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ELTON: Food Poisoning Axes Shows

Elton John canceled hisMillion Dollar Piano shows in Las Vegas over the weekend due to food poisoning. His upcoming dates in Mexico, which start Friday, will not be impacted

CARLY SIMON: Being Honored by ASCAP

Carly Simon will be honored at ASCAP's 29th Annual Pop Music Awards on April 18th. The singer-songwriter will receive the performance rights organization's Founders Award in recognition of her "exceptional contributions to music, inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators." Previous Founders Award recipients include Ashford & Simpson, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Patti Smith, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young.

ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams says in a statement: "Carly Simon has always poured her heart and soul into her songwriting, and in the process she has helped re-write the rule book on what popular music can achieve and how it can profoundly change people's lives."

PETER FRAMPTON: Les Paul Comes Alive...Again

Saturday night will be a very special one for Peter Frampton. It will be the first time he'll play his black 1954 Gibson Les Paul since 1980 when he takes the stage at New York's Beacon Theatre. Featured on the cover of his Frampton Comes Alive album, the guitar was believed to have been lost forever when the cargo plane that was carrying it to a show in Panama crashed on the Caribbean island of Curacao in 1980. But it was discovered last year, although nobody seems to know where, and has been completely refurbished at the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville. Tomorrow night's show, part of his Frampton Comes Alive 35th anniversary tour, will be filmed for a DVD.

Paul McCartney's new standards collection, Kisses on the Bottom, will debut at number-five on next week's Billboard album chart after selling 74,000 copies its first week in stores. It's his 18th top 10 solo release. McCartney's last album, 2007's Memory Almost Full, debuted at number-three after selling 160,000 copies its first week. That was his second-highest debut in the SoundScan era, behind 1997's Flaming Pie, which checked in at number-two.