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 Brooks' Vegas Gigs 
 Sell Out in 5 Hours 

30K tickets sell briskly as country star ends retirement

Oct 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in... More »

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music • retirement • country music • Garth Brooks • Wynn Las Vegas • sellout

MySpace Gives Up In Race With Facebook

Social networking leader 'is not our competition'

Oct 22, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace has officially waved the white flag in its battle with Facebook. The company’s new CEO—ex-Facebook exec Chris DeWolfe—tells the Financial Times that the company now sees itself as more of a music and entertainment hub than a social networking site. “Facebook is not our... More »

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music • social networking • MySpace • iTunes • Facebook

INTERVIEW

 Inside Gaga's 'Delicious' Tour 

Lady Gaga talks new album The Fame Monster and The Monster Ball concerts

Oct 22, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lady Gaga's upcoming tour is more than just a series of concerts—it's a pop-electro opera, "a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to," she tells Rolling Stone. The Monster Ball launches Nov.... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • new album

 Boyle Breaks Pre-Order Record 

Debut album for Britain's Got Talent star is selling fast

Oct 22, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle's popularity shows no signs of dying down: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up is releasing her first album Nov. 23, and it has already broken Amazon's record for most pre-orders, the New York Daily News reports. "Although it's normal to see early enthusiasm for artists who... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • Amazon.com • album sales • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • women's issues • new album

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

 The Most Influential DJs 


Oct 21, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the release of "DJ Hero" upon us, it's a good time to honor the true masters of turntablism. IGN lists the most influential:
  • DJ Kool Herc. He invented the “breakbeat” by using the two-turntable style of disco DJs to play two copies of a funk record,
... More »

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music • hip-hop • DJ Hero • deejay

Winehouse's New Boobs
'Are Great,' Dad Reports

Mitch says his daughter 'looks absolutely fantastic'

Oct 21, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems Joe Simpson isn’t the only celebrity dad who’ll talk openly about his daughter’s, uh, assets: Mitch Winehouse told a British talk show that daughter Amy’s “boobs are great” following a recent breast-enhancement surgery. "I shouldn't have said that should I? She looks... More »

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music • Amy Winehouse • Mitch Winehouse • breast augmentation

OPINION

 It's Time to Stop Hating Creed 

They're reuniting, but listen before you groan

Oct 21, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Creed is back—the once ubiquitous (and “ubiquitously loathed”) rock group is releasing a new album later this month and going on tour. But “if your impulse on hearing that it has reunited is to groan, stifle it long enough to locate a copy of Creed's 2004... More »

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entertainment • music • Scott Stapp • Creed • rock music • Jay-ZTV

 U2 to Stream 
 Concert on YouTube 

Sunday's show will stream live, for free

Oct 20, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - U2 will offer a video stream of a live concert for free on YouTube this Sunday. The stream of the sold-out show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be available in 16 countries, including the US, Brazil, Israel, and Australia. U2 has "wanted to do something like... More »

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music • YouTube • Bono • concert • streaming media • streaming content

 Beyoncé Scraps Malaysia Show 

Singer postpones date after criticism by conservative Muslim group

Oct 19, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After controversy over her racy outfits and dance routines, Beyoncé won’t perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, a hardline Muslim group, had protested the Oct. 25 date on her “I Am” tour, but promoters deny the postponement had anything to do with those objections.... More »

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music • Muslim • Malaysia • concert • Beyonce • conservative Islam • Kuala Lumpur

obituary

 Wrestling Dynamo 
 Captain Lou Dead at 76 

Manager's celebrity helped wrestling crossover to the mainstream

Oct 14, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Captain” Lou Albano, a professional wrestler who also enjoyed success as a mainstream entertainer, died today at 76. Starting in the late '50s as one-half of tag team “the Sicilians,” Albano’s wrestling career spanned four decades. With his signature look—Hawaiian shirt, rubber-band goatee—and a... More »

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television • music • wrestling • professional wrestling • WWE

