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Beyonce's Bug Butt

Betcha Jay Z feels jealous and pays big bucks to have an insect named after him sometime in the future. Wonder what that bugs attribute would be…

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The Stranglers, Still Going Strong

The Stranglers are about to release a new LP and go an a very extensive European tour. The album titled “Giants” is due out on March 12th. I would hope for a US tour but I’m sure it would be brief and select.

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Patti Smith Cancels The Chelsea Hotel

But the buiilding is under restoration(of course) and there is a feud (of course) between the new hotel owners and its residents. The hotel has approximately 100 residents that live in the building, the hotel has been closed to guests since summer 2011

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Jay-Z's Secret Son

Star magazine was all over the story a few months ago,…. Jay-Z may have fathered a secret son with a Trinidadian model, Shenelle Scott, nine years ago.

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Leonard Cohen 'Darkness', Reviewed

The song, which was performed live during his last world tour, is the second single from his upcoming album ‘Old Ideas’, set to be released on January 31st on Columbia, his first studio album since 2004!

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Killswitch Engage: Help Wanted

“We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about the KsE singer position. If you are interested, please send an MP3 or a song link, a photo and a brief description of yourself to the management email address provided in the contact section of killswitchengage.com.

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Jay Z More Money Making

He is a billionaire, sold his clothing line for more than $200 million, hasn’t had a single which did not go platinum, has a $150 million deal with Live Nation and he and Beyonce are the top earning couple in the music industry! How much money does he want his Blue Ivy to inherit?

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Charlie Watts Want's To Rock

“Ronnie plays, I still play, Mick sings, he can do it anyway, I think Keith is doing some records. Anyway it would be great if we did, we are just getting to an age where it’s getting a bit difficult to get it together and it’s such a bloody performance getting us together.”

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Metallica and The Bulging Screen

Disney Pixar? Hell yes, bring on the glasses, 3D is awesome. Sweaty Ulrich? No thank you. But now that Metallica is officially Lou Reeds bitch, it’s only fitting that they plaster their mugs on the big screen

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AC/DC debut single sells for $1225 on eBay

This first single features none other than Dave Evans. The b-side was another original ‘Rockin’ In The Parlour’. Theres are the only songs with Evans who was replaced soon after by Bon Scott. The single debuted on May 8, 1975. it was never released outside of Austraila but reached number 19 on their charts

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Jack White's Third Man Records 'Vault' Series

But whats the real grabber? 7-inch record of two White Stripes songs ‘ ‘Dead Leaves’ and ‘Let’s Build A Home’ ‘ recorded during the sessions for their self-titled debut in 1999. This version is reported as much different than the one that ended up on the album

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Power of The People: How To Make a #1 Hit

A month before, he started a Facebook group, proposing the crazy and bold idea to beat the Xfactor winner with a song having the complete opposite vibe, and he was helped onTwitter by a comedian, Peter Searfinowicz, who had more than 268,000 followers.

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Ringo Star and Dave Stewart For Broadway

“Me and Dave wrote a musical, a complete thing – characters, story, a lot of songs. We wrote it for Broadway, but it will more likely end up (as) a movie… and I’m not telling you anything else. It’s about other people.”

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A Kinder Softer Side of Ke$ha

“I’m really proud of that, but I have learned over the past three years of doing this that being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. I very much want to be seen as a strong woman,”

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Ting Ting Tour

“That’s Not My Name” and “Shut Up And Let Me Go” were two of the finest pop songs to surface in a super long time. Spunky is a good word to describe it.

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New Killers in 2012!

Brandon Flowers, a very public Mormon borderlines on eccentric but there is absolutely no doubt that he has not only a fabulous voice but a stage presence that simply works

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Taylor Swift In Yet Another Les Mis Revival

First of all, before getting to Swift, do we really need another version of Les Miserables?! How many times can you reinvent Victor Hugo’s classic, with music or no music? The famous novel has already been adapted, I kid you not, 52 times since 1907

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Pink Floyd Olympics?

Like Sir Paul [McCartney, rumored to play at the opening ceremonies] they have been a major part of the nation’s culture over the past 40 years and it will be very fitting that they’re involved when London is on show to the world. It’s hoped everything can be confirmed in the coming weeks.

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