Richie Sambora to miss part of Bon Jovi tour
TRENTON, N.J. -- Guitarist Richie Sambora will not be performing with Bon Jovi during the current leg of the band's Because We Can tour.

NEW YORK -- Call it satisfaction: The Rolling Stones have announced a nine-city tour.
TRENTON, N.J. -- Guitarist Richie Sambora will not be performing with Bon Jovi during the current leg of the band's Because We Can tour.
UNDATED -- Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial for a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's family against the concert promoter behind the pop star's concert tour that claims the company is liable for his June 2009 death.
NEW YORK -- Steve Buscemi will direct a live stream of a Vampire Weekend concert to debut a new season of "Unstaged."
NEW YORK -- Robin Thicke's new music video is too hot for YouTube.
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Local residents say that U.S. pop diva Madonna has arrived in Malawi for an unannounced visit.
CHICAGO -- The Cure will make their first Lollapalooza appearance in the festival's more than 20-year history this summer, joining fellow headliners Mumford and Sons, The Killers and Nine Inch Nails, Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell announced Monday.
UNDATED -- Like film director Tim Burton, the Band Perry puts an entertaining spin on the darker aspects of life and love. With their second album "Pioneer," singer Kimberly Perry and her brothers Neil and Reid continue to blend sinister and innocent in deliciously fresh ways.
NEW YORK -- Maroon 5 says they're working on a new album, but before that the pop-rockers will launch a summer tour that finds the fivesome playing outdoors.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Kiss frontman Gene Simmons made a surprise appearance at a Sioux Falls benefit concert Saturday, where he spoke of music's power to positively shape children's lives.
BERLIN -- Justin Bieber had to leave a monkey in quarantine after landing in Germany last week without the necessary papers for the animal, an official said Saturday.
NEW YORK -- Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery, his family said. He was 79.
NEW YORK -- Lil Wayne says he's an epileptic and has had seizures for years.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- As a Boys Club kid growing up in the South Dakota city of Sioux Falls, Chuck Brennan never had the opportunity to learn an electric guitar lick or pound out a lengthy drum solo.
UNDATED -- It’s getting harder for Justin Bieber to hold onto his squeaky clean image.
NEW YORK -- Justin Timberlake's comeback album has sold nearly 1 million units its first week out.
CALABASAS, Calif. -- Justin Bieber's neighbor in Southern California has accused the pop singer of battery and making threats during an argument.
UNDATED -- The Strokes spent the past six years burning through all the leeway earned with once being declared saviors of rock `n' roll. The synth-heavy "Comedown Machine" is hardly a letdown of last-straw proportions. It also wasn't made to woo anyone back.
OneRepublic continues to show that the group's musical rapport is as strong as ever on their third album, "Native."
Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being II" album opens with a familiar sound -- someone's flicking a lighter. It's Weezy's sonic signature, a long-running nod to the weed, women, booze and bravado that has shaped so many of his musical releases, including his latest.