 Tea-Party Protesters Hit 
 'Pro-Obama' Jersey School 

Demonstrators sing 'God Bless America' to protest song about prez

Oct 13, 09 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A band of tea-party protesters descended on a New Jersey elementary school yesterday, complaining that a class song hailing President Obama was "indoctrinating" kids. Some 70 protesters sang God Bless America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic outside the B. Bernice Young School in a suburb 15 miles... More »

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Barack Obama • music • New Jersey • conservative • protests • song • elementary school • protesters • President Obama • Tea Party

College Kids' iPod Volume Hurts Hearing

Most subjects in study set volume to damaging level

Oct 12, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most young people listen to their iPods at levels that will damage hearing over time, a new study shows. Researchers measured the output of an iPod while college-age students listened to music in a lab setting, and they found 55% of the subjects set the volume higher than 85 decibels—... More »

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music • iPod • mp3 • hearing loss • Hearing loss • headphones • academic research

MUSIC REVIEW

Flaming Lips Back to Bizarre With Embryonic 

'Sprawling' double album should please longtime fans

Oct 12, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Flaming Lips are no stranger to reinvention, having transformed “from garage-punk misfits into a splendorous, kaleidoscopic rock outfit,” then later “into a sophisticated, sincere symphonic-pop troupe bestowed with increasing commercial acclaim.” The release of Embryonic marks another sea change—and it’s the band's... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Jay-ZTV • Flaming Lips

MUSIC REVIEW

 New Jackson Single No Classic 

Response to 'This Is It' tepid from critics, all over the place from fans

Oct 12, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s posthumous single was released to much hype, but the critical response is lukewarm and fan reactions are mixed. A sampling:
  • In a roundup of fan comments on Michael Jackson’s website, the Times reports that while some are pleased—“This single is great, even
... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • celebrity • Michael Jackson • music review • new release • posthumous • celebrity death • This Is It

LISTEN

 Jacko's Final Single Debuts 

'This Is It' was written in 1991 but left off Dangerous

Oct 12, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's first posthumous single premiered this morning on his website, featuring backing vocals by his brothers. "This Is It" was written for the 1991 album Dangerous, but was cut before the album was released; it will be the only new song on a double CD coming later this... More »

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music • pop music • digital music • Michael Jackson • new release • posthumous • celebrity death • This Is It

OPINION

 Pink Is Ridiculously Underrated 

She can out-sing all those pop starlets, so why isn't she getting the same hype?

Oct 7, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - After watching Pink dangle from a trapeze 60 feet above the Radio City Music Hall stage—while belting out "Sober" perfectly—James Montgomery had a revelation: "Pink is totally underrated." She's "the total pop-star package,” he writes for MTV: tattooed, clever, confrontational, and a damn... More »

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entertainment • music • rock stars • pop music • celebrity • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Pink

MUSIC REVIEW

 Paramore's Latest 
 One of Year's Best 

Group is a welcome 'throwback' and—thanks to Hayley Williams—soars

Oct 6, 09 10:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paramore’s third album will likely enter the charts at No. 1—and it deserves to. Not only is it “the group’s best record yet,” Brand New Eyes is “one of 2009’s most exhilarating releases,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. “That sense... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Avril Lavigne • Blink-182 • Jay-ZTV • Paramore • Hayley Williams

music REVIEW

 Built to Spill 
 Back in Top Form 

Formerly great indie rockers make a triumphant comeback in There Is No Enemy

Oct 5, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Built to Spill went from producing “some of the most ambitious and resonant indie rock ever made” in the 1990s to “merely existing” in the 2000s. With its "unexpectedly terrific” new release There Is No Enemy, the band offers “an improbable late-career reawakening and heartening... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Jay-ZTV • Built to Spill • Doug Martsch

obituary

'Voice of Latin America' Mercedes Sosa Dead at 74

Argentine folk singer gave voice to disenfranchised under repressive regimes

Oct 4, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mercedes Sosa, the Argentine folk singer who became a powerful voice of resistance to authoritarian Latin American regimes, died today in Buenos Aires. A leading light of the "nueva canción" (new song) movement that pushed for social justice in the 1960s and '70s, Sosa was 74. "... More »

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entertainment • music • Latin America • Argentina • folk music • Mercedes Sosa • contralto • folk singer

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