Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams almost quit music for good after he was diagnosed with a hearing disorder.

The rocker announced a hiatus from music after he was diagnosed with ear-ringing disease Meniere's just over two years ago, and fans were shocked when he simply disappeared from the scene.

Now Adams, who is married to singer/actress Mandy Moore, is opening up about his battle for the first time, admitting the symptoms were debilitating at first.

He tells the New York Times, "I took a year with just figuring out how extensive the symptoms were and what was really happening in my body."
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Ryan Adams refused to play his song "New York, New York" live after it was released on September 11, 2001 - because he didn't want to exploit the tragedy.

The singer debuted the track on the same day terrorists flew two hijacked planes into the World Trade Center, and it went on to become his most successful single to date.

But Adams reveals he actually begged music TV executives not to play its accompanying music video, which features the Twin Towers, and snubbed offers to use "New York, New York" in ad campaigns and soundtracks.

He tells Billboard.com, "I said I wasn't working the song...

Whether you are pondering what to get your Secret Santa at iwork or are just sick of the same Top 40's songs on the radio, we have the perfect solution for your holiday blues. Her name is Jillian Valentine and her debut album, "Rebelle," is available on iTunes. Not only is she beautiful and has a soulful voice of an angel, but this chick is talented beyond her years. Jillian writes her own music, which is not only ambitious, but it puts her ahead of a lot of young musicians you hear on the radio today. We caught up with recording artist, Jillian Valentine to talk about her album, her musica...

Singer/actress Mandy Moore is still waiting to be whisked away on honeymoon by her rocker beau Ryan Adams, 20 months after becoming his wife.

The couple eloped in March 2009 after a whirlwind romance, but the 26 year old admits they never took the time to fly off for a romantic vacation to celebrate their nuptials.

However, Moore hasn't given up hope.

The Saved star says, "We still haven't gone on a honeymoon yet... Honeymoon has been like nesting at home! Except now I'm like, 'Ryan, you have to take me on honeymoon!' I think we're gonna get around to it."

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Last night the 'American Idol' auditions went to Chicago, and continually reminded us that this was where Obama got his start. In fact, we were forced to watch a four-minute opening that compared the auditions to Obama becoming our first African-American President. Because they're very close in spectrum.

This question also answered the question, "Whatever happened to Shania Twain?" as the country superstar came out of her hiding place just long enough to lend her opinion on the best (and the worst) of the two days in Chicago.

Let's start with the best. . .

Three Best Auditions

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Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones has announced the title and release date of her upcoming album, "The Fall", her fourth studio album which will be released by EMI's Blue Note Records on November 17. Jones has also revealed the cover artwork for the album, which features a portrait by photographer Autumn de Wilde.

Jones was the surprise guest performer at Apple's "It's Only Rock n' Roll" press conference in San Francisco. Her breakout album Come Away With Me is one of the first albums to be released in the iTunes LP format, a new feature of iTunes 9 that rei...

Who is Mandy Moore? Aside from being the 90's teen pop star with the debut hit release "So Real" in 1999, when it comes to the singer's recording career, she has been living life and pursuing her career on her own terms. As we have watched Moore mature in the public eye she has been pretty low key, except when there's inquiring news about her personal life.

One of the many recent changes in Moore's life is the fact that she is now a "Mrs." and is newly married to fellow musician Ryan Adams. Other changes can also be marked in her musical direction. While industry peers such as Brit...

Newlywed Mandy Moore insists husband Ryan Adams will be the only guy who will see her naked - because she can't stand the thought of random movie fans ogling her online and at the cinema.

The actress/singer admits she has fought directors over their plans to get her to peel off for movie roles - and she'll never bare all unless it's absolutely necessary.

She tells WENN, "Right now, that's something that is off limits. I'd never say never because some things are absolutely necessary. I feel oftentimes I've been attached to a film and then, at the last second, someone has said, like...

Newlywed Mandy Moore's hopes of becoming a great chef have been burned because her husband Ryan Adams is so good in the kitchen.

The pop star/actress vowed to be a better cook after marrying the rocker in March but has discovered it's far too easy to let him do all the work in the kitchen.

She says, "The lessons are still ongoing... I'm lucky because I don't have to do the cooking at home. My other half is a very good cook. But I can make a mean grilled cheese sandwich."

And self-confessed procrastinator Moore admits cooking isn't the only thing she has bailed on since she we...

Courtney Love has launched a scathing attack on newlyweds Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore in a bizarre online rant.

The former Hole frontwoman fell out with Adams last year accusing him of failing to pay back money he borrowed to fund his 2003 album Rock N Roll. The rocker denied the claims but Love still holds a grudge - and has used her MySpace.com page to blast the singer and his new wife Mandy Moore.

She writes, "Christ ugh igh ugh Mandy Moore ick. The thought of her sticking her tongue down that filthy hatch. I might as well go watch (gory movie) Hostel. Smelly ass, ick. I LOATH...

