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Signs of a good tour: New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys (as NKOTBSB) sells out Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in two-day run ($2.2 million).
Devastation in the South, spurred by violent F4 and F5 tornadoes, brings forth a union of musicians and artists across all aisles of genres. Country band Alabama initiates the first string of benefit concerts to help aid survivors, including the sold-out BamaRising charity concert, which featured big names like Rodney Atkins, Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans and Darius Rucker. A televised telethon spearheaded by Hank Williams, Jr. and Alabama’s Randy Owen also brings in major donations. Rihanna also adds a Birmingham tour stop on her Loud Tour to help raise monies for devastated areas.
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JUN 18 CHEAP TRICK SURVIVES STAGE COLLAPSE During a performance at the Ottawa Bluefest, heavy winds caused the stage to collapse on the rock band. Luckily, no one in the band was injured.
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J.LO, MARC ANTHONY ANNOUNCES DIVORCE
America’s beloved Latin couple calls it quits. Weeks later, Jenny is back on the block with a new boyfriend.
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RIP CLARENCE CLEMONS
RIP AMY WINEHOUSE
‘The Big Man’, known for being ‘The Boss’ longtime guitarist, dies at 69. His last guitar recording was featured on Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.”
Gone too soon. With only two albums to her credit, the unfortunate passing of Amy Winehouse instantly made her the Janis Joplin of our generation.
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ON THE VERGE OF BREAKDOWN, KINGS OF LEON, CANCELS TOUR A tour stop in Dallas, Texas causes the Kings to pull the breaks on everything. Caleb Followill is having serious problems with the bottle and the fans know intervention is necessary. But isn’t the sauce what makes the Kings’ music so enchanting to the ear?
JOHN MAYER