Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Funk band War tells PepsiCo they're not friends (AP)

AP - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case (AP)

AP - An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son's multimillion dollar estate.

Katy Perry tops U.S. album chart for first time (Reuters)

Reuters - Katy Perry achieved her first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, ending Eminem's reign of seven nonconsecutive weeks.

Miranda Lambert garners five CMA nominations (Reuters)

Reuters - Texas country music singing sensation Miranda Lambert captured five Country Music Association nominations on Tuesday in three categories and will compete against her fiance Blake Shelton when the CMA hands out its annual awards on November 10.

Eminem and Katy Perry lead U.S. singles chart (Reuters)

Reuters - Eminem led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday with "Love the Way You Lie," while Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moved up one to No. 2, swapping places with Taio Cruz's "Dynamite."

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)

AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

Bob Dylan's paintings on show in Danish gallery (Reuters)

Reuters - Forty new paintings by American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan go on show this weekend in Denmark, but museum-goers will hardly find "Blowin' in the Wind" or references to other famous lyrics in the pictures.

Rapper T.I. arrested for drug possession in LA (Reuters)

Reuters - Rapper T.I. has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing ecstasy, police said on Thursday.

Irish crowd pelt Gun N' Roses after lengthy wait (Reuters)

Reuters - American rock band Guns N' Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late -- and then left the stage after being pelted with plastic glasses.