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  Arcade Fire Win Junos, Beasties' Record Store Single

  March 28, 2011 – Arcade Fire won big at Canada's Juno Awards ceremony Saturday night in Toronto, scoring gongs for Best Album of the Year for Suburbs, as well asGroup Of The Year, Best Alternative Album Of The Year, and Songwriter Of The Year. Neil Young was awarded for Artist of the Year. Drake, a Toronto native who hosted the ceremony, was nominated in six categories, but didn't win in any. …
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  Preview: Five Hot Sundance Music Documentaries

  January 19, 2011 – Film buffs and industry veterans flock to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, each year to get a glimpse of the next Quentin Tarantino or Steven Soderbergh. But this year's festival, which runs from January 20-30, also features a group of buzzy music documentaries. …
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  Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch on Mend from Cancer

  January 7, 2011 – Eighteen months after being diagnosed with cancer, Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is on the mend - and the hip-hop icons are forging ahead with their comeback album Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2, due out this Spring. Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch Dead at 47 Beastie Boys: 25 Years of Mad Genius RIP MCA: Vintage Ricky Powell Photos From the 'Paul's Boutique' Sessions "[It's] a good thing," the Beasties' Mike D told the BBC of Yauch winning his …
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  Neil Diamond, Tom Waits Score Rock Hall Inductions

  December 15, 2010 – Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, and Neil Diamond are among the eight musicians and industry veterans who will be inducted into the 26th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame early next year, the organization announced today. Dr. John and Phil Spector-protégé Darlene Love, along with Leon Russell, Elektra Records' Jan Holzman, and Specialty records founder Art Rupe (who are receiving honorary awards), round out the 2011 class. …
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  Report: Aretha Franklin Battling Cancer + More

  December 9, 2010 – Legendary Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is battling pancreatic cancer, according to reports, although Franklin's family has said the singer is doing "OK." Last week, the singer underwent surgery for an undisclosed illness, and she is currently recovering from that procedure. [FOX 2 Detroit] Beastie Boy Adam Yauch will premiere a short movie titled Fight For Your Right Revisited at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. …
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  Akon Talks New Michael Jackson Album + More

  December 8, 2010 – Michael Jackson's first posthumous album, Michael, will arrive next week, but Akon, who collaborated with Jackson on lead single "Hold My Hand," says there's unheard music still left in the vaults. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Akon reveals Jackson recorded many song sketches, but they were mostly "melodies without words" and there are currently no plans for them to see the light of day. …
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  Beastie Boys: More About New Album

  October 25, 2010 – Last week, the Beastie Boys announced plans to shelve the forthcoming Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 in favor of releasing Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. But the Beasties have now had a change of plans: the group has revealed that the songs originally slated for Part 1 will now make-up Part 2, set to come out next Spring, meaning the only difference between Part 1 and Part 2 is the title. …
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  Beastie Boys Plan New Record for Spring

  October 18, 2010 – Last week, Mike D.'s wife, director Tamra Davis, revealed on her blog that the Beastie Boys were back in the studio mixing their new record. Now the rappers have revealed officially that new music is on the way next Spring. …
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  Nirvana Exhibit Planned, Beastie Boys In Studio

  October 15, 2010 – The Seattle museum Experience Music Project will launch the largest ever exhibit on Nirvana starting April 16. "Nirvana: Taking Punk to The Masses" will contain over 200 items from the band and families' archives, including Kurt Cobain's lyrics, an old reel-to-reel used to record demos, and rare photos and snapshots of the band. …
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  Beastie Boy to Release William S. Burroughs Doc

  June 3, 2010 – The Beastie Boys have been dormant since Adam "MCA" Yauch began his battle against cancer in summer 2009, but the musician has kept busy with his Oscilloscope Laboratories production company, which has acquired the rights to release a new documentary film about influential Beat poet-writer, junkie extraordinaire, and counter culture icon William S. Burroughs. According to Indie Wire, William S. …
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