Newlywed rocker Ryan Adams has confessed he used to stash his marijuana in the ventilator shaft at Hollywood's trendy Roosevelt Hotel - and use the place as a mini-drug den whenever he was in Los Angeles.

The New York New York hit-maker, who wed clean-cut singer/actress Mandy Moore earlier this month, admits his days of hiding hash at the Roosevelt ended when the place became overcrowded with celebrities, and a new security firm took over.

He tells Black Book magazine, "I used to hide my pot in the ventilator shaft for every time I returned with a few Xanax for coming down from ...

Mandy Moore and rocker Ryan Adams have wed in a secret Georgia ceremony - just one month after announcing their engagement, according to internet reports.

The 24-year-old pop star-turned-actress and 34-year-old Adams exchanged vows in a small, simple ceremony in Savannah, Georgia on Tuesday, reports blogger Perez Hilton. Few people knew the stars were dating again after their on-and-off romance fell apart last year, and Moore started romancing ex-boyfriend Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein as he recovered from a plane crash in South Carolina in September.

Moore and Goldstein split in Decem...

Mandy Moore is considering asking her ex to DJ at her wedding. Moore announced her engagement to rocker Ryan Adams earlier this week and now she's thinking about the music for her big day.

Speaking on Los Angeles DJ Valentine's morning show on Friday, the star said, "I could ask my friend Adam (Goldstein, aka DJ A.M.)... I have many options."

But she insists that whatever happens, her wedding day won't be a big deal, thanks to the fact she has married in the movies.

She adds, "I've never been that kind of girl... I kind of feel, like, because I've been able to get married in ...

Mandy Moore and rocker Ryan Adams have stunned the music world by getting engaged.

Few people knew the stars were dating again after their 2008 romance fell apart, and Moore started dating ex-boyfriend Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein as he recovered from a plane crash in South Carolina in September. Moore and Goldstein split in December and the actress/singer reunited with Adams, according to reports.

The Saved star, who at 24 is 10 years younger than singer/songwriter Adams, was recently spotted wearing what looked like an engagement ring on her wedding finger and a friend tells Life &...

Rocker Ryan Adams is to turn his back on music to concentrate on "hearing issues." In a post on his blog, the singer/songwriter insists his Atlanta, Georgia show with The Cardinals on March 20 will be his last before he takes a lengthy hiatus.

He writes, "I am grateful for the time we (band) have had and maybe someday we will have more stories to tell together. I am however ready for quieter times as I think it is very evident I am struggling with some balance and hearing issues."

Adams adds, "I am not abandoning anyone, not the Cardinals and not the fans. This is just something I...

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Oasis are to reteam with Ryan Adams for another North American tour just three months after guitarist Noel Gallagher was attacked onstage in Canada.

The group scrapped the final dates of the tour to allow Gallagher to recover from injuries he sustained after falling awkwardly into monitor speakers as he tried to escape a lunging Daniel Sullivan during Oasis' September 9 show in Toronto.

The group has since scrapped further shows in Europe, but plan to honor dates on an upcoming British tour next month.

But the incident hasn't put them off touring in North America— Oasis and ...

When you think rock star, usually you think long hair, tight clothes, and a good mix of sex drugs and noise. And while this is a pretty accurate representation of most rock stars, there are a few that go against the grain and rock on with literature, anime, and most importantly glasses. Here is the list of the Hottest Rock Stars in Eyeglasses!

Lisa Loeb

Since she burst on to the scene in the grungy early 90s she has stud out as the white girl you would love to take home to your mother. Her songs are of sweet longing and he style is so 50s and retro how could you not love her! Most...

Troubled rocker Courtney Love has lambasted singer Ryan Adams for allegedly failing to pay back money he borrowed to fund his 2003 album Rock N Roll. The former Hole frontwoman posted a bizarre rant on her MySpace page on Saturday , claiming Adams had taken $858,000 from her daughter Frances Bean's trust fund to pay for his LP release.

She writes: "There were all the bills for Ryan Adams' worst record and one of the worst records I can think of in rock and roll history ironically called Rock and Roll (sic) and it was paid for by ME and mostly by my child. Here on Amex 28 is the entire ...

On May 13th, Fantasy Records will release Hymn For My Soul, the newest album from legendary singer Joe Cocker. The album unites Cocker, possessor of one of the world's most instantly recognizable and iconic voices (Lennon & McCartney's "With A Little Help From My Friends," anyone?), with Ethan Johns, who has proved both his worth and his Midas touch via albums he's produced for, among others, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Razorlight, Kings of Leon, and Ray LaMontagne. The union has resulted in one of the most accomplished pieces of work in the Sheffield-born singer's long an...

