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Rock on, New York! Hall of Fame goes on the road
8/13/2008, AP
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is going on the road to New York — the city that spawned hip-hop and gave Bob Dylan and the Ramones their start. Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
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Roy Orbison boxed set includes a dozen rarities
8/6/2008, Reuters
Twelve previously unreleased tracks, including an early version of "Ooby Dooby" and a demo of "Claudette," highlight a four-disc Roy Orbison boxed set due in stores on...
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Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Chesney vie for top tour
7/26/2008, Reuters
"Glory Days" are here again for Bruce Springsteen, whose upcoming tour could make him the biggest touring artist of the year in North America. Springsteen and his E...
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Lofgren scales back for Neil Young covers
7/23/2008, Reuters
There's an odd co-production credit on Nils Lofgren's new album, "The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil." It's for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed ...
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Lautenberg drops Boss tix request for fundraiser
7/22/2008, AP
Sen. Frank Lautenberg's re-election campaign has dropped its request to get the operator of Giants Stadium to provide it with Bruce Springsteen tickets for a fundraiser...
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Memories of how Springsteen rocked Berlin
7/15/2008, Reuters
When Bruce Springsteen spoke out against the Berlin Wall at the biggest concert in East German history in 1988, no one in the crowd of 160,000 had the faintest idea that...
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Springsteen remembers NJ boardwalk fortuneteller
7/3/2008, AP
Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song. Madam Marie Castello, who told fortunes on the Asbury Park Boardwalk in New...
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Springsteen's Madam Marie Dies
7/2/2008, E! Online
It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning. Boardwalk fixture and Springsteen song legend Madam Marie, the seaside clairvoyant...
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Bruce Springsteen endorses Obama for president
4/16/2008, AP
Rock star Bruce Springsteen endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saying "he speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35...
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Boss to help raise money for theater
3/6/2008, AP
Bruce Springsteen plans to raise some money for the restoration of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. Springsteen, who grew up in nearby Freehold, is scheduled to hold a...
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Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young join anti-war soundtrack
2/25/2008, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Pearl Jam have contributed tunes to the anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in Iraq. The 30-song,...
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Springsteen, Young join anti-war soundtrack
2/24/2008, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Peal Jam have contributed tunes to the anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in Iraq. The 30-song, two-disc...
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Boss Done Horsing Around
1/10/2008, E! Online
Bruce Springsteen apparently wasn't born to run to court.
The rocker has ponied up $200,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Olympic equestrian to settle a...
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Springsteen plots N.J. stadium gigs next summer
12/9/2007, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen will return this
summer to a familiar stomping ground, Giants Stadium in East
Rutherford, N.J., for three shows to promote his latest album,
"Magic."
The...
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Grammy nominations in top categories
12/6/2007, AP
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Springsteen bandmate on hiatus for health reasons
11/26/2007, Reuters
Keyboardist Danny Federici, an
original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking
a leave of absence from the group while undergoing treatment
for...
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Springsteen band member has melanoma
11/23/2007, AP
An original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has melanoma and is taking a leave from the singer's "Magic" tour to undergo treatment.
Keyboardist Danny Federici...
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Springsteen bandmate on hiatus for health reasons
11/22/2007, Reuters
Keyboardist Danny Federici, an
original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is taking
a leave of absence from the group while undergoing treatment
for...
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Sorry, Kid; The Boss Bounces Back
10/24/2007, E! Online
The Boss is having another Magic moment on the charts.
In one of the slowest October sales weeks in chart history, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Magic...
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Bruce Springsteen brings passion to hometown fans
10/11/2007, Reuters
"Is
there anybody alive out there?" Bruce Springsteen screamed at
the start of his Meadowlands show, occurring roughly a week
into his tour with the E Street Band to promote...
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Abracadabra: The Boss Works Chart Magic
10/10/2007, E! Online
Looks like the Boss' glory days aren't over just yet.
Bruce Springsteen scored his third number one album in the last five years as Magic bewitched the...
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Springsteen tops UK charts for seventh time
10/8/2007, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen has racked up his
seventh U.K. No. 1 album with "Magic," extending his span of
chart-toppers to more than 22 years.
Also new were Katie Melua at No. 2,...
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Springsteen Saddled with Horse Suit
10/6/2007, E! Online
A former member of the U.S. Equestrian Team is trying to knock Bruce Springsteen off his high horse.
Olympian Todd Minikus has sued the Grammy-winning rocker and wife...
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The Boss sued over nixed horse sale
10/5/2007, AP
Bruce Springsteen and his wife are being sued, accused of backing out of a contract to buy a horse worth $850,000 for their teenage daughter.
Olympic equestrian Todd...
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Springsteen performs "Magic" in concert tour open
10/2/2007, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band kicked off their latest U.S. tour on Tuesday and
rocked their way through several cuts from the newly released
"Magic," a collection...
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The Boss gets his own day in Connecticut
10/2/2007, AP
It isn't just any Tuesday in Connecticut. It's officially "Bruce Springsteen Day" — according to Gov. Jodi Rell.
The Boss and his E Street Band open their first tour...
