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Michael Jackson Secret Video Lawsuit Settled

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 03/20/2012 - 08:50

A pair of attorneys have settled a lawsuit against the owner of a private jet company who secretly recorded their conversations with Michael Jackson as they flew from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara California Jeffrey Borer owner of the now-defunct XtraJet had attempted to sell the video – which contains...

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'Mad Men' Pulls Dusty Springfield Song from Season Premiere

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 03/20/2012 - 08:45

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has pulled Dusty Springfield's 1967 hit "The Look of Love" from the show's fifth season premiere after television critics complained that the tune was not released until six months after the events of the episode took place "We have replaced this song with one more...

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EMI Sues Cash Money Over Lil Wayne Revenue

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 03/20/2012 - 08:40

EMI has filed a lawsuit against Cash Money Records over late payments for licensed music connected to Lil Wayne's hit album Tha Carter III According to papers filed by the label group in the United States Federal Court in the Southern District of New York the hip-hop label owes $39294093...

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Chris Rock to Induct Red Hot Chili Peppers Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 03/20/2012 - 00:05

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the presenters for this year's induction ceremony Chuck D will induct the Beastie Boys John Mellencamp will induct Donovan Steve Van Zandt will induct the Small Faces/Faces Chris Rock will induct the Red Hot Chili Peppers Bette Midler will induct Laura...

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Win a Handcrafted Leather Guitar Strap from Pete Schmidt

Gearpipe - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:53

Pete Schmidt Music Accessories makes some really, really nice leather products for musicians. The company handcrafts guitar straps, gig bags, and drum bags from the finest leather. And they’ve been known to host some excellent giveaways!

Right now, you can enter to win a handcrafted boutique quality leather guitar strap, a $95 value.

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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Neil Young And Crazy Horse to Release New Album 'Americana' on June 5th

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 20:00

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release their new LP Americana on June 5th It's their first album together since Greendale in 2003 and their first album with the full Crazy Horse line-up of Billy Talbot Ralph Molina and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro since Broken Arrow in 1996 The songs on...

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Creator's Project Brings James Murphy, Karen O to San Francisco

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 18:35

When the Creators Project Vice and Intel’s showcase of art music and film touched down on the windy piers of San Francisco’s Fort Mason this weekend the collective reaction could best be described as a cheery "What took you so long?" San Francisco needs more cultural events of this size...

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Fiona Apple Kicks Off Tour with Manic Chicago Show

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 16:45

Fiona Apple has never played by the rules "It's all an adventure" the singer-songwriter told Rolling Stone in 1997 when asked about the best piece of advice she'd ever received "Do whatever you want" At the time Apple was just 20 years old and had recently released her debut album...

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Deadmau5 Rails Against Collaborations

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 16:35

Electronic dance music star Deadmau5 posted a rant against being forced into collaborations on his Tumblr earlier today "All too often there’s an influx of 'big names' that would get thrown around the label from time to time and of course they fly off the table and out the fuckin...

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Beyonce Announces First Live Dates Since Giving Birth

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 14:15

Beyoncé has announced plans to return to the stage for the first time since giving birth to her daughter Blue Ivy Carter earlier this year The singer will play a series of three concerts over Memorial Day weekend at Revel Resorts a new casino in Atlantic City The shows will...

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Exclusive Stream: fIREHOSE Perform 'Powerful Hankerin''

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 12:50

Click to listen to fIREHOSE's 'Powerful Hankerin' (Live)' The new fIREHOSE anthology lowFLOWS collects the band's material recorded between 1991 and 1993 In addition to music originally issued on their officially released albums and EPs the set also features some previously unreleased material such as this live rendition of the Mr...

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Lionel Richie Moves 20,000 CDs in One Hour on HSN

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 12:20

Lionel Richie hasn't gone so far as to don a cowboy hat – yet – but that hasn't kept him from feeling the love from the country music world the R&B singer and Eighties pop star sold a whopping 20000 copies of his new LP Tuskegee in a single hour...

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50 Years Ago Today: Bob Dylan Released His Debut Album

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 12:00

When Bob Dylan's self-titled debut LP hit shelves on March 19th 1962 it didn't sound anything like the popular music of the time It was the height of "The Twist" dance craze and 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart had the word "twist" in the title including "Dear...

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'Celebrity Apprentice' Recap: Cleanup Duty

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 10:10

Tensions are running high for the remaining contestants on Celebrity Apprentice after Adam Carolla tried to take the fall for his team's loss – and wound up getting both himself and Michael Andretti fired in the process Needless to say no one wants their team to suffer the same fate again...

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Lady Gaga Announces Media Blackout

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 08:50

Lady Gaga declared she is entering a media blackout phase last night in an interview with Oprah Winfrey "Other than this interview Oprah I do not intend to speak to anyone for a very long time" she said in a pre-taped conversation filmed for Oprah's Next Chapter Lady Gaga a...

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Kim Dotcom Asset Seizure Declared Null and Void

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 08:40

A procedural error in court documents may force New Zealand authorities to return millions of dollars in personal property to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom The property which includes luxury cars and cash were seized under a type of court order that should not have been granted a judge ruled last...

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Drake: I Did Not Promise 'Marvin's Room' Woman Money

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 08:35

Drake has responded to a lawsuit from a woman claiming royalties for his hit song "Marvin's Room" saying that he doesn't think she is owed anything for her contribution to the song According to the rapper's official legal papers Ericka Lee – the woman whose voice can be heard as...

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Win an Epiphone MM20 A-Style Mandolin

Gearpipe - Mon, 03/19/2012 - 00:12

Tribute albums typically suck, but there’s something about bluegrass-inspired tribute albums that seem to break the mold. Moody Bluegrass, a tribute to the Moody Blues, is one of those albums.

To celebrate the release of the second Moody Bluegrass album, you have a chance to win an Epiphone MM20 A-Style Mandolin signed by Moody Bluegrass members.

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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'Walking Dead' Season Finale Recap: Farewell to the Farm

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 23:50

Where we left off Shane broke Randall’s neck in an elaborate plan to lure Rick into the woods to murder him Randall turned into a zombie Rick saved himself and knifed Shane who immediately re-animated Carl the Kid saw it all go down and shot Zombie Shane saving Rick Where we...

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Eric Burdon Talks Getting Love From Springsteen at SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 18:30

Among the highlights of Bruce Springsteen's memorable SXSW keynote was his acoustic rendition of the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" which he followed by saying "That's every song I've ever written I'm not kidding that's all of 'em" That didn't surprise Animals frontman Eric Burdon who spoke with...

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