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Kellogg’s Creates ‘Totes Amazeballs’ Cereal for Charlatans Singer

Posted on22. Feb, 2012 by .

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Sourced from @KelloggsUK/Twitter.com The British arm of Kellogg's has produced a limited-edition box of cereal called Totes Amazeballs based on a Twitter suggestion by Tim Burgess, frontman of the long-running Britpop band the Charlatans. “I heard someone use the expression 'totes amazeballs,' and it sounded like something from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” he told [...]

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Codeine Announce Reunion Tour, Album Reissues

Posted on22. Feb, 2012 by .

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Codeine, Frigid Stars Codeine is primed for a noisy spring. The heavy, turgid Nineties rockers have reunited in support of the rerelease of their influential catalog and will hit the road on an American and European tour. Pitchfork reports that the New York trio – whose aggressive yet glacial songs inspired scores of rockers in [...]

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Week in Rock History: Brian Wilson Performs the World Premiere of ‘Smile’

Posted on21. Feb, 2012 by .

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Brian Wilson Presents "Smile" World Premiere Performance at Royal Festival Hall in London.

Brian Wilson Presents "Smile" World Premiere Performance at Royal Festival Hall in London.Tim Whitby/WireImage February 22, 1976: Florence Ballard of the Supremes diesTalented, tragic Florence Ballard never got her due. As a founding member of the Motown sensations the Supremes, Ballard had the indisputable knock-out voice of the group; recording legend has it that she [...]

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Bobby Brown Leaves Whitney Houston’s Funeral Over Seating Dispute

Posted on20. Feb, 2012 by .

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Bobby Brown performs with New Edition at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.Marc Andrew Deley Bobby Brown arrived at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark today for the funeral of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston. He left the church after just fifteen minutes, however, following a dispute over seating arrangements. Us Weekly reported that a visibly [...]

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MC5 Bassist Michael Davis Dies

Posted on20. Feb, 2012 by .

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Michael Davis of MC5 performs at the Palace Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, AustraliaMartin Philbey/Redferns Michael Davis, the bassist for the politically-charged proto-punk band MC5, died on Friday of liver failure. He was 68. Davis had been studying fine art at Wayne State University in Michigan when the Detroit-based MC5 recruited him in 1964. He promptly [...]

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Nick Cannon Quits New York Radio Show

Posted on18. Feb, 2012 by .

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Nick Cannon holds son Moroccan Scott at the BET Honors Ceremony in Washington, D.C.Paul Morigi/WireImage Nick Cannon has announced that he is giving up hosting duties of Rollin' with Nick Cannon, his radio show on Manhattan's 92.3 NOW, after doctors discovered blood clots in his lungs. Cannon will continue to host a syndicated radio show, [...]

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Robin Thicke Busted for Pot Possession

Posted on17. Feb, 2012 by .

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Robin Thicke performs at the Nomad's Way Gala at the New York Public Library.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images R&B star Robin Thicke was arrested in Manhattan earlier today for marijuana possession. The singer was busted just after noon by officers who caught him smoking a joint while sitting in a Cadillac Escalade near Gramercy Park. “He wasn't [...]

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Jay Farrar and Jim James Discover Woody Guthrie’s California in New Album

Posted on17. Feb, 2012 by .

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Jay Farrar and Jim James Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Over the course of dozens of hours spent combing through more than 3,000 Woody Guthrie lyrics collected in upstate New York, the thing that Jay Farrar kept discovering was California. “I found myself not aware of the California connection at the time I was going through and [...]

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Alice Cooper Set for Next Golden Gods Awards

Posted on16. Feb, 2012 by .

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Alice Cooper attends the 4th Annual Revolver Golden God Awards nominees announcement at the Grammy Museum.

Alice Cooper attends the 4th Annual Revolver Golden God Awards nominees announcement at the Grammy Museum. David Livingston/Getty Images Guitarist Zack Wylde promised a big night of “hookers, payola and blow” at this year's Revolver Golden Gods Awards, set to erupt April 11 in Los Angeles. “We're creeping up on the porn awards,” he joked, [...]

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Beyonce Begins Work on Two New Albums

Posted on16. Feb, 2012 by .

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Beyonce performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Kevin Mazur/WireImage Beyoncé may have given birth to her first child last month, but the singer is already planning two new projects to write and record in 2012. Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic frontman and co-writer of Beyoncé tunes such as “Halo” and “I Was Here,” [...]

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