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Bob Casale, founding member and guitarist for Devo, died of heart failure on Monday, February 17 at the age of 61. His brother Gerald, also a founding member of the group, announced the news in a post to Facebook: "As an original member of Devo, Bob Casale was there in the trenches with me from the beginning," he began.



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Craig Morgan granted the wish of 14-year-old Sarah Gabbard, who is battling Sanfilippo Syndrome, a rare metabolic disorder. With the help of Make-a-Wish Mississippi, Gabbard was able to meet her favorite singer, Morgan. "Thanks to Make-a-Wish Mississippi, I had the opportunity to meet Sarah yesterday," Morgan wrote on Twitter.



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Blake Shelton has released the music video for "Doin What She Likes," the fourth single from his latest album Based On a True Story. The vid hit Valentine's Day and features Blake talking on the phone to his wife Miranda Lambert, offering to make her dinner. "I think it'd be good for me," he says to Lambert, who is heard but not seen. "Fan the flames a little bit."



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Axl Rose has posted a lengthy letter in response to the killing of the 18 month old baby male giraffe named Marius by the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. After posting a series of rather sarcastic tweets on the matter, Rose took to the Guns N Roses Facebook page to respond at length. "Marius could have been spared and was a waste of a healthy young animal's life," Rose wrote.



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Lady Gaga has announced her upcoming arena tour of Australia, which includes four dates: August 20 at Perth Arena, August 23 at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, August 26 at Brisbane Entertainment Center, and August 30 at Sydney's Allphones Arena.



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ZZ Top will be hitting the road this spring for a North American tour. The band kicks off the tour on March 7 in Aspen (CO). Shows are slated in cities including Lincoln (NE), Winnipeg (MB), Calgary (AB), Vancouver (BC), West Wendover (NV), and Rancho Mirage (CA) before wrapping up in Mesa (AZ) on April 5.



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Though she managed to cover it up pretty well, Mariah Carey admits she suffered quite the wardrobe malfunction while singing at the BET Honors ceremony on February 8. While she turned heads in a stunning, cleavage bearing low cut black gown, Carey admits she struggled to make it through the performance, which involved her debuting her new single "You're Mine (Eternal)."



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Beyonce has given her fans a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes moments before her Brit Awards performance. The "XO" star's snaps show her backstage with her husband Jay Z by her side as she prepared for her unannounced performance at the awards on Wednesday. Wearing a glimmering green gown by Vrettos Vrettakos, she also appears with Jay Z after her performance in her Glasgow.



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Imagine Dragons has been added to the lineup for the inaugural edition of the U.S. iTunes Music Festival. The event, which is sponsored by Apple and has taken place in London since 2007, will make its U.S. debut alongside the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas in early March. This year the rockers will help kick things off with a host of other impressive performers.



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Dierks Bentley's new song "Here on Earth" received a massive stamp of approval recently, from U2 frontman Bono. After completing "Here on Earth," Bentley sent the song to Bono, who replied with lavish praise for the song, going so far as to say the lyrics remind him of a prayer. "I was like, 'Wow, he totally gets it,'" Bentley tells Country Weekly.



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