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Even though Rod Stewart is focused on his current Las Vegas residency, he is still thinking about his forthcoming new studio album. The legendary singer says he has nearly a dozen songs already written. "Believe it or not, I've got 10 tracks ready for the new album. I've got songs coming out of my bum at the moment," he told the Vegas Player magazine.



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Damon Albarn is rumored to be working with Adele on the follow-up to her 2011 album 21. According to reports, Albarn is said to have met the singer at his west London studio, although any further official details of the collaboration are yet to emerge. The Sun reports that an unnamed source close to Adele stated, "Damon and Adele had a chat about her new album."



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Over the decades, Buckingham Palace summoned a select group of musicians to be awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Bob Geldof were knighted, and Robert Plant was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire. One of the few female musicians to receive such an honor was Annie Lennox, who, in 2011, was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her work with the poverty-relief charitable organization Oxfam as well as AIDS charities ...

Big Pokey, a local legend on the Houston hip-hop scene and a member of the city’s influential Screwed Up Click, has died at the age of 45.

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CMA Fest marks its 50th anniversary this year (well, including the decades when it was known as Fan Fair) with a massive lineup of country music concerts around Nashville.

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