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Paul Simon: 'No More Simon & Garfunkel'

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Paul Simon has wrecked fans' hopes of another Simon & Garfunkel get together by telling a BBC radio show he has no intention of revisiting the past. Simon and Art Garfunkel have reunited for occas...


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Paul Simon And Yo-Yo Ma To Share 2012 Polar Music Prize

Paul Simon

Music icon Paul Simon has been chosen to receive Sweden's prestigious Polar Music Prize. The singer will share the honor with cellist Yo-Yo Ma after they were selected by the Royal Swedish Academ...


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Paul Simon Documentary Takes Top Prize At SXSW

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A documentary about Paul Simon's trip back to South Africa, where he recorded hit album Graceland, has won the Audience Award at the South By Southwest festival in Texas. Under African Skies is d...


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PJ Harvey Wins 2011 Uncut Music Award

PJ Harvey

Singer/songwriter PJ Harvey has fought off competition from Radiohead and Paul Simon to land Britain's prestigious Uncut Music Award 2011 for her album Let England Shake. The war-themed record la...


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Happy 70th Birthday, Paul Simon!

Paul Simon

Happy birthday, Paul Simon - the singer/songwriter turns 70 today. Folk legend, 12-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Simon has done it all and has yet to hang up his mic...


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Paul Simon To Take 'Graceland' On Tour To Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Paul Simon

Paul Simon is to perform the tracks from his hit album Graceland next year as part of a tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album's first live outing. The singer/songwriter hit the road...


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Peter Gabriel Rethinking Covers Album Project

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel is re-imagining his "I'll Scratch Yours" covers album project - because so many artists whose hits he covered on his "Scratch My Back" release aren't interested in reworking his songs...


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New York Bakery's Simon & Garfunkel Bread Tribute Nixed

Simon & Garfunkel

Bosses of a New York bakery have been forced to pull their signature bread over a copyright dispute with Simon & Garfunkel. Fairway Cafe to Go proprietors were asked to drop their Scarborough Fair...


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Musicians Fight To Reverse Grammy Decision

Paul Simon

Paul Simon and Carlos Santana have joined a number of artists who are protesting the decision to cut more than 30 honors from the annual Grammy Awards. Officials at America's Recording Academy sp...


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Oprah Gets A Surprise From Paul Simon During Emotional Final Show

Oprah Winfrey

Veteran musician Paul Simon helped Oprah Winfrey bring her hit talk show to an emotional end after 25 years on air by recording a special song especially for her. The media mogul wrapped up 25 yea...


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Paul Simon Can't Wait To Resume Tour With Art Garfunkel

Paul Simon

Paul Simon can't wait to get back on the road with longtime partner Art Garfunkel, insisting the tour the duo was forced to cut short in 2010 when the singer fell ill was one of their best. Simon...


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Paul Simon Integrates Wildebeest Noises Into New Album

Paul Simon

Paul Simon has discovered a new way of dealing with writer's block and it's all thanks to the creatures of the African plains. The music legend turned to an audio journal of a 2009 safari trip he...


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Art Garfunkel Confident Voice Will Be Back For 2011 Concert Dates

Simon & Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel has given Simon & Garfunkel fans something to cheer about - he predicts he'll be well enough to hit the road again with Paul Simon at the end of the year. The legendary duo was for...


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Neil Diamond Steals The Show At Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

Neil Diamond

Veteran crooner Neil Diamond stunned the audience at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday by delivering a rambling speech as he accepted his prestigious honor. The singer b...


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Keith Richards & Mick Jagger Top Rock Feuds List

Rolling Stones

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger's on/off feud has handed the Rolling Stones bandmates the top spot on a new list of warring rockers. The duo has beaten Simon & Garfunkel to the number one position...


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Paul McCartney To Be Honored At The White House

Paul McCartney

The details of Paul McCartney's big White House showdown have been revealed a week after the former Beatles star hinted about a presidential concert in a web chat. The Jonas Brothers, Faith Hill...


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Simon & Garfunkel To Tour?

Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel are set to hit the road again - the revered folk-rock duo have laid down a series of dates which seems to be the start of a U.S. tour. Local news organizations have confirmed the...


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Taylor Swift & Kanye West Among Those To Sing 'We Are The World' Revamp

Taylor Swift

Kanye West and Taylor Swift are set to come face to face for the first time since the rapper stormed the stage to protest the singer's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards win - in the studio. The two s...


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Peter Gabriel Plans Orchestral Concerts To Promote Covers Album

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel will perform selections from his upcoming covers album "Scratch My Back" with a full orchestra in Berlin, London and Paris in March. The rocker's first new album in eight years wil...


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Ladysmith Black Mambazo Bus Hijack Scare

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Paul Simon's famous backing band Ladysmith Black Mambazo narrowly escaped a terrifying road trip when their coach was stolen as their crew slept inside. The Grammy-winning South African choral g...


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Celebrity Birthdays, October 13

Sacha Baron Cohen

Happy Birthday to: Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen (1971) Singer Ashanti (1980) Scientologist actress Kelly Preston (1962) Singer/actress Marie Osmond (1959) 'Red Rocker' Sammy Hagar (1...


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Stevie Wonder Honored By President Obama

Stevie Wonder

Soul man Stevie Wonder was honored with America's highest award for pop music by President Barack Obama on Wednesday. The Superstition singer was handed the prestigious Library of Congress Ge...


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Simon & Garfunkel Put Tour Plans Together

Simon & Garfunkel

Folk legends Simon And Garfunkel are set to tour for the first time in five years - after they were blown away by the rapturous reception they received at a surprise reunion gig on Friday. Pa...


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Simon & Garfunkel Reunite In New York

Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon served up a very special early St. Valentine's Day treat for fans at the New York's Beacon Theater on Friday - he brought former partner Art Garfunkel onstage with him. Simon and ...


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Hall & Oates 'Live At The Troubadour' Out Nov. 25; See Four Songs From The DVD Here!

Hall & Oates

In May 2008, Daryl Hall and John Oates took the stage at the legendary Troubadour for the first time since playing their earliest Los Angeles shows there 35 years before. The best performances from...


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Muppets Forever: The House That Henson Built

Sesame Street

For nearly 40 years Jim Henson’s Muppets have captivated audiences young and old, whether down the block on Sesame Street, from backstage on their own syndicated variety show, or even on the big sc...


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Paul Simon's Teenage Son Records First Album

Paul Simon

Paul Simon's son Adrian is rapidly following in his father's footsteps - the 15 year old has finished recording his first album with a band of New York high school friends. The eldest son of Simon ...


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Paul Simon Sues Clock Maker

Paul Simon

Singer/songwriter Paul Simon has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a clock manufacturer for allegedly using an extract of his hit song Bridge Over Troubled Water. Simon has fil...


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The Most Underrated And Overrated Saturday Night Live Hosts

George Carlin

About three weeks ago, one of the world's best comedians and the first host of "Saturday Night Live" passed away. Here at the worldwide offices of overrated/underrated, we felt a tribute was in ord...


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Nickelback Wins Three Awards At BMI

Nickelback

Canadian rockers Nickelback were the big winners at the BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night - taking home three prizes. The band were honored for three songs - Rockstar, Far Away ...


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