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Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour grossed $91.5 million during its recently concluded U.S. run. According to Live Nation, which signed the Material Girl to a massive 360 contract, Madonna’s U.S. jaunt sold about 550,000 tickets over the course of 28 shows. The tour wrapped up its American itinerary last Wednesday with a show at [...]
This year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was Rick-Rolled by none other than Rick Astley himself. As evidenced by the above video, the viral reclamation project surprised the audience by singing his “Never Gonna Give You Up” on a float promoting Cartoon Network’s Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.
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In honor of the long Thanksgiving weekend, we asked our readers to tell us which songs offered up the most thanks. We counted the votes, and My Morning Jacket were named your MVP of the turkey holiday, beating out the likes of Led Zeppelin, Dido and Depeche Mode. Check out the list of the [...]
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Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Police, Queen and Ennio Morricone were among those whose music was inducted into the Grammys Hall of Fame. Specifically, Hendrix’s famed Woodstock rendition of “Star-Spangled Banner,” Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and 26 more recordings were all honored and will be featured [...]
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It’s amazing to consider that Britney Spears has been in show business for two thirds of her 27 years. In that time, she’s been a Disney TV star, a teen-pop phenomenon, a tabloid staple, a tragedy and a comeback queen. With her new album out tomorrow (her birthday!) and a spot back [...]
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Another day, another reunion story. But this one's sliiightly — just slightly — different. Mostly because it's about a band that people can't accuse of cashing in on the 30th anniversary of punk (they weren't around), or because there's not a reality show about finding love with one of the members (it probably wouldn't capture the Paris Hilton's My New BFF demographic), or whatever else people blame these reunion things on. That band is The Jesus Lizard. They haven't played a show in 10 (...)
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