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Van Halen Postpone Rochester Show

If you missed the Van Halen show in Buffalo and were hoping to catch the boys when they rolled through Rochester in July, we're sorry to tell you the band has postponed that leg of the tour. It's weird though since the band had just added 8 new shows last week.

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Obiwan Kenobi Involved in Hit-and-Run Accident

If you’re sensing a disturbance in the force, you may be picking up on Roseville, California. That’s where Obiwan Kenobi was arrested for fleeing (possibly to Tatooine) the scene of a five-car pileup.

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Donna Summer, Say it Backwards…Now Stretch It Out

One of my first gigs in radio had me playing Dancin' Oldies of the 60's and 70's, so I was sad when I heard that Donna Summer had died of cancer.

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Official Kiss ‘Monster’ Album and Tour Magazine Due This June

Kiss will celebrate their new album with a new magazine. The rock band announced on their official website that ‘Kiss: Monster — The Official Album and Tour Magazine’ will be out this June. The 72-page magazine is “made by Kiss fans for Kiss fans.”

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One Direction Singer Harry Styles In Line to Play Mick Jagger in New Rolling Stones Movie

A biopic about Mick Jagger and Keith Richards called ‘Exile on Main St.’ is in the works, with the casting stage reportedly underway. Rumor has it that Harry Styles, one of the members of British boy band One Direction, is in the running to play the Rolling Stones‘ frontman in the project, which is being funded by Virgin’s Richard Branson.

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Ozzy Osbourne Launches New Official Website

The Prince of Darkness just got a digital facelift. Ozzy Osbourne’s official website Ozzy.com was recently relaunched with a whole new look and feel. To celebrate the new design, he’s also kicked off a couple of contests featuring limited edition Ozzy merchandise up for grabs.

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Rolling Stones Triple Platinum Award Sells for $1,300 on eBay

It’s every young musician’s dream to have a gold or platinum album hanging on their walls. For most people, it requires years of hard work and dedication, but for one lucky collector, it only takes $1,300. That’s the going rate for an RIAA-certified triple platinum award that recently sold on eBay.


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The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Movie to Be Re-Released on DVD and Blu-Ray This Summer

The film inspired by the Who‘s 1973 album ‘Quadrophenia’ is going to be re-released in the United States this summer. The new, high-def restoration will be available August 28 on DVD and Blu-Ray, and includes new interviews, commentary and behind-the-scenes footage.

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Nina Dobrev — Crush of the Day

Nina Dobrev of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ really gets our blood running. There is nothing hotter than a vampire chick. Especially when they really know how to suck…blood. You thought we were going to say something else didn’t you. You freak.

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14-Year-Old Go-Kart Bandit Finally Nabbed After More Than 100 Robberies

Police say that they have finally caught the person responsible for more than 100 robberies that have taken place over the last two years in northern Nashville, Tennessee.


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Lennon Killer Moved From Attica to Wende Facility

A man I can actually say I despise, Mark Chapman, 57, was transferred from Attica's Correctional Facility to the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden for unknown reasons.

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Robert Plant Performs Led Zeppelin Classics on New Concert Benefit DVD

In September 2009 a handful of famous British rock musicians, including Robert Plant, performed a concert at London’s O2 Arena as a benefit for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation. A DVD of highlights of the show, which was called “Rockwell,” will be released on June 19 by MVD.