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John Mayer has dropped his version of Beyonce's "XO." Mayer released the cut on his official SoundCloud page after previously debuting it during his Australian tour last month. The stripped down rendition features Mayer brooding over acoustic guitar, piano and harmonica.



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After her elevator attack on Jay Z, Solange Knowles has seen a decent sales spike. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, her digital track sales were at 2,000 units for the week ending May 18. The number marks a significant increase from the previous week's 600 units. The reason for the fight was never made public.



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Janelle Monae has been announced for the bill of Dave Chappelle's co-headlined Radio City Music Hall slate of gigs. The dates run from June 24-26 and also feature assists from the Roots, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes and DJ Premier. "For these shows, Chappelle will combine his greatest love, stand-up comedy with his second love, music."



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Lady Gaga received a one of a kind tea set for her recent performance at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. "We know she's a big fan of tea," says Jora Bart, public and media relations senior manager for Xcel. "We wanted to do something related to her being a tea aficionado."



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Jessie J has shared a few behind the scene pictures from the cover shoot for her new studio album. In the pictures, shared via Instagram, Jessie can be seen looking overhead at the camera in just her underwear and a pair of heels. The singer also shared a close up selfie with the caption, "15 hour shoot done #jessiejalbum3 #hometime #bathtime."



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Aerosmith fronter Steven Tyler hit the streets of Helsinki, Finland to perform the band's classic tune "Dream On." While in town to play a gig at Hartwell Arena, Tyler stopped to visit street musician Fedor Grigorev and his homemade glass bottle xylophone. He sat down before the peculiar instrument and begun plucking out the opening notes of "Dream On."



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Doors drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger and the late keyboardist Ray Manzarek guest star on an album from Michael C. Ford called Look Each Other in the Ears. Ford is an old friend of the band, who performed with them in the 60s.



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Carrie Underwood took home the night's top honor - Video of the Year - at the 2014 CMT Awards. Winning for her ballad "See You Again," Carrie thanked her fans in her acceptance speech: "Thank you so much! You've been awesome to me," adding that she was nervous and her heart was "still beating really fast."



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Common has announced that his upcoming album, Nobody's Smiling, is slated to be released July 22. Nobody's Smiling is executive produced by No I.D., with a title referencing violence in Chicago. The album's lead single is "Kingdom," which Com referred to as the "start of something great."



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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have released "American Dream Plan B," the lead single from their upcoming album, Hypnotic Eye. The cut is currently streaming via SoundCloud. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Petty says he knew he had something special with the song immediately: "I said [to the Heartbreakers] 'Listen, I think we have something here . . ."







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