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Fans of Queen have made a three part video highlighting the band's Studio Experience exhibit in Montreaux, Switzerland. The exhibit centers on Mountain Studios where the band made six albums between 1979 and 1995. "Montreux holds many memories for us, mostly good, some gastronomic, some musical, some alcoholic," said drummer Roger Taylor.
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"Roar," the first single from Katy Perry's latest, Prism, has sold four million digital copies in the 17 weeks since its release. It is the pop princess' seventh song to reach the mark, and she did it quicker than any other song in history. Perry also found herself on several of Billboard's year end charts.
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Coldplay played a surprise gig at the Ring O' Bells pub in Somerset earlier this week. According to the Western Daily Press, the band played for the pub's regular customers at the super secret gig. "Wow!! @coldplay just casually playing Ring O' Bells #onlypubinthevillage," tweeted Parlophone Records from the bar, adding a pic of the band performing in tight quarters.
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T.I. and his wife Tiny have offered up their very own animated holiday special titled T.I. & Tiny: Holiday Hustle Special. The special is currently available for streaming across the web and initially aired on VH1. In the special, Tip and Tiny are turned into animated characters that travel to the North Pole during the holiday season.
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Chris Cagle was arrested after running a red light in Greenville, Texas over the weekend. He was booked in Hunt County Jail on suspicion of DWI, while getting his release sometime later. The penalty for a Class B misdemeanor DWI is a fine of up to $2,000, six months in the slammer, or both. Cagle's reps have not returned calls to various sources.
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Beyoncé threw down in celebration of her surprise number one album with a party at the Dave and Buster's arcade in New York City. The party came after her recent album release gig at Brooklyn's Barclay's Center and Bey was surrounded by a host of her famous friends.
Some of the illustrious guests on the list included Jessica White, stylist Ty Hunter, designer Alexander Wang, Luke James, J. Cole and Drake. The latter even grabbed the mic to toast his "Mine" collaborator saying:
"I just came out tonight to let you know congratulations to each and every one of you that worked on this s**t, for real," said Drizzy. "And of course to the queen, the utmost congratulations."
The R&B queen also shared Instagram pics of the custom made glasses made for her guests and tasty cupcakes adorned with her self-titled album's art work.
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Despite rumors of a 2015 Faces reunion, Ian McLagan, the band's keyboardist, says that he's not interested in Rod Stewart's recent hints about getting back together. McLagan notes that the band found a different singer in Simply Red's Mick Hucknall. "We've done the Faces," McLagan recently told Uncut magazine. "And he didn't turn up."
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Beyoncé dazzled fans and media at the release of her self-titled "visual album" in New York City on Saturday.
Wearing a leopard print Tom Ford dress and boots, the 32-year-old superstar arrived at the New York School of Visual Arts, where popcorn bags labeled with her name were given to guests as the 17 videos for her album were screened. She later answered questions from fans on Instagram.
At the event, Bey spoke out about the message behind her latest, self-released album: "More than the music, I'm proud of myself as a woman. The biggest message is owning your imperfections and all the things that make you interesting because I refuse to allow someone to put me in anybody's box."
She added that she was very nervous about self-releasing the album through iTunes: "I was so scared. I had already gone through all the horrible ways it could go in my mind."
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Paul McCartney made a surprise visit to the set of Saturday Night Live for its holiday episode hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring musical guest Justin Timberlake. Macca joined Fallon for a performance of the X-mas classic, "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas." The show also featured collabs between Timberlake and Fallon.
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Billy Joel has been added to the growing bill of the upcoming Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. The broadcast will cut to Joel's previously scheduled concert at Barclays Center in Brooklyn after midnight. "This should be one of our more memorable New Year's Eves," Rockin' Eve EP Barry Adelman told Billboard.
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Foo Fighters will headline a pre Super Bowl party at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on February 1, the day before the big game. The Foos will be joined by country act, Zac Brown Band. Dave Grohl and company should be back in performing shape by then, following their long hiatus. The band played its first major comeback show in Mexico on December 11.
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Kellie Pickler is ready to embark on her seventh USO tour, which will include nine days in the Middle East, lifting the spirits of America's servicemen and women with her signature brand of country music. "The USO tours and programs I've been a part of have definitely been the highlight of my career, so I'm honored to join the USO in helping to raise awareness . . ."
