Ford will bring back old-fashioned knobs and buttons to car radios. And I thought it was just me not being able to change my old ways.........
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame
Foreigner's Mick Jones and Lou Gramm also honored in New York ceremony
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith perform at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City.
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June 14, 2013 11:55 AM ET
Break up to make up: If last night's 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards ceremony had a theme, it wasn't just the glories of merging melodies and lyrics. From Aerosmith and Foreigner to Billy Joel and Elton John, another recurring riff was the durable but sometimes fractious relationships of musical collaborators.
The inductees at the black-tie ceremony, held at New York's Marriott Marquis, spanned several generations – and several styles – of pop songwriting. Sting ...
Bono has recruited some of music's
biggest stars for the upcoming 'Agit8' album, a new record made up of protest songs for the U2 frontman's charity 'The One Campaign.'
Artists including Mumford & Sons
, Ed Sheeran and will.i.am are just some of the names who have recorded protest songs for the LP aiming to grab the attention of world leaders to concentrate on extreme poverty ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland next week.

Mumford & Sons, wIll.i.am, Ed Sheeran
and more unite for protest album ahead of next week's G8 summit (Mats Andersson/WENN)
Folk heroes Mumford & Sons have teamed up with the legendary Elvis Costello to record a rendition of Bruce Springsteen's 'The Ghost Of Tom Joad' ...
You know him from "King Of Queens", now see his comedy on stage. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Here's a clip from one of his recent stand-up routines.