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U2 and Coldplay have been linked to a New York studio, fueling speculations and rumors that Martin will appear on the Irish band's new album. All four members of U2 were seen at the Electric Lady Studios in New York on Friday, where Danger Mouse is reportedly mixing their new album. Soon after they arrived, a reporter for fansite atu2.com turned up at the studio.

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Rodney Atkins' third annual Music City Gives Back concert in Nashville will benefit victims of the deadly tornado that touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on May 20. "Each year I gather some of my friends together to put on this show and have fun with our fans before CMA Music Fest, but the reason we get up here is to help the community . . ."

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Khyati Shah, who was unceremoniously bashed in the head during Miguel's performance at the Billboard Music Awards, may sue the show's producers and/or the star himself. Shah's lawyer, Vip Bhola, told TMZ that the young lady may have suffered brain damage: "Some of the difficulties she's experiencing are cognitive in nature and lead to suspicion of . . ."

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Adam Lambert was voted as the favorite to judge American Idol next season in a poll taken on The Wendy Williams Show. Jennifer Hudson has already signed on to the show, while reports indicate Kelly Clarkson is close to signing. Lambert, who would be the final piece of the Idol puzzle, told Just Jared that he would jump at the opportunity.

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The Last Ship, Sting's first full-length album of original material in over ten years, is set for release on September 24. According to the New York Times, the Police bassist wrote the LP while working on a musical. The musical, which may be due for a Broadway debut in 2014, is set in a shipyard near Wallsend, England, where Sting spent his youth.

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Ashanti made a special stop by NBC's culinary show, The Chew, to cook up a batch of peanut butter s'mores. The singer and Army Wives star helped host Carla Hall roll out molasses dough, but joked that she's not wild about eating it raw. "I don't eat a lot of dough. I spend a lot," joked Ashanti.

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Music legend Barry Manilow is among the special guests set to perform at the National Mall for their annual A Capitol Fourth concert. Manilow will join a star-studded cast of performers that also includes American Idol Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery, the latest Idol winner Candice Glover, Glee's Darren Criss and more.

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Adrian Belew has quit the latest Nine Inch Nails lineup. The King Crimson guitarist (who along with Jane's Addiction founding member Eric Avery was slated to join NIN founding member Trent Reznor for a new album and tour this summer) originally posted a message regarding his departure on his Facebook page.

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Kelly Clarkson couldn't have picked a better place to debut as a country singer than the 2013 CMA Music Festival. Clarkson, sporting shoulder length blonde hair and a red mini-dress, said she was starting the country music phase of her music career on the wrong foot as she forgot to wear her engagement ring. She apologized repeatedly to fianc

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Eve stopped by BBC Radio 1's studios during her overseas Lip Lock promotional tour where she took the mic to drop some freestyle rhymes over the Rihanna cut "Pour It Up." "I told ya'll motherfu**ers don't count me out / E-V-E never been down and out / I heard 'em say I was down for the count / F**k was ya'll talkin' 'bout / You could never get rid of me," rapped Eve over the beat.

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