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March 25, 2009 – Michael Jackson may have vacated his Neverland abode, but ever since announcing his London concert residency, the King of Pop has brought a bit of Peter Pan-style fantasy back to town.
For his shows, MJ is purportedly bringing backup -- in the form of snakes, a panther, tropical birds, three monkeys and an elephant.
"He hopes to make it the most spectacular gig ever. …
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February 23, 2009 – Coldplay's Chris Martin, U2's Bono, and the Killers' Brandon Flowers sharing one stage -- talk about a dream collaboration!
At a London benefit concert for the War Child charity last Wednesday, that dream became reality as Martin and Bono joined the Killers onstage for a rendition "All These Things I've Done," a tune off the Las Vegas quartet's 2002 debut Hot Fuss.
Below, watch video of the famous frontmen performing onstage together. …
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February 21, 2009 – The music world was full of fighting this past week: Kanye West and Chairlift released dueling videos, Suge Knight got roughed by Akon's manager, the Brits Awards dissed Coldplay, and Lily Allen fought, well, everybody. …
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February 19, 2009 – Sorry, Coldplay: The Brit Awards are just not that into you.
Although the English rockers scored three Grammys earlier this month, they walked away empty-handed at last night's Brit Awards ceremony in London, despite being nominated for four statues, including Best British Group and Best Album.
Pop-soul songstress Duffy was the night's big winner, taking home trophies for Best Album, Best British Female Solo Artist, and Best British B …
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February 9, 2009 – 1) Justin Timberlake and Dwayne Johnson joke about general stores and a band called the Beatles Fighters on music's biggest night, hear crickets. Where's Bruce Vilanch when we need him?
2) The night's best rock performer? Carrie Underwood, take a bow. …
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February 9, 2009 – This year, the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony was prefaced by a fair bit of drama -- and we're not just talking about T-Pain's suit. …
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February 9, 2009 – For a Grammy performance that was literally show-stopping, it was hard to top Chris Brown's early Sunday cock-up -- the R&B singer turned himself in on an alleged domestic violence felony battery charge against an unidentified "female victim" who had "visible injuries." Brown and girlfriend Rihanna turned up at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party, but both canceled their performances and Brown was later questioned by detectives. …
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February 9, 2009 – 1) BEST SELF-EFFACING ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY A GROUP OR DUOColdplay, for Chris Martin's "limestone" joke. Dude, we're supposed to be making comments like that about you. If you're gonna poke fun at your band, then what's left for wiseass peanut gallerists to say? Well played.
2) BEST WILDLY UNCOMFORTABLE REUNION ANNOUNCMENT, GROUP OR DUOBlink-182. …
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February 6, 2009 – Grammy nominated Brit rockers Coldplay will hit the road this summer in continued support of their latest album, the SPIN-approved Viva La Vida.
The 14-date tour will kick off in Portland, OR, July 10, then hit amphitheatres across the West Coast, Southwest, and East Coast before concluding in Tampa, FL, Aug. 9. Tickets go on sale Feb. 13 via Coldplay.com. …
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February 6, 2009 – Aside from the Orwellian Reaganscape darkening the horizon, 1984 was a personal watershed for me -- a parent actually showed an interest in music that I listened to (well, sort of).
Because clueless Republicans involved in Fucked-Up Ronnie's re-election campaign had tried to exploit Bruce Springsteen's Vietnam lament "Born in the U.S.A," and because the video for Springsteen's pop trifle "Dancing in the Dark" (featuring a winsome Court …
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Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
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Human Eye, 4: Into Unknown
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