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In an interview in the December 23 issue of Rolling Stone, Austin Scaggs asked Black Eyed Peas mastermind Will.i.am about his "disgust" for Michael, the posthumous Michael Jackson album released Monday. "Hell, yeah, I feel that way, and I'll tell you why," Will told Rolling Stone. "A couple of months ...
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Monday was Jamie Foxx's 43rd birthday, and he celebrated it on Ellen with a performance of a new track, "Fall for Your Type," from his forthcoming album Best Night of My Life (scheduled for release December 21). Foxx is accompanied by a full band, backup singers and two female dancers ...
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Robyn just completed her second North American tour of the year, and she brought that same energy to a sedate-seeming crowd at Saturday's Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway. Introduced by Anne Hathaway, Robyn lulled the audience by opening with a gentle reading on the traditional Swedish folk song, ...
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DJ Premier — one-half of the pioneering hip-hop duo Gang Starr — is preparing an album of unreleased material from the group as well as a live DVD, he told XXL magazine. Premier and his partner in the group, Guru, who died in April, had had a rocky relationship in ...
December31
So tell me your first reaction to the news. I was on my way to Atlantic City to do a private Christmas Party and I was in one of those limousines that's longer than my house. Me and my husband were just kinda dozing off when I got the call ...
December31
Congratulations. What's your first reaction to the news? I think it's great. I'm happy that that they recognized me and my work. Any club that has Chuck Berry and Little Richard and The Everly Brothers is a club that I want to be a part of. You're going to be ...
December31
The votes are in and next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class will include Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love and Dr. John. Leon Russell will be receive The Award For Musical Excellence (formerly the sideman category) and industry legends Jac Holzman and Art Rupe will ...
December31
Glee's pop culture domination continued Tuesday morning with the announcement that the show had gotten five Golden Globe nominations, easily leading the TV category and besting eight other shows — including 30 Rock, Dexter, Mad Men and Modern Family — that each scored three. The show's nominations include best actor ...
December31
Midway through Paul McCartney's two-hour set at the Apollo Theater Monday evening, he paused for a few seconds before playing a gorgeous rendition of "Maybe I'm Amazed." "I want to take a moment," he said, standing at the piano with his hand on his chin. "I just want to just ...
December31
Levon Helm, former drummer and vocalist for The Band, was hospitalized on Saturday with a cold but is expected to make a full recovery and be released within the next few days, according to his manager. The ailment caused him to miss Saturday's Midnight Ramble concert at his Woodstock, New ...