Richie Havens to Be Celebrated with Concert and Scattering of Ashes

Friends family and fellow musicians will celebrate the life and music of Richie Havens on August 18th by throwing a concert and spreading his ashes by plane over the original site of the Woodstock Festival which he opened Havens who died of a heart attack last April at age 72 had...

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Morrissey Sings 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' From Concert Film

The first full performance from the upcoming Morrissey 25 Live concert film premiered today on NME with a video of "Everyday Is Like Sunday" The performance was filmed at Morrissey's intimate Hollywood High School concert on March 2nd and features a number of songs from the Smiths' catalog Here Morrissey...

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George Duke, Jazz Keyboardist, Dead at 67

Legendary jazz keyboardist George Duke who spent his lengthy career collaborating with icons including Miles Davis Barry Manilow Frank Zappa and George Clinton died on Monday reports NPR Duke was known for bridging jazz funk R&B and Brazilian genres in styles that ranged from sensitive to disruptive He worked with Michael...

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50 Cent Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Violence Charge

50 Cent entered a plea of not guilty in court on Monday for charges of domestic violence and vandalism in a case involving his ex-girlfriend Daphne Navarez The rapper was told to stay away from Narez reports The Associated Press and he is also prohibited from contacting her via phone...

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Album Sales Nosedive as Cruel Summer Rolls On

After more than a decade of online piracy record-store closings major-label layoffs and superstar artists abruptly turning independent the record industry may have finally hit bottom this summer At the end of July US albums sold just 468 million copies the lowest weekly total since Nielsen SoundScan began keeping track...

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Flashback: U2 Perform 'Please' At The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards

U2 were in a weird place when the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards came around The band was in the middle of their epic PopMart world tour but their new album Pop failed to connect with fans or critics Some stadiums in America had giant swaths of empty seats and...

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