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• More Material From Allman Brothers Band Vault to Come, According to Drummer Butch Trucks

  09-04-2016 23:15
  
  With the vintage Live From A&R Recording, New York, August 26, 1971 just out, Allman Brothers Band fans can probably expect more from the...
  
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• Pick A Side In Our Movie Awards Best Fight Throwdown

  09-04-2016 23:00
  
  As we anxiously await to find out which duo will take home the golden popcorn for Best Fight at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, our brains naturally wandered to the question, “who would win in one giant Best Fight Throwdown?” So, we pitted past winners and nominees against each other and are letting YOU...Read more »
  
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• Johnny Gill Says New Edition May Reunite for New Album to Accompany Biopic Release

  09-04-2016 22:30
  
  An upcoming BET biopic may be the impetus for New Edition to end the 12-year (and counting) wait for a new album.
  The group's Johnny Gill tells...
  
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• Serj Tankian Dishes on Scoring His First Film '1915,' Upcoming Presidential Race & Fatherhood

  09-04-2016 21:27
  
  On stage with System of a Down, Serj Tankian is the frontman for one of the most blistering and frenetic aural assaults in all of rock, leading a...
  
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• Swedish Metal band Ghost will play the Wellmont this Wednesday, April 13.

  09-04-2016 20:59
  
  For some rock bands, the best way to have your cake and eat it too is to work your way up from dingy basement clubs with no PA system, or bathroom doors, then complain that your fame precludes you from playing those beloved sweathouses. Yet, Swedish Heavy Metal band Ghost is exactly where they need to be, if only because a larger venue allows for their stage show, replete with 30-foot-high ersatz gothic vaults, and perhaps restroom doors as a pleasant bonus.
  
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• Vince Neil Cited for Battery in Las Vegas Scuffle

  09-04-2016 20:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Vince Neil was cited for battery following an incident Thursday in Las Vegas where the Mötley Crüe singer allegedly assaulted a woman who was seeking actor Nicolas Cage's autograph. A Las Vegas police spokesperson confirmed that Neil was under investigation after the woman told police that Neil came up from behind and grabbed her by the hair. Police who responded to the scene cited Neil for misdemeanor battery but did not arrest him, Reuters reports.Go Behind the Scenes of Motley
  
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• Deep Purple on Ritchie Blackmore's Absence, Meeting Dr. Dre at Rock Hall

  09-04-2016 19:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  In February, Deep Purple co-founder Ritchie Blackmore announced that he would not be attending this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony due to the unwillingness of the current band to perform with him. "We have to accept that there are personalities that don't see eye-to-eye in our history," drummer Ian Paice told Rolling Stone last year.Read Deep Purple's Lively Rock Hall Induction Speeches
  Despite Blackmore's absence, the group looked in fine spirits as they acc
  
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• Kanye West Confirms Upcoming Tour in Support of 'Life of Pablo' Album

  09-04-2016 19:46
  
  Kanye West has confirmed that he will tour in support of his latest album, The Life of Pablo.
  Kanye West's 'Life of Pablo' Headed For A...
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Concert Nixed Because NC Law is 'Evil Virus,' Steven Van Zandt Says

  09-04-2016 18:07
  
  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceled their North Carolina concert because of the state's new law blocking anti-discrimination rules...
  
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• 'American Idol' Winner Fantasia Barrino Talks 3 Divas Reunion, Album Plans & More

  09-04-2016 17:00
  
  Way back during season 3 of American Idol, fans were introduced to a trio of singers known as "the three divas": Fantasia Barrino, Jennifer...
  
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• 13 Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week: Keith Urban Earns Second-Highest Debut and More

  09-04-2016 17:00
  
  Though the American Idol judge had his hands full this week with the show's series finale, country singer Keith Urban still...
  
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• 10 Unforgettable Moments From Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Ceremony

  09-04-2016 16:31
  
  On Friday night (April 8) in Brooklyn's Barclays Center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted six new artists into its ranks. The Class of...
  
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• Watch Marshmello & Omar LinX 'Keep it Mello' in First Music Video Feat. Dillon Francis, Borgore & More

  09-04-2016 16:04
  
  Masked DJ/producer Marshmello has dropped his first official music video for last year's release, "Keep it Mello"...
  
