Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has given a huge free concert in London's Hyde Park to celebrate 30 years in opera. A crowd of 100,000 - out of an expected 250,000 - stood in the rain to watch Pavarotti perform 20 arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. It was the biggest outdoor music event in Hyde Park since the Rolling Stones performed there in 1969.
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Album played by the recently deceased (October 2009) composer, arranger, pianist, producer and director Manuel Gas. Here he plays a variety of mambo topics, including Perez Prado's hits and his creation ('Phenician mambo').

"Although Nascimento speaks little English," Ralph Gleason writes in the liner notes to this release, "he sings it with assurance and with articulation." In truth, the heavy production hand of Creed Taylor is felt at every point on this project, and the decision to have Nascimento sing in English on this US debut was just one more sign of how this artist was being groomed for crossover success on the pop charts. Taylor had been a behind-the-scenes player in the bossa nova fad, and no doubt saw Nascimento as Brazil's next great musical export.

Lemmy Kilminster, Devildriver, Sodom, Doro, Finntroll and Borknagar are just some of the artists locked and loaded to feature on the 20th anniversary tribute to Metallica’s Black Album.The album will be available in the September issue of the German Metal Hammer magazine from August 24th. To date, Metallica’s self-titles release; affectionately called ‘The Black Album’ has sold approximately 15,687,000 copies.

Hailing from New York, Splattered Entrails is the brainchild of Mike O’Hara (Malodorus, Cordectomy) and was formed in 2004. Having gone through numerous line-up changes over the years, Mike decided to move forward with Splattered Entrails as a one man project so he could really deliver on his vision for the band. This devastating death metal act will unleash their new full length album ‘Nauseate’ this August!‘Nauseate’ marks a new beginning for Splattered Entrails. This album is a huge leap forward from past efforts. More focused, determined, and with a completely refined sound, it’s a complex and shattering listening experience! For fans of: Saprogenic, Brodequin, Brutal Death Metal, Slam, Meshuggah.

Greatest T*ts is a greatest hits compilation album by Belgian electronic band Lords of Acid and the third hits set released by the band. It contains tracks originally appearing on the band's four studio albums Lust, Voodoo-U, Our Little Secret and Farstucker and was issued in the U.S. only by Sanctuary Records.

This fine Riverside debut by Adderley was cut just a few months after the alto saxophonist had contributed to Miles Davis' stellar Milestones release. Joining Adderley for the six tracks here are fellow Davis alumni Philly Joe Jones on drums and Bill Evans on piano. ~ AllMusic