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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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