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• 'American Idol' Finale: Inside Phillip Phillips' Contentious Return

  09-04-2016 16:00
  
  When performers at Thursday night's American Idol finale were first announced, the list touted a return of the show's previous...
  
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• Guns N' Roses Rock Las Vegas Reunion Concert Despite Axl Rose's Broken Foot: Watch

  09-04-2016 15:41
  
  When the partially reunited original Guns N’ Roses performed its first arena show in 23 years on Friday night (April 8) in Las Vegas, singer...
  
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• Guns N' Roses Roar Back With Epic Las Vegas Reunion Show

  09-04-2016 15:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  The reunion of the so-called classic Guns N' Roses lineup had faced enough obstacles already. Fans complained that original members Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler weren't on board, and rumors flew that the thaw between formerly fractious band leaders Axl Rose and Slash was less about mending fences than cashing in. So it looked like one more bad omen when news leaked Friday that Rose had broken a bone in his left foot after the group's impromptu warm-up gig April 1st at Los Angele
  
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• Steven Van Zandt Talks Springsteen's Canceled North Carolina Concert

  09-04-2016 15:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hours after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceled their Greensboro, North Carolina concert Sunday to protest the state's controversial, discriminatory "bathroom bill," guitarist Steven "Little Stevie" Van Zandt defended Springsteen's decision while backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday.Bruce Springsteen Cancels NC Gig to Protest 'Bathroom Bill'
  "We just felt the issue was just too important," Van Zandt said. "This really vile and evi
  
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• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2016: N.W.A. redefines rock; Cheap Trick closes the show

  09-04-2016 12:32
  
  The buzz for the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions wasn't as huge as previous years. But that doesn't mean the ceremony wasn't a great reminder of what rock and roll truly stands for.
  
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• James Corden on his 'bromance' with Justin Bieber

  09-04-2016 12:15 via music-news.com
  
  TV host James Corden admits that Mariah Carey wasn''t prepared to sing when she appeared on Carpool Karaoke.
  
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• 'American Idol': Fantasia, Taylor Hicks, David Cook & Constantine Maroulis on Possible Return

  09-04-2016 09:07
  
  If host Ryan Seacrest is to be believed, Thursday night's (April 7) finale was not the end for American Idol, it's just the end "...
  
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• Beyonce suiing company called 'Feyonce.'

  09-04-2016 08:20
  
  Feyonce Inc. is based in San Antonio and sells bridesmaids and engagement merchandise that plays off Beyonce's 2008 hit "Single Ladies." The former Destiny's Child singer filed the suit Tuesday in Manhattan, court.
  
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• Read Cheap Trick's Joyful Rock Hall Induction Speeches

  09-04-2016 07:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cheap Trick are in the midst of a late-career renaissance, culminating in their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on Friday night. The band will play 150 live dates this year in support of its new LP, Bang, Zoom, Crazy ... Hello – some as part of a co-headlining tour with Joan Jett – and is already looking forward to a huge 2017.Read Kid Rock's Cheap Trick Rock Hall Induction Speech
  At Friday night's Rock Hall ceremony, Kid Rock offered an induction speech for the band, best known
  
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• Watch David Bowie Tribute at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony

  09-04-2016 06:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 31st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened with David Byrne, Kimbra and the Roots paying a heartfelt and arty tribute to David Bowie by performing "Fame." The ensemble kicked into the funky groove as the legendary white-haired Talking Head, dressed in a suit with sparkly lapels, started things off. Then Kimbra, dressed in a sparkly dress, took over, shouting lyrics, before they coalesced into harmony and Questlove coolly rocked his Afro to the beat. It ended with a projected photo of the
  
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• Read Kid Rock's Irreverent Cheap Trick Rock Hall Induction Speech

  09-04-2016 05:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Kid Rock inducted fellow Midwestern rockers Cheap Trick into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. This marks his third time inducting an act into the Hall; Rock had previously been on hand to induct Aerosmith in 2001, and he returned in 2004 to induct his close friend and biggest musical inspiration Bob Seger.Inside Cheap Trick's Unlikely Renaissance
  Rock's speech honoring the power-pop legends was a lively and sincere one, even though the two acts' musical styles might seem far apart
  
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• Read N.W.A's Heartfelt Rock Hall Acceptance Speeches

