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Filed under: News , Awards , Television Getty Images It's been five months since Adele has sung in public and two since she underwent surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal cord . Following the procedure, she couldn't speak for six weeks, but somehow, the British songstress managed to say "yes" to making her comeback in front of millions of people on tomorrow night's Grammy Awards . Not surprisingly, the [...]

Filed under: The Hit List , Awards Getty Images The Grammys are long. You know that. We know that. What you might not know is what else you could accomplish in those three and a half hours. We combined our limited math skills and excellent Google prowess to come up with some of the other ways you could pass your time instead of watching Sunday night's Adele [...]

Filed under: News , Awards AFP, Getty Images The 2012 Grammy Awards may garner more drama than a typical Kanye West outburst. According to Spin, 23,000 musicians and recording-industry employees have signed a petition demanding all categories cut from the Grammys be reinstated. The debate began back in August when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences cut some 52 categories from the Grammy Awards while [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , RPM , Awards Mark Davis, Getty Images "Grammys? It's cool. Electronic music's ripped a f---ing giant new ---hole in that thing, eh?" So sayeth Deadmau5 , the Canadian superstar DJ/producer also known as Joel Zimmerman who is not only up for three Grammy Awards at this year's ceremony -- including Best Dance/Electronica Album for '4x4=12,' Best Dance Recording for 'Raise Your Weapon' and Best Remixed Recording, [...]

BUY TICKETS: Cut Copy (DJ Set) at Avalon Hollywood It's finally the weekend Scenestar readers and we're ready to get down to some awesome tunes. Bringing you the beats to get you moving for today's Show Of The Night are...

Filed under: Exclusive , Awards , Spinner Says Getty Images Imagine you're at a car dealership and you ask the salesman to show you the best new models. You're checking them out, giddy to see this year's cream of the crop, and -- surprise! -- you realize he's trying to sell you on a pre-owned car from 2008. "What gives? That's not new," you say. "Buddy," he says, putting a reassuring hand on your [...]

Last night heralded this year's BBC Radio 2 Awards , celebrating the last 12 months best of the folk music world.Veteran June Tabor swept the board and emerged as the best singer, singing the best traditional song, on the best album, with the best group, Oysterband. The album Ragged Kingdom, featuring Bonny Bunch Of Roses, is a revelation and a marvellous balance of the old and the new; a perfect example of how to bring traditional folk right up to date without going too far. And Tabor's voice just gets better with age. The Dubliners and Don McLean picked [...]

Macca is back in Los Angeles! Here this week to receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (today at 2:00 p.m.), Paul McCartney also has a FREE live performance scheduled for this evening, Thursday, February 9, streaming live...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Alexandra Wyman, Getty Images The Beach Boys have been added to the list of performers at this year's Grammy Awards , according to a press release. And as Brian Wilson and company share a stage together for the first time in more than two decades, they'll have help from a couple of fellow Southern California bands: Foster the People and [...]

Filed under: News , RPM , Awards Getty Images | AFP Grammy show producer Ken Ehrlich had considered putting dancing/electronica music into the ceremony in the past, but could never quite figure out how to incorporate the high-energy club feel in front of a sometimes staid audience. He thinks he's figured it out this year. For the first time, the Grammy show will put the spotlight on the genre with a segment [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , RPM , Awards Josh Ostroff, AOL Another year, another Juno nominees list that reads like the actual year in music -- and not just Canadian music -- with nominations going to North America's biggest stars, from Drake and DeadMau5 to Justin Bieber and Michael Buble to Feist and F---ed Up . (And, yes, to Nickelback [...]

For the past 11 years, the !f Istanbul International Independant Film Festival has provided Turkey with the chance to see over 70 000 independants films from all over the world and allows emerging as well as famous directors to present their work to Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir cinephiles. !f Istanbul will take place between the 16th and [...]

Here are the winners of the 2012 Manifest award, Sweden's indie/alternative Grammy: Experimental: Hanna Hartman – H ^ 2 ( Komplott ) Punk: Obnoxious Youth – The Eternal Void ( Adult Crash ) Dance: Jonsson/Alter – Samlad årsproduktion ( Kontra-Musik ) Hardrock: Opeth – Heritage ( Roadrunner ) Rhythm: Simone Moreno – Planetas ( Soul Dog Records ) (this post will be updated as the ceremony continues)

After weeks of speculation, it has finally been announced that Adele will be performing at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, marking her first live performance since undergoing vocal surgery last year. "I'm immensely proud to have been asked to perform at this year's Grammy Awards," said Adele in a statement. "It's an absolute honor to be included in such a night, and for it to be my first performance in months is very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all." The "Rolling In The Deep" [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards , Television Getty Images Hey, remember Adele ? Well, she's back! And she'll be making her way stateside to sing at the upcoming 54th Annual Grammy Awards . This will be the British beauty's first live performance in almost five months, following surgery to repair her vocal cords. As Spinner previously reported, Adele was forced to cancel her [...]

Hugo: As I See it Awards, December 2011 Jessica Kellgren-Hayes' As I See it Awards, December 2011: Hugo (2011) The As I See it Awards is a monthly round up of the films I have seen in the cinema. In the true Quaker spirit of equality I will be giving each of the films their own award... but some are more equal than others! Hugo (2011) Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: John Logan (screenplay), Brian Selznick (book) Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in [...]

Click HERE to see the nominees and recipients of the 18th Annual SAG Awards.

Filed under: News , Awards Disney The 84th Academy Awards nomination list is here! And out of the 39 tunes shortlisted for Best Original Song, only two have made the cut. 'Man or Muppet' from Jason Segel 's ' The Muppets ' and 'Real in Rio' from the animated feature ' Rio ' are the only two original tracks deemed worthy of an Oscar in 2012. "I think that 'Man or Muppet' should be [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards , Junos Chromewaves F---ed Up , Sloan , the Sadies and members of Broken Social Scene will be among those performing over two nights at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern as part of this year's JUNO Concert Series beginning Feb. 4. As reported by Exclaim , the first concert will be a mammoth three-set affair beginning with the Elwins [...]

Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today, Tuesday, January 24, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence. Hugo led the way with 11 nominations, followed by The Artist with 10. Moneyball and War Horse both got six nominations and five went to both The Descendants and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the [...]