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Heavy and Light Tour 2012

Anyone who knows depression and the aftermath of such knows that any ounce of assistance means hope. To be acknowledged that you’re ‘not alone’ can often mean the difference of not giving up.

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Donna Summer Got The Full Rush Limbaugh's Endorsement

Yuck! I would rather change my flight than share some oxygen with that dumbass. Then he continued with formulas like ‘she was one of us’, ‘she was a committed Christian’, ‘She was a right-winger’, and ‘She came to hate the smut on the radio. She was not a fan of rap music at all.’

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Pitbull, Stop Collaborate and Listen

‘To everyone who”s given me the opportunity to work with them, from Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Usher and Chris Brown. I look at it as a platform to get to each other’s fans and give them different worlds,’ he told Extra.

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Sigur Ros 'Valtari Hour' Listening Party

Their website www.sigur-ros.co.uk will have a special platform that will broadcast the album at 7pm in your timezone, as well as the album airing on certain radio stations and in record stores, making for 24 hours of Valtari. Ohh hurray for Australia you’re first.

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And Now, CBGB The Movie

But wow they are really re-launching this CBGB thing full time! A new location, a music festival and now a movie, it is difficult not to see an exploitation of the famous name behind all this

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Coachella 2013 Advance Sale Available This Week!

I was already complaining about some concert tickets I bought recently, as I had to decide right now if I would be available mid August… I don’t know what I will be doing in August! I hate this, I love the immediacy, I love deciding at the last minute what I am gonna do

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David Bowie 'Speed Of Life' Limited Edition

“Speed of Life”, is the first book ever to show a visual account of David Bowie’s ongoing relationship with Japan and it’s influence on his work. Both authors’ words are written in English and Japanese, again adding to the arrogance level.

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Foo Fighters Million Dollar Demo's Leaked

Leaks are planned by the way, there isn’t some covert operation of guys in ski caps stealing mp3 files and putting them on Youtube. Nope, they’re calculated publicity stunts that you fall for every time. It makes you feel as if you’re one step ahead of ‘the man’, but you aren’t.

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Why The Sex Pistols Turned Down The Olympics Gig

“Censorship mattered more than the content of the Pistols. If you’re going to be celebrating what is great about Britain, the honesty of the Sex Pistols is one of those things. If you censor the words of any one song, you’re killing the honesty and I couldn’t tolerate that.”

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Tom Jones Sounds Off on Amy Winehouse

I mean back in the day he was swoony as hell and women whipped their underwear at him. At the time having a pair of pink fruit of the looms whipped at the stage was the ultimate in sex symbol swag. I, for one, at age 4 found him to be the most delightfull of gents and was darn sure that dude would make me his wife.

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Coldplay Tribute to MCA

As Alyson wrote of yesterrday, Coldplay tributed MCA.  The difference here is our opinions of the action.  I didn't know if i should laugh or cry when I saw this. 

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No Doubt New Release Date!

Take a look at this official announcement video. Things are looking pretty good! But why are they using an old tune in the back ground? C’mon they could have snuck in a bit of new, instead just plain studio silliness.

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Rock Stars' diets: Healthier Than Ever

So if the trend seems to be towards healthy eating habits, there are a few exceptions: before a concert, M.I.A. sure asks for fresh fruit and vitamins, but she also requests absinthe!!! Adele wants Italian, French or Spanish wines, and Courtney Love is supposedly a sugar addict

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The Beastie Boys In Los Angeles

With the sad passing of Adam Yauch, all kinds of tributes are going on everywhere. If the Beastie Boys were from New York, they certainly were also deeply connected with Los Angeles culture and a map of the Beastie Boys LA landmarks was set up by local radio KPCC

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Pepsi's Huge Deal With Michael Jackson's Estate

One billion soda cans with Jackson’s image (which one should I ask?) will be on sale worldwide, beginning with China (really, China?) starting Saturday. Later this month, the US will be the first country to have the chance to see the special-edition-16-ounce cans inundate its grocery stores.

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LMFAO, Tour With Holograms

Yup, lets send out holograms of living and dead stars. We can do a hologram ‘We Are The World”, we can become a sci fi movie with this stuff, think about it. You can hire a hologram to perform in your backyard- really all you need is speakers and a projector.

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Jackson Browne Unplugged

Jackson is infamous for his smooth sound and timeless work. The guy has been around forever but his music still has relevance- and another nothing to prove persona. I love the idea of improv for the set list.

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