BERLIN — Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. Read more

MALMO, Sweden — Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: It's the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more

LOS ANGELES — Randy Jackson isn't sure which budding diva will take the crown on "American Idol." Read more

BOSTON — Andris (AHN'-driss) Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Read more

LONDON — Hit boy band One Direction has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014. Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like - the cover for "Modern Vampires of the City" is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a smoggy New York skyline. Read more

LOS ANGELES — With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One by one the teenage singers practice the opening lines to "Boogie Wonderland," a disco-funk hit from an era before they were born, as dancers work on hip-swinging moves that require perfect choreography. Read more

Amy Grant, "How Mercy Looks From Here" (Capitol Christian) Read more

LOS ANGELES — The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook. Read more

LOS ANGELES — For most of the last three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal singers of the best-selling 1970s Swedish quartet, best known for the pop classic "Dancing Queen." Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night. Read more

MELBOURNE, Australia — The lead singer of the 1960s Australian folk-pop group The Seekers is recovering from a brain hemorrhage suffered after a concert. Read more

SINGAPORE — Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday of six church leaders accused of embezzling more than $40 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement's founder. Read more

NEW YORK — Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album "Bankrupt!" was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix." Read more

Eve, "Lip Lock" (From The Rib/RED) Read more

BOSTON — A defamation lawsuit filed by the founder of the rock group Boston against the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer was reinstated Tuesday by the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Read more

ATLANTA — Rapper Gucci Mane has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge stemming from an altercation with a fan at a downtown Atlanta nightclub. Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own. Read more

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist and was considering using a teleprompter to help him perform some of his songs during his ill-fated comeback concerts, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the pop superstar told a jury Tuesday. Read more