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The musician has recently been named a living legend at the Marshall Classic Rock Roll Awards. Iggy Pop apparently participated at the awards alongside others such as Slash, Ronnie Wood and Pete Townshend. Upon receiving his award, Iggy Pop said the following: “It’s been a long dinner, so I’m not gonna whip out my dick. Alright, you know, thank you to everybody who has strong feelings about music so that when you hear something you don’t like you wanna fucking kill somebody and when you hear something you like you wanna fuck everybody.” Quite the words for a so-called legend… plus, he might be getting a bit ahead of himself, legends are usually legends simply because there once was a time when they actually existed, but nobody remembers it. Or does that actually apply with Iggy Pop too?

Category : Iggy Pop, Music Legends

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U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360° Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.

Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.

U2’s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.

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EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena

8/12/2010 Hannover, DE – AWD Stadium

8/15/2010 Horsens, DK – Casa Arena

8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI – Olympic Stadium

8/25/2010 Moscow, RU – Luzhniki

8/30/2010 Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadium

9/03/2010 Athens, GR – Olympic Stadium

9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR – Ataturk Olympic Stadium

9/15/2010 Munich, DE – Olympic Stadium

9/18/2010 Paris, FR – Stade De France

9/29/2010 Seville, ES – Olympic Stadium

10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT – Stadium

Category : Concert, Music Legends, Photos, Remix, Song, U2

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Mary Travers, part of the legendary folk trio of Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away last Wednesday at 72 years of age after losing her ongoing battle with leukemia. Her band mate, Peter Yarrow, insisted that she handled her illness with bravery. He said that his fellow singer expressed love to her family and friends “with great dignity and without restraint. It was, as Mary always was, honest and completely authentic. That’s the way she sang, too; honestly and with complete authenticity.” Her other band mate, Noel ‘Paul’ Stookey added “I am deadened and heartsick beyond words to consider a life without Mary Travers and honored beyond my wildest dreams to have shared her spirit and her career.” RIP.
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Category : Music Legends, Singers

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Thirty two years after his death, jazz legend Duke Ellington’s name was suddenly being used to sell a high end brand of cognac which has made his family all sorts of mad. Duke’s grandson has filed a federal lawsuit in New York, claiming that the people responsible for the liqueur called ‘Duke Ellington XO Cognac’ in 2006 never got the proper permission to use the singer’s name and signature on their product. In the documents, the Ellington estate claims that the people behind the cognac “once attempted to negotiate with [the estate] … but no agreement was ever reached between the parties.” Now, the family wants the company to stop selling the cognac and they also want all the profits that have been earned from previous sales.

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Category : Music Artist, Music Legends, jazz

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Famed songwriter Ellie Greenwich recently passed away at the age of 68. Ellie died of a heart attack at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where she had been staying in the hospital fighting off pneumonia. She has contributed a lot to the music and theater industry as she has penned songs for the Tony-nominated musical ‘Leader of the Pack’ as well as being responsible for the classics ‘Be My Baby’, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’, and ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’. Ellie has also worked with the biggest names in the business, including Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Phil Spector and even Cyndi Lauper.
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Category : Music Legends, News

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Lisa Marie Presley has spoken out about her former nanny who recently filed a lawsuit against the singer, claiming that she’s a mean employer because she doesn’t pay overtime and wouldn’t let her take breaks to eat. Elvis Presley’s daughter believes that Christine White has self-entitlement issues. Lisa Marie told reporters that the nanny’s salary was $650 a day and even had her own guest house at their home, the place the nanny would take many breaks at. Lisa Marie went as far as to say Christine’s “self-entitlement became more and more severe” the more she got exposed to the “various ‘perks’ she was given on the job.” Shady!

Category : Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Music Artist, Music Legends

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No one has gone untouched by the passing of the King of Pop Michael Jackson and his fellow legendary comrades and friends are all shocked by the singer’s death. Diana Ross, who was a very big factor in the rise to fame of the Jackson 5, recently released a statement saying “I can’t stop crying, this is too sudden and shocking. I am unable to imagine this. My heart is hurting. I am in prayer for his kids and the family.” Tina Turner also commented on the sudden passing of her peer saying “I am shocked and saddened by Michael’s passing. I, along with his millions of fans, looked forward to seeing him tour one more time. Now, may he rest in peace.”

Category : Diana Ross, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Music Legends, Tina Turner

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The producer of “Thriller”, the late pop idol’s most famous song and perhaps one of the most famous music pieces in the world, has recently stated that he feels as if a part of himself died together with Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones had the following to say about the demise of “the king of pop”: “I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news. For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don’t have the words. To this day, the music we created together on ‘Off The Wall,’ ‘Thriller’ and ‘Bad’ is played in every corner of the world and the reason for that is because he had it all. talent, grace, professionalism and dedication. He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I’ve lost my little brother and part of my soul has gone with him.” As always, it seems Michael Jackson had friends in high places and he will probably continue to do so. Even though dead, no one is likely to forget “Thriller” anytime soon.

Category : Michael Jackson, Music Artist, Music Legends, Quincy Jones

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The brother of Michael Jackson last night revealed doctors and paramedics spent an hour trying to revive the pop star.

Jermaine Jackson held a news conference at UCLA Medical Centre just hours after his brother died at the age of 50.

He told how medical staff had attempted to resuscitate the King of Pop before finally declaring him dead.

Jermaine said: “My brother, the legendary King of Pop Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday June 25 2009 at 2.26pm.

“It is believed that he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until the coroner results of the autopsy are known.

“His personal physician, who was with him at the time, he attempted to resuscitate my brother. And as did the paramedics who transported him Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre.

“Upon arriving at the hospital at approx 1.14pm a team of doctors including emergency physicians and cardiologist attempted to resuscitate him for over an hour. They were unsuccessful.

Category : Music Artist, Music Legends

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A New Jersey woman is denying her husband’s claim in their divorce proceedings that she had an affair with rock icon Bruce Springsteen. Ann Kelly accuses her soon-to-be ex-husband of fabricating the story in order to make big money of the rock star who has also denied the affair. Ann and the Boss were members of the same gym and Ann suggests that it was that information that her husband used in order to make headlines. She claims that his only proof for the whole scenario was just gossip. Ann is now fighting back after filing a 27-page court document last week, accusing her husband of being jealous, abusive and unfaithful.

Category : Bruce Springsteen, Music Legends

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