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Michael Douglas' Battle with Throat Cancer Hitting Catherine Zeta-Jones Hard
Catherine Zeta-Jones is not happy it took doctors so long to discover her husband, Michael Douglas, has throat cancer. Zeta-Jones tells People magazine ...Read More
Happy 90210 Day
Today isn’t just any Thursday. OMG, it’s 90210 day. Today’s date, September 2, 2010, matches the famous Southern California zip code that’s also the ...Read More
Bon Jovi to Play Free Concert to Bring Tourists Back to Gulf Coast
Bon Jovi are doing their part to help the beleaguered Gulf Coast in the wake of the BP oil spill. Jon and the boys will perform a free concert on the beach ...Read More
Scott Weiland Launches His Own Clothing Line
You've heard his music -- now wear his clothes. Scott Weiland is launching his own clothing line with the label English Laundry ...Read More
Scorpions Will Return to North America for More Farewell Shows in 2011
If you missed your chance to say goodbye to The Scorpions on their 2010 farewell tour, you'll get another chance to do so in the summer of 2011 ...Read More
John Lennon Peace Rally to Be Held at Lincoln Memorial Thursday Night
Thursday night at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., organizers of Abbey Road on the River, a Beatles tribute festival, will kick off this year's event with a John Lennon "Give Peace a Chance" rally ...Read More
New Bob Dylan Two-Disc Set Will Feature Never Before Heard 1963 Live Show
The new Bob Dylan two-disc set, Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Whitmark Demos, will come with a previously unheard live recording of Dylan, but only if you purchase the set from Amazon.com ...Read More
Conan O'Brien's Talk Show Will Be Titled Conan
Conan O'Brien has come up with a simple name for his new talk show on TBS. He posted a two-minute video on YouTube Wednesday to announce that his program will be titled Conan. ...Read More
Lady Gaga, Bono Make Vanity Fair's 16th Annual "New Establishment" List
Lady Gaga is the highest-ranking musician on Vanity Fair's 16th annual New Establishment List, which ranks the most influential people of the Information Age. ...Read More
George Clooney's The American Opens Nationwide
George Clooney is an American who often hangs out at his Italian villa, so in one respect, his latest film role isn't much of a stretch. Clooney plays the ...Read More
Joe Satriani Streaming New Single, "Light Years Away"
Joe Satriani will release his brand-new album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, on October 5th, but he's streaming the first single, "Light Years Away," right now at his official website ...Read More
Travis Frontman Streaming "Fly in the Ointment" Featuring Paul McCartney on Bass
Travis frontman Fran Healy is getting ready to release his debut solo album, Wreckorder, on October 5th and is building up hype by streaming a song that features Paul McCartney on bass ...Read More
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Playing Two Shows in Los Angeles Featuring Iggy Pop, Perry Farrell
On October 1st and 2nd, the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono band will play at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, along with a series of solid special guests ...Read More
Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, Johnny Depp Play Benefit Concert for West Memphis 3
Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder and Johnny Depp took the stage at a benefit concert last Monday in Little Rock, Arkansas in support of the West Memphis 3 -- three teens who were convicted in 1993 for murdering three children ...Read More
Elton John Will Perform with Leon Russell at Annual NYC Benefit
Details of Elton John's annual New York City charity event, An Enduring Vision, have been announced ...Read More
Axl Rose Declares "War" on Leeds Festival Organizers After Guns N' Roses Set Is Cut Short
Axl Rose is crying foul after he says promoters of the Leeds Festival in the UK cut the Guns N' Roses set short -- even though the band arrived a half-hour late for their set ...Read More
Slash Files for Divorce
TMZ.com is reporting that Slash has filed for divorce from his wife of nine years, Perla Ferrar. The guitarist, who was born Saul Hudson, has two children with Ferrar, aged six and eight ...Read More
Heart Releases Red Velvet Car Today, First New CD in Six Years
Heart is still beating. On Tuesday, August 31st, the veteran rockers release Red Velvet Car, their first collection of original material since 2004. In the ...Read More
Bruce Springsteen, Steve Perry Helped Make Jimmy Fallon's Emmy Opener a Hit
