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Stevie Nicks Confirms Fleetwood Mac Tour Still a Go in 2013

Stevie Nicks, who looks remarkable for 64, is ready to hit the road again with Fleetwood Mac. She confirmed that the “everyone is on board” for the reunion tour in 2013 today in a new interview. Nicks appeared on “CBS This Morning,” and invariably the topic came up whether the ’70s super group would play together again. “It’s the plan,” she said. “Because that’s what we do. I do my thing. And Lindsey [Buckingham] is out doing his thing now.”...
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Bruce Springsteen Dances in Dark With Daughter (watch!)

Bruce Springsteen put his daughter Jessica on the map, pulling her on stage for “Dancin’ in the Dark,” just like he did for Courtney Cox in his 1984 video for the song. Springsteen, 62, is in Europe on his Wrecking Ball tour and was playing at the Palais Omnisports Bercy arena in Paris....
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Adam Levine Auditions for Action-Hero in 'Payphone' Video (watch!)

Adam Levine is bucking for his own action-adventure movie. He makes a damn fine anti-hero in the new video for Maroon 5′s song “Payphone.” He also enlists rapper Wiz Khalifa, for some mid-song spit. The video opens with one badly beaten band frontman under a desolate big-city underpass where there just happens to be an old-style telephone booth....
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Beach Boys Still Surfing Sounds After Half Century (watch!)

Brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson joined with cousin Mike Love and a classmate Al Jardine a half a century ago to create the Beach Boys and popularized what was then known as the California surf sound. The group has endured its ups and downs since then, including the death of Dennis in 1983 and Carl from brain cancer in 1998, but proved it’s still relevant last night in concert at New York’s Beacon Theater....
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Gwen Stefani, No Doubt Open Album Sessions on Video

Gwen Stefani and No Doubt have begun promotion on their first new album in more than a decade with a series of “webisodes” that go behind the scenes of their recording sessions in their Santa Monica studio. The first in a series of short videos leading up to the album's release Sept. 25 previews a brand new track called "Push & Shove." ...
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Coldplay Salutes Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (watch)

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin sang a poignant tribute to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, turning the group’s raucous anthem “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” into a soulful ballad. Celebrities filled the Hollywood Bowl for the concert. Yauch created the group with Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz in the 1980s. ...
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Bruce Springsteen Pays Moving Tribute to Levon Helm (watch)

Bruce Springsteen went acoustic last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ to pay tribute to The Band’s Levon Helm, who died Apr. 19 from throat cancer. Helm, 71, had one of the most distinctive voices in rock. Bruce picked up a six-string to cover The Band’s hit song “The Weight,” which Helm had sung with the group....
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Neil Young, Crazy Horse Ride Again on Old Susanna (listen!)

Neil Young has proved once again he can spin and old saw into a psychedelic rock song, with the release of “Oh Susannah.” Yes, that “Old Susannah” from 19th century composer Stephen Foster. But what a difference. Young teams with his band Crazy Horse and pumps out the cover for his new album Americana. He opens the tune with his classic scratchy picking and strumming on his 1953 Les Paul Custom guitar....
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John Mayer Wants Fresh Start in Shadow Days Video (watch!)

John Mayer steps out of the shadows with the release of his new video “Shadow Days.” Hopefully, he’s put his throat problems and his days of being a jerk behind him with his new album. Mayer, 34, has been sidelined since last September with a granuloma in his throat which had to be operated on. He was forced to cancel several shows and step out of the limelight to recover....
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Phil Collins' Iconic 'Live at Montreux 2004' Out on DVD

When singer, songwriter Phil Collins first played his song “In The Air Tonight,” Atlantic Records chieftain Ahmet Ertegun, had some suggestions that ultimately gave birth to a drum line heard throughout the 1980s. Truth be told, it even holds up today and has been captured on Eagle Rock Entertainment’s double DVD set, Phil Collins Live At Montreux 2004...
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Taylor Momsen, Johnny Depp Jam With Marilyn Manson (watch!)

Taylor Momsen battled Marilyn Manson for the heaviest eye shadow on stage at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles yesterday (Apr. 11) in a joint performance for the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards show. Johnny Depp also jumped up on stage and performed the Eurythmic’s tune “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “The Beautiful People.”...