Ecopolitics: Why Japan Risks Its Place In the World to Hunt Whales

- The aging Irish balladeer Chris de Burgh is so revered that he trumped the mullahs' dictates.

- Journey discovered its new frontman crooning beloved Journey covers in Manila hotel lobbies.

- Michael Bolton's Sri Lanka concert in 2005 was so huge that the government itself advertised it.

- A new Russian MP3 player shows the face of Modern Talking's Dieter Bohlen, whose revues fill arenas.

- Air Supply still packs stadiums in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland.

—Adam B. Kushner