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Justin Bieber has announced his official retirement on Twitter. The 19-year-old pop superstar posted on Tuesday night: "My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring." He followed up by telling his fans that the media is partly to blame for his decision: "The media talks a lot about me. They make up a lot of lies and want me to fail but I'm never leaving you . . ."
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Band of Skulls have released a new track entitled "Be Mine." The song will be featured as an iTunes bonus track on the band's new album Himalayan. Produced by Nick Launay (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Himalayan is the follow up to 2011's Sweet Sour and will be released on March 31, 2014.
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The Talking Heads have released "Theme," a cut recorded in 1976, one year before the band dropped its first album. The track was recorded July 30, 1976 during the band's performance at NYC punk club CBGB. The cut is streaming via a Dutch Heads fan site (www.talking-heads.nl/) and clocks in at five minutes, according to Spin: "The five-minute song opens with ominous guitar . . ."
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Billy Ray Cyrus and the rest of the Cyrus clan have launched a new YouTube channel entitled "Seriously Cyrus." The channel will provide each member of the family their moment in the spotlight, beginning with mother Tish Cyrus, who is first up with her show, "Truly Tish." The first episode features comedian Grace Helbig and focuses on hair tips.
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Arcade Fire have offered up their first three albums on vinyl at PopMarket, an online shopping club, where fans can enter a sweepstakes. The contest, featuring vinyl editions of Funeral, Neon Bible and The Suburbs, ends January 31. The LPs come in gatefold jackets, and all include MP3 album download coupons. The three albums retail at most stores for $60 together.
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Jack White's appearance on Charlie Rose has made its way online. White appeared alongside Revenant Records founder Dean Blackwood in order to discuss the recently released Paramount box set, The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, Vol. 1. The set features 800 songs, original ads from the era, two books and six 180-gram vinyl LPs.
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Miguel says that he enjoyed his recent duet with country star Keith Urban so much that he wants to work with the "Long Hot Summer" singer again. Following the pair's live rendition of Bill Wither's classic "Ain't No Sunshine" at the Grammy Nominations Concert on December 6, Miggy told the media that "Keith is . . . probably the coolest guy I've got to work with . . ."
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The-Dream has dished about working with some of pop's leading ladies, noting that he prefers to work with women rather than with men. The Grammy-winning producer and songwriter spoke with Vlad TV about working with Beyonce, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige. He explained: "Writing from that aspect isn't hard at all."
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It appears as if the collaboration between Zac Brown Band and Dave Grohl could last longer than one EP release. "Vol. 1 is literally everything we recorded, but we liked the idea of adding to this at some point," the Zac Brown Band's Clay Cook told Billboard. "We don't know what the future holds, but we like the idea . . ."
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Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill restaurant in Woodbridge, Virginia has riled the community by banning guns on its premises. The state allows residents to carry guns openly - a fact which has led to threats of boycotts of the restaurant. "While we understand and respect every person's right to own and bear arms, we at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill . . ."
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Plain White T's say they got their big break at a house party thrown by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. Speaking with CBS, PWT's Tom Higgenson says he met a programmer for L.A. station KROQ at the party: "We show up to Pete's place and our A&R guy was there. As soon as we walk in he's like, 'Oh, that girl works for KROQ, she does programming for KROQ."
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Foster the People have released a 45-second teaser of the lead single from their upcoming sophomore album. The only lyrics audible on the cut feature lead man Mark Foster singing "Feels like, feels like we're coming of age." According to Idolator, the snippet offers fans a brief listen to Foster's musical evolution: "[The] new song . . . opens with chunky pianos . . ."
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Jennifer Hudson gave her personal assistant the Christmas bonus of a lifetime: a brand new house. The Oscar-winning actress even filmed the moment in which she broke the news to her assistant, Walter Williams, and posted it to Instagram with a caption that read, "My assistant Walter's reaction when he found out I was buying him a house."
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Ke$ha has released the music video for "Dirty Love," featuring the pop songstress stripping down to her thong and bra. The vid marks the directorial debut for Kesh. "Death by glitter. Hope u like it. Heres my directorial debut for the Dirty Love music video from my warrior album," wrote Kesh on Twitter.
