The right trajectory for Spoon (AP)

AP - Britt Daniel can't resist some dry humor when asked what it means to him that his band, Spoon, sold out a gig at New York's prestigious and spacious Radio City Music Hall weeks in advance.

Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer (AP)

AP - Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.

Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies (AP)

AP - Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of musicians through his work with Big Star, died Wednesday in New Orleans. He was 59.

Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace (AP)

AP - Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace.