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  • Exactly four years ago today, David Bowieperformed a mini-set at the annual BlackBall charity concert at theHammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Opening with his famous cover of"Wild Is The Wind" with Spiders From Mars keyboardist Mike Garson,Bowie then performed the Lodger classic "Fantastic Voyage"and closed with "Changes" by performing it as a duet with Alicia Keys.Since then, Bowie hasn't sung so much as a note in public.

    When Bowie wrote "Changes" in 1971 it was a bold proclamation thathe was changing the musical landscape. "Look you you rock 'n rollers,"he warned. "Pretty soon you're gonna get older." When he sang italongside Keys four years ago, Bowie was nearly 60 years old. Just twoyears earlier he had suffered a massive heart attack that prematurelyended his 2004 tour, and last summer Bowie told The New York Times he has no plans to return to the road. "I'm not thinking of touring," he said. "I'm comfortable."

    David Bowie: A History in Photos

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  • Just nine months after getting yanked off the air by NBC, Conan O'Brien debuted his new TBS talk show Conanlast night. It began with a hilarious flashback to "last season onConan," in which he is repeatedly gunned down by the Mafia afterleaving NBC, then forced to work as a birthday party clown and later atBurger King. Click here to watch.

    Read Rolling Stone's October interview with Conan

    The episode ended with a musical performance by O'Brien's longtime friend Jack White,who performed Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" with the newlychristened Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band, and Conan himself onguitar. Click here to watch. (E Street drummer Max Weinberg has been replaced by JamesWormworth.) Tonight Soundgarden make their first TV appearance sincere-forming earlier this year. 

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  • Contributing editor Josh Eells sits down with Eminem at his Detroitrecording studio for a revealing interview about the rapper's longbattle with prescription drugs, his difficulties with women and thepain of being abandoned by his father at six months old, as well as hisincredible musical comeback and his quest to score the highest score inthe history of Donkey Kong.

    Eminem: A history in photos


    Here's an excerpt from the extensive interview.

    Do you think it's hard for you to trust women?
    I have trust issues. With women, friends, whatever. You always wonderwhat their real motives are. I've got a small circle of friends, andit's a lot of the same friends I've known forever. Right now, thatworks for me. I came out of some difficult things these past couple ofyears. I kind of feel like I'm just now finding my footing. So I wantto make sure that's secure before I go out and do anything else. I needto keep working on myself for a while.

    Read our Eminem cover story from 1999

    What

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