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  • Justin Bieber Under Investigation for Assault on Photographer

    Justin Bieber Under Investigation for Assault on Photographer | ARTICLE

    Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are investigating a photographer's claims that Justin Bieber assaulted him, the Los Angeles Times reports. The photographer reportedly drew the singer's ire on Sunday after snapping pictures...

    May 28, 2012 11:39 AM ET
  • Mary J. Blige's Charity Hit with Two Lawsuits

    Mary J. Blige's Charity Hit with Two Lawsuits | ARTICLE

    Mary J. Blige's charity, the Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, is facing two lawsuits over unpaid bills, the New York Post reports. A group of 30 musicians who performed at a May...

    May 27, 2012 3:53 PM ET
  • Lady Gaga Cancels Indonesia Show Amid Threats of Violence

    Lady Gaga Cancels Indonesia Show Amid Threats of Violence | ARTICLE

    Lady Gaga has canceled her concert in Jakarta, Indonesia after Islamic hardliners threatened violence, the Associated Press reports. The concert, scheduled for June 3rd at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, had sold out its 52,000 tickets, though...

    May 27, 2012 8:45 AM ET
  • Peter Jones, Drummer for Crowded House, Dead at 45

    Peter Jones, Drummer for Crowded House, Dead at 45 | ARTICLE

    Peter Jones, who played drums for Crowded House, died on Friday at the age of 45. Australia's Herald Sun newspaper reports that he had been suffering from brain cancer. The band left a statement on its website...

    May 20, 2012 5:36 PM ET
  • Loretta Lynn Story Shaken Up by Age Revelation

    Loretta Lynn Story Shaken Up by Age Revelation | ARTICLE

    A dramatic element of Loretta Lynn's autobiography has been called into question following a discovery by the Associated Press that the country legend is actually three years older than she had claimed. Lynn's birth certificate, which...

    May 19, 2012 5:07 PM ET
  • Protests Greet Lady Gaga's Arrival in the Philippines

    Protests Greet Lady Gaga's Arrival in the Philippines | ARTICLE

    Hundreds of young Christians took to the streets Friday and Saturday in protest as Lady Gaga arrived in Manila for the latest leg of her Asian tour, the Associated Press reports. The protesters, members of a group...

    May 19, 2012 2:54 PM ET
  • Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Player for Booker T. and the MGs, Dead at 70

    Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bass Player for Booker T. and the MGs, Dead at 70 | ARTICLE

    Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass player for the influential studio band Booker T. and the MGs, died this morning at the age of 70. Dunn was in Japan at the time, playing a series of shows at the...

    May 13, 2012 10:22 AM ET
  • No Doubt Announce New Album Release Date

    No Doubt Announce New Album Release Date | ARTICLE

    No Doubt has finally set a date for the release of their long-awaited new album. "Ear candy coming your way!" the band wrote in a message on their website announcing that the record will be coming...

    May 5, 2012 5:27 PM ET
  • Michael Moore Covers Bob Dylan for 'Occupy' Album

    Michael Moore Covers Bob Dylan for 'Occupy' Album | ARTICLE

    There's a moment in Michael Moore's documentary The Big One where the filmmaker picks up a guitar and launches into a warbly impersonation of Bob Dylan singing his 1964 protest anthem, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Now...

    May 5, 2012 3:30 PM ET
  • Neil Diamond Marries His Manager

    Neil Diamond Marries His Manager | ARTICLE

    Neil Diamond married his manager, Katie McNeil on Saturday, Us Weekly reports. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles among family and close friends. Diamond had announced the engagement in September with a little...

    April 22, 2012 7:15 PM ET
  • New Rolling Stones Movie in the Works

    New Rolling Stones Movie in the Works | ARTICLE

    The Rolling Stones will hit the silver screen once again. Deadline Hollywood reports that Virgin Produced, the movie branch of Richard Branson's business empire, has just acquired the film rights to Robert Greenfield's 2008 book...

    April 22, 2012 5:59 PM ET
  • Fort Knox Cancels Ted Nugent Concert

    Fort Knox Cancels Ted Nugent Concert | ARTICLE

    Fort Knox has cancelled Ted Nugent's appearance at its annual summer concert, following the rocker's incendiary comments about President Obama. Nugent had been scheduled to headline the June 23rd concert at the Kentucky military base, along with...

    April 21, 2012 6:19 PM ET
  • Kanye West Renames 'Theraflu' 'Way Too Cold'

    Kanye West Renames 'Theraflu' 'Way Too Cold' | ARTICLE

    More than a week after the cold and flu relief company objected to Kanye West's use of their brand in his song "Theraflu," West has announced that he's changing the track's name. "Today, Kanye announces the...

    April 15, 2012 3:19 PM ET
  • Andrew Love, Memphis Horns Saxophonist, Dead at 70

    Andrew Love, Memphis Horns Saxophonist, Dead at 70 | ARTICLE

    Andrew Love, the tenor saxophonist who made his mark on hundreds of recordings as half of the Memphis Horns, died on Thursday at the age of 70, the Los Angeles Times reports.  His wife, Willie, says...

    April 14, 2012 6:50 PM ET
  • Courtney Love Apologizes to Frances Bean for Dave Grohl Twitter Rant

    Courtney Love Apologizes to Frances Bean for Dave Grohl Twitter Rant | ARTICLE

    After setting off a small tempest by accusing Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl of trying to seduce her daughter, Courtney Love apologized to Frances Bean Cobain via Twitter early this morning. "Bean, sorry I believed...

    April 14, 2012 4:20 PM ET
  • Classic Hole Lineup Reunites in New York

    Classic Hole Lineup Reunites in New York | ARTICLE

    Courtney Love joined former Hole bandmates Eric Erlandson, Melissa auf der Maur and Patty Schemel on stage in Brooklyn last night, the Village Voice reports, marking the first time the classic mid-Nineties Hole lineup...

    April 14, 2012 11:11 AM ET
  • My Bloody Valentine Album in the Works

    My Bloody Valentine Album in the Works | ARTICLE

    A new My Bloody Valentine album might be on its way soon, singer and guitarist Kevin Shields revealed in an interview with Pitchfork. While the shoegazers are reissuing a string of albums from their back...

    April 7, 2012 7:35 PM ET
  • Carrie Brownstein to Write a Memoir

    Carrie Brownstein to Write a Memoir | ARTICLE

    It's a busy year in books for Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein. The New York Times is reporting that the Wild Flag singer and guitarist has signed with Riverhead Press to write a memoir centered around her...

    April 1, 2012 8:49 PM ET
  • Kanye West Sued Over Another Sample

    Kanye West Sued Over Another Sample | ARTICLE

    Just weeks after settling a lawsuit with singer Syl Johnson, Kanye West faces another claim of illegal sampling, AllHipHop.com reports. Robert Poindexter, singer with the soul band the Persuaders, claims that West used an...

    April 1, 2012 8:31 PM ET
  • Ray Charles Foundation Sues the Singer's Children

    Ray Charles Foundation Sues the Singer's Children | ARTICLE

    The Ray Charles Foundation is suing seven of the late singer's children for attempting to obtain copyrights on some of Charles' songs, The Wrap reports. According to the lawsuit, Charles gave each of his children $500,000...

    March 31, 2012 5:20 PM ET