Van Halen is trying to make their biggest "jump" yet — into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with potential 2007 classmates such as R.E.M., Chic, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Ticketmaster will be expanding into China beginning with the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

U.K. papers are naming MTV co-founder Robert Pittman as the leading bidder for Hard Rock Café, the restaurant chain put up for sale by British leisure company Rank Group.

The Academy of Country Music has moved its headquarters.

Klaus Renft, one of the very few rock stars to make an impact in the old communist East Germany, has died of cancer at the age of 64.

Perth stadium Subiaco Oval will introduce joint ticketing, where music and sports fans attending events will have the cost of train or bus fare included in the tickets.

Casino and entertainment entrepreneur Robert Earl has become the third U.S.-based businessman to buy into an English Premiership soccer team by acquiring 23 percent of Everton.

Tory leader David Cameron made a play for the "cool" vote by inviting American hip-hop artist Rhymefest to the House Of Commons for a chat.

Prince may be taking Sin City by storm – and opening a nightclub in the Rio's former Club Rio space, according to rumors in a Las Vegas Review-Journal column.