Streaming music services like Spotify and We7 will generate £696m for the global music industry in 2012, a rise of 40%, new research suggests.

Michael Jackson's father has dropped a case of wrongful death against the former doctor convicted of causing the singer's death.

More than 400,000 visitors have seen Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture, The Kiss, since it went on display in Kent.

Robert Wayne Birch, bass player in Elton John's touring band, is found dead in an apparent suicide, aged 56.

Four Seasons singer Frankie Valli is to provide competition for Jersey Boys, the stage show about his group, when he plays a run on Broadway later this year.

Channel 5 announces the contestants taking part in this year's Celebrity Big Brother.

The former Oasis star reveals that he turned down an invitation to play at the Olympics closing ceremony after organisers asked him to mime.

Koffi Olomide, one of Africa's most popular singers, is charged with the assault of his producer and held in custody overnight in DR Congo.