  09-04-2016 05:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  On Friday night, the members of N.W.A – Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Yella and the late Eazy-E – joined a handful of rap artists who are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's an honor that means a lot to the group. "It means that the group's mark is kind of solidified," Ice Cube told Rolling Stone last year. "It's all legitimized in a way because the whole music industry has to honor the group in a way. It's just hard to sum up in words." In another interview, he called makin
  
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• Mexico music video showing woman murder sparks outrage

  09-04-2016 05:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A man finds his lover in bed with another man. "Fuiste Mia" ("You were mine"), a slick music video by the Mexican-American singer Gerardo Ortiz, has garnered more than 25 million views on YouTube -- and provoked a furious backlash in a country that suffers from an ingrained culture of sexual violence and where killings of women have surged. The 25-year-old Ortiz has a long list of "narcocorridos" -- or "narco ballads" -- to his credit, a controversial yet hugely popular genre that celebrates the
  
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• N.W.A's DJ Yella on Thrilling Rock Hall Induction

  09-04-2016 05:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  N.W.A had been on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's ballot three times before, but 2015 was no ordinary year for the Compton rap collective, especially with the biopic, Straight Outta Compton, earning over $200 million and lots of Oscar buzz. After Kendrick Lamar's induction speech, the Compton rap legends – including Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella – gave heartfelt and boisterous induction speeches. Unfortunately they weren't able to perform together at the
  
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• Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Hymns' Is Now Joey + Rory's Biggest-Selling Album Ever

  09-04-2016 05:02
  
  On the most recent Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 16), Zayn debuted at No. 1 with his first album, Mind of Mine. It earned 157,000...
  
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• Jason Derulo sets up bathroom bar

  09-04-2016 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  The singer always likes to have some booze nearby.
  
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• One Girl’s Mission To Find Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Cod Cooler

  09-04-2016 04:55
  
  Where does Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson keep his food on the set of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards? An investigation.
  
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• Read Kendrick Lamar's Powerful N.W.A Rock Hall Induction Speech

  09-04-2016 04:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar is the biggest rapper to come straight outta Compton since the G-Funk era. On Friday night, he inducted his Compton forbears – N.W.A's Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella – into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lamar has previously spoken out about the influence the pioneering gangsta-rap group had on him. "N.W.A did a lot more than entertain, they told the truth," he told Billboard last year. Ice Cube on N.W.A's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
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• Lars Ulrich Talks Inducting Deep Purple in Hall of Fame

  09-04-2016 04:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich gets right to the point when inducting his heroes Deep Purple into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."Every hard rock band in the last 40 years, including mine, traces its lineage directly back to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple," he says.The drummer covered the band's "When a Blind Man Cries" with Metallica in 2012 and had long called for the group's induction. When Rolling Stone asked him in 2014 who he'd like to see inducted next, he said the b
  
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• Read Deep Purple's Lively Rock Hall Induction Speeches

  09-04-2016 04:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  Deep Purple's road to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been rocky ever since they were first eligible for induction in the early Nineties. On Friday night, the hard-rock trailblazers – whose hits include "Smoke on the Water," "Highway Star," "Hush" and many others – were finally inducted, after a speech by mega-fan, Metallica's Lars Ulrich. When drummer Ian Paice heard the news last year, he told Rolling Stone he knew it would come one day. "I do appreciate how difficult it probabl
  
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• Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina show over state's new LGBT law

  09-04-2016 04:11
  
  Bruce Springsteen performs at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 2016 in New York City. Springsteen released a statement Friday, saying: "As you, my fans, know I'm scheduled to play in Greensboro, North Carolina this Sunday.
  
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• N.W.A Shuts Down Gene Simmons During Rock Hall Induction Speech

  09-04-2016 03:58
  
  Kiss' Gene Simmons has a lot of opinions -- one of them, probably unsurprisingly, is that "rap will die." He recently told Rolling...
  
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• 11 Creative, Must-Hear Covers Of Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’

  09-04-2016 03:56
  
  Here are the 11 coolest and most creative covers of Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself."
  