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Music Review: Bruce Springsteen
9/28/2007, AP
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, "Magic" (Columbia)
More than a week before the release of Bruce Springsteen's new album, the Internet was already abuzz with...
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Springsteen gives fans preview of tour
9/25/2007, AP
It might have been billed as a rehearsal, but Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band showed 3,000 fans he still has the magic. The show Monday at the oceanfront Convention...
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Bruce Springsteen to play benefit rehearsals
9/20/2007, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Springsteen has announced that he will play two benefit rehearsals with the E Street Band next week.
The Boss will give fans a taste of his forthcoming album, Magic,...
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Springsteen benefit rehearsal shows set
9/20/2007, AP
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will give fans a preview of their upcoming tour when they perform two benefit rehearsal concerts in Asbury Park next week.
The...
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Springsteen Makes Magic Happen
8/28/2007, E! Online
The Boss is ready to work his Magic.
Bruce Springsteen will release his latest studio album via Columbia Records on Oct. 2, the label said Thursday. Magic is...
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Star Yusuf hopes music helps Muslim image
8/18/2007, Reuters
British singer Sami Yusuf is not
exactly sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, instead writing songs
about topics as alien to rock music as the Beslan school
massacre in...
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Musical `Magic' from Boss, E Street Band
8/16/2007, AP
Bruce Springsteen is back with the E Street Band — and a bit of "Magic."
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer returns Oct. 2 with a new album, titled "Magic," his first...
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6 inducted into Music City Walk of Fame
4/23/2007, AP
John Hiatt slept under a park bench on his first night in Nashville in 1979. Now the city has given the singer-songwriter the star treatment.
On Sunday, Hiatt was among...
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Classical's grip loosening on Pulitzers?
4/13/2007, AP
In 1943, when the Pulitzer Prize committee established an award for America's best music, many genres were flourishing.
Jazz was in full swing with the likes of Duke...
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Rocker Patti Smith lashes out at Gitmo
4/13/2007, AP
Rocker Patti Smith said Friday that her concern for the hundreds of men imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay compelled her to record a song about a former detainee.
"I feel...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ready for new album?
4/11/2007, Yahoo! Music
A new Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band album could be in the works.
The singer and the band's last release was 2001's Live In New York City album. They also...
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Gore's climate concert finds home in New Jersey
4/10/2007, Reuters
Rebuffed in Washington, former Vice
President Al Gore is taking his "Live Earth" rock concert to
New Jersey.
The concert to raise awareness about global warming will...
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John Anderson shoots again for charts
4/8/2007, Reuters
After a 30-year career on the
fringe of Music Row, singer/songwriter John Anderson is gearing
up for an improbable third run at mainstream success.
"Easy Money" (Warner...
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Springsteen makes surprise appearance in New York
4/6/2007, Yahoo! Music
Rock 'n' roll legend Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at a tribute event held in his honour in New York last night (April 5).
Taking to the stage at Carnegie...
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All hail the new indie rock mainstream
3/18/2007, Reuters
Arcade Fire's "Intervention" is most
likely the only Coolest Song there will ever be that waits a
minute and a half for the drums to enter.
The Montreal-based band is...
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Cowell says he's bigger than Springsteen
3/15/2007, AP
Simon Cowell says he's bigger than The Boss. In an interview to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," the "American Idol" judge says he's worth five times more to Sony BMG than...
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Jamie Foxx's concert tour a quiet blockbuster
3/9/2007, Reuters
Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one
of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw
numbers indicate otherwise.
The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer's...
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Veteran singers turn to theme albums
1/19/2007, AP
Barry Manilow became one of the world's best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he's more likely to rely on other people's...
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Lenny Kaye an unfortunate hall of fame omission
1/12/2007, Reuters
You've heard who got into the Rock
Hall this year: R.E.M., Patti Smith, the Ronettes, Van Halen
and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. All good. All
deserving. I was...
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All hail Sweden's Nomads, classic rockers
1/2/2007, Reuters
This year's first Coolest Song of
the Week comes from an appropriately cool place: Solna, Sweden.
The Nomads have been leading the contemporary garage rock
movement in...
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Seger taping Detroit shows for future release
12/27/2006, Reuters
Bob Seger told a 1975 audience at
Detroit's Cobo Arena, where he taped his famed "Live Bullet"
album, that it "might just end up on a record." He'll be able
to say it again...
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CBS Records returns for a spin
12/14/2006, Reuters
CBS Corp. is reaching into its past
by reviving the CBS Records name for its latest business
proposition.
The label is starting out small, with three...
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X Factor favorite "cybersquatted"
12/7/2006, Reuters
Singer Leona Lewis, the bookies'
favorite to win popular British talent spotting show "The X
Factor," has fallen victim to "celebrity cybersquatting," with
an Internet...
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Nominations for 49th Annual Grammy Awards
12/7/2006, E! Online
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Jerry Lee Lewis doing a whole lotta shakin'
11/29/2006, Reuters
Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind...
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"Long Black Veil" songwriter dies in Nashville
10/30/2006, Reuters
Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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"Long Black Veil" songwriter dies in Nashville
10/29/2006, Reuters
Songwriter Marijohn
Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad "Long Black Veil" and
other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86.
Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been...
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The Killers not quite contenders
10/9/2006, Reuters
It seemed like a good
sign when the full house at the Wiltern in Los Angeles sang
along to the Killers' second song of the night.
It was from the group's new album, which...
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The Killers are here to save good music
10/5/2006, AP
Let Justin Timberlake worry about bringing sexy back. The Killers have a far weightier goal in mind as they release their grand sophomore album, "Sam's Town" — to bring...
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With radio not helping, music vets try trickery
9/13/2006, Reuters
When his "Modern Times"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, 65-year-old
Bob Dylan became the oldest artist to top the album chart.
Dylan benefited from...
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Dylan tops US charts for first time in 30 years
9/6/2006, Reuters
Bob Dylan reached the top of the
U.S. albums chart for the first time in 30 years, and only the
fourth time in his career, according to sales data issued on
Wednesday.
The...
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Billboard album reviews: Bob Dylan, Sam Moore
8/28/2006, Reuters
You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Struggling New Orleans musicians look ahead
8/27/2006, Reuters
Before Hurricane Katrina hit, Tanio
Hingle lived in a house in the Treme section of New Orleans
with his wife and three kids, gigging around town with the New
Birth Brass...
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New York's famed Hit Factory to be sold as condos
8/8/2006, Reuters
New York's Hit Factory studio, which
closed in early 2005 after being home to recording sessions by
John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and U2, is being converted
into...
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Springsteen's son takes a spill in lake
7/13/2006, AP
His dad may have been born to run, but Evan Springsteen was born to kayak.
Well, maybe not. The 15-year-old son of rockers Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa had to be...
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Etheridge rocks out with rousing celebration of life
7/4/2006, Reuters
Once upon a time,
Melissa Etheridge wanted to be the female Bruce Springsteen.
And for the most part she is, offering uplifting rock anthems
while intensely connecting with...
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Twilight offers dark celebration of rock 'n' roll
6/22/2006, Reuters
"It's the first day of
summer, and tonight we are pagans," Greg Dulli declared before
launching into "I'm Ready," the opening song of a two-hour
hometown set on Wednesday...
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Union objects Springsteen concert venue
6/14/2006, AP
A local union says promoters picked the wrong arena for Bruce Springsteen to perform the pro-labor music of folk singer Pete Seeger.
The decision to hold the concert...
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Guthrie family extends folk legacy with tour
6/7/2006, Reuters
The descendants of folk music icon
Woody Guthrie are turning a family reunion into a traveling
musical event this fall.
With Woody's son Arlo in the lead, the Guthrie...
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Rocker Springsteen takes political tone on tour
5/27/2006, Reuters
Branching off from his
rock'n' roll roots, Bruce Springsteen kicked off his summer
U.S. tour on Saturday with songs made famous by folk musician
and activist Pete Seeger and...
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Pop Stars Going Up on Country Charts
5/22/2006, AP
If pop star Michelle Branch and her pal Jessica Harp had their way, their new country album "Stand Still, Look Pretty" would have registered even higher on the twang...
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Jerry Lee Lewis boxed set boasts rare tracks
5/12/2006, Reuters
Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time
Life's "Legends of American Music" with the three-disc boxed
set "Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits."
The June 13 release was...
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Tool Schools the Charts
5/10/2006, E! Online
After a long wait, it's Tool time on the charts.
The
hard rock band's first album in five years, 10,000 Days, led five
newcomers into the Top 10 debuts with a huge...
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Fats Domino sent to hospital, cancels Jazzfest act
5/7/2006, Reuters
Fats Domino, who became a symbol of
survival for this year's New Orleans jazz festival, was taken
to hospital on Sunday, forcing him to cancel a headlining
appearance at the...
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Springsteen delivers emotional set at Jazz Fest
5/2/2006, Reuters
The first weekend of the
37th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ended with a
slow, elegiac version of the Crescent City standard "When the
Saints Go Marching In,"...
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Toussaint-Costello: a collaboration born of Katrina
5/1/2006, Reuters
It's a collaboration that grew from
Hurricane Katrina, and now Elvis Costello and New Orleans
legend Allen Toussaint have cemented the relationship with
songs that won...
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DiFranco Returns at New Orleans Jazz Fest
4/24/2006, AP
Folk singer Ani DiFranco, who stopped performing for almost a year due to tendinitis in her wrists, will make her comeback Friday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage...
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Rock Hall Opens Roy Orbison Exhibit
4/18/2006, AP
His was the voice of heartache and the lovelorn in the world of early rock'n'roll. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988 at age 52 of a heart attack, has been a member of the Rock...
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Troubled Pointer Sister Dies
4/12/2006, E! Online
June Pointer's Grammy-winning career began, literally,
as a
fairytale. Its ending was another story.
The singer, whose
years of drug abuse prompted her
expulsion...
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R&B Foundation Reviving Pioneer Awards
4/11/2006, AP
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, which halted its Pioneer Awards for soul legends three years ago as the organization battled money woes, is reviving the ceremony in June and...
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More Gems From Radney Foster
4/10/2006, AP
Radney Foster, "This World We Live In" (Dualtone)
Many of these 10 tunes will likely show up on CDs by singers more famous than Radney Foster, but his masterful renditions...
