Singer Kevin Richardson has announced
that he will return to the Backstreet Boys this winter
after a lengthy hiatus from the group. Richardson, who left the band in 2006,
will reunite with the rest of the Backstreet Boys at a special concert in the
Bahamas as part of their second annual SS Backstreet cruise.

In an interview
with Ryan Seacrest yesterday, Richardson suggested that he may stick around
for more shows in the future. "I would never say that it would never happen,"
says Richardson. "I would love to perform with them again on a more regular
basis. Our chemistry when we come together just feels like old times."

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Though Richardson's involvement in future Backstreet Boys tours
remains up in the air, the other four members of the group are slated to perform
on a European leg of their NKOTBSB tour with New Kids on the Block in the
spring.

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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler reportedly was rushed to the hospital earlier today after knocking out two teeth in a fall in the shower in Paraguay, where the band is on tour. Tonight's concert was postponed.

The singer and 'American Idol' judge has a history of mishaps. No
word yet on the status of Aerosmith's current tour of Latin America.

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Leonard Cohen has been working on a new album for years, but it's finally hitting shelves on January 31st.  Speaking to the press in Oviedo, Spain while in town to accept an award, Cohen said that the disc will be called Old Ideas. "I've played it for a few people and they seem to like it," Cohen said, adding that he still struggles with songwriting. "When
you're writing, you're always an absolute beginner. Each time you take
up your guitar or sit by a blank page, you start from scratch. It's a
struggle."

Cohen hasn't released an album of new material since 2004's Dear Heather,
but he went an epic world tour between 2008 and 2010 where previewed
new material onstage, including "Darkness," "Lullaby," "Born In Chains"
and "Feels So Good." According to a post
on his official online forum, only "Darkness" made the final cut for
the disc. (Watch a video of Cohen performing "Darkness" at a 2009
concert below.)

In June of 2010, Cohen spoke with Rolling Stone about his new album. "I'm

For 25 years after Creedence Clearwater
Revival's bitter 1972 split, John Fogerty famously refused to
play any of his old band's songs in concert. For more than a decade now, though,
he's been mixing the material into his set lists. And this fall, he's diving
deeper than ever, performing the classic LPs Cosmo's Factory and
Green River in their entirety during shows at New York's Beacon Theatre
and Caesars Atlantic City in November. We chatted with Fogerty about the shows,
The Big Lebowski, his future plans and the possibility of a Creedence
reunion.

What inspired you to do these complete album shows?
We've
been thinking about this for a while. My wife and I talked about things I have
been doing over the years and we realized that I had really never presented a
whole album as an entity. I had just been going along freeform, the way that
most people do. We thought it would be cool to actually present an album and
play it straight through. In the old days, you dropped your needle and dropped