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  John Mayer Apologizes for Racial Slur

  February 11, 2010 – Singer-guitarist John Mayer apologized for using a racial slur in a recent Playboy interview via a string of tweets yesterday. "I am sorry that I used the [N-]word," Mayer said to his 3 million-plus Twitter followers. "I should have never said the word and I will never say it again." In Playboy, Mayer was speaking about his strong African American fanbase, and his collaborations and friendships with big time rappers. …
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  John Mayer Plays to the Cameras in NYC

  November 18, 2009 – As a fleet of cameras zoomed over the crowd eagerly awaiting the second show of John Mayer's new tour at New York City's Beacon Theatre on Tuesday night, a man stepped onstage to explain what was going on. "This is not a TV show, it's a concert," reassured Michael Simon, who was directing a live broadcast for Fuse TV. …
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  Eminem Becomes a Trekkie, and 7 More Oddities

  October 22, 2009 – tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; tweetmeme_source = 'SPINmagazine';Eminem's "Without Me" is translated into Klingon. Klenginem seeks duet partner named... Shatner? [io9] John Mayer gets so irate at NYMag.com that he wants to "forcefully sodomize" their editor. Let's see him try to write a ballad out of that one! [nymag.com] Madonna's New York City neighbors sue over her loud rehearsals.... so that's what they're calling sex these days. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  July 24, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  Musicians React to Michael Jackson's Death

  June 26, 2009 – The music world -- and the world at large -- has been mourning Thursday afternoon's unexpected death of Michael Jackson. Via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more, some of music's biggest stars are honoring the King of Pop. Here's what they had to say: Paul McCartney: "I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. …
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  Police, KT Tunstall, Mayer Play London's Hard Rock Calling

  July 2, 2008 – This past Saturday and Sunday (June 28-29), for the Hard Rock Calling festival at London's Hyde Park, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers made their final bow in front of their home country; Eric Clapton proved fans can still put their blind faith in his guitar virtuoso status; and relative rabble rousers like KT Tunstall and Jason Mraz wound their way in between the icons for some ear-catching sets underneath the abundant sunshin …
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