• Billboard Readers' Survey Results, Part 1: Most Important Music Business Event of 2013

    As part of Billboard's annual Readers' Survey, we polled our friends, family, and colleagues in the music industry about 2013. In Part I, everyone gave thoughtful answers about what they thought was the most important music business event of 2013.

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  • Pearl Jam Set European Tour For Summer 2014

    Pearl Jam's 11-date European tour will kick off June 16, 2014 at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome and run through July 11.

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  • Credit Cards Are Now Offering 0% APR Through 2015

    Consumers can now get rid of high interest rates and get 0% APR for 18 months. Compare these leading 2013 credit card offers and find your best offer.

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  • The xx Lock in Intimate New York Residency for Spring

    The xx will shack up in New York City for an 11-date, 25-show residency at Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory between March 19th and March 29th, 2014. Performing two shows a night &nda;[...]

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  • The Christmas Carol That Fed the Hungry

    Many winters ago in a tiny village in Austria, the Christmas Carol "Silent Night" was born. In a small church in Oberndorf, the song of peace and heavenly love was first played. Peace would not last though in the land of music. The World Wars came.

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  • Ray Price Leaving Hospital for Hospice Care, Leaves Message for Fans

    Ray Price -- one of the most beloved country performers of all time -- has decided to end aggressive treatments for his long battle of pancreatic cancer, electing to return to his home under hospice care than stay in the hospital.

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  • Albert Hammond Jr. Hitting the Road with Jake Bugg

    Albert Hammond Jr. is set to join 19-year-old English rocker Jake Bugg out on the road early next year. The Stokes guitarist is currently wrapping up the European leg of a solo tour in support of his[...]

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  • The Coen Brothers’ Music Guru

    T Bone Burnett has become American music’s premier Playlist Maker, the man who makes transcendent soundtracks for filmmakers like the Coen Brothers.        

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  • Morrissey Covers Lou Reed at Nobel Peace Prize Concert

    Last night, Morrissey capped off an impressive lineup at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, where he performed a three song set that included "People Are the Same Everywhere,"[...]

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  • The Mozart Effect myth: research finds music doesn't make you smarter

    New research presented in a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student, finds that teaching children music doesn't make them smarter. According to Mehr, 80 percent of American adults think that music improves a child’s grades or intelligence. …

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    Weirdest Holiday Gifts for Music Lovers: 2013 Edition (9 photos)

    From "awesome" to "oh NO," check out some of our favorite gifts for the music lover in your life! - By Tiffany Lee

  • SeaWorld's Latest Problem: Rock Stars Won't Perform There

    The band Heart joins of a retinue of performers, including Barenaked Ladies and Willie Nelson, who are boycotting the park

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    Studying Music Doesn't Make You Smarter - Discovery News

    There's this popular notion that learning to play music will help a person to somehow become smarter and foster their overall creativity. But new research suggests that's all baloney! Anthony explains the new report and why the benefit of music might just be myth after all.

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  • Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Cap Triumphant Year at Home

    "Welcome to the finale." When Macklemore spoke those words early in his set with Ryan Lewis last night at Seattle's KeyArena, he wasn't just talking about the final night of a tour, he was speaking a[...]

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  • Rod Stewart Tops Hot Tours With Vegas Run

    Veteran rocker Rod Stewart takes the No. 1 ranking on the weekly Hot Tours recap with more than $4 million in reported grosses from his third multiple-show run this year at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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  • The No-Surgery Facelift That Horrifies Surgeons

    Women across the country are saving thousands of dollars on plastic surgery by reducing the appearance of wrinkles from the comfort of their own home.

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  • Beastie Boys Suing Toymaker for 'Girls' Use

    The legal battle between the Beastie Boys and GoldieBlox, the toy startup that used the New York hip-hop trio's song "Girls" for a commercial without permission, intensified Tuesday. In suing the comp[...]

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  • The Reverend Horton Heat Return to Psychobilly

    To make Rev, the Reverend Horton Heat's first studio album in four years, the band forced itself to redo songs as many as five times in a row. But that wasn't because the guys in the veteran rockabill[...]

    Rolling Stone

  • It's More Than Music for Jay Z and Cobain

    The late rock icon's contribution to the rapper's Holy Grail highlights why fame isn't the goal anymore for those in music's highest echelons.

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  • Paul Rodgers Wails Otis Redding's 'I've Been Loving You Too Long'

    On his new studio album, The Royal Sessions, rock legend Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company) pays tribute to the iconic soul music of Memphis, Tennessee. The LP, recorded at Willie Mitchell's revered Roy[...]

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  • Amazon reveals best-selling music: 'Call Me Maybe' is most popular song of all time

    Amazon today revealed its all-time best-selling albums and songs. The online retailer isn't releasing specific sales numbers with the rankings, but the lists still provide an interesting peek at pop culture trends and the music Amazon's customers have flocked to — for better or worse. Carly Rae…

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  • R.Kelly's '12 Nights Of Christmas' Will Be 'Love-Making' Holiday Music

    Because nothing says Christmas like R. Kelly's baby-making jams, the R&B; singer announced this week that he will be releasing a holiday album in time for Dec. 25, 2014. To be called "12 Nights of Christmas," the album won't be filled with Christmas classics. "It's gonna be a lot of love-making,"…

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