records show. Full Story »

Various Artists, "Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953: Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection" (JSP Records) Full Story »

Alicia Keys, "The Element of Freedom" (J Records) Full Story »

MIAMI - Federal authorities say Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton attempted to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - With more fads than folks at an "American Idol" audition, the past decade has been a difficult time to culturally define. One day, everyone was updating their MySpace profiles while sporting Ugg boots and sipping cosmopolitans. The next, they were creating Facebook pages while donning Ed Hardy T-shirts and downing energy drinks. Full Story »

PARIS - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says it's up to her husband to decide whether to run for a second term in office in 2012 but says "one term would satisfy me." Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The nation's capital got in the holiday spirit Sunday night when music legends Neil Diamond and Mary J. Blige performed for President Barack Obama at the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert. Full Story »

PARIS - French rock legend Johnny Hallyday had a botched operation in France and is now in a medically induced coma in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from surgery to fix the damage, his producer said. Full Story »

Courtesy of NME.com - 'Wavin' Flag: The Celebration Mix' will be used globally during the tournament Full Story »

Courtesy of NME.com -- Headliners for for 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival announced Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Michael Jackson next month will receive a posthumous Grammy for lifetime achievement, along with six other artists, organizers of the music industry's top awards said. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - To say Taylor Swift had a remarkable year would be a comic understatement. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Taylor Swift is forced to share a stage with Kaye West again. This time, she'll probably like the experience a bit better. Swift and West are side by side as Top Female and Top Male Artist of the Year on Billboard's year-end charts. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he was relieved that veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday appeared to be getting better after undergoing an operation this week at a Los Angeles hospital. Full Story »