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2/3/2012
Van Halen played an hour-long secret show on Wednesday night (February 1st) at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California. The audience of about 250 attendees saw the band perform three songs from its new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, including "She's The Woman," "The Trouble With Never" and first single "Tattoo," as well as a brace of classics like "You Really Got Me," "Runnin' With The Devil," "Unchained" and "Dance The Night Away." The show served as a launch party for the record, which arrives next Tuesday (February 7th) as well as a warm-up for the band's tour, which kicks ...
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2/3/2012
THE WHO AT THE SUPER BOWL - 2010It was two years ago this Super Bowl Sunday (February 7th, 2010), that the Who performed a medley of five of their classic songs at the halftime show during the Super Bowl at Mia mi's Sun Life Stadium. The band performed a nearly 12-minute set featuring abbreviated versions of "Pinball Wizard," "Baba O'Riley," "Who Are You?," "See Me, Feel Me," and "Won't Get Fooled Again."Joining the band on stage was their longtime backline featuring Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey on drums, John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards, Pino Palladino on bass, and ...
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2/3/2012
One would think Brad Pitt was nudged into humanitarian work thanks to his relationship with the always-charitable Angelina Jolie. But, that’s just not so. Pitt actually praises U2 frontman Bono with inspiring him to help make a difference in the world!Speaking with the Hollywood Reporter, Pitt explained that he “sought out” Bono after he took a trip to Morocco and experienced personally how much certain areas of Africa were hurting.The moving trip urged Pitt to “get off the couch” and join Bono and the other superstars who use their fame to help make the world a better place....
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2/3/2012
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will make their first performance of the year on the February 12th Grammy Awards telecast on CBS. Springsteen, who'll release his latest album, Wrecking Ball, on March 6th will be part of a high profile telecast featuring performances by Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Foo Fighters, Glen Campbell, and Coldplay, among others. "The Boss'" 2010 collection, The Promise, is nominated in the "Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package" Springsteen and co. has also just announced their first group appearance at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater for satellite radio listeners.With fan anticipation running ...
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2/3/2012
The first handful of dates for the Eagles' 40th anniversary tour have dribbled out, with the band kicking things off on April 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. The band will take in further stops in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and New Orleans. The upcoming tour will feature a new multimedia screen production showcasing the band's career throughout the show.Don Henley told us that he's always remained unsure of the Eagles' future ever since group began performing together again 1994 after a 14-year-split: "The group weather changes from week to week, so I don't, I take everything with a grain ...
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2/3/2012
Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga has signed on to play Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie in Randall Miller, Brad Rosenberger and Jody Savin’s upcoming feature film, The Drummer. The filmfollows the last six years of late Beach Boy drummer Dennis Wilson’s (played by Aaron Eckhart) life, including Wilson and McVie’s “passionate and tumultuous” six-year relationship before Wilson’s passing in 1983.Miller and Savin are stoked to have both Farmiga and Eckhart onboard the musical project.“Jody and I are thrilled to work with Vera,” Miller told Hollywood Today, “Her commitment to every nuance will illuminate the character and having Aaron and Vera ...
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2/3/2012
Paul McCartney will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.As reported at Music-News.com, theceremony will take place Thursday, February 9 at 2 p.m. in front of the Capitol Records Tower at 1750 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. McCartney’s star will be located next to those of a few old pals, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.And if that wasn’t enough Sir Paul also will be named the MusiCares Person of the Year the following day at a gala dinner and concert featuring Tony Bennett, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Alison Krauss & Union ...
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2/3/2012
Ringo Starr has long been known for his legendary covers -- but on his new album, Ringo 2012, he actually covers himself. Ringo tackled two tracks from the 1970's, re-recording the 1973 Ringo album classic, "Step Lightly," and a particularly hot version of "Wings" -- a fan favorite, which was a monumental chart bomb for him back in 1977, and now the new album's lead single.Ringo told us that he wanted to stray a bit from the sound found on the Arif Mardin-produced version of "Wings" found on Ringo The 4th: "Well, 'Wings' itself, I did that in New ...
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2/3/2012
George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison is engaged, according to Jam! Showbiz. Dhani, now 33, will marry longtime girlfriend Solveig Karadottir, a former model -- now psychologist -- sometime in June. The couple currently lives together in Los Angeles. Dhani, who fronts his own band, thenewno2 (The New Number Two), as well as the "emo" trio Fistful Of Mercy with Joseph Arthur and Ben Harper, co-produced his father's 2002 posthumous album, Brainwashed.Over the years, Dhani has been involved in a number of Harrison-related and Beatles projects, including the recent Rock Band game and -- alongside his mom, Olivia -- the ...
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2/2/2012
The first review of Van Halen's new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, has been posted online at Antiquiet -- and it's overwhelmingly positive. Critic Johnny Firecloud says that the band's first album with original singer David Lee Roth in 28 years is a "true return" and "screaming triumph," adding, "That old familiar feeling has returned, the unique flare of excitement that comes from a muscle car rhythm section led by a six-string wizard and a singing sexual megalodon with an ego that made Kanye look like a kid flaunting his new Spider-Man underoos -- and the pipes to back ...
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