JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

  LOS ANGELES- The Rolling Stones has rocked a packed house in Los Angeles on the opening night of their North American "50 and Counting" tour, but only after websites slashed ticket prices and the band released additional cheap seats at the last minute. The 17-date tour is the veteran British ...

quetta - Bomb blasts and rocket attacks rocked parts of Balochistan on Thursday.Sources said unidentified attackers carried out a blast in Sariab locality of Quetta, throwing the entire area in panic. However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported in the explosion. In Khuzdar district, ...

    KABUL More than 400 Afghan women and girls jumped from their seats, screaming and even headbanging to rock and rap music at an all-female music festival in the capital of Kabul, which organisers say was the largest such event in the country’s history. It may also be one of the ...

LAHORE (PR): Fanta, the most fun-filled Orange Sparkling brand, has launched a talent hunt in schools across Pakistan to find young gifted singers for recording a Fanta song and music video. The initiative, appropriately named ‘Fanta Rocks’ will be spearheaded by renowned Rock Band ...

SYDNEY - Hollywood star Russell Crowe led tributes Tuesday to Australia’s “Queen of Rock” Chrissy Amphlett who died in New York after a long battle with cancer.“Dear Chrissie, The last time I saw you was in the (Sydney) Botanic Gardens, loving life and reciting verse. ...

LOS ANGELES - A star-studded crowd gathered to celebrate the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, as Oprah Winfrey and Usher gathered to pay homage to the likes of Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman and Rush.Disco queen Summer, producer Jones and comedy-rock singer Newman were inducted ...

ISLAMABAD - University of Lahore (UOL) won the Inter-varsity Rock Climbing Championship which concluded here at Saidpur Village on Tuesday. The championship was organised by International Islamic University Islamabad on behalf of the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Talking to this scribe, ...

PARIS - What looked like being a fairly straightforward assignment in Kazakhstan for Davis Cup holders the Czech Republic has turned into a quarter-final minefield following the late withdrawal of top player Tomas Berdych.The towering Berdych, who led the Czechs to glory in the team competition ...

Three explosions struck central locations in the city including a grenade attack on a police van and a remote controlled bomb blast outside the office of a political party leader here in Karachi on Saturday.According to police, a remote-controlled bomb containing two to three kilograms of ...

THE Prince of Wales showed off his rock and roll dance moves in Christchurch, but initially had to be persuaded by the Duchess of Cornwall to join in. The royal couple was visiting Christchurch in New Zealand to learn how its residents have rebuilt their lives following last year’s ...

FILM action hero The Rock single-handedly tackled a gang of burglars on the set of his latest movie. The 40-year-old former wrestler sprang into action when the youths tried breaking into vans containing expensive equipment in Hackney, East London. The Rock - real name Dwayne Johnson - was dressed ...

California (BBC)- Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who performed with artists including Van Morrison, has died at the age of 64. His booking agent, Jim Douglas, said he had been battling prostate cancer. In 1973, he formed a band named after himself, but also performed with a number of rockers, ...

BEIRUT - An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program would set the Middle East ablaze, possibly drag in the United States and unleash a conflict beyond the Jewish state’s control, the deputy head of Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said. World oil prices have risen to ...

SAO PAULO  - Brazilian archeologists have discovered an ancient rock carving they say is at least 10,000 years old, making it the oldest human carving in the Americas.The claim, detailed in an article in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE, opens the controversial debate over when and how ...

NEW DELHI - Mumbai police has filed a case against a rock band, M Majors for cheating Australian cricketer Brett Lee after getting orders from a local court. Brett Lee has alleged that he was cheated by the band. The organisers had promised to pay him Rs 10 lakh for the concert he performed along ...

KANO - Suspected Islamists threw explosives and fired at a Nigerian military checkpoint on Wednesday, igniting a gunbattle in the city of Kano where attacks in January killed 185, military sources and a witness said. “Our checkpoint ...came under attack this morning by gunmen believed to be ...

TRIPOLI  - Fresh tribal clashes erupted Tuesday in Libya’s remote southeastern desert, with one man saying five members of his clan had been killed, a toll that could not be independently verified.Clashes between the Zwai and the Toubu tribes in the town of Kufra broke out for a third ...

DAMASCUS - Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria’s second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people on Friday, state media said, as rebels accused the regime of carrying out the attacks as a diversion.The explosions came as tank-backed troops advanced on pockets of resistance in the ...

SANAA (AFP) - Four explosions rocked an airbase in Sanaa on Sunday, setting two fighter jets on fire and prompting the closure of the Yemeni capitals international airport, aviation officials said. There were four explosions at the air force base alongside the international airport and two fighter ...

THE Black Eyed Peas are set to perform at the 2011 Kids Choice Awards. Fergie and her band will perform a medley of their hottest hits on the April 2 Nickelodeon telecast. Im so stoked for the Kids Choice Awards. I hope we dont get slimed USmagazine.com quoted the star as saying. The six-time ...

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A 25-tonne rock has emerged as a star of the Christchurch earthquake, gaining a name, a personality and a value, as well as becoming a symbol of the devastation the quake wreaked. Rocky the giant boulder, which destroyed Phil Johnsons hillside home nine days ago, has been listed ...

DWAYNE Johnson wants to be Superman The actor, known as 'The Rock', has insisted hes not in talks to play the superhero - but joked hed be perfect for the role. Johnson - who is rumoured to be on the shortlist to play the superhero - said he was friends with the new movies director Zack Snyder but ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Giving a whole new meaning to Lady Gaga, a British granny is proving youre never too old to get down, rocking top clubs on both sides of the Atlantic as a DJ at the grand old age of 69. Ruth Flowers, aka Mamy Rock, is a politely-spoken grandmother from Bristol in southwest ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Fears that the eurozone debt crisis will spread continued to take their toll on Asian markets Thursday, as stocks fell and the euro hovered near one-year lows following deadly riots in Greece. Violent demonstrations in Athens, where three people were killed in a bank firebombing, ...

KARACHI (AFP) - Gumby, a diminutive pony-tailed drummer, believes Pakistani rock music is vibrant enough to withstand pockets of extremism and shield society at large from Western fears of the Taliban. Ive been in the industry more than two decades and have seen Pakistani music rise, fall and rise ...

LONDON (AFP) Crisis club Portsmouth remained four points adrift at the foot of the English Premier League as Birmingham City gained revenge on their FA Cup conquerors with a 2-1 win at Fratton Park on Tuesday. Portsmouth, the 2008 FA Cup winners, beat Birmingham 2-0 at their south coast home on ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will the Mad Men of US television score a second Emmy best drama victory and can anyone stop comic actress Tina Fey and 30 Rock? The US television industry bestows its highest honors on Sunday at the 61st Prime Time Emmy Awards in a ceremony hosted by actor Neil Patrick ...

LONDON (AFP) - The future of British rock group Oasis was plunged into doubt Saturday after lead guitarist Noel Gallagher dramatically announced he was quitting because he can no longer work with his brother Liam. Its with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight, Noel ...

Umar Gul is by far the best Twenty20 bowler in the world today. He is fast, accurate and at you all the time. Unlike the other strike bowlers he doesn't opens the bowling for the side and rather comes into bowl towards the end of the innings where he thwarts the opposition batsmen when they are ...