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Mellencamp Doing Final Four Free Concert
3/29/2006, AP
INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up near Indiana University, John Mellencamp couldn't help but become a big college basketball fan. So big, in fact, that as part of the NCAA's...
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Springsteen Joins Jazz Fest Lineup
3/8/2006, AP
The Boss is heading to New Orleans.
A performance by Bruce Springsteen is one of 35 added to the lineup for this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, scheduled...
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Ne-Yo Smites Hawthorne Heights
3/8/2006, E! Online
Ne-Yo's so sick that he can't be denied.
The rookie R&B
crooner, whose debut single "So Sick" already topped the
Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to...
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Springsteen Joins Jazz Fest Lineup
3/8/2006, AP
The Boss is coming to New Orleans. A performance by Bruce Springsteen is one of 35 added to the lineup for this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, scheduled over...
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Cover Him: Springsteen Channels Seeger
3/3/2006, E! Online
Talk about a swell birthday present from present from the Boss.
Playing tribute to one of his musical heroes, Bruce Springsteen
has announced plans to release We Shall...
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Teenage rock wannabes set Paris on fire
3/1/2006, Reuters
They wear velvet jackets and drainpipe
trousers, sport trendy haircuts and spend their days at school.
But at night, these teenagers electrify packed clubs across the
French...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest vows to come roaring back
2/15/2006, Reuters
Let the Good Times Roll!
Vowing to gather the biggest names in music to celebrate
New Orleans, organizers of Jazz Fest on Wednesday unveiled an
eclectic line-up with the...
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'American Idol' Crushes Grammys in Ratings
2/9/2006, AP
Some humbling news for the pros: By a wide margin, TV viewers prefer the amateurs.
Nearly twice as many people watched "American Idol" than the Grammy Awards Wednesday...
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U2 Dismantles Mariah, Kanye at Grammys
2/8/2006, E! Online
Sometimes, the members of U2 can't make it on their own--they
need help hauling all those heavy Grammys around.
The
veteran Irish rockers were the big winners Wednesday...
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U2 Wins Song of the Year
2/8/2006, AP
U2's ballad "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" won the Grammy Award for song of the year.
Song of the year honors the songwriter, not necessarily the artist,...
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Madonna and Gorillaz to Open the Grammys
2/2/2006, AP
The Grammy Awards will open with a meeting of the Material Girl and the virtual world.
Madonna and the Gorillaz will perform together for the first time at the 48th Annual...
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Rolling Rock Ending Pa. Rock Festival
2/1/2006, AP
Rolling Rock beer is ending its Rolling Rock Town Fair, a one-day music festival that drew large rock acts to western Pennsylvania since 2000. Instead, the brewer is teaming...
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Carey, West, Legend to Perform at Grammys
1/18/2006, AP
Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend will perform at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.
Each has eight nominations, including album of the year for Carey ("The...
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Pointer Sisters doing it for themselves in Belgium
1/8/2006, Reuters
Veteran U.S. R&B act the Pointer
Sisters have been enjoying unexpected chart action in Belgium
with a cover version of Eurythmics' 1985 hit "Sisters Are Doing
It for...
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Stones Roll over Concert Competition
12/30/2005, E! Online
Mick and the boys will surely get some satisfaction out of this.
The Rolling Stones raked in $162 million in concert ticket
sales in 2005, becoming the top-grossing tour...
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Rolling Stones, U2 Drive Concert Revenues
12/29/2005, AP
Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of...
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Mariah's Grammy Whammy
12/8/2005, E! Online
The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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Cross Canadian Ragweed Builds Momentum
12/2/2005, AP
It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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Guitar innovator Link Wray dies at 76
11/25/2005, Reuters
Musician Link Wray, best-known
for his 1958 instrumental single "Rumble," died of unspecified
causes November 5 in Copenhagen. He was 76.
In a career that spanned six...
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Madonna's "Confessions" Gobbled Up
11/23/2005, E! Online
As is her wont, Madonna will be stuffing plenty of stockings this
holiday season.
The Material Girl scored her third
consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a...
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Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley dies at age 45
11/22/2005, Reuters
Singer-songwriter Chris Whitley,
who emerged from obscurity in 1991 with his debut album "Living
with the Law," has died of lung cancer, his label said on
Tuesday. He was...
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Dylan Poetry Sells for $78K at Christie's
11/21/2005, AP
A collection of poems written by Minnesota college student Robert Zimmerman — later to become the "voice of a generation" as Bob Dylan — sold for $78,000 at an...
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Guitarist Link Wray Dies at 76
11/21/2005, AP
Guitar master Link Wray, the father of the power chord in rock 'n' roll who inspired legends such as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pete Townsend, has died.
Wray, 76,...
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Senate Shows the Boss Who's Boss
11/18/2005, E! Online
It looks like Bruce Springsteen will have to content himself with
fame, wealth and the enduring admiration of the masses, because that
suitable-for-framing piece of paper...
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Trey Anastasio Begins Anew After Phish
11/17/2005, AP
In an elevator at the Sony Music offices, two suited men breezily assess a fledgling artist's demo.
