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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News www.Bonnaroo.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The reunited Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Radiohead , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Phish and Bon Iver . The always eclectic four-day festival also will include Skrillex , Foster the People , The Avett Brothers [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Q + A Marcelo Krasilcic Stephin Merritt is best known as the deadpan mastermind behind the Magnetic Fields , who will release a new synthesize-heavy album, 'Love at the Bottom of the Sea,' on March 5. The album will be their first for Merge Records since 1999's '69 Love Songs' and hails the end of their "no-synth trilogy." Merritt talked to [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Jason Merritt, Getty Images Lollapalooza founder and Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell is fed up with people concocting rumours about the lineup for this year's festival. On Friday, Farrell got into a testy exchange on Twitter with a person named "LollaLeaks," an "anonymous Lollapalooza insider" who earlier that day tweeted : "I'm doing a headliner at 10:00 tonight. I'll be releasing [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Kevin Winter/Getty Images Paul McCartney closed the 54th Grammys ceremony last night with the second half of the medley from 'Abbey Road,' the Beatles ' final recording. The set, which consisted of a seamless blend of 'Golden Slumbers,' 'Carry That Weight' and 'The End,' was an unexpected choice but a fitting end to the awards show. Macca belted out the first two [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Awards AP Photo, Mark J. Terrill The moment Wisconsin rockers Bon Iver won Best New Artist at the 2012 Grammy Awards, the general populous of Twitter engaged in a series of misguided rants, directed at one Bonny Bear. This hilarious case of mistaken identity has poured into the morning after, with many people still scratching their keyboards, wondering who the mysterious musical [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Kevin Winter, Getty Images Every year the Grammys are hailed as music's biggest night. Well this year they lived up to that expectation and more based on one fact: They hosted a Beach Boys reunion. Why was it so special? Brian Wilson and crew hadn't shared the stage in more than two decades The legendary band enjoyed an able [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Exclusive , Awards JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images In the past, NARAS president Neil Portnow has been Music's Biggest Night's biggest buzzkill. Each year, the Academy's king issues a decree that reminds us all of one thing: Stop stealing music. And the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were no different. "We take care of our musicians and our creative community in [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Awards Getty Images If there ever a doubt that this was Adele 's year, the 2012 Grammys put any speculation to rest! The British songstress swept the awards winning a staggering six golden gramophones. During her numerous acceptance speeches, the singer made sure to thank her fans, radio station support and most importantly her mum, who sadly couldn't join Adele on her big night. [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards AP Photo, Matt Sayles The Grammy performance everyone was waiting for came about two hours into the ceremony. Adele made her return to the stage following throat surgery with an epic performance of 'Rolling in the Deep,' which earlier won Song of the Year. As if to prove that her voice had returned to its full strength, Adele started the song alone on [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Awards AP Photo, Matt Sayles Veteran blues singer Bonnie Raitt and R&B contemporary Alicia Keys honored the late Etta James at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Armed with just a guitar and keyboard, the pair performed an intimate rendition of 'Sunday Kind of Love.' James died after a long battle with leukemia Jan. 20. This year's [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Larry Busacca, Getty Images Tedeschi Trucks Band 's 'Revelator' has won Best Blues Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards. This is the Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks -fronted band's first Academy win. 'Revelator' is a fusion of the couple's individual styles, melding Tedeschi's husky sweet vocals with Trucks' incendiary slide-blues style.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , RPM , Awards AP Photo, Matt Sayles The 54th Annual Grammy Awards telecast has yet to begin, but breakout star Skrillex is already a three-time winner. The dubstep king, who was nominated for five awards, has already taken home Grammys for Best Dance Recording ('Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites') and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ( Benny Benassi 's 'Cinema (Skrillex Remix)'). [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards Douglas Mason, Getty Images Levon Helm 's 'