NASHVILLE (Tennessee) - DIERKS Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country's largest cities.

And yet Bentley, a headlining act in the US with a half dozen No. 1 hits, didn't plan to make a dime. 'On this tour we don't expect to make any money, and we shouldn't,' the 33-year-old singer explained in an interview.

PARIS - US FIRST lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha flew out of Paris on Monday morning after a busy tourist weekend in the French capital, an airport source said.

Mrs Obama and the two girls kicked off their Paris stay with a trip up the Eiffel Tower on Friday evening before joining President Barack Obama, in northern France for Saturday's D-Day commemorations in Normandy.