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Zoltan Bathory, guitarist for Five Finger Death Punch, says that his band is better at connecting with audiences than most metal acts. Speaking with Loud magazine, Zoltan said the group's lyrics are the basis of that connection: "Some bands sing about Viking warriors and dragons and all that, which also is fine, but it's never going to connect with the audience . . ."
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Ke$ha has entered a rehabilitation facility in order to treat an eating disorder. The 26-year-old singer announced the news via her Facebook page, expressing optimism that she will recover from the disorder. "I'm a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself but I've found it hard to practice," the Facebook post began. "I'll be unavailable for the next 30 days . . ."
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Beyoncé has revealed that she now feels more freedom to express herself sexually. The 32-year-old singer discussed her personal evolution from role model for teens to sexual diva in the documentary accompanying her self-titled album.
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"Now I'm in my 30s, and those children that grew up listening to me have grown up, I always felt like it was my responsibility to be aware of kids and their parents," Bey explains.
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While blaming her staff for the unimpressive sales of her latest album, ARTPOP, Lady Gaga is asking her Little Monsters for forgiveness. "Please forgive me that I did not foresee this coming, I never thought after all the years of hard work that those I called friends and partners would ever care so little at a time I needed them the most. Let me be for you the Goddess . . ."
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Stevie Wonder will join Daft Punk and Pharrell for a performance at the upcoming Grammys. Producers did not add specifics, because, according to EP Ken Ehrlich, the details have not been hammered out yet. He did say that the performance would be "a collaborative and celebratory stage performance that honours their multi-nominated music."
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Lorde has signed on to perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards. She joins an impressive lineup of artists already confirmed for appearances at the event, including Katy Perry, Robin Thicke and Kendrick Lamar. The appearance marks the 17-year-old's first at the Grammy's. It will be a busy night for Thicke, who is slated to give a jazz-infused performance.
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Paul Simon will be the subject of a tribute concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall on March 31. Simon's feting will mark the 10th anny of Michael Dorf's tribute series that raises money for education programs across the U.S. Acts confirmed for the show include Steely Dan's lead guitarist Jon Herington and jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux and others.
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Jim Root, guitarist for Slipknot, revealed that the band is back in the studio following the departure of drummer Joey Jordison. The ax man posted a pic to Instagram of his guitar and a mixing board. The photo included the caption #slipknot2014. The Jordison affair has not been fully explained by either the band or the drummer.
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Jack White has dropped hints that a new solo record could be released soon. The guitarist used his own Third Man Records chat room to reveal news that he is finishing up work on a new solo album. In the screen-grab of the chat, White said: "I'm producing two albums this month, and finishing them." He then added: "One of them is mine."
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Tim McGraw has offered a few hints on his plans for the new year to fans, and it looks like touring may be in his future. In a new video posted to YouTube, McGraw gives a preview of what's to come in 2014: "I certainly feel like that I've hit a new stride in my career. I feel like there's so much more ahead of me and like I'm sort of just looking at the horizon and it's getting bigger."
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Stevie Nicks took to the small screen on a recent episode of American Horror Story: Coven. Nicks even performed Fleetwood Mac's 1975 hit "Rhiannon" in addition to providing a few shawl-twirling tips. According to Nicks, Lily Rabe, who portrays the character Misty Day, showed that she might be her biggest fan.
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Rolling Stone writer Will Hermes will be in control of writing a new biography on the late Lou Reed, publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux said. Alex Star, senior editor at Farrar, says the new book is necessary because Reed's true story has yet to be told: "Over six decades, the sound of Lou Reed's voice defined everything that's smart and streetwise . . ."
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The deluxe version of Vince Gill and Paul Franklin's Bakersfield album is set for release at Cracker Barrel stores on January 27. The LP features 14 covers of Bakersfield artists including Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. "This project has been a labor of love for me and Paul," Gill says in a press release.
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Mariah Carey has announced the All I Want for Valentine's Day contest which fans can enter by making a donation to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Writing on Instagram, Mimi revealed some very special prizes: "For the nostalgia, in the spirit of giving, 'All I Want For Valentine's Day' is to literally give you my heart and hopefully help people along the way," she began.
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