"How did you feel?" one asks.
"I found it to be, well, rather...
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Springsteen Reflects on 'Born to Run'
11/11/2005, AP
In the summer of 1975, Bruce Springsteen was nobody's Boss.
His nascent career was crumbling, just another over-hyped "new Dylan" about to get dumped by his label. Two of...
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Anticipated Beatles Bio Comes Out Tuesday
10/30/2005, AP
Ten hours, 28 minutes. That was the sum of the music recorded and released by the Beatles before breaking up, a volume of work that changed lives, careers and the course of...
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Swedish rockers the Hives 'Tussle' on live DVD
10/10/2005, Reuters
A 2005 show by Swedish rock band the
Hives at Brussels' Ancienne Belgique makes up the bulk of the
upcoming live DVD "Tussles in Brussels."
Due November 15 via Interscope,...
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Juilliard toasts 100 years as bastion of arts
10/7/2005, Reuters
Felix Ivanov, a Russian d'Artagnan
with unkempt graying hair who teaches stage combat classes to
aspiring actors, compares sword-fighting to wielding a fishing
rod, a paint...
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Musicians Wary of Singing About Katrina
10/6/2005, AP
In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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Conan to Turn Entire Show Over to U2
10/5/2005, AP
In his 12 years in charge of booking musical guests on Conan O'Brien's "Late Night," Jim Pitt always listed U2 and Johnny Cash as the dream artists he'd tried but never...
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Springsteen Celebrates 'Born to Run' Album
9/27/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the "Born to Run" album, which landed him simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek, with a special box set...
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Fans tune in to musicians in ads: study
9/25/2005, Reuters
In March, U2 was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen. By turns
eloquent and funny, Springsteen's induction speech concluded
with a mention of...
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Billboard album reviews
9/19/2005, Reuters
ARTIST: BON JOVI
ALBUM: HAVE A NICE DAY (ISLAND)
People like Bon Jovi for its power-chord-laden songs and
Jon Bon Jovi's gravelly vocals. But the frontman has...
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Top 20 Concert Tours
9/15/2005, AP
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Dylan Dissed in Canada
9/13/2005, E! Online
Canadians attempting to buy Bob Dylan albums may temporarily be
left blowing in the wind.
One of the nation's largest record
chains, HMV Canada, has pulled the entire...
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CBGB's, RIP?
9/1/2005, E! Online
CBGB's may be down, but if you ask its supporters the legendary New
York venue is certainly not out.
The landlord of the club
credited with spawning seminal punk rock...
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Springsteen to End Tour in New Jersey
9/1/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen wraps up his second solo acoustic tour by going back where it all began: New Jersey.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer plans shows in the Boardwalk Hall in...
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Anastasio inks with new label, CD due in November
8/26/2005, Reuters
Former Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio has signed with Columbia Records, having spent his
entire career on Elektra.
Anastasio's label debut, "Shine," will be released...
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Spin Lists Rock's 'Incredible' Body Parts
8/23/2005, AP
Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis Presley's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton.
Spin charts the 25 "most...
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Music retailers set for annual shindig
8/9/2005, Reuters
The National Association
of Recording Merchandisers, the retail trade group grappling
with a depressed music business, kicks off its annual
convention Thursday at the San...
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Country Singers Carry on Family Tradition
8/5/2005, AP
If anyone seems born to write and sing songs, it's Holly Williams. Her grandfather is American music icon Hank Williams, her father the country outlaw Hank Williams Jr. She...
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N.J. College to Host Springsteen Symposium
8/5/2005, AP
A Penn State conference planner is organizing an academic symposium about Bruce Springsteen.
Mark Bernhard, who describes himself as a "Springsteen nut," says he expects...
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Summer releases keep rock on a roll
7/25/2005, Reuters
It's an odd cast of characters: an
Armenian-American thrash-rock quartet; a cartoon band that
exists mainly in cyberspace; a pair of supposed siblings (or
exes) with a...
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NY AG Spitzer to announce payola settlement
7/25/2005, Reuters
New York State Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer plans to announce on Monday a settlement in his probe
of the way music companies influence which songs get played on
the radio,...
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Springsteen's Musical Education Continues
7/21/2005, AP
Nearly three decades after "Born to Run," with a dozen Grammys and an Oscar to show for his songwriting skills, Bruce Springsteen says he's still learning things about his...
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Springsteen keyboardist releases smooth jazz record
7/20/2005, Reuters
The man responsible for the defiant
piano lines on Bruce Springsteen's "Born In the U.S.A." is
breaking with rock anthems for a taste of smooth jazz.
Danny Federici,...
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Organizer: McCartney Skipped Charity Show
7/1/2005, AP
Was Paul McCartney supposed to play at a concert benefiting victims of the Bluebird Canyon landslide? An event organizer claims the former Beatle promised to perform over...
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John Mayer Gets the Blues
6/30/2005, E! Online
Apparently selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammys
and being adored by throngs of young girls is enough to give you the
blues.
At least that's the case...
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Bob Dylan Brews Up Starbucks Deal
6/29/2005, E! Online
Bob Dylan must have a weak spot for coffeehouses.
