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Kid Rock has announced that he has canceled his previously confirmed appearance at the upcoming 2016 Detroit Music Awards. The event is scheduled to take place on April 29 and Rock pulled out of the event following the sudden passing of his assistant Mike Sacha. Sacha was killed in an ATV accident on Rock's property in Nashville earlier this week.

"We offer our condolences to the family of Mike Sacha and to Kid Rock and his organization at this terrible time. We certainly understand and agree that this is not the right time for a celebration," the DMAF Board says in a statement. "The Distinguished Achievement Award would only be a reminder of this week's tragedy rather than a commemoration of a significant career as an artist and humanitarian. We look forward to presenting the award some time in the future when it can be a positive, celebratory experience."

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Tom Petty has shared his memories of Prince's legendary guitar solo during a performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. The solo came during a tribute performance for the late George Harrison and Prince joined an all-star band for a cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

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Dixie Chicks covered Beyoncé's "Daddy Lessons" at their recent show in Manchester over the weekend.
The track is taken off Beyoncé's most recent compilation, Lemonade.



When lead singer Natalie Maines missed her starting cue for the song, she laughed it off, saying, "I already messed this whole thing up."
The band managed to recover and performed the song with the crowd responding with cheers.

Both the Dixie Chicks and Beyoncé are currently on their world tours. The country group is in Europe playing shows at the moment, while Bey is trekking the U.S. on her Formation tour.
Beyoncé recently cancelled her upcoming Nashville show and there's all kinds of rumors circulating citing different reasons for the cancellation.

The Nashville stadium's Twitter account says the show will be "postponed due to stadium construction," however, Beyoncé's rep said otherwise.

"Following Wednesday's sold out opening night Formation World Tour concert in Miami, promoters Live Nation announced that the Nashville concert previously scheduled for Thursday, May 5 will be rescheduled," Bey's rep told E! News in a statement. "Details about the rescheduled date will be announced shortly and Nashville tickets holders are advised to retain their tickets which will be honored at the rescheduled event."


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Jennifer Nettles appears in a deleted scene from Dolly Parton's made-for-TV movie Coat Of Many Colors. In the never-before-seen clip, Nettles, who plays Parton's mother, is seen talking to her oldest daughter Willadeene and instilling some confidence and love into her. The clip is featured as bonus content on the Coat Of Many Colors DVD.

"You have to edit a movie forever to get the time for TV, but we really left a lot of stuff in," Parton says. "We left a lot of scenes that didn't make it, some interviews, the making of the movie. It's really got a lot of interesting things in it."

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On the heels of the release of the lyric video for "Dammn Baby," Janet Jackson continues to tease the official video with a new video clip. "Hey you guys, I love and miss you!" she tweeted along with a Gif of herself sashaying and flinging her gorgeous mane of curly hair.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming Jackson's seventh album to top the chart.

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Many artists have been coming out of the woodwork to work with Sam Hunt, including Snoop Dogg, who Hunt admits pitched him music for his sophomore album. "He came on the bus and played me a few songs before we played the show," Hunt tells Rolling Stone Country. "I was just flattered that he was interested enough to offer those opportunities and contribute."

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Liam Gallagher says he's a fan of a new Oasis documentary, Oasis: The Rock 'N' Roll Band That Defined a Generation. On Twitter the musician called the doc "biblical." "Just seen the 1st cut of the OASIS film BIBLICAL what ever happened to my ROCKNROLL." The doc, produced by Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees (Amy), chronicles the band's rise to fame.

"We have all this footage from behind the scenes leading up to the gigs, most of which can't be used as there's just monstrous drug taking."

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Frankie Ballard has announced a new 10-date European trek for later this year. The fall run kicks off October 3 in Amsterdam and wraps up October 14 in Dublin, Ireland with stops in Hamburg, Germany, Glasgow, Scotland and London, England along the way. "Our first trip was such a great time, we decided to come back for more," says Ballard in a press release.

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Willie Nelson will peform at the 2016 Austin City Limits festival, which goes down in Texas over two weekends - September 30-October 30 and October 7-9. Other top acts set to take the stage include Radiohead, Chris Stapleton, Mumford & Sons, Kendrick Lamar and LCD Soundsystem.

"With phone charging stations, an Art Market, a mini-fest for kids, photogenic spaces and merch to bring home with you, there's plenty to do for the entire family."

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Jennifer Lopez has released a new video for the Meghan Trainor-penned track "Ain't your Mama." The new clip sees Lopez rallying all women to stop being taken for granted with the cry "I ain't your momma." The video kicks off with a soaking wet Lopez in a phone booth embroiled in a conversation that consists of "I'm tired, I've been working all day!"

"Ain't Your Mama" debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and registered 1.8 million streams in the U.S. during its first full week.

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