SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The government has established new detailed rules for censoring domestic pop songs harmful to minors in order to enhance the objectivity of the process, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said on Monday. The ministry has come under fire for applying too strict standards when choosing local music albums to ban from being sold to those younger than 19. The ministry said ...

PARIS (AFP) ― Two years after a bitter blow-up with his brother Liam drew the curtain on Britpop sensation Oasis, Noel Gallagher makes the jump from “sideman” to frontman as his solo debut hits shelves on Monday. “I was a sideman for 20 years and I fucking loved it,” said the 44-year-old, who always cut the quieter figure as guitarist and main songwriter for Oasis, while the wilder Liam supplied...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. singing superstar Beyonce acknowledged Tuesday that her latest video was inspired by the work of a Belgian choreographer who has threatened to sue for plagiarism. But the singer said her “Countdown” video had other influences, and noted that it had already been viewed by 2 million people and could generate publicity for the Belgian work “Rosas danst Rosas” or “Rosas danc...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- As a child growing up in Iceland, Bjork would compose music in her head as she walked to school. The cadence of her footsteps became the rhythm. The dramatic landscapes of her homeland became the inspiration. In her new album, Bjork says she fuses that natural world with iPad apps to invent a music genre she calls an “appbox.” “Biophilia” -- and a host of application...

NEW YORK (AP) ― When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition ― and chaos. Entering the new millennium, albums were enjoying blockbuster sales of several million units for its superstar artists, and profits were booming. Yet the threat of Napster and other forms of illegal downloading threatened to eviscerate those profits as m...

CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) ― Michael Jackson’s three children helped 40,000 fans honor the late pop legend Saturday as the “Michael Forever” show in Wales overcame a troubled build up to end on a high note. There had been doubts over whether the tribute show would go ahead after months of controversy, but the presence of Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Blanket along with a star line-...