Jimmy Fallon's opening number on the Emmys -- a performance of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" featuring the kids from Glee, plus Tina Fey, Jorge Garcia ...Read More
Bono Appears in Louis Vuitton Ad with Wife
For the first time ever, Bono has appeared in an ad without the rest of U2. Women's Wear Daily reports that the singer has posted for a Louis ...Read More
John's John Auctioned Off for Big Bucks
A toilet that once belonged to late Beatle John Lennon was auctioned off in the Fab Four’s hometown of Liverpool Saturday for 9,500 pounds -- about 14,700 dollars -- to an overseas collector, according to BBC News ...Read More
Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth to Headline 3rd Annual ATP Festival in New York
The London organization All Tomorrow's Parties are throwing their third annual ATP New York Festival in Monticello, NY from September 3rd-5th ...Read More
Ten-Year-Old Japanese Guitar Prodigy Rocks "Crazy Train" On Stage with Ozzy Osbourne
At the Ozzfest stop in Hartford, Connecticut on August 21st, Ozzy Osbourne brought a special guest onstage to help him with the song "Crazy Train." Ten-year-old Yuto Miyazawa, a Japanese guitar prodigy ...Read More
Bon Jovi Streaming New Single, "What Do You Got?"
As previously reported, Bon Jovi will release a greatest hits album on November 9th that will feature 16 of their biggest hits, including "Living on a Prayer," "Dead or Alive, "It's My Life" and more ...Read More
First Bassist, Now Aerosmith Guitarist Confirms Steven Tyler Is an American Idol Judge
First, Aerosmith bass player Tom Hamilton told a reporter that singer Steven Tyler had definitely signed on to be a judge on American Idol. Now, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is saying the same thing ...Read More
Fresh Faces Liven Up 62nd Annual Emmy Awards
The Emmys are often criticized for recognizing the same few shows and actors over and over again, but nobody could complain about that after Sunday night's telecast of the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ...Read More
Backstage at the Emmy Awards
The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced last night at the Nokia Theatre LA live in downtown Los Angeles. After delivering their acceptance speeches, the winners came backstage to talk to the press ...Read More
Stars Hit the Red Carpet at the Emmys
The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles Sunday night, with some of the hottest celebrities coming out to celebrated the biggest night in television. As usual, many of the night's guests and nominees were in top form as they made their way down the red carpet. ...Read More
Slash Says Velvet Revolver Getting Together in October to Audition Singers
Velvet Revolver fans, take heart -- the band isn't done yet. At last week's House of Blues event in Los Angeles honoring Slash, the guitarist said that the band ...Read More
TV's Brightest in Los Angeles for Emmys
The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmys touched down in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with early winners including Modern Family, Breaking Bad, and Mad Men. Jimmy Fallon kicked the show off by teaming up with the cast of Glee and rocking out ...Read More
Glee's Lea Michele Told She Wasn't "Pretty Enough" for TV Roles
Prior to landing a role on the hit Fox show Glee, actress Lea Michele was told by casting agents that she was "not pretty enough" or “too ethnic” for TV roles, according to The Hollywood Reporter ...Read More
Heart to Perform Live, Sell New CD on ShopNBC This Weekend
Heart's new album Red Velvet Car hits stores on August 31st, and Ann and Nancy Wilson will appear on the home shopping channel ShopNBC this Sunday to push it ...Read More
Yoko Ono Hosting Events in Iceland for John Lennon's 70th Birthday
Yoko Ono will be hosting a series of events on October 9th, which would have John Lennon's 70th birthday, to promote peace throughout the world ...Read More
Ozzy Osbourne's Scream to Be Expanded into Two-Disc Edition
Ozzy Osbourne's newest album, Scream, will be expanded to a two-disc edition and released on October 5th. The Tour Edition, as its called, will feature seven new songs ...Read More
Bon Jovi to Release Two Versions of Greatest Hits Album on November 9th
Bon Jovi had planned to write a few new songs for a greatest hits album a couple years ago, but that project turned into their current record, The Circle ...Read More
Grateful Dead's "Formerly the Warlocks" Concerts to Be Sold as a Box Set
On October 8th and 9th, 1989, the Grateful Dead played two shows at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, billed as Formerly The Warlocks. Those two shows will now be sold as a six-disc box set ...Read More