The folk-rock icon, who got his start plying tunes in Greenwich Village
cafes, has become the latest artist to sign a...
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HMV to Alanis: No Thank U
6/14/2005, E! Online
Alanis Morissette oughta know that her decision to hawk her latest
CD through Starbucks was perceived as a slap in the face to traditional
music retailers.
In response,...
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System "Mesmerizes" Charts
5/25/2005, E! Online
The angry American couldn't compete with the angry Armenians.
In the record store showdown between flag-waving country star
Toby Keith and power rockers System of a...
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System of a Down No. 1 on Album Charts
5/25/2005, AP
Rock is enjoying a resurgence at the top of the album charts, thanks to some much-anticipated veteran acts. System of a Down debuted at No. 1 on latest Billboard album...
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Sony BMG close to music video deal with AOL-source
5/25/2005, Reuters
Sony BMG, the world's second- largest
record company, is close to a deal that will grant America
Online rights to its music video catalog, potentially opening
up a new...
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Starbucks, Concord brew two more albums
5/25/2005, Reuters
Starbucks Hear Music,
the record arm of the coffee retailer, is launching two
projects with Concord Records, its partner in the wildly
successful 2004 Ray Charles album...
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DMB Stands Up to Weezer
5/18/2005, E! Online
The Dave Matthews Band did it again.
The jam-rock kings
beat out nerd-rock kings Weezer to land the number one spot on
Billboard's Top 200 album chart for the week...
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NIN Sink "Teeth" into Charts
5/11/2005, E! Online
Nine Inch Nails have taken a bite out of the competition.
The industrial alt-rock mavens' first official studio release
in six years, With Teeth, debuted atop the pop...
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Prine Embraces Croaky Voice on 'Square'
5/10/2005, AP
Over his 35-year career, singer-songwriter John Prine has been called a keen commentator, a wry humorist and a master storyteller. The one thing he's never been called, it's...
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Bruce rides acoustic music to top of the chart
5/6/2005, Reuters
This isn't the first time that
the Boss has followed an acoustic path, but "Devils & Dust"
marks the first time that route leads Bruce Springsteen to No.
1 on The Billboard...
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Starbucks Bans the Boss
5/6/2005, E! Online
The Boss is paying the cost for some racy lyrics and anti-corporate
politics.
Starbucks says it will not stock Bruce Springsteen's
just-released Devils & Dust, in part...
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Bruce Bedevils Charts
5/4/2005, E! Online
Bruce Springsteen might be unplugged, but he's still the Boss.
Devils & Dust, the new solo acoustic release from New
Jersey's favorite son, led the way as the first of...
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Springsteen Tops Album Charts With 'Dust'
5/4/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen)'s new album, "Devils & Dust," has left the competition in the dust.
Springsteen's first new album in three years debuted at the top of the album charts,...
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Bruce Springsteen Solo Tour Ready To Start
4/25/2005, USRN
Monday (April 25) is the formal kickoff of Bruce Springsteen's solo acoustic tour at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, in support of his new album, Devils & Dust. It's no surprise...
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Review: Springsteen Album Lacking Melodies
4/22/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen), "Devils & Dust" (Columbia)
Bruce Springsteen takes listeners to some desolate places on "Devils & Dust": a desert battlefield, a prostitute's bedroom,...
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Springsteen Bares Songwriting Soul on VH1
4/21/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen prefers to let his songs do the talking. When those songs include "Thunder Road," "Nebraska" and "The Rising," it's hard to disagree with his...
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Bruce Hits Road Solo
4/8/2005, E! Online
Forget stadiums and the E Street Band--Bruce Springsteen is
downscaling his act for a spring tour.
The Boss will go
it alone later this month as he kicks off his Devils...
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Bruce Springsteen to Launch Solo Tour
4/6/2005, AP
Bruce Springsteen will travel light on his upcoming tour. The Boss will perform by himself when he begins a series of live shows in support of his upcoming "Devils & Dust"...
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Digital and DVDs Boost Global Music Sales
3/22/2005, Reuters
Growing sales of DVD music
videos and a sharp increase in digital downloads kept the
global music market afloat in 2004 in what the International
Federation of the...
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U2, O'Jays, the Pretenders Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
3/15/2005, USRN
On Monday (March 14) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame held its twentieth annual induction ceremony. The Class Of 2005 featured...
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U2 Elevated into Rock Hall
3/15/2005, E! Online
U2 may have found what they're looking for...immortality.
After a quarter-century of pushing musical boundaries in an everlasting
bid to lay claim to the title of...
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Satellite Radio Nabs Outlaw Country Acts
2/26/2005, Reuters
Jeremy Tepper was spinning tunes
from the second-floor DJ station at New York's Irving Plaza one
night in March 2004, between live performances by BR549 and the
Mavericks....
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Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart & Neil Young Set As Rock Hall Inductors
2/25/2005, USRN
Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, and Neil Young have signed on as inductors for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony on March 14 in New York City. According...
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Bruce's "Devil" of a New Disc
2/16/2005, E! Online
Bruce Springsteen is ready to dust off some old material for a new
record.
