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Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant was honoured with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal by Prince Charles of England at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. Former bandmate Jimmy Page was awarded an OBE in 2005.This old-fashioned albeit interesting British tradition of awarding Honours stretches back to 1917. Each year important personalities of public life join the ranks

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Jon Bon Jovi is teaming up with two Philadelphia-based homeless advocacy groups to build an environmentally friendly housing facility for 79 men and women. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, he was on hand this week for the start of the building's construction, which marks a first-time partnership between Project Home and Bethesda Project. Bon Jovi has helped to build affordable housing in

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U2 is being criticized by environmental activists for the carbon footprint that the band's massive U2 360 Tour is leaving on Earth, according to Gigwise.com. Environmental consultant Helen Roberts of Carbonfootprint.com told the Belfast Telegraph, "The carbon footprint generated by U2's 44 concerts this year is equal to carbon created by the four band members traveling the (34) million miles from

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Pearl Jam has fleshed out the details of its upcoming summer and fall tour, according to LiveDaily.com. Following a handful of North American dates next month, the band will return for a series of shows beginning on September 21st and 22nd with a two-night hometown stand in Seattle. Following that, the group has gigs booked in Los Angeles, Austin, San Diego and Philadelphia, with more presumably

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Aerosmith's next two shows, in Tampa, Florida on Saturday (July 11th) and Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Monday (July 13th), are both in doubt as singer Steven Tyler continues to recover from what seems to be a pulled leg muscle. Although guitarist Joe Perry posted on Twitter on Wednesday (July 8th) that both shows were going to be rescheduled for October, he wrote on Thursday (July 9th), "looks

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Metallica filmed its concert in Nimes, France on Tuesday night (July 7th) for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only in France and through Metallica's official website, Metallica.com. Since it's a French product, you'll also need an all-region DVD player in order to watch it in North America. The DVD will arrive on October 19th. Metallica also documented

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Despite the fact that there's been no official announcement made by Roger Daltrey, ticketmaster.com has posted two solo November dates for the Who frontman. The dates are November 10th in Baltimore, Maryland at the Lyric Opera House, and November 18th in Norfolk Virginia at the Chrysler Hall. Both venues are around 2,500-seat theaters. Although no on sale date has been listed for the Baltimore

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Aerosmith has postponed another two concerts, including Tuesday night's (July 7th) gig in Raleigh, North Carolina and Thursday's (July 9th) in Charlotte, because of a still-undisclosed injury to singer Steven Tyler. These are the fourth and fifth gigs scrapped by the group since last week, when a July 1st date in Cincinnati was called off, followed by gigs in Hershey, Pennsylvania and Virginia

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Brian May is up in arms over some die-hard fans who've posted homemade videos to Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson's unreleased early-'80s tracks on YouTube.com. Musicradar.com reported that May is "furious" with the leak of two demos that Mercury and Jackson worked on together in the early '80s. The tracks include the pair tackling an early version of the Jacksons/Mick Jagger duet of "State Of

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Metallica paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson during the band's encore in Hockenheim, Germany at the July 4th date of the Sonisphere Festival. The group played a portion of Jackson's classic "Beat It" before segueing into its cover of Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy." The original version of "Beat It" features Michael Jackson on vocals and Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Van Halen was drafted in to add

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Foo Fighters debuted a brand new song called "Wheels" during their performance at the White House on Saturday (July 4th), with a press release from the group's publicist stating that that song plus another new one will both be appearing on a greatest hits collection slated for release this November. No other information on the set, including a title and track listing, has been announced yet.

