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MUSIC NEWS - As Van Morrison, 64, announces new USA concert dates, he also unveils that he and his wife, GiGi, welcomed their son George Ivan Morrison III on Monday. The couple says that "Little Van" (the Man ?) is "the spitting image of his daddy." All we know is that the baby is a dual citizen of the USA and Britain. No other information has been released and Morrison's publicist, Phil L
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MUSIC NEWS - Word out is that John Mellencamp has nearly completed recording and “assembling” the “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County”; his musical theater collaboration with author Stephen King.The show is now running two hours and 10 minutes, but more edits will likely happen once producer T-Bone Burnett completes the tunes. When finished, the recording will be available in a packa
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MUSIC NEWS - Just in; the NHL announced that the Celtic/rock/punkers, Dropkick Murphys will make a special appearance at the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Boston's Fenway Park on New Year's Day. The Quincy, MA based Dropkick Murphys will perform prior to the historic outdoor matchup between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, January 1, 2010. NBC will provide
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MUSIC NEWS - While the recent release of a live album from his 2008 Glitter and Doom tour was rewarding, even better is that Tom Waits recently revealed he's begun writing songs for his first new studio album since 2006's “Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards”, the three-disc set that included some older rare tunes. A new album could makes its way out in 2010, though he recently told
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Music News- Bay-Area California native Brett Dennen is working with Livestream to broadcast his New Year’s Eve performance at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on December 31st (8:30PM pst). If you can't attend, you can at least tune in to Brett's Facebook page, his official website, or Livestream.com to see the broadcast. Joining Brett will Brushfire Recording artist and neighbors ALO p
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MUSIC NEWS - Sadly James Victo "Vic" Chesnutt, 45, Athens, GA singer-songwriter known for his songs about death and black humor, died on Christmas Day at a local Athens hospital. Vic was in a coma since earlier in the week after taking an overdose of muscle relaxant, said the family spokesman, Jem Cohen. For nearly 20 years, Chesnutt sang darkly comic and candid songs dealing with death, vul
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MUSIC NEWS - Another music retailer fails; sadly the UK division (Glasgow, Scotland & 45 stores in Britain) of book, cd, and dvd retailer, Borders, shutdown this week after management was unable to find a buyer for the collapsing chain. A victim of the declining retail marketplace and drops in music/video sales, they've been running closing sales for several weeks.Unfortunately, approximatel
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MUSIC NEWS - The Swedish band jj released a summer-like pop album in 2009 that grabbed any music fan who was fortunate enough to learn of the release. They gained further attention from Pitchfork's nod, proclaiming the album, jj no 2, the Best New Music, and the album's landed on many 2009 best-of lists.A mysterious act, jj has now signed to Secretly Canadian with plans to to release their next.
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MUSIC NEWS - U2's bassist, Adam Clayton is suing his former assistant, Carol Hawkins, claiming that she stole approximately $2.5M from his accounts. On Friday, an Irish judge temporarily froze Hawkins's assets as the court heard claims that she made unapproved purchases using the bassist's money.Paul Sreenan, one of Clayton's attorney, said Hawkins Clayton in September 2008 and admitted that sh
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MUSIC NEWS - James Gurley, guitarist with Big Brother and the Holding Company, the psychedelic blues acid rock band from San Francisco who helped Janis Joplin on her rise to music history back in the late 1960's died from a heart attack on December 20th at a Palm Springs, CA hospital. He was 69, and died two days before his 70th birthday. Gurley was born in Detroit, MI on December 22, 19
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MUSIC NEWS - NJ Rocker Jon Bon Jovi had his son taken to a local New Jersey hospital by police during Sunday's snowstorm. The lad was treated for an undisclosed medical issue, Bon Jovi's publicist said. "They're all home and healthy," Bon Jovi's publicist Ken Sunshine told the New York Post, without discussing any specifics; which of the musician's three sons or what the nature of the illness
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MUSIC NEWS- As had been expected, Citadel Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy protection and has turned over control of the company to its creditors. Citadel is the third largest radio station owner in the USA, with 224 stations (165 FM stations and 58 AM stations) in 25 states. The official announcement was made on Sunday, and stated the deal will "extinguish" $1.4 billion of Citadel's debts. B
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