The Boss' 19th album, Devils & Dust, will be
released Apr. 26, Columbia Records announced...
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Doobie Drummer Dead
2/9/2005, E! Online
The Doobies are mourning one of their brothers.
Keith
Knudsen, longtime drummer for jukebox-filling 1970s band the Doobie
Brothers, died Tuesday at age 56 after a...
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Clive Davis in the Groove as Grammys Approach
2/4/2005, Reuters
Clive Davis can't help but dance.
Put on a record of one of his artists and his feet
automatically start to tap, then he'll get up from behind his
desk and groove.
With...
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Hit Factory Closing Shop in New York
2/4/2005, AP
The studio that churned out hits from Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Stevie Wonder and many more, is closing shop.
The legendary Hit Factory will close its New York...
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New York's Hit Factory Studio to Close
2/3/2005, Reuters
The Hit Factory, one of New Yorks
largest and best-known recording facilities, will close within
a month.
The company will move its headquarters to its Miami
facility, the...
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Chesney "Chairs" Charts; Bright Eyes Big
2/2/2005, E! Online
Country powerhouse Kenny Chesney's timeout from the Nashville scene
to challenge Jimmy Buffett 's beach-party monopoly has paid off. Be As
You Are: Songs from an Old Blue...
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Conor Oberst Emerges From Below the Radar
2/1/2005, AP
The brooding kid hailed as rock's next musical genius slouches next to the bar at a tiny, smoky club. No one notices.
Not even this crowd of indie music fans recognizes...
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College Students Studying Martina McBride
1/29/2005, AP
Students at Salem College, a small liberal arts school for women in Winston-Salem, N.C., have studied the songs of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen .
Now they're delving...
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Dupri's "Future" Postponed
1/11/2005, E! Online
The future is temporarily on hold for Jermaine Dupri.
The
star rapper-producer had been planning to record the charity single "We
Are the Future," a 20th-anniversary...
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Jones, Dupri Postpone Benefit Single
1/11/2005, AP
Music producers Quincy Jones and Jermaine Dupri announced Tuesday that the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia has prompted them to postpone the recording of "We are the...
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Usher Emerges as New King of Pop in 2004
12/20/2004, Reuters
You only need one word to sum up
the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The
rest of us were just overnight visitors.
It began innocently enough, right at...
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Ludacris 'Lights' Up U.S. Albums Chart
12/15/2004, Reuters
A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Top 20 Concert Tours
12/15/2004, AP
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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AP Reviews Xzibit's New Disc
12/15/2004, AP
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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U2, Pretenders Get Hall Pass
12/13/2004, E! Online
The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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U2, Pretenders, Guy Lead Rock Hall Inductees
12/13/2004, Reuters
U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy
Sledge, and the O'Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held
March 14...
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U2, O'Jays Are Rock Hall of Fame Inductees
12/13/2004, AP
Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays and soul balladeer Percy Sledge are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the...
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Bonnaroo Seeks Wider Lineup in 2005
12/12/2004, Reuters
Same Bonnaroo time, same Bonnaroo
place.
The fourth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival will be held June
10-12, 2005, returning to the 700-acre site in rural
Manchester,...
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'We Are the World' Turns 20 on DVD
12/10/2004, Reuters
The 20th anniversary of the release
of USA For Africa's charity single "We Are the World" will be
marked Feb. 1 with the DVD "We Are the World: The Story Behind
the...
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"We Are the World" Reloaded
12/9/2004, E! Online
Call it the 1980s--Version 2.0.
With the 20th
anniversary of "We Are the World," the all-American, all-star charity
anthem of the charity-anthem era, looming, plans...
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Jagger, Richards Sizzling in Paris Studio
12/9/2004, Reuters
The Rolling Stones recently
concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with
producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous
studio releases.
The...
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Rapper Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominees
12/7/2004, Reuters
Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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20 Years Later, Band Aid No. 1 Again
12/6/2004, AP
It was No. 1 in 1984, and it's No. 1 again in 2004. The star-studded re-recording of the hit charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" hit the top of the British music...
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Sting Scales Down for Spring Tour of U.S.
11/30/2004, Reuters
Since establishing himself as a solo
artist, Sting's tour's have become grand affairs featuring
large bands. That will change in April, when he launches the
Broken Music...
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Alicia Keys Calls for African AIDS Action
11/26/2004, Reuters
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to
raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in
Africa.
"Just for...
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Bruce Springsteen To Play For Flood Victims In Pittsburgh
11/22/2004, USRN
Bruce Springsteen has announced his participation in Flood Aid, a benefit for victims of September flooding in Pittsburgh, that will take place December 2 at the city's...
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Bruce Nixes "Rising" Condo
11/9/2004, E! Online
Maybe it should have been called Lucky Town. Then again, maybe
not.
A New Jersey developer has backed off plans to name a
condominium complex in Asbury Park The Rising...
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The Boss Gets Name Change for Condos
11/9/2004, AP
It's good to be The Boss. Less than a month after the city broke ground on a waterfront redevelopment project, Bruce Springsteen rendered his verdict on a planned...
