CONCERTS AND SHOWS: Around New Haven, Sept. 3 - 9

Here are the selected local concert events from this week's edition of Weekend. To browse more events, or submit your own, go to www.nhregister.com/events. What shows you plan on catching?

Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11 anniversary

Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast in Italy. The celebrated Italian opera star was among those invited to Ground Zero to commemorate the victims.

Concerts ruled out in favor of practical investments

2008 Ludacris concert was not the best use of student money, leaders say. ...

Rainy days and great concerts mark PNE's 100th anniversary

Despite enduring the rainiest August day on record and a rainy/overcast Labour Day, more than 900,000 people attended this year’s 100th anniversary edition of the PNE fair.

Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11

Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast.

San Jose Hosts Internationally Acclaimed Music Exhibition

From ragtime to Rachmaninoff, impromptu concerts were being played on the 20 pianos Monday set up the week before as part of a new art exhibit called "Play Me I'm Yours."

Ex-Guns N' Roses bassist leaves Jane's Addiction (Reuters)

Reuters - Rock band Jane's Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N' Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post.

Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist (Reuters)

Reuters - A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

Harman Unveils Quincy Jones Headphone Line by AKG (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - Headphones used to be the realm of audio nerds and vinyl collectors, but the digital music revolution has brought headphones to the masses…and made the masses aware that most consumer headphones are pretty awful. Harman is the latest to jump on the celebrity-endorsed headphone bandwagon, but instead of banking on pop stars like Lady Gaga, Harmon is adding a touch of cool to the mix, announcing its Quincy Jones Signature Line of headphones by AKG.

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley Announce Free Relief Concerts Recap

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley have both announced free concerts

Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley Announce Free Relief Concerts

A top story from this week. Bon Jovi and Brad Paisley have both announced free concerts

Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena (AP)

AP - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed.

Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)

AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

Hanoi concerts to celebrate Chopin’s 200th birthday

Hanoi will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin’s birth with two concerts on September 7 and 8 at the Hanoi Opera House.

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.

Apple's jump into social networking not a slam-dunk (Reuters)

Reuters - For all the innovations Apple has brought to the market through the years, it's also a pretty good follower.

Jaripeo tour brings music, rodeo to arenas (Reuters)

Reuters - At a time when economic woes and immigration crackdowns are hurting the Latin music touring business, big, showy productions would seem to be a thing of the past.

Veteran group Banda el Recodo still going strong (Reuters)

Reuters - After more than seven decades in the business, seminal act Banda el Recodo remains one of the top-selling groups in the genre of brass-based Mexican music. Founded in 1938 by Cruz Lizarraga, the band has continued to thrive through the years thanks to Lizarraga's two sons, Joel and Alfonso, who have adapted the traditional banda format to multiple musical styles and contemporary arrangements.

KT Tunstall finds new musical edge on "Tiger Suit" (Reuters)

Reuters - At a recent media showcase in London, KT Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield," she told the assembled press.

Katy Perry's chart-topper sparks new sales worries (Reuters)

Reuters - The Capitol release bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, thanks to first-week sales of 192,000 units in the United States, the ninth-best debut week so far this year, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Parenthood hasn't mellowed Sleater-Kinney's Tucker (Reuters)

Reuters - The prevailing cultural attitude, at least for the middle-class, Caucasian, Western world, seems to be that the moment a woman gives birth, her taste in culture dies. "Mom blogs" peddle mewling folk singers, and your infant suddenly determines not only your musical preferences, but your outlook on life.

Sharon Corr steps out as solo artist (Reuters)

Reuters - Five years after Irish sibling band the Corrs took a prolonged sabbatical, violinist Sharon Corr is back in a new role, as lead vocalist on her debut solo album, "Dream of You."

Rosanne Cash certain she'll write second memoir (Reuters)

Reuters - Rosanne Cash has worn many hats through the years -- country music star, acclaimed singer-songwriter, mother of five and firstborn child of the legendary Johnny Cash.

Calif. judge: rapper 40 Glocc must heed gang ban (AP)

AP - A judge has ruled that a rapper known as 40 Glocc who touted his gang member status in songs and videos is subject to a 2008 gang injunction barring him from an apartment complex in his hometown of Colton.

Google plans to sell music online (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, which dominates via its iTunes Music Stores, accounting for 70% of all U.S. digital music sales. It rose 1.5% to 470.30.

German court rules against YouTube over copyright (AP)

AP - A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.

Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says (AP)

AP - Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday.

Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions' (AP)

AP - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together.

Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company Claims (PC World)

PC World - It's the kind of ironic story that news editors find irresistible. Apple makes big announcement about a social network for music lovers. When music lovers go hunting for the service, they end up in some Internet backwater. They like what they find there and the little guy gets a boost in business thanks to the big guy's big marketing budget.

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

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

Apple: The King of Digital Music (PC World)

PC World - Behold the King of music, circa 2010. We aren't talking about Elvis here. Apple's iPod still reigns supreme. And judging from the impressive new crop of iPods announced this week along with an update to iTunes, Apple 's dominance of the digital music world seems solid -- at least for now.

iTunes Ping: The Missing Thing (Mashable)

Mashable - Apple this week launched Ping, a new social network that runs within the iTunes software.

iTunes Ping's Latest Problem: Spam (Mashable)

Mashable - iTunes Ping is apparently full of spam, yet another hiccup in Apple's road to establishing a legitimate social network.

ArtPrize announces concerts with Natasha Bedingfield, David Archuleta, Hot Chelle Rae and Surfer Blood

The free concerts will be held downtown. Find out the details.

Digital Trends' Top 5 Viral Videos of the Week, September 3, 2010 (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - If Bill and Ted were able to jump back in time and convince John Logie Baird (the man arguably responsible for transmitting the first moving image back in 1925) to return with them to the present day in their telephone-booth time machine, Baird would likely be baffled and shocked by the long, strange, evolutionary twists to video that have resulted in the rise of the viral video clip.Â Then he would probably laugh himself sick when he saw his wonderful technology being used to capture that most personal and hilarious of moments when a guy gets hit in the junk, or a fat guy sings a techno song.

`American Idol' adds L.A. audition on Sept. 22 (AP)

AP - "American Idol" is expanding the talent search for its next season with an audition in Los Angeles later this month.

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.

Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10 (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - As youâre aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changesâboth expected and not so.

Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (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.