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AP - David Bowie has selected comedian Ricky Gervais and The Arcade Fire, among other acts, to perform at the inaugural High Line Festival in Manhattan.

AP - Chris Sligh, the curly headed contestant from South Carolina who was voted off "American Idol" this week, said he considered quitting the show two weeks before viewers sent him packing.

AP - Michael Jackson is "a little bit under the weather," but hasn't sought hospital treatment, his spokeswoman said.

E! Online - So much for the Dream.

ABC has given the hook to The Great American Dream Vote, the Donny Osmond-hosted reality show in which a studio audience and viewers gave contestants a chance to fulfill their wildest dreams.

Reuters - Thinking of sending your band's demo CD to a music label in the hope of landing a deal? Don't try SonyBMG, who want to sample your music online instead.

Yahoo! Music - Paul Weller spat on a photograph of Sting backstage at his charity show with Noel Gallagher in London earlier this week, according to reports. More Info...  

E! Online - What's wrong with Michael Jackson? There may be a number of answers to that question.

Reuters - There hasn't been much heard from the Limp Bizkit camp in quite some time, but the group's ex-guitarist, Wes Borland, will soon change that.

Music News Reuters - Palestinians launched a campaign on Thursday to enter next year's Eurovision song contest, hoping to go head to head with contestants from Israel and other countries. More Info...  

AP - Eric Clapton is having a jam session with more than a dozen of his favorite guitar-playing pals, and everyone is invited. Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, scheduled July 28 in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview, Ill., will benefit Crossroads Centre, the drug-rehab facility he founded in Antigua a decade ago. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

AP - Some singers take two-year breaks between albums. Rihanna is working on her third disc, just two years after releasing her first. "It's a nonstop pace, very speedily, and Def Jam does not play, that's all I can tell you," she joked of her record label in an interview with The Associated Press. "We just keep going and going — it's fun, we make sure that we have fun while we do it."

AP - LCD Soundsystem, "Sound of Silver" (DFA-Capitol): LCD Soundsystem, the brainchild of DFA Records founder and producer James Murphy, is once again biting and audacious on "Sound of Silver." More Info...  

Reuters - The Rolling Stones have denied a Fox News web report that they will play the Live Earth show in Britain on July 7.

AP - Paul Moravec, who has composed more than 90 works and won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in music, has been named artist in residence at the think tank where Albert Einstein pondered the universe.

Reuters - The world's largest annual harp festival opens in Edinburgh on Friday after playing its way into the Guinness Book of World Records with a 25th anniversary concert in the Scottish capital last year.

Reuters - Former Soft Cell principal Marc Almond will release his first album in four years in June, as he slowly returns to regular duties after a near-fatal motorcycle crash in 2004. More Info...  

Reuters - R&B singer Akon landed his second No. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, as "Don't Matter" jumped two places to the top.

E! Online - Even velvety pipes get rundown every once in awhile.

E! Online - May 22 will be the greatest day for Pumpkinheads.

AP - Jennifer Lopez, who has proudly declared herself "just a girl from the Bronx," delighted fans in her old neighborhood by appearing at a local record store to sign autographs and promote her first all-Spanish album.