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Director Columbus Shopping 'Underground' Film
10/29/2004, Reuters
Little Steven's Underground Garage
Festival, which took place Aug. 14 at New York's Randall's
Island, may be headed to the big screen.
Director Chris Columbus, whose...
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Celebrities Found Stumping for Candidates
10/29/2004, AP
The presidential campaign trail is looking a bit like Hollywood Boulevard. Or a rock 'n' roll stage.
The Boss is stumping for Democratic Sen. John Kerry , while actor...
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Elton John Ready to Apologize to Madonna
10/28/2004, AP
Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching. "I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna," the 57-year-old...
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Springsteen, Bon Jovi Join Kerry Campaign
10/26/2004, AP
Rocker Bruce Springsteen is joining Sen. John Kerry in the final days of his bid to become the nation's boss.
Springsteen plans to play a song or two at campaign rallies...
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DMB Cleans Up in Chitown
10/25/2004, E! Online
The Dave Matthews Band is hoping to extricate itself from a
nasty jam.
After running afoul with Chicago authorities
after the band's tour bus apparently dumped up to...
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Band Aid Planning New Version of Song
10/20/2004, AP
The founders of Band Aid, the 1984 charity effort that raised millions for Ethiopian famine relief, plan a new version of the single "Do They Know It's Christmas," a British...
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Minn. Newspaper Suspends Two Reporters
10/19/2004, AP
Two newspaper reporters who went to see the Boss perform at a political fund-raising concert got in trouble with their own boss.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press suspended...
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Voting Nirvana
10/19/2004, E! Online
John Kerry has a way of bringing people together--at least
alt-rock gods, anyway.
Surviving Nirvana members Dave
Grohl and Krist Novoselic will make their first public...
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Bands Spice Up Their Music With Politics
10/16/2004, AP
After watching world events unfold, after hearing of too many deaths in too many places, Good Charlotte had something to say.
The pop-punk band known for twentysomething...
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R.E.M. Thinking Small for Headlining Tour
10/16/2004, Reuters
R.E.M . hopes to get up close and
personal with fans by staging its most intimate North American
tour in 15 years.
The 29-city trek, which began Oct. 13 at Los Angeles'...
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Vote for Change Concert Tour Wraps Up
10/11/2004, AP
The Vote for Change concert tour wraps up Monday night, and Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is calling it a success.
Pearl Jam joined Bruce Springsteen , R.E.M ., Bonnie...
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Documentary on 'Vote for Change' to Air
10/8/2004, AP
"National Anthem," a documentary film by Al Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker on the Vote for Change concert tour, will air Monday on the Sundance Channel.
The concert tour,...
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Actress Minnie Driver Launches Her Debut Album
10/5/2004, Reuters
Actress Minnie Driver launched her
debut album on Tuesday, reigniting the musical aspirations she
abandoned when she was cast in her first big movie.
The actress, now...
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Rocker Fogerty Readies Fall Headlining Tour
10/5/2004, Reuters
After his run on the ongoing Vote
for Change tour, John Fogerty will launch his own headlining
tour Nov. 8 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
At deadline, 11 stops were...
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Springsteen Adds N.J. Show to Vote Tour
10/4/2004, Reuters
Days after the official all-star
finale in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen will steer the
Vote for Change tour homeward to host a concert at the
Continental Airlines...
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Two 'Fahrenheit' Soundtracks Set for Release
10/3/2004, Reuters
Tuesday (Oct. 5) marks the release
date for two soundtracks related to the Michael Moore
documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The DVD of the movie arrives the
same...
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Springsteen, R.E.M. Rock Philly for Kerry
10/2/2004, AP
Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M . frontman Michael Stipe stayed on message from the time they took the stage: Vote John Kerry on Nov. 2. The rockers joined an assortment of...
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Rockers Mix Music, Politics at Pro-Kerry Concerts
10/2/2004, Reuters
Bruce Springsteen rocked
concert-goers while trying to rock the vote Friday night,
leading a band of top musicians in a rollicking show to help
elect Democrat John Kerry ...
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Minnie in the Driver's Seat on First Album
10/2/2004, Reuters
Minnie Driver knows the news of
yet another actress making an album generally starts people's
eyes rolling, and she's just fine with that.
"With all due respect, the bar...
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Anti-Bush Music Tour Kicks Off in Oregon
9/18/2004, AP
They may not be soccer moms or NASCAR dads, but kids with Mohawks, black leather and multiple piercings are getting their own campaign tour of swing states.
Justin Sane,...
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Punk Rockers Hit the Road for Kerry
9/17/2004, AP
Punk rock bands are hitting Portland this weekend to kick off a national anti-President Bush concert tour laced with appearances in swing states.
The bands probably won't...
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John Fogerty Making Good on Vow to Himself
9/16/2004, Reuters
Guitarist John Fogerty first
realized he was a failure about a decade ago.
Sure, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1993 for his work as the...
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Johnny Ramone of 'The Ramones' Dies at 55
9/16/2004, AP
Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones" that influenced a generation of rockers, has died. He was 55.
Ramone, who had been fighting...
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McCartney, Peppers to Rock Bridge School
9/8/2004, Reuters
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