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Here are a selection of box-set offerings this season:

LONDON (Reuters) - Irish rock band U2 are to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival on the 40th anniversary of the world's biggest green field arts and music event.

HOUSTON - Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death.

Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:

NEW YORK - To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars.

NEW YORK - A funny thing happened on the way through the program at the Richard Tucker Gala: The night's honoree, tenor Stephen Costello, nearly faded into the woodwork that panels Avery Fisher Hall.

NEW YORK - Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.

LOS ANGELES - During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and donning a tight T-shirt slathered with an image of David Bowie's face.

LONDON - Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.

LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

LOS ANGELES – On the eve of a hearing in the Michael Jackson estate, a lawyer for the singer's father filed a 60-page motion Monday that intensifies a bid to get money from his son's estate by making accusations of fraud against the administrators of his will.

Courtesy of NME.com - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has said that singer Steven Tyler has quit the band "as far as I can tell."

Courtesy of NME.com - Slash says White 'was the one guy [he] wanted to work with'

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

Courtesy of NME.com - 'We've already done bits and bobs,' he says

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

Courtesy of NME.com - Bono admits his band 'didn't pull off the pop songs'

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Roger Daltrey has dubbed his current solo jaunt the "Use It or Lose It" tour, but his show at the Nokia Theater on Friday demonstrated that sometimes you can use it and lose it as well.

Courtesy of NME.com - Motown sound singer to follow in footsteps of Lou Reed at Austin event

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

Courtesy of NME.com - Sectioned man accused of assault confined to hospital

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..." may feature holiday-inspired songs, but don't call it a Christmas album. "The whole season is much broader than that," he says. "Winter is about inspiration and imagination."

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A year ago, Kris Allen was attending the University of Central Arkansas, playing gigs at local bars and adjusting to life as a newlywed. Now, thanks to "American Idol," he's enough of a brand name that his major-label debut is self-titled.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - There's a hidden gem at the end of "Classic," the 13th album by Texas norteno group Intocable. The album covers a nostalgic collection of sentimental, accordion-packed songs made popular decades ago in a traditional, simple style. But wait just long enough and you'll hear why legions of fans have stuck with Intocable for 15 years.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When R&B artist Omarion sings, "I done cut the braids, low cut, got my grown on," in a raspy croon on his new single "I Get It In," he's referencing a turning point in his career.

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Plenty of artists pay lip service to loving their fans, but they usually limit their interaction to meet-and-greets, tweets and shout-outs from the stage. But 30 Seconds to Mars, which is about to release its third album, "This Is War," goes far beyond the usual platitudes and gestures.

NEW YORK - Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in "Suor Angelica" and fallen to the stage.