Experience Hendrix Tour Returns This Fall
The Experience Hendrix Tour, which features an all-star lineup playing the music of Jimi Hendrix, is returning with more dates this October and November ...Read More
Ray Davies Collaborating with Billy Corgan, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Black & More for Forthcoming Album
Ray Davies has revealed on his website that he's been collaborating with quite a few artists for a forthcoming album. including Frank Black, Spoon, Mumford & Sons and more ...Read More
Slash Honored as Part of Sunset Strip Music Festival
The 3rd Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival kicked off Thursday night in West Hollywood with a tribute to Slash. The guitarist was honored at the House of Blues with an all-star event that included scheduled guests ...Read More
Bruce Springsteen's The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story Deluxe Edition Out November 16th
The new Bruce Springsteen documentary The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, which documents the making of the 1978 album, will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival ...Read More
The Allman Brothers Announce Additional Fall Shows
The Allman Brothers have already announced three shows in Boston, Massachusetts from November 18-20. Now, they've revealed more dates for November, including shows in ...Read More
Tiger Woods Officially Divorced
Tiger Woods can be a free swinger now. The superstar golfer and his wife, Elin Nordegren, were divorced in a Panama City, Florida court on Monday, less than a year after Woods' alleged affairs came to light. ...Read More
George Harrison's Son and Ben Harper Start New Band, Fistful of Mercy
George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur have come together to form a new band called Fistful Of Mercy ...Read More
Campaign Begins to Save Ringo Starr's Childhood Home
As previously reported, plans are in place to begin demolition of houses on Madryn street in Liverpool, England. One of those houses is 9 Madryn Street, the birthplace and childhood home of Ringo Starr ...Read More
U2 Performs First-Ever Concert in Russia
Wednesday night, August 25th, was a milestone for U2 -- they performed their first-ever concert in Russia. According to U2Tours.com, for this show in Moscow ...Read More
Keith Richards to Talk at New York City Public Library in October
Here's a good reason for you to head to the library this fall; Keith Richards will speak at the Celeste Bartos auditorium in the New York City Public Library on October 29th ...Read More
Stevie Nicks Working on "Full-Blown Rock 'n Roll Album"
It's been nine years since her last solo album of original material, but Stevie Nicks hopes to release a brand-new record this spring ...Read More
Rolling Stone Names "A Day in the Life" the #1 Greatest Beatles Song
Everybody's got a favorite Beatles song -- or likely more than one -- but Rolling Stone has gone further, selecting the best 100 songs by the Fab Four ...Read More
Santana Previews Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time at All-Star Las Vegas Show
Carlos Santana and record executive Clive Davis hosted a listening party for his upcoming album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Casino ...Read More
Ted Nugent Prepping New Album Material
Ted Nugent says he's got himself some "stone cold, mother[bleeping] songs" ready for the new album he'll begin recording this year ...Read More
U2 Fined by the City of Barcelona for Being Too Loud
The Associated Press reports that U2 have been fined $22,000 by the city of Barcelona for playing too loud. A spokeswoman said that the band were fined for rehearsing until midnight ...Read More
VH1's "Greatest Artists of All Time" Include The Beatles, U2, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones & More
Who are the greatest musical artists of all time? That's what VH1 is going to reveal on one of its patented countdown specials, premiering September 6th. ...Read More
Judas Priest Guitarist K.K. Downing Designs Golf Course
Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has put down his axe and picked up a club. In a recent interview with The Shropshire Star, Downing revealed that he designed a full 18-hole golf course ...Read More
Two-Hour Jimi Hendrix Documentary on the Bio Channel This Thursday
A two-hour documentary on the life of Jimi Hendrix will air on the Bio Channel this Thursday, August 26th ...Read More
Bob Dylan to Release The Witmark Demos, The Original Mono Recordings on October 19th
A new collection of songs by Bob Dylan known as The Bootleg Series Volume 9 -- The Witmark Demos will be released on October 19th ...Read More