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Green Day kicked off the North American leg of its 21st Century Breakdown world tour on Friday (July 3rd) in Seattle with a 24-song, two-hour set that leaned heavily on the band's new concept record without playing the entire album. According to RollingStone.com, the group also brought out a healthy mix of hits and classics from its previous seven albums, playing in front of a backdrop of a city

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Controversial music mogul Allen Klein, who was business manager for both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died in New York on Saturday (July 4th) after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman told Reuters. He was 77. Klein managed both bands at the same time in 1969 and is blamed by some for the eventual break-up of the Beatles.Klein was known as a ruthless businessman and according to

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Aerosmith postponed another two shows on its current tour over the weekend, due to an unspecified injury to singer Steven Tyler. According to Reuters, fans reported that Tyler seemed to pull a leg muscle at the group's last show, on June 29th in Connecticut. The group scrapped concerts in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Friday (July 3rd) and Virginia Beach, Virginia on Sunday (July 5th). These two

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Foo Fighters performed on Saturday (July 4th) as part of the White House festivities to celebrate Independence Day, according to TheHill.com. The party on the South Lawn, at which President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama hosted 1,200 members of the military and their families, included a six-song set from Dave Grohl and his crew. Jimmy Fallon hosted the event, which concluded with

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U2 might be fined by authorities in Barcelona for causing too much noise during rehearsals for their world tour, which kicked off on Tuesday night (June 30th) in the Spanish city. According to the Associated Press, the city council received a formal complaint from residents in the district near where the group was rehearsing, alleging that the band was playing after permitted hours and making

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Velvet Revolver and ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash was joined by Ozzy Osbourne, Rolling Stones axeman Ron Wood and Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie during his headlining appearance on Tuesday night (June 30th) at the Quart festival in Kristiansand, Norway. Slash's backup band included Led Zeppelin drummer Jason Bonham, Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 plus former members of Jane's Addiction and Scars

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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Queens Of The Stone Age singer/guitarist Josh Homme have started a new group, with Grohl playing drums. According to Spinner.com, Grohl talked about starting the band as far back as a 2005 interview with Mojo magazine. A source told us that the trio has already completed work on their debut album in Los Angeles, although a

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Ron Wood joined Slash and Jason Bonham onstage Tuesday night (June 30th) at the Quart Festival in Kristiansand, Norway, according to iorr.org. Wood who was playing his signature black and silver Tony Zemaitis "metal front" guitar performed during Slash's set and tore through such Rolling Stones, Faces, and Bob Dylan favorites as "Honky Tonk Women," "Stay With Me," "Knocking On Heaven's Door," and

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U2 paid tribute to fallen pop icon Michael Jackson during the opening night of the band's U2 360 tour on Tuesday (June 30th) in Barcelona, Spain. Singer Bono dedicated the song "Angel Of Harlem" to the late Jackson, saying, "We wrote this one for Billie Holiday but we are going to play it tonight for Michael Jackson." The group also wove bits of Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "The

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Newly-released exclusively through Starbucks stores is the Paul Simon Opus Collection: This Better Be Good. The 16-track career-spanning compilation features such Simon standards as "Kodachrome, "Late In The Evening," "Slip Slidin' Away," and "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard," among others.The tracklist for the Paul Simon Opus Collection: This Better Be Good is: "Kodachrome," "Peace Like A

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Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has worked with a lot of the same music business personnel as the late Michael Jackson, and says he even met Jackson once, during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at which Aerosmith was inducted. But Perry did not really know the late "King of Pop," and told us he's cautious about believing everything that's being said about Jackson since his shocking death

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R.E.M. has a digital EP coming out on July 7th featuring live versions of four songs from the band's second album, Reckoning, that were recorded during "working rehearsals" at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in July 2007. The track listing includes: "Harborcoat," "Letter Never Sent," "Second Guessin'" and "Pretty Persuasion." The EP provides a glimpse of what will be on R.E.M.'s two-disc live album, due

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Green Day's latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, has been certified gold for sales of more than half a million copies, according to the trio's publicist. The disc just sailed past the 600,000 mark when this week's Billboard album chart came out on Wednesday morning (July 1st). The record, which was released on May 15th, still has a long way to go before it matches the sales of the band's 2004

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Musicians from across the rock world have issued statements about and tributes to Michael Jackson, the legendary pop icon who passed away on Thursday (June 25th) at the age of 50. Since his shocking death in Los Angeles from what early reports say was a heart attack, fans and fellow artists around the world have reacted strongly to the passing of the so-called "King of Pop." Velvet Revolver/Guns

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