MUSIC NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 30, 2016
BIEBER - SKRILLEX - ``SORRY'' HOOK - LAWSUIT
Skrillex's response to a lawsuit that he and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber ripped off another songwriter for the song ``Sorry'' is, ``SORRY but we didn't steal this.''
Skrillex posted a video on Twitter showing how he manipulated a vocal track by co-songwriter Julia Michaels to get the hook for ``Sorry.''
Singer-songwriter Casey Dienel is suing Skrillex and Bieber, saying ``Sorry'' uses a vocal riff from her song ``Ring the Bell.''
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LADY GAGA - INDY 500
Lady Gaga was a last-minute substitute for Keith Urban at the Indy 500.
Urban was supposed to be in the pace car with 1969 Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti yesterday, but Urban injured his back.
Lady Gaga rode with Andretti before the race in a custom-built, two-seat Indy car.
She gave team owner Michael Andretti a kiss on the cheek before the race.
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ROBERT DELONG - FACE-PAINTERS
Go to a Robert DeLong show and you might end up with face paint.
DeLong says that started with his art-student friends, who would paint their faces when they'd go out.
When he started playing shows, they'd show up with their faces painted, and soon other people wanted it too.
DeLong's girlfriend created teams to go into the audience to paint faces of anyone who wanted it.
DeLong says people open up when their faces are painted, because it's like wearing a mask and allows them to have more fun.
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BEACH BOYS - MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
The Beach Boys, Trace Adkins and Katharine McPhee were among those who performed at the annual National Memorial Day Concert in Washington D-C.
The artists were joined on the West Lawn of the U-S Capitol by retired Gen. Colin Powell and others who made speeches at the annual event to remember the nation's war dead.
The event was broadcast on P-B-S.
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WASHINGTON STATE - WOODY GUTHRIE
Saturday was ``Woody Guthrie Day'' in the state of Washington to mark 75 years since he travelled through there composing songs about the area.
The Grand Coulee Dam held a celebration of Guthrie's 1941 songs that include ``Roll on Columbia,'' ''Pastures of Plenty`` and ''The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done.``
The Bonneville Power Administration in Portland had hired Guthrie to write the songs for use in a documentary about Columbia River hydropower.
The documentary was put on hold when World War II started and finally was released in 1949 as ``The Columbia.''
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(The Associated Press)
