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Guitars Stolen From Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Found; Thief Arrested After Trying To Pawn One For $250

Tom Petty

The five guitars that were stolen from rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Thursday night while the band was rehearsing for their upcoming tour have been found; and a security guard from the Cu...


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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Offering Reward For Return Of Stolen Guitars

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are offering up a $7500 reward - with no questions asked - for the return of five guitars that were stolen from the band at a Culver City, Calif., soundstage...


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Q&A: Paulina Rubio And Tom Drummond Are Excited For The 2012 New Orleans JazzFest

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A few things come to mind when we think about New Orleans- food, booze, Mardi Gras and great music. When we think of great music, we think of the seven day festival that we are so excited to be cov...


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Pearl Jam To Join Tom Petty & Bruce Springsteen At Isle Of Wight Festival

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam have completed the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival headliner line-up by confirming they'll close the Saturday night of the event in June. The appearance will be the second of eight shows the...


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Madonna Confirmed As Super Bowl Halftime Act

Madonna

Madonna will team up with Cirque Du Soleil for her performance at the prestigious 2012 Super Bowl Halftime Show. The pop icon will follow in the footsteps of stars including Tom Petty, Paul McCar...


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Celebrity Birthdays - October 20, 2011

Viggo Mortensen

Happy Birthday to: Appaloosa star Viggo Mortensen (1958) Victoria's Secret model Candice Swanepoel (1988) Actress Jennifer Freeman (1985) Snow Patrol bassist Paul Wilson (1978) Rapper Snoop Do...


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Michele Bachmann Warned After Using 'Walking On Sunshine'

Michele Bachmann

Classic '80s band Katrina And The Waves have threatened legal action against presidential candidate Michele Bachmann for playing their music on her campaign trail. The Minnesota congresswoman ha...


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Michele Bachmann Ignores Tom Petty's 'American Girl' Request

Michele Bachmann

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is ignoring rocker Tom Petty's plea for her to drop his American Girl hit as her rally anthem. The singer/songwriter's management team sent Bach...


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Tom Petty Receives Golden Heart Award

Tom Petty

Rocker Tom Petty was honored with an award at a star-studded gala in California on Monday in recognition of his charity work for the homeless. The Free Fallin' hit-maker and his wife Dana were ha...


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Jon Bon Jovi's Fears For Reality TV Show Contestants

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi fears youngsters competing on reality TV talent contests such as American Idol will struggle to become enduring stars because they aren't given enough time to perfect their craft. Th...


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Tom Petty Pays Tribute To Late Bandmate

Tom Petty

Rocker Tom Petty wrote new song "Running Man's Bible" during a flood of emotions about former bandmate Howie Epstein's death. The Heartbreakers leader has often struggled with Epstein's 2003 drug-...


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Summer 2010 Concert Preview

Xtina

Break out your beer coozies, lighters, coolers, Aviator glasses and Rock and Roll t-shirts, summer concert season is about to begin. Whether you are into pop music , country, metal or just looking ...


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Tom Petty Considers Doing Rock Band

Tom Petty

Rocker Tom Petty is considering adding his name to a new Rock Band video game, but he'll never allow his music to be used in commercials. The "I Won't Back Down" hitmaker admits he's on board for...


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Throw An Anti-Valentine's Day Party!

Anti-Valentine

Whether you're brokenhearted and bitter, single and spectacular, or just plain sick of the over-hyped Hallmark holiday that falls on February 14, don't let Valentine's Day get the best of you. Turn...


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Tom Petty: 'My Dad Thought I Was Gay'

Tom Petty Dad Thought I Was Gay

Tom Petty still has nightmares about his violent upbringing and thinks his father thought the rocker was gay. The Free Fallin' singer's dad could never understand his son's love of the arts - a...


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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Launch 'Virtual' Tour

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers have launched The Superhighway Tour, a first of its kind online-only music experience that delivers 24 of the 48 tracks from the forthcoming "Live Anthology" as high...


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Celebrity Birthdays, October 20

Viggo Mortensen

Happy Birthday to: Appaloosa star Viggo Mortensen (1958) Rapper Snoop Dogg (1971) Pop singer / model Dannii Minogue (1971) Singer/songwriter Tom Petty (1950) Law & Order's detective ...


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John Mayer Returns With New Album, 'Battle Studies', Nov. 17

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John Mayer's "Battle Studies" will be released on November 17 on Columbia Records. The seven-time Grammy Award winner's fourth studio album was co-produced by John Mayer and Steve Jordan and debuts...


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Billy Bob Thornton Can't Believe His Radio Rant Was Headline News

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton is amazed his recent radio outburst in North America became a major news item - because he always attacks interviewers who ask questions they've agreed not to ask. The Oscar...


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Win Single File's Full-Length Debut Album, 'Common Struggles'

Single File

Denver-based rock trio Single File released Common Struggles, their full length debut, on April 7th. "The title Common Struggles says it all - I'm not pretending that any of what I've dealt with is...


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Writer's Viewpoint: Disputing An Iconic Song List

Beatles

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...


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Steve Winwood Celebrates The New Year With String Of East Coast Concerts

Steve Winwood

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood, recently named one of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time," will ring in the New Year with a series of East Coast concert performance...


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Jonas Brothers Thank Fans With Star-Studded Last-Minute Gig

Jonas Brother

The Jonas Brothers treated fans to a last-minute post-American Music Awards concert in Hollywood on Sunday night, which they booked just the day before. Just hours after the trio claimed the A...


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Reel Busy 2009 In Store For Reel Big Fish, New Album Of Covers Due Jan. 20

Reel Big Fish

OC'S original skanking pranksters Reel Big Fish have finished mixing and mastering the tracks that will make up their new album, a 10 song serving of high-energy covers which they've dubbed, Fame, ...


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Celebrity Birthdays, October 20

Viggo Mortensen

Happy Birthday to rapper Snoop Dogg (1971), pop singer and supermodel Dannii Minogue (1971), Cleveland Indians outfielder Juan Gonzalez (1969), Lord of the Rings actor Viggo Mortensen (1958), singe...


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Overrated & Underrated Pop Duets

Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder

Sometimes one just ain't enough. That's a line, okay an amended line, from the rarest of rock treats - the duet. Everyone loves when two pop icons team up for a single. It's just like those...


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Tom Petty Has Top Tour

Tom Petty

Rising gas prices and recession fears didn't upset Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' tour-- the veteran rockers beat The Police and Dave Matthews Band to top the touring charts in North America this s...


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Usher Dreams Of Super Bowl Half-Time Show

Usher

Usher hopes his NFL season kick-off performance on Thursday will help him land the coveted Super Bowl half-time show. Despite strong rumors suggesting Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band will per...


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The Goo Goo Dolls To Release 'Volume Two' On August 19

The Goo Goo Dolls

One of the world's most beloved American rock bands, The Goo Goo Dolls, will release its twelfth album, "Volume Two," August 19th, on Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to last year's "Great...


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NFL Says There Are No Plans For Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Show

Bruce Springsteen

American football bosses are baffled by reports Bruce Springsteen will perform at next year's Super Bowl - insisting no deal has been made. It was reported on Monday that the rock legend and h...


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