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Johnny Cash April 10, a fire destroyed the home Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash shared for the last 35 years of their lives. The seven-bedroom, five-bath property and its lakefront lot, located in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee, were put on the market in June 2005. The home was sold for $2.

3 million to a Florida company owned by the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and his wife Linda. When they bought the property in January of last year, Barry said, "My wife Linda and I are determined to preserve it to honor their memory. We fell in love with it.

It's an incredible honor for us. We plan to use the home to write songs because of the musical inspiration." The fire is still under investigation, but reports say a spark might have ignited wood that was being treated with a preservative.

It took less than one hour for the house to burn to the ground.
New albums scheduled for release on April 17 include: "The Best Damn Thing" by Avril Lavigne, "Year Zero" by Nine Inch Nails, "Bucky" by 2006 "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington, "Fall" by Clay Walker, "Strength and Loyalty" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, At the End of Paths Taken" by Cowboy Junkies and "Rhinestoned" by Pam Tillis.
On April 21, the Hard Rock Caf e New York in Times Square will hold the "Icons of Music" auction to benefit Music Rising.

Music Rising is a campaign co-founded in 2005 by U2 guitarist The Edge to aid musicians along the Gulf Coast who lost their livelihood following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The auction will offer 200 pieces of music memorabilia, including items donated by member of U2, a pair of John Lennon's sunglasses, a guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix, a saxophone autographed by President Bill Clinton, a guitar hand-painted by Paul McCartney, and much more.
Country star Keith Urban will begin his 2007 world tour on April 19 in Munich, Germany. On May 11, he'll head to his native Australia to play six shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. U.

S. shows begin on June 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Urban's North American itinerary runs through September 22.

He'll be promoting his new CD, Love, Pain the Whole Crazy Thing.
On April 21, Gwen Stefani will kick off a North American tour in Las Vegas, Nevada. The outing will support her second solo album, The Sweet Escape.

Senegalese rapper Akon will join the tour beginning April 22. Concerts are scheduled to end June 23 in Irvine, California. Akon co-wrote, co-produced and is featured the title track of Stefani's latest album.

Alison Krauss Union Station will support their new retrospective, "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection," with a U.S. summer tour.

The 45-city trek begins on April 21 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is currently scheduled to wrap up on August 10 in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The group's new anthology includes five new songs.