Successful singer-songwriters have spanned across the decades, but no era saw them flourish like the 1970s. James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Dan Fogelberg, Carly Simon, Jackson Browne and Neil Young (to name a few) were tearing up the airwaves. Their simple, thought-provoking melodies struck a chord with a Vietnam War-torn America and left an indelible mark on the modern music biz. Well, tune your radios and adjust your mp3 players, folks. The 70s singer-songwriter sound is back - with a whole new batch of artists.

Jackson Browne live (1978):

Carrying the Torch
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After two records and a Grammy nomination, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and was rewarded with an unbridled inspiration and a wealth of her most accomplished songs to date. On February 26, Concord Music Group's Fantasy Records will release Merritt's Another Country.

After intensive touring, Merritt erased her grueling schedule and rented a flat with a piano in Paris's 10th arrondisment planning to take time off. Merritt recalls, "Days were wonderful there. I wore the same clothes nearly everyday. I would take a coffee in the street, say hello to the good people in the ...

Happy Birthday to singer/songwriter Ryan Adams (1974), NBA star Jerry Stackhouse (1974), Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon (1973), Baltimore Orioles catcher Javy Lopez (1970), "X-Men 3" actress Famke Janssen (1965), Little Darling Tatum O'Neal (1963), Canada's top pop singer Bryan Adams (1959), second Terminator Robert Patrick (1958), Boston Celtics Deadhead Bill Walton (1952), musician Gram Parsons (1943; d. 1973 ), actress Elke Sommer (1941), singer Art Garfunkel (1941), 70s singer Ike Turner (1931), Gone With the Wind's Vivien Leigh (1913; d. 1967), and cowboy Roy Rogers (1911; d. 1998...

Frank Callari, the svengali behind the careers of Ryan Adams, The Mavericks and Lucinda Williams, has died. He was 55.

The former hotel manager and self-employed club DJ, who passed away from natural causes, began his career as a music boss when he agreed to manage The Mavericks in the late 1980s.

Moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Callari co-founded Lost Highway records in 2001, and signed Williams, Adams and Shelby Lynne, among others.

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"Life on the road hasn't changed at all. I just no longer get dead-drunk wasted and disappear to some hotel in Tijuana." Rocker Ryan Adams on his newfound sobriety.

"It could be the stupidest thing I've ever done in my life." Jorja Fox on quitting hit TV drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

"At least twice a week, people come up to me and say something about Pretty Woman." Julia Roberts' 1990 breakthrough movie still plays a part in her everyday life.

"Pacino is very rich, maybe because he never spends any money - he just puts it in his mattress." Francis Ford Coppola on...

Winona Ryder is dating another rocker after finding love with Rilo Kiley star Blake Sennett. The actress, who has dated rockers Dave Pirner and Adam Duritz in the past and has been romantically linked to Ryan Adams and Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl, has been secretly romancing Sennett for months, according to In Touch Weekly magazine.

Ryder even dashed back from Milan Fashion Week in Italy at the end of September to meet the rocker in Washington, D.C., where he was performing.

-Winona Ryder Pictures

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British rockers the Arctic Monkeys have been named the Best Act In The World at the Q Awards on Monday. The ceremony, which took place at London's Grosvenor House, also honored Paul McCartney and Kylie Minogue, who were lauded as Q Icon and Q Idol respectively.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse triumphed in the Best Album category for her critically-acclaimed sophomore effort Back To Black - but was not at the ceremony to collect her award.

Late British music mogul Tony Wilson - who lost his battle with kidney cancer in August - was posthumously honored with the Q Hero award.

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Rocker Ryan Adams will never return to drugs after battling cold turkey agony to get clean. The New York, New York singer opens up about his road to sobriety in a magazine interview, revealing the physical toll it took on his body.

He tells Rolling Stone, "Think about falling off a bicycle and smashing your nuts on that bar, or the most horrible sports accident you can think of."

But Adams as adamant the process was preferable to continuing his former lifestyle: "That doesn't cover what it would be like for me to imagine drinking or doing drugs again.

"I'd wake up, work, go f...

Cult rockers My Morning Jacket performed their Sunday night set at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois backed by the city's Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The group donned tuxedos for the classical crossover, which closed with a reggae version of Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up.

Iggy Pop prompted a stage invasion at Sunday's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, Illinois when he invited the audience to join him for a sing-along.

Ryan Adams will play as part of Cowboy Junkies' backing band at a special concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the cult rockers' 1987 a...

"I have crazy thoughts. I can get a little psycho-y. I'm just a get-even person, really. Instead of throwing a temper tantrum, I'd rather do something worse to whoever hurt me." Country singer Miranda Lambert is not to be messed around with.

"Basically what I'm trying to say is, rock 'n' roll is an insatiable bitch goddess, but I love her, and I'm just looking for that one woman in my life to participate in that threesome." Poison singer Brett Michaels defines what it means to be a veteran rocker.

"My biggest connection is with Batman - he's a dark dude, he has women trouble, he ...