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French electro-rockers M83 will open for the Killers during their US arena tour, kicking off in January. Thats gonna be a good show!Its been a crazy-ass year for M83: Theyre just wrapping up their own sold-out US tour in support of?Saturdays=Youth (released April 2008). In December, theyll support the Kings of Leon during their three-week UK tour. Heres a video for the track Kim and Jessie.?Click the jump for the Killers/M83 tour dates.

Check out a new clip from the Hold Steady, the title track from their awesome 08 disc,?Stay Positive.Back in July, when the record came out, we had a beer with Steady singer Craig Finn at the Pencil Factory in Brooklyn. He explained how Stay Positive came to be.Im always surprised when people ask me for my autograph, he said. But people do. And for the last few years, when Ive signed my autograph, I was also writing stay...

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You may remember the sordid tale from 2007 when ex-Culture Clubber Boy George?was arrested for allegedly hiring a Norwegian male escort, handcuffing him to the wall and beating him with a metal chain.?After entering a not guilty plea last February, denying the assault and imprisonment charges, the trial against Boy George has begun in Londons Snaresbrook Crown Court, and the?twisted details?are emerging from that...

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My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and his wife Lin Z, the bassist for Mindless Self Indulgence, are having a baby!The blob is due in the summer of 2009.?Gerard and Lin Z were married in 07.?Its a great feeling, Way told the S.S. about married life. Its hard to put into words -- especially since I married the exactly perfect person. Being in a relationship that I thought could only be a fictional thing is...

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Most cities across the country will slap you with a fine for a noise violation, but in Fort Lupton, Colorado, Municipal Judge Paul Sacco has employed a more effective manner in dealing with those who break the law by cranking their music too loud.Repeat noise violation offenders must sit in a room and listen to shitty music. Barry Manilow and Barney the Dinosaur are just a couple of the...

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We’ll never forget when – two months after 9/11 -- Bob Dylan
played Madison Square Garden and declared, You don’t have to ask me how I feel
about this town. Most of these songs were written here and the ones that
weren’t were recorded here.

Bob always saves his best for his old stomping ground, and
last Friday night he absolutely destroyed shit up on...

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Today, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Bands new single Working On A Dream hits iTunes. Go there and grab it for free.According to a source, a tour for 2009 is beginning to take shape. Our resident Springsteen clairvoyant predicts that shortly after their halftime performance at the Super Bowl on February 2nd, the band will hit Europe. Then look out for an arena tour in the States beginning sometime in March,...

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Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis got in the ring with their buddy, boxer Ricky Hatton, celebrating his win against Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The brothers carried Hattons IBO and Ring Magazine belts into the ring before his 11-round victory. Noel rewarded the boxer with a kiss on the cheek. Hattons love for Oasis is well documented. He has made a list of the most important things in his...

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According to the Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican, the Catholic church has finally forgiven John Lennon for the 1966 statement he made claiming the Beatles were more famous than Jesus. In an extremely long sentence, the newspaper read: “The remark by John Lennon, which triggered deep indignation mainly in the United States, after many years sounds only like a ‘boast’...

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No Doubt will hit the road in 2009 for their first gigs since 2004. The band made the announcement via an AIM-style conversation on their website. I have cabin fever. Maybe we should play some shows or
something, guitarist Tom Dumont wrote. Gwen Stefani
answered, I think we should go out now. I dont think we should
wait. Pack up the babies and get a bunch of nannies. So fun! Would
be...

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Remember the 1992 MTV VMAs where Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic tossed his bass way the eff up in the air only to have it come crashing down on his head?Sad. Funny.In his column in Seattle Weekly, Krist relives that fateful day. A few nugglets:-- Axl Rose was annoyed when Courtney Love, sitting with Kurt Cobain and baby daughter Frances, called out to him as he walked by, telling him that he is the godfather...

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Next Wednesday,?Foo Fighters will make a special appearance on the Bravo culinary extravaganza, Top Chef!A few years back, we interviewed Dave Grohl at the Foos studio outside Los Angeles. We talked in depth about Kurt Cobain, his early days in the punk band, Scream, and somehow we got on the topic of cooking.?We barbecue a lot, he told us.?We dug through that old transcript to bring you some of Grohls...

Need we say more? Check out this amazing track, The Mountain, from the Heartless Bastards. Erika Wennerstrom is the genius behind the Bastards, which she formed a few years back in Ohio. She recently moved to Austin, Texas, where she recorded an album (also called The Mountain) with producer Mike McCarthy, whos done amazing work with Trail of Dead and Spoon. The album is out next February, but dig this in the...

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The Smashing Pumpkins played ?the Chicago Theater on Tuesday night, with classic cuts like Tonight, Tonight and Bullet With Butterfly Wings as well as newer tracks like G.L.O.W. and even a few covers, including the Searchers Everybody Come Clap and Pink Floyds Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. ?Journalist Greg Kot wrote in the Chicago Tribune: For part of the 2 ?-hour show, he kept up his end of the...

If you cant wait two days, or you dont live near a Best Buy, you can now listen to Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy in its entirety on their MySpace.Enjoy. ?

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In a recent interview Ryan Adams ill-spiritedly bashes both R.E.M. and the Killers!And its pretty hilarious. The reporter from the U.K.s Guardian simply recited famous lyrics that happen to be questions, and Adams runs with them. Question: Whats the frequency, Kenneth?Ryan: I mean, seriously, who is Kenneth? The answer should be, Hey Michael
[Stipe], what would happen if you sat down and...

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In a touching post on his blog, Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus writes about the recent tragedies that have struck the Blink universe. There was the passing of their longtime producer,?Jerry Finn, followed by the horrendous plane crash that killed friends Chris Baker and Charles Che Still and left ex-Blink drummer Travis Barker with extensive burns. According to Hoppus, the horrible events from the last two months...

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This news should come as a surprise to everyone who loves Coldplay, hates Coldplay, hates to love Coldplay and loves to hate Coldplay.NME reports that Chris Martin has announced that Coldplay will break up once their 2009 is over. Martin allegedly said he feels bands should quit before they get too old. Im 31 now and I dont think that bands should keep going past 33, he
said. So, were trying to pack...

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If he hadnt died in 1971, December 8th may have been Jim Morrisons 65th birthday.Now, to celebrate the non-occasion, Los Angeles radio station KLOS will host a special broadcast at Morrisons former hang out, the West Hollywood dive bar Barneys Beanery. On hand for the event will be former Doors Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, who will autograph copies of the Doors newly released double-disc, Live At The...

Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A BeatRight now our favorite album in the whole wide world is the Kaiser Chiefs new masterpiece, Off With Their Heads.?The quintet from Leeds went into the studio with producer Mark Ronson and they created one of the best rock records of the year.This past Saturday the Chiefs blew the roof off of New York Citys Webster Hall. Jay-Z was even in the house, going apeshit up on the balcony -- before he split...

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