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Justin Bieber may have millions of fans around the world, but a new survey by the Public Policy Polling organization shows that most Americans are not Beliebers.
According to the poll, the dislike for Bieber has united Americans with 54 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Republicans, and 56 percent of independents harboring negative views on the Bieb.
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(New York Public Library/Schomburg Center)Jay-Z is a true Renaissance man. He's a dude of many hyphens, including rapper-songwriter-producer-music mogul-sports team owner-sports agent-club owner-clothing line creator-husband of Beyoncé-father of Blue Ivy, etc.
Now, apparently, you can add time-traveler to the list.
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(Splash News)Getting over a breakup is never easy, but a good way to get a fresh new outlook on life is to rock a completely new look. Rihanna appeared to be doing just that as she stepped out on the town in New York on Monday.
Wings in 1976Let's go back to 1976, shall we? In that year, Paul McCartney and his post-Beatles band Wings had released their groundbreaking live album Wings Over America, documenting their North American tour.
Now--back to 2013, and a spectacular re-release of the album is on tap for May 28, including new and remastered material from the epic UK group. We at Yahoo! Music have the first listen to the remastered version of "Rock Show," which features the '76 lineup of the band including McCartney's beloved late wife Linda.
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McFerrin's new album coverFor a while in the '90s, before the public knew to turn to Snopes.com on such matters, an urban legend persisted that the song's originator, Bobby McFerrin, had committed suicide. Surely a song that cheerful could only lead to a heavily ironic end, no?
The No. 1 hit that won the Record and Song of the Year awards at the 1989 Grammys also began turning up in strangely post-apocalyptic contexts. It was used in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and in Wall-E, where the title robot has a Big Mouth Billy Bass mounted fish that sings McFerrin's jolly tune amid the dystopian depression. There was only one explanation for this: The song made people so unbearably happy that the only antidote was to associate it with deep unhappiness, whether that involved suicide or the end of the world.
Read More »from Whatever Happened to Bobby McFerrin? Don’t Worry, He’s HappyThere might be a noise ordinance at your favorite relaxing vacation spot, but there’s nothing stopping you from taking a rock book to the beach and cranking up the noise in your head amid the summer tranquility.
Our list of music-based summer beach reads includes some of the top memoirs that have come out over the last six months--by the likes of Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Heart, Pete Townshend, Cyndi Lauper, and Clive Davis--along with treatises on heavy metal and prog-rock that might have you banging your sunburned head against the back of the recliner.
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photo: Associated Press/Chris PizzelloHaving interviewed the guy several times, I could never have imagined that As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis could be up on charges for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged wife, Meggan. Yet the evidence against Lambesis seems pretty damning, which is why the singer is being held on $3 million bail at a detention center in Vista, California.
But remember, Lambesis is innocent until proven guilty, and his attorney insists proving the singer guilt is going to present a great challenge for the prosecution because his client likely was set up.
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After enduring weeks of teasers about the release of Daft Punk's highly-anticipated forthcoming album, Random Access Memories, fans of the French dance duo don't have to wait any longer. The album leaked online Monday, a week before its official release date of May 21.
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Adele was six Grammy awards in 2012. (Dan MacMedan, WireImage)
No one knows yet if it will by PSY, Kenny Chesney or even Daft Punk that sweeps the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The host of the event hasn’t even been announced let alone any of the nominees.
All anyone knows for sure, thanks to a press release that arrived Monday, is that the event will take place on January 26, 2014 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The event will air from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. EST on CBS.
Recording artists who released albums between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013 are eligible for awards.
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David Bowie's "Space Oddity" has been taken to new heights by a Canadian astronaut. Chris Hadfield has released a video of his rendition of Bowie's 1969 classic as his swan song as he prepares to return to Earth.
Read More »from Bowie’s “Space Oddity” Taken to New Heights by Space Station AstronautNEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.
MONACO (AP) — The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show.
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation. Upham features in "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian", focused on the relationship between World War Two veteran Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot, and Georges Devereux, his psychoanalyst. Upham said like Picard, played by Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, she is Blackfeet, the largest tribe in Montana state. ...
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.