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• Black Keys on First Rock Hall Ceremony: 'It's Like a Viagra Commercial'

  09-04-2016 03:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Steve Miller was the second artist to be inducted at tonight's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Brooklyn, and doing the honors were longtime fans the Black Keys. Rolling Stone caught up with Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney to get their thoughts on Miller's Midwestern appeal and their own future Rock Hall chances.Read Black Keys' Jokey Steve Miller Rock Hall Induction
  Have you talked to Steve tonight?
  Auerbach: We walked up the stage, and we just saw and ran into him. "Steve, how are y
  
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• Little Steven: It 'Pisses Me Off' When Bands Don't Show for Hall of Fame

  09-04-2016 03:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Steven "Little Stevie" Van Zandt has never been one to hold his tongue. The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band guitarist was on-hand at the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony to posthumously induct Bert Berns, the influential and prolific songwriter-producer whose hits include "Twist and Shout," "Piece of My Heart," Hang on Sloopy" and "Under the Boardwalk."15 Great Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Superjams
  Backstage at the show, Van Zandt talked about Berns' legacy, but found time to disc
  
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• Adam Levine Shares 'Go Now' Music Video for Film 'Sing Street': Watch

  09-04-2016 03:44
  
  Adam Levine has a new song called "Go Now" on the soundtrack of the The Weinstein Company's upcoming film Sing Street and has now...
  
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• Read Black Keys' Jokey Steve Miller Rock Hall Induction

  09-04-2016 03:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Steve Miller has accepted his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction on behalf of the Steve Miller Band, a group that has seen 25 members during the last five decades. Known best for "The Joker," "Take the Money and Run" and "Fly Like an Eagle," the group became a Seventies juggernaut, churning out a string of massive hits.Steve Miller on Rock Hall: 'It's Taken a Long, Long Time'
  Miller's journey to the Rock Hall has been a long time coming, but as he told Rolling Stone, he wasn't offended by his
  
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• Read Lars Ulrich's Passionate Deep Purple Rock Hall Induction

  09-04-2016 03:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lars Ulrich fell in love with Deep Purple when he was nine years old, when his dad's friends took him to see the pioneering hard rockers live in Copenhagen. "They have probably been the primary musical backbone in my body ever since I first heard them," he recently said.5 Things You Didn't Know About Deep Purple
  The drummer, who covered the band's "When a Blind Man Cries" with Metallica in 2012, has long called for the group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as they've been eligib
  
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• Kansas City Royals Star Eric Hosmer Rescues Girl From Mob After Justin Bieber Concert

  09-04-2016 02:44
  
  Eric Hosmer proved he is more than a hero on the baseball field. The first baseman for the World Series champion Kansas City Royals rescued a girl...
  
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• Deep Purple Rocks Hall of Fame With Hits-Filled Set

  09-04-2016 02:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Deep Purple lineup that frontman Ian Gillan calls the "living, breathing Deep Purple" played a hit-filled set Friday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The band, most of them dressed in suits, kicked things off with a searing rendition of "Highway Star," complete with its crushing organ-riffing and off-kilter guitar stabs, as Gillan lasciviously yowled about his dream woman and fantasy car and Don Airey nailed the songs gothic, asce
  
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• Enrique Iglesias Announces Release Date of Wisin-Featuring 'Duele El Corazón'

  09-04-2016 02:36
  
  After teasing his fans on social media hinting at new music with multiple posts, Enrique Iglesias finally revealed that he will be releasing his new...
  
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• 'Straight Outta Compton' & Into the Rock Hall: N.W.A's 10 Best Songs, Ranked

  09-04-2016 02:27
  
  After passing over N.W.A for the past three years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters are including the seminal gangsta rap group from Compton,...
  
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• Wymer release From Dublin To Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy 69-76 book

  09-04-2016 02:01 via music-news.com
  
  Dublin's Thin Lizzy have become one of the most revered cult acts of all time. Studious and discerning fans of hard rock the world over revelling
  
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• 'American Idol' Runner-Up La'Porsha Renae on Hoping to Work With Kelly Clarkson & Being 'An Artist of Truth'

  09-04-2016 02:00
  
  La'Porsha Renae may have come in second place in the Thursday night finale of American Idol, but she said she still feels like a winner...
  
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• 5 Seconds of Summer: 'We cannot live up to fan fiction'

  09-04-2016 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  5 Seconds of Summer bandmates would likely spend time at the pub on a first date.
  
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• North Carolina Congressman: Bruce Springsteen Is a 'Bully' for Canceling Concert

  09-04-2016 01:55
  
  A U.S. congressman who represents portions of Greensboro, N.C., is accusing Bruce Springsteen of being a "bully" after the rock star...
  
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