Jerry Springer: The Opera had its New York debut last night, as part of a two-night only stint at Carnegie Hall.

The scaled-down production, billed as a concert, was a test to see if American audiences would embrace the controversial show. Although it had a successful run in London’s West End, when the BBC decided to air a TV version of the musical, Christian groups protested loudly.

Musicians can be an unruly lot. Just ask British investor Guy Hands.

After Hands’s private equity firm, Terra Firma, bought EMI Group, it announced a “fundamental restructuring” that included elimination of up to 2,000 jobs and cost reductions of nearly $400 million.

This didn’t go over well with the artists.