Reuters - When author Neil Strauss first met Motley Crue, the scene could have been ripped right from “The Dirt,” the 2001 band autobiography he co-wrote with the group that became a New York Times best seller.
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E! Online - Britney Spears and Madonna’s latest hookup has been temporarily derailed by a technical glitch.
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Reuters - If last year’s reunion mania is any indication, the highly anticipated return of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs this fall stands to be a major fourth-quarter bright spot for the music business. The band will also be able to take advantage of modern tools of promotion not available in its heyday.
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AP - Prosecutors have filed felony charges against Nate Dogg, who authorities suspect threatened and stalked his wife.
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AP - Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years.
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Reuters - The irreverent rock duo Tenacious D, featuring actor Jack Black, have begun work on a new album — just don’t hold your breath waiting for it.
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Reuters - The Smashing Pumpkins will play a host of shows in the coming months to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
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Reuters - Rapper Lil Wayne returned to the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, ending the two-week reign of British rock band Coldplay.
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AP - Blues guitar virtuosos and honey-voiced singers filled the Chicago streets with music during the 1950s. Muddy Waters’ guitar seeped from corner juke joints. Willie Dixon strummed bass guitar beats, echoing the city’s blues sound.
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E! Online - Sorry Fiddy, but your new G-Unit album is more Mr. Freeze than Terminator.
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AP - A memoir by Madonna’s brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself.
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E! Online - You might not be able to sing like David Cook, but at least you can now walk in shoes.
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AP - 1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC.
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E! Online - Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow engaging in some same-sex smooching? Kiss those loose-lipped allegations goodbye!
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E! Online - Jordin Sparks is getting in touch with Jesse McCartney and his Beautiful Soul.
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AP - Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow.
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Reuters - Green River, an early grunge band that included future members of Pearl Jam and Mudhoney, has gone deep into its back catalog for its first show in nearly 21 years in Seattle on Sunday.
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Reuters - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film “Mamma Mia!,” delighting fans with their first public showing for years.
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E! Online - It remains to be seen whether New Edition and New Kids on the Block teaming up will be a super group or more of a stupor group. But whatever happens, it’s all gravy to a suddenly philosophical Bobby Brown, who now sees getting kicked out of New Edition years ago as a good thing when viewed in the rearview mirror:
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E! Online - A Britney Spears insider tells E! News that Britney and Madonna soon might appear onstage together…sort of.
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E! Online - While some celebrated the holiday weekend with a Budweiser, the Cruise family enjoyed theirs with Becks.
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AP - Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
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Reuters - Christmas came early for Sheryl Crow this year, thanks to a holiday album that will go on sale in Hallmark Gold Crown stores in September.
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Reuters - It’s summer and it’s hot, but even so, Faith Hill is quick to warm up to talk about Christmas.
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Reuters - Things are starting to get “a little bit” sentimental around the Bon Jovi camp as the New Jersey rockers enter the home stretch of their 2007-08 world tour, according to guitarist Richie Sambora.
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AP - The opening note of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s “Die Soldaten” has to be the most moving in opera when heard in David Pountney’s production: The 974-seat bleacher containing the audience slowly starts to roll down train tracks in the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall, passing over a football field-length runway where most of the action takes place.
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AP - The Essence Music Festival wrapped up its 14th year Sunday night, which was marked by the return of Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock.
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AP - A vast collection of 78 rpm records — valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history — is being donated to Syracuse University by the estate of a prominent New York City record shop owner.
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E! Online - He might be MIA, but that doesn’t stop trouble from finding Eminem.
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E! Online - Teen sensation Miley Cyrus headlined America’s Freedom Festival in Provo, Utah, on the Fourth of July.
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AP - Alex Rodriguez’s wife will file for divorce Monday, according to media reports. Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star in 2002, said the marriage is over because of the All-Star third baseman’s extramarital affairs, according to reports that appeared Sunday on the Web sites of Houston television station KTRK and The Miami Herald.
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AP - Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said.
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AP - Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown.
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