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4 hrs ago | VH1

that metal show That Metal Showa s Top 100 Moments

Bust out your best concert t-shirt and bring a pair of earplugs because the loudest show on television, That Metal Show , returns next Saturday June 1st for season number 12.

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Related Topix: Tony Iommi, Hard-Rock, Entertainment

8 hrs ago | VH1

Classic Hell Bent For Leather With Rob Halford

Judas Priest are for all intents and purposes the first modern heavy metal band.

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Related Topix: Metal, Heavy-Metal, Judas Priest, Rob Halford, Halford, Entertainment

12 hrs ago | OnMilwaukee

Interview with an Indigo Girl

Amy Ray is a member of the folk duo Indigo Girls along with Emily Saliers. Ray also has a solo career, released six albums under her own name and founded a record company called Daemon Records.

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Related Topix: Girls, Entertainment, Television, Folk, Indigo Girls, Atlanta, GA, Decatur, GA, Emory University, Activism

16 hrs ago | MetroMix

Carrie Underwood donates $1 million to Oklahoma relief

The singer has announced she is donating $1 million in proceeds from her recent Blown Away Tour to the Red Cross for relief efforts, reports AP.

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Related Topix: Carrie Underwood, Country, Entertainment

Fri May 24, 2013

The Florida Times-Union

Steve Martin, Edie Brickell team up for bluegrass show Sunday in St. Augustine

Steve Martin, comedian: He was the most successful stand-up comic in America in the 1970s, playing sold-out arenas.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Father of the Bride, Family, The Jerk, My Blue Heaven, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Steve Martin, Vocal

411mania.com

Cypress Hill Member Shows Off a Massive Joint

Cypress Hill Member Shows Off a Massive Joint Posted by AJ Grey on 05.24.2013 It was six ounces... Here is Cypress Hill member B-Real posting a pic of what has to be one of the biggest joints ever rolled.

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Related Topix: Cypress Hill, Hip-Hop, Entertainment

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Young Jeezy, a no-show at NorVa gig, reschedules for May 31 | Sound Check

Rapper Young Jeezy hoped to fly in from New York Thursday night to do his show at The NorVa the same evening, but weather delays nixed that plan.

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VH1

Music Gin Wigmore + Pat Benatar Dream Tour

Our ongoing You Oughta Know love affair with New Zealand's bluesy pop star Gin Wigmore is spreading all over the U.S. thanks to her heavy tour schedule this summer.

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Related Topix: Gin Wigmore, Pop/Rock, Pat Benatar, Warped, Entertainment

The Austin Chronicle

Black Flag Returns

Conversations at Infest last night were as entertaining as Black Flag itself: "See you at the edge of the pit!" "Dude, we're seeing Black Flag! And you don't have to shave your head for it!" "Goddammit, where are the chairs?! I can't stand up this long anymore!" I fully expected to walk in on an illicit Geritol transaction in the men's room.

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Related Topix: Punk, Black Flag, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

VH1

X Factor Good And Bad News For Kelly Rowland Fans

Muse will perform at a premiere for one of the summer's biggest movies, Katy Perry draws Chief Keef 's ire on Twitter, and Kendrick Lamar wants one of hip hop's recent trends to end.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Kendrick Lamar, Entertainment

MetroMix

Jay-Z making music with new venture into sports

Geno Smith announced Wednesday that he was signing with Roc Nation Sports after firing his agent following the NFL draft.

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Related Topix: Jay-Z, Celebrities, Black Entertainment, Rap, Entertainment

Thu May 23, 2013

411mania.com

411 Music Fact Or Fiction 05.24.13: Atomic Miguel Drop

I'm your host, Joseph Lee. This week we have Tony Acero against Joseph Paige Jr.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Rap, Jay-Z, Black Entertainment, Kanye West, Hip-Hop, Dance, Michael Jackson, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

OnMilwaukee

Summer Soulstice Music Festival headliners announced

This year's Summer Soulstice Music Festival will take place on Saturday, June 22, from noon to midnight on East Murray and North Avenues.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Entertainment

MuchMusic.com

Covers Top 3 finalists the Oducado Twins think music is soul

Yesterday on New.Music.Live. we revealed the Top 3 finalists for the Much and Coca-Cola Covers Competition and the Oducado Twins came out of the Top 10 swinging with their cover of Phillip Phillips' breakthrough track, Home .

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Related Topix: Phillip Phillips, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

MuchMusic.com

Covers Top 3 finalist Neil Pranjivan can't wait to share his music

Yesterday on New.Music.Live. we revealed the Top 3 finalists for the Much and Coca-Cola Covers Competition and the Neil Pranjivan came out of the Top 10 with his cover of Frank Ocean's breakthrough track, Thinkin Bout You .

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Frank Ocean, Entertainment

The Village Voice

Rapper Tim Dog May Have Faked His Death

Last week, Desoto County, Mississippi put out an arrest warrant for the supposedly dead Tim Dog, citing no evidence proving his death.

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Related Topix: Tim Dog, Rap, Desoto County, MS, Online Dating, Entertainment

NJ.com

Popa Chubby, 'Classic Albums Live,' 'Big Shot'...

ArtsQuest's Musikfest Cafe has added blues guitarist Popa Chubby, "Classic Albums Live - The Beatles," "The Music of Simon & Garfunkel performed by AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle," "Big Shot - The Ultimate Billy Joel Experience" and Bethlehem-based rockers Billy Bauer Band to its summer lineup.

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Related Topix: Simon & Garfunkel, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Entertainment

VH1

Music The 10 Best Remixes Of Lana Del Rey

Some artists just sound better remixed. Case in point: Lana Del Rey . Her drawl works surprisingly well with a number of different sounds, including dubstep, '80s synth, techno, even Jay-Z. Her songs lend themselves to the creative appeal of remix artists who have mastered taking her sound to a whole new level.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Lana Del Rey, Entertainment

St. Petersburg Times

Sunset Music Festival expands EDM lineup for year 2

If a first-year music festival draws 8,000 people to an NFL stadium in the sweltering heat of late May in Tampa, how on earth does it grow? At that point, is there really any room to get bigger? The organizers of Saturday's Sunset Music Festival believe so.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Steve Aoki, Krewella, Pop/Rock, The Knife, Electronic, N.E.R.D., Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Entertainment

VH1

Music 15 Musicians Turned Reality Stars

Music and reality TV have a rather peculiar, but beneficial relationship for artists.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Rap, Public Enemy, Entertainment