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Musical diplomacy, and tears, in NKorea (AP)

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The New York Philharmonic's unprecedented concert could herald warmer ties between North Korea and the United States. After three encores, some musicians left the stage in tears as the audience waved fondly.

Between horn fanfares and the flourishes of the conductor's baton, the U.S. and North Korea found common ground in a concert Tuesday that spanned American and Korean musical traditions.

Whether the feeling lingers after the music will depend on the North's compliance with an international push to rid it of nuclear weapons.

After the New York Philharmonic played the last notes of the folk song "Arirang," the adoring audience stood and applauded enthusiastically, waving to the m

LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea invited guitar legend EricClapton to play in its capital, the communist country's embassyin London said on Tuesday as the New York Philharmonic gave ahistoric performance in the hermit state.

An embassy spokesman said a letter had been sent toClapton's agent asking the musician to perform in Pyongyang.

"If he plays a concert in Pyongyang it will be a goodopportunity for the Korean people to understand Western music,"the spokesman said.

"He is a world-famous guitarist. Eric Clapton is quite wellknown not only in the U.K. but in the entire world," he said."So it would be fantastic if he would come to play inPyongyang."

Such a concert

NEW YORK - Maxim magazine has apologized for publishing a negative review of the Black Crowes' new album by a writer who hadn't listened to the whole CD.

The review in Maxim's March issue gives the Crowes' "Warpaint" a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five. The band posted an exasperated statement on its Web site last week saying the Maxim writer hadn't heard the entire album because advance copies weren't available. The Crowes' manager, Pete Angelus, said the magazine explained that its review was an "educated guess."

Maxim editorial director James Kaminsky responded Tuesday with this statement: "It is Maxim's editorial policy to assign star ratings only to those albums that have been heard in their entir

LONDON - North Korean officials have invited rock guitarist Eric Clapton to play a concert in the communist state, a diplomat at the country's embassy in London said.

The diplomat confirmed reports in the British media that Clapton had been officially invited to Pyongyang — the first such invitation to a Western rock star to the isolated nation.

"Eric Clapton is a well-known musician and guitarist, famous throughout the world," said the official, who declined to give his name, Tuesday. "It will be a good opportunity for Western music to be understood better by Koreans."

Clapton's North Korean debut may not be imminent, however.

Spokeswoman Kristen Foster said the 62-year-old musician had not ag

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famed NeverlandValley Ranch in California will be foreclosed and sold on March19 unless the pop star pays a balance of nearly $25 million,property records showed on Tuesday.

FoxNews.com celebrity columnist Roger Friedman reported onthe Web site (www.foxnews.com) that Jackson has been formallyapprised of the foreclosure and that legal documents have alsobeen filed with the Santa Barbara County Recorder's office.

"You are in default of a deed of trust ...," Jackson wastold in the five-page filing, according to a copy of thedocument published by FoxNews.com. "Unless you take action toprotect your property it may be sold at a public sale."

Eddie Money is going country (AP)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Eddie Money is going country. The veteran rocker is working on an album featuring countrified remakes of some of his early hits, including "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Hard Life."

The first single from "The Other Side of Money," a new version of "Give Me Some Water" recorded in Nashville with backing vocals by Grammy winner Vince Gill and co-produced by John Ford Coley, is scheduled to be released this weekend.

The album is a production of Big 7 Records, a small country record label based in Northern California, where Money began his career.

Dennis Sanfillipo, who co-founded Big 7 with some of the millions he won in the state lottery 16 years ago, has known the gravelly v

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