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  • Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler Arrested After Bar Fight in California

    Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is as feisty as ever. The musician was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 27, after getting into a drunken bar fight in California. Police charged the 65-year-old with misdemeanor assault, public intoxication and vandalism. Butler was taken to jail and released after he detoxed and was cited, "Rolling Stone" noted.

  • 'American Idol' Season 14 Recap & Review: San Francisco Shows Off Some Fun Personalities

    American Idol bounced back last Thursday (Jan. 22) in New Orleans, Harry Connick Jr.'s hometown, after a lackluster episode in Minneapolis. For the final audition week, Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Connick sorted through talent in San Francisco. The City by the Bay's first episode was decent (still better than Minneapolis), but Idol probably saved the best auditions for tomorrow (Jan. 29). The talent and the singing styles were varied, which added to the episode's success.

  • T. Swift Freaking Out After Madonna's 'Princesses of Pop' Compliment

    Madonna paid Taylor Swift a nice compliment recently, and now the young singer is freaking out over it. Basically, Madge is totally into Swift's music, referring to her as one of the "princesses of pop" during a chat with Network Nine's "Today" show in Australia. After hearing the news of the compliment, Swift scrambled to her Tumblr page to let everyone know that she was hyperventilating over the kind words.

  • 'Parks and Recreation' Recap & Review: Dennis Feinstein, Perd Hapley and Treat Yo Self 2017!

    Parks and Recreation went into unexplored territory last week when they examined what we'll call "bad feelings." Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope had to mend their friendship, which they did, after some betrayals and letting time get in the way of their "work-proximity-associateship" (as Ron so elegantly put it). "Leslie & Ron" was the first standout episode of the season, but now that they're on the same page, there's plenty of room for classic P&R hijinks.

  • NFL Shares Chilling Domestic Violence PSA [WATCH]

    After Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in September for punching his then-fiancee and now-wife Janay Rice in the face and knocking her unconscious, the league went to work on revamping its domestic abuse policy. In addition to heavier consequences for players, the NFL worked up the No More advertising campaign, which has been running commercials about domestic violence ever since. The league recently shared its powerful Super Bowl PSA spot, and it is chilling.

  • Lee Brice Sings 'More Than a Memory' With Garth Brooks

    As Garth Brooks continues to make his way across the country in support of his first album in 13 years, "Man Against Machine," there has been plenty of opportunities for admirers to share the stage with him. Most notably, Justin Timberlake and the country legend sang "Friends in Low Places" together, and recently Lee Brice scored an invite onstage. Brice co-wrote Brooks's 2007 hit "More Than a Memory," and that is what the pair sang at a show in Boston last week.

  • Grateful Dead Fans Flood U.S. Postal Service with Pre-Sale Ticket Requests

    The Grateful Dead has some of the most passionate fans in music history. Pre-sales for the jam band's Fourth of July Reunion show with Trey Anastasio overwhelmed the group's camp since opening Jan. 20. Dead 50 reports that more than 60,000 envelopes with ticket requests were received. Relix estimates that those envelopes contain over 350,000 ticket requests for the three-night residency at Chicago's Soldier Field.

  • Sam Smith Calls Tom Petty 'Stay With Me' Drama 'Coincidence'

    Two more co-writers have been given credit for one of 2014's biggest hits, "Stay With Me." Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, of Electric Light Orchestra, were added to the list of song creators after similarities were spotted between the Sam Smith ballad and "I Won't Back Down." Representatives for the young singer admitted to hearing similarities, but they want to make it clear that it is all just a big coincidence, "Rolling Stone" noted. Furthermore, Petty is not eligible for a Grammy.

  • Bill Clinton Declines Offer From Punk Band Fireworks to Play Saxophone on Their Album

    Back in 2013, the Detroit pop-punk outfit known as Fireworks requested that former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, dust off his old saxophone and play on their album. A little over a year later, the band finally received a response: no. Fireworks tweeted out an image of an email they received recently from Jenna Daley, who works for the Scheduling department for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

  • Christina Aguilera Will Kick Off NBA All-Star Game with Rockettes

    Christina Aguilera will collaborate with The Rockettes to put on a glitzy, glamorous performance before the NBA All-Star Game Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden. Ariana Grande is already scheduled to be the halftime entertainment. The appearance will come a few days before the Staten Island native is back in her coaching chair for "The Voice."

  • Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande Join Cast of Fox's 'Scream Queens'

    Ariana Grande won't be the only pop star on the upcoming Fox comedy-drama Scream Queens. Nick Jonas has just signed on to the project for a recurring role, but details about his character and the plot are being kept quiet. The show will be the second TV series to air on the network by Glee creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

  • Public Enemy's Chuck D Wants A Record Store Day Radio Station, DJ SKEE Helps

    After last year's Record Store Day, Chuck D of Public Enemy went to the founder of the national event, Michael Kurtz, to share an idea. What if the day dedicated to vinyl had its own radio station? Kurtz adopted the idea and recently struck up a partnership with DJ SKEE's new venture, DASH Radio, which premiered last August. The station is no longer a dream - it will go live Mar. 1, well ahead of this year's annual celebration of vinyl.

  • Chris Robinson Talks Life After The Black Crowes, Singer Ready for 2015 with Brotherhood Band

    Chris Robinson pointed out that while 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of The Black Crowes, the public is more concerned with the recent news of the group's dissolution. The singer isn't happy about the way the jam band came to an end, but he's ready to move forward with his other project, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The group will their second Betty Blend live album in May.

  • 2 Chainz Running for Mayor in Georgia Hometown? 'I'm Different' Rapper Wants to Run

    After debating Nancy Grace over the issue of marijuana legalization on national television, 2 Chainz is looking to take some of that momentum and run for mayor of College Park, Georgia — his hometown. That's right, the "I'm Different" rapper is looking to move from music to politics. He spoke to XXL to assure fans that he was considering it for real.

  • A$AP Rocky Movie 'Dope' Sells for $7 Million at Sundance Film Festival

    Dope, a movie starring A$AP Rocky that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend, reportedly secured a distribution deal for $7 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Open Road Films beat out The Weinstein Company for the film, which also features Zoë Kravitz and Blake Anderson of Workaholics. There's been a decent amount of buzz coming from Park City, Utah, about the movie.
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