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Ray Charles' America Coming to Digital, Morrissey Announces New Single, more
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Concord Music has announced that they will release Ray Charles ' version of America the Beautiful for the first time ever digitally next Tuesday to celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration.Morrissey is releasing the first single from his new album, Years of Refusal , on February 9. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris will be available in the U.K. as a digital download, a vinyl single with a live ve...
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Cheap Trick May Be Bringing Sgt. Pepper to Vegas
It is being reported by a number of sources that Cheap Trick is close to a deal to perform the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in its entirety in Las Vegas. The show is seen as a good bet with the Beatles' Love still playing to large crowds almost two years after it first opened.If the deal goes through, the group will be playing the album with a full orchestra for nine months a...
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Touring: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Joe Cocker, Marshall Tucker Band, Poco
George Thorogood & the Destroyers02/26/09 - Milwaukee, WI - Northern Lights Theater02/27/09 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre02/28/09 - Michigan City, IN - Blue Chip Casino03/01/09 - Davenport, IA - RiverCenter - Adler Theatre03/02/09 - East Peoria, IL - East Peoria Conv. Center at The Oaks03/05/09 - London, ON - Centennial Hall03/06/09 - Windsor, ON - Caesars Windsor "The Colosseum"03/07/09 - ...
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Cohen to Play New York, Pretenders Want to See Your Plastic Shoes, more
Leonard Cohen announced that his first U.S. appearance in 15 years will February 19 at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Tickets go on sale this Friday via Ticketmaster. It is also being speculated that a U.S. tour may follow.The Pretenders, PETA and YouTube are joining forces for a video contest where entrants are asked to lipsynch to the group's Boots of Chinese Plastic while showing off thei...
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Warner Artists Cover Warner Classic Songs
Following up on the December release of Warner Brothers' amazing Revolution in Sound book and CD set (and even more amazing memory stick compilation), the label has set February 24 as the release date for Covered, A Revolution in Sound: Warner Brothers Records. The eleven tack set has modern day artists covering some of the classic songs from the label's history.Included is Adam Sandler's cove...
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New Releases: January 13, 2009
CD10 CC - The Original SoundtrackBee Gees - Odessa (3-CD Deluxe Edition)Freddy Cannon - Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: The Best ofPetula Clark - Give It a Try: The Original 1986 Jango SessionsAlbert Collins - Cold TremorsDan Fogelberg - Playlist: The Very Best ofHawkwind - Dream Goes On: From the Black Sword to Distant Horizons (3 CDs)Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age: An Anthology 1976-1984 (3 CDs)Linda ...
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Springsteen Wins Golden Globe, Two New Ones for Lynn, more
It was a good week for Bruce Springsteen as he took him the Best Song from a Motion Picture award for The Wrestler. He had one in the same category at the Critic's Choice Awards earlier in the week. It is his second Golden Globe, winning previously for the song Streets of Philadelphia.Look for two Loretta Lynn albums this year. The first, due in the spring, is all new material written by Lynn and
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Touring - Paul Weller, Queensryche, Allen Toussaint, Ralph Stanley
Paul Weller03/17/09 - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Wolverhampton Civic Hall03/18/09 - Swindon, United Kingdom - Oasis Leisure Centre03/19/09 - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Plymouth Pavilions03/21/09 - London, United Kingdom - O2 Arena04/03/09 - Tokyo, Japan - Club Citta04/04/09 - Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast04/05/09 - Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall04/07/09 - Fukuoka, Japan - Drum Logos04/08/09 - ...
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Happy 50th Motown!
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Track:Money (That's What I Want)
It was fifty years ago today that Berry Gordy started Tamla Records with an $800 loan from his family. Within the year, the label would have the first of hundreds of hits that would define a sound that still resonates today. That first hit, Barrett Strong 's Money (That's What I Want) made it to number two on the R&B and 23 on the pop charts. Less than a year later, the Miracles would be ...
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Frehley Going Spacey, Holland-Dozier-Holland Talk 9-to-5, more
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Ace Frehley is going to attempt to be the first musician to perform and record from outer space. The Ace of Space project has been in the works for about ten months and is being documented for a VH1 special.Lamont Dozier has told Billboard that the producers of the musical The First Wives Club , for which Holland-Dozier-Holland reunited after 30 years to write the score, will preview in San Di...
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