BRUSSELS, Belgium The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers.

Due in stores Tuesday:

DETROIT This will be a most eventful summer for Ted Nugent.

Mike Gordon is certainly no stranger to festivals - the former Phish bassist practically pioneered the modern concept with Phish festivals in the '90s - but it's been a while since he's ventured out on his own.

NEWPORT, R.I. Live from Newport: it's Chevy Chase. Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of "Saturday Night Live" will host the Newport Jazz Festival for the second year in a row.

NEW ORLEANS From her rebuilt but not yet fully furnished home, Irma Thomas anchors her faith in the rebirth of New Orleans to the return of the Essence Music Festival.

JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLERS CHOICE, "Blue Side of the Blue Ridge," Rebel. 12 tracks.

Sitting on a beach or by the pool with a guide to summer reading, but no advice on what's rocking the Latin music world? Look no further. Here are a few albums that could make this a summer to remember.

The Texas trio Los Lonely Boys is captured in unadorned form on the group's third studio album, "Forgiven" (2 stars, out on Epic Records), but too many derivative and underwritten songs turn this promising outing into an uninspired one.

It's a tricky thing, making music that bears the influence of Bob Dylan as much as "Wagonwheel Blues" does, while still sounding utterly fresh.

RAY SCOTT "Crazy Like Me" (Jethropolitan Records) 3 stars

MINNEAPOLIS - Sheila E was coming to Minnesota for a wedding recently so she decided to bring her family band along - not to play at her godson's reception but to do a rare club engagement.

LONDON Queen, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse and a host of African stars joined tens of thousands of music fans Friday to salute Nelson Mandela at a concert honoring the South African statesman's 90th birthday.

NEW YORK - "OK, how about 'Living on a Prayer'?" the young man asked his friend as they sat down at the beat-up organ to play a duet.

He's a joker, a space cowboy and a master of the radio hook.

DETROIT - Maybe it's the result of tightening economics in the concert industry. Perhaps it's a reflection of our changing music tastes. Maybe we're just finally catching up with Europe.

Santa Cruz-based, Georgia-raised STS9 is a five-member, all-instrumental band that combines live instruments with computer and synth samples to create an electro-live sound with grooves that move from dance-oriented to chill-out.

Brendan Benson and bluegrass? Cult tunesmith Jon Brion and the new Robert Plant & Alison Krauss collaboration?