News …

Who doesn’t want Paul McCartney performing in Israel? Well … it’s complicated – The Times Online U.K.

Nokia has “Comes With Music” and Sony Ericsson has “PlayNow Plus.” But how free is the free music? – BBC News / dot.life

Will MySpace Music save change the music biz? – CNN

Everlast gets the buzz again – Great Falls Tribune

Remember all those news stories last month claiming Bruce Springsteen would appear at the Democratic National Convention? Here’s how rumors start – Poynter Online

U2 tour manager Dennis Sheehan to receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award – The Parnelli Awards / PRNewswire / press release

Views …

Darius Rucker in Minneapolis – “As a Nike cap-wearing Nashville neophyte, Darius Rucker sure showed Minneapolis country fans a good time Tuesday night.” – Minneapolis / St. Paul Star Tribune

The Swell Season in Columbus, Ohio – “Group builds upon hit film’s successThe group came on in stages, and then only after singer Glen Hansard first brought on a couple of friends from Bell X1 who were playing nearby in the Basement.” – The Columbus Dispatch

Sigur Ros in Toronto – ” … treated a sold out Massey Hall to a stunning set filled with cascading feedback, bowed-guitar distortion and gorgeous melodies.” Eye Weekly

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in Portland, Oregon – “It was Cave’s 51st birthday – ‘I am disgracefully old’ – but he acted like there was no place he’d rather be than turning his obsessions into art on a Monday night in Portland.” – The Oregonian

Alanis Morissette in Boston – ” … keeps devoted crowd in her pocket.” – The Boston Globe

They Say It’s Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)

Herb Jeffries is 97

Sonny Turner (The Platters) is 69

Barbara Allbut (The Angels) is 68

Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut (The Angels) is 66

Gerry Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) is 66

Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 46

Marty Cintron (No Mercy) is 37

Juan DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 33