New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will play a free concert in Central Park on July 12, the band announced Monday.
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Country singer Tim McGraw doesn't just dress and talk the cowboy part, he backs it up with action.
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Good music!
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Cameron Mathison has a new partner: Sherri Shepherd. The soap star and former "Dancing With the Stars" contestant will host the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards with "The View" gabber and actress-comedian live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on June 20. by DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Wri read more »

It was all going so predictably well. Coldplay's new album went straight to No 1 on Sunday, selling 300,000 copies in three days; concerts sold out; that iTunes ad was everywhere.
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Britney Spears is back in the recording studio with J.R. Rotem and Sean Garrett, the producers confirm to PEOPLE. by Marisa Laudadio at people.com read more »

He may not be the next American Idol, but David Archuleta has big plans. Not only does he want to record an album like “John Mayer and Sara Bareilles,” the 17-year-old wants to finish school and maybe do the “ear, nose, throat doctor thing.”
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Katy Perry topped the charts this summer with her pop single "I Kissed a Girl", and the singer is now revealing her dream same-sex smooch: Miley Cyrus.
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Michael Stipe thinks the music video is a "dead medium" — but the R.E.M. singer still wants the band's songs to be accompanied by some kind of visuals.
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Agents of Metallica managed another internet debacle last week, caused this time by preposterous demands that journalists who attended a listening party for the upcoming Metallica album pull their subsequent reviews.
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