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Earth Wind And Fire To Release New Album In September

Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the release of Now, Then & Forever by the legendary group Earth, Wind & Fire. This marks the group’s first new studio album in eight years. Now, Then...

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P Diddy’s Kiddies Are Beliebers

P. Diddy’s kids think Justin Bieber is “cool”.The hip-hop star has five children with various partners, including twin girls D’Lila and Jessie and daughter Chance, who are all around six.His latest...

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Ashes Of Richie Havens Will Be Scattered At Woodstock

It was the place where he became a major figure in music and now it will be his final resting place. The ashes of Richie Havens will be scattered at what was once Max Yasgur’s farm where the Woodstock...

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Beatles Sgt Pepper Misses Best Album List

They are the favourite argument starters on every entertainment site in the world. Along with those lists come a few certainties. Citizen Kane will be the greatest movie, Pele will be the greatest...

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Pharrell Williams And Will.I.Am In Court Over The “I Am” Trademark

Pharrell Williams is reportedly counter-suing Will.i.am.The music producer recently launched a YouTube channel called I Am Other, and Will.i.am is trying to stop him from using the name.The Black Eyed...

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Pixies To Kick Off World Tour In France

Armed with “Bagboy,” the band’s first new song in nine years, the Pixies will launch the first leg of what will be a massive global tour on September 29 in Paris, France. This will kick off the first...

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From The BBC Vaults Come Unreleased Ella Fitzgerald Recordings

Ella Fitzgerald is regarded by many as the finest female jazz vocalist of all time, with a seminal body of work that continues to inspire multiple generations of fans around the world. So the discovery...

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Ghost Brothers Musical By Stephen King And John Cougar Mellencamp To Tour US

The Gothic musical, The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County with a book by Stephen King and words and music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett will tour the mid-west and southeast U.S. this fall.While...

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Robin Thicke Suggests A Name Change

Robin Thicke has joked he is considering changing his name to Blurred Lines.The singer has experienced massive success with his single Blurred Lines, which also features T.I. and Pharrell Williams.The...

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Lou Reed Rushed Back To Hospital

Lou Reed was rushed to a Long Island hospital on Sunday after he became dehydrated.Reed, who recently received a liver transplant, reportedly had been sick to his stomach a number of times and there...

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Jennifer Lopez Gets $1.5 Million To Perform For Despot

Jennifer Lopez was reportedly paid $1.5 million to perform for the Turkmenistan leader.The singer sang Happy Birthday Mr President to Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at a controversial concert in the Central...

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Family Of Roy Orbison Release Fan’s Bootleg Concert

The family of Roy Orbison has released the second album in their bootleg series of concerts and the first submitted by a fan.Mercy Records was recently started by the family to bring rare recordings of...

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Superstar Drummer Steve Gadd Releases First Solo Album In More Than Two Decades

Steve Gadd hasn’t released a solo project in 22 years. As one of the most in demand drummers of the last fifty years, he has stayed more than busy, but he felt it was time to write and produce a set...

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Duke Robillard Mysteriously Replaced By Charlie Sexton As Bob Dylan Guitarist

The great Duke Robillard is out as guitarist on Bob Dylan’s current tour and the circumstances are a bit mysterious.Robillard played at Dylan’s June 30 show in Nashville but former Dylan guitarist...

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Infamous Bob Dylan Electric Guitar Goes Up For Auction

The guitar that broke the hearts of many of Bob Dylan’s fans and ushered him into the electric phase of his career will be put up for auction.The current owner, Dawn Peterson, has owned the instrument...

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Boston’s Tom Scholz Loses Defamation Case

Tom Scholz of the band Boston has found himself $132,000 poorer after losing a lawsuit for defamation.Scholz had sued the Boston Herald for suggesting that he was responsible for the death of bandmate...

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50 Cent Faces Up To Five Years For Domestic Violence

50 Cent has been charged with assaulting the mother of his child.The 37-year-old rapper, real name Curtis Jackson III, could face up to five years in jail on charges stemming from a domestic violence...

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Metallica To Perform At San Diego Comic-Con

Metallica has a new “first” for their career, their first appearance at San Diego’s Comic-Con. The annual convention sees up to 100,000 fans in attendance to the multiple conference halls and has...

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Chicago Release Live Album

Chicago will release the live album Chicago in Chicago on July 9 via iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and most other digital retailers.While the track list is different, it appears that this recording was...

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Mariah Carey Rushed To Hospital

Mariah Carey was rushed to hospital after dislocating her shoulder.The singer suffered the injury while on the set of her latest music promo, reports the New York Post’s Page Six.The medical treatment...

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Randy Travis Rep Denies Open Heart Surgery

The true situation with country singer Randy Travis is a bit of a mystery.Travis was airlifted to a Texas hospital on Sunday night and diagnosed with a weakening of the heart muscle called...

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Mike Love Wants Brian Wilson Back In The Beach Boys

After last year’s fiftieth anniversary tour, the original members of the Beach Boys once again split apart. Mike Love, who owns the group name, continued touring with Bruce Johnston while Brian Wilson,...

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John Mayer Buys Teenage Fan A Guitar

John Mayer secretly bought a fan a guitar at a music store.The musician popped by Rudy’s Music in New York City on Friday with his pop star girlfriend Katy Perry.At the establishment John visited with...

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Jennifer Lopez Lived Rough Before Her Big Break

Jennifer Lopez was ‘homeless’ just months before she had her big break.The 43-year-old superstar was cast as a Fly Girl dancer on popular American sketch comedy show In Living Color in 1991.Before she...

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Lauryn Hill Enjoys A Barbie In Prison

Lauryn Hill reportedly enjoyed a barbeque meal for her first prison dinner.The singer entered a Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury, Connecticut on Monday, according to TMZ.Apparently the star’s...

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Rihanna Definitely Not Kicked Out Of Kings Of Leon Gig

Rihanna was not booted out of a Kings of Leon concert in Poland Wednesday, according to a new report.The singer sparked rumours she had to be escorted out of the Heineken Open’er Festival in Gdynia...

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Whitney Houston Daughter Confirms Her Engagement

Whitney Houston’s daughter has confirmed she’s engaged to her ‘adopted brother’ while lashing out at critics.Bobbi Kristina Brown, the late singer’s daughter with former pop star Bobby Brown, was...

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Randy Travis Suffers Stroke

Country singer Randy Travis underwent surgery on Wednesday night after suffering a stroke.Travis’ publicist, Kirt Webster, said that the surgery was to relieve pressure on the singer’s brain. He was...

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Charles Pope Of The Tams Dies At 76

Charles Pope, co-founder of The Tams, died on Friday morning at his home in Atlanta at the age of 76. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s, a battle that had been documented on the reality series...

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Taylor Swift And Ed Sheeran To Date If Both Single When They’re 30

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran will reportedly get together when they’re 30.The musicians are close friends and the UK star has been supporting Taylor, 23, on her Red Tour.Both the country music star and...

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Randy Travis Is Awake But Not Out Of The Woods Yet

Things are looking better for country singer Randy Travis, but that doesn’t mean he has an easy road ahead.An eight minute video was released by Heart Hospital Baylor giving a history of his situation...

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Matthew Morrison Pays Tribute To Co-Star Cory Monteith

Matthew Morrison paid tribute to his Glee co-star Cory Monteith at the weekend.The actor who plays Finn Hudson’s mentor and teacher, Mr. Shuester, on the show devoted a performance on Sunday to the...

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Queen And Elton John To Play Las Vegas’ iHeart Music Festival

Ryan Seacrest announced the lineup for this year’s iHeart Music Festival on all Clear Channel radio stations Monday morning with a lineup heavy on big names from all genres and including a special...

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Mazzy Star Return With First Album In 17 Years

Mazzy Star will return after a seventeen year absence with the album Seasons of Your Day, due on September 24 via Rhymes of an Hour Records.David Roback and Hope Sandoval first worked together when...

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Stevie Wonder Makes A Stand Against State Of Florida

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict in Florida, Stevie Wonder has made the decision to avoid Florida and all other “Stand Your Ground” states until the laws are changed.Wonder was performing in...

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Kanye West Wants More Babies With Kim

Kanye West apparently wants to try for another baby with Kim Kardashian.The rapper and his reality TV star girlfriend welcomed baby North, nicknamed Nori, into the world last month.Kim struggled to...

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New John Mayer Album Available To Pre-Order

Paradise Valley, the latest album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer, will be released on August 20, and is available now to pre-order on iTunes.Mayer produced...

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Todd Rundgren Turns On Melbourne’s TRAK

He really should need no introduction, and in a perfect world, Todd Rundgren would be a household name.  Unfortunately, it’s only in places like my household, and devotees’ around the globe that he...

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Herb Alpert And Sergio Mendes Play The Hollywood Bowl

The artists that built A&M Records in the mid-60’s, Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, came to the Hollwood Bowl last Wednesday with special guest, Alpert’s wife, Lani Hall.Alpert and his Tijuana Brass...

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Lady Antebellum : It’s A Girl For The Queen Of Country

Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum gave birth to a baby girl.The 27-year-old country crooner and her husband Chris Tyrrell are now proud parents of Eisele Kaye Tyrrell.Her representatives told People...

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The Replacements Reunite For Three Shows

The Replacements have their lineup in place for three upcoming reunion shows.Joining original members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson are former Westerberg solo band guitarist David Minehan who has...

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Metallica To Premiere 3D Movie At Toronto International Film Festival

Metallica has announced that the world premiere of their new 3-D movie Through the Never will be on September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival.Through the Never is a combination concert...

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Lester Chambers Files 5 Million Lawsuit Over Stage Assault

Lester Chambers of the Chambers Brothers was attacked on July 13 while performing at the Russell City Hayward Blues Festival in Hayward, CA.Chambers had just dedicated the song People Get Ready to...

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Paul Simon 15 CD Complete Album Collection Coming In October

The solo career of Paul Simon is chronicled on the upcoming 15-CD set The Complete Album Collection, due on October 15 via Legacy.The extensive set includes all of Simon’s solo work, including his 1965...

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Peter Cetera In Idaho Wildfire Nightmare

Peter Cetera’s home in Ketchum, ID is currently being threatened by the wildfires that have spread to 126,000 acres in the area.Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the Hailey, Ketchum and Sun...

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Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs Release Under The Covers Volume 3

Seven years after covering the 60s and four years after taking on the 70s, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs are back redoing the music of the 80s with Under the Covers, Volume 3, out November 12 from...

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David Cassidy Arrested For Drink Driving

David Cassidy was arrested early Wednesday morning outside of Albany, NY for driving while intoxicated.Shodack town police officer Tom Jones was part of a DWI checkpoint when Cassidy was pulled over....

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Beatles Promoter Sid Bernstein Dies At 95

Music promoter and producer Sid Bernstein, most famous for bringing the Beatles to Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium, has died. He was 95. Beyond the Beatles, Bernstein was a key force in the British...

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Aretha Franklin Medical Mystery

Aretha Franklin has been going through something serious medically the last few years, but nobody but her closest confidants know what it is.Franklin has cancelled shows on and off for the last three...

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Coolio Sells Off Song Catalogue To Fund Cooking Career

Rapper Coolio, who has been in music for more than twenty years, is giving it all up to advance his cooking career. Coolio released his first single in 1991 and scored a number 1 hit in 1995 with...

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