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Madonna Drops Tour Dates, Album Art on Heels of Super Bowl

Madonna got a huge boost for her upcoming tour with her Super Bowl performance. In fact, some critics say the Material Girl turned it into one huge promotion for her upcoming tour and new album MDNA. True to form, while the Super Bowl performance is still fresh in viewers' minds, Madonna announced her tour dates and released the cover art for the album today (Feb. 6) Talk about marketing prowess....
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Adam Lambert's Mercury Falling, Not Joining Iconic Rock Band

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert sent temperatures soaring when he intimated that he was joining iconic rock band Qeeen as frontman, only the second since the death of Freddie Mercury. But guess again. "The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some f*****g great songs," Lambert told the UK's Daily Star. It's to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would have been proud of."...
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Coldplay Takes on the Night in Charlie Brown Video (watch)

Chris Martin and Coldplay seem like an odd band to channel teen angst on a rainy night. But the new video for “Charlie Brown” is all about restless, devil-may-care world where nothing matters but the music. If the rave scene is a little clichéd, so be it. The point is about getting lost in the moment, forgetting the real world and its dismal reality and letting loose like there is no tomorrow....
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Madonna First Look Video for Give Me All Your Luvin' (watch!)

Madonna puts her god complex on display in her new video for her Super Bowl song “Give Me All Your Luvin.” She blows though a door in a cloud of mist and relegates Nicki Minaj to an extra. How’s that for power. Madonna, 53, who will provide half-time entertainment for the game’s huge audience, goes with a sports theme in the video. There’s Nicki–briefly–as one of the cheerleaders as the video opens....
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Bruce Springsteen Lives Up to the Hype of Early Years

Bruce Springsteen’s new single “We Take Care of Our Own” is his best record … ever. Anthemic, moving, emotional, and just plain sensational. It could well be the first great record of this nascent year. I have a funny dynamic with Springsteen. When he first hit, and hit big, I had a real hard time getting beyond all the hype. Remember, he was on the front covers of both Time and Newsweek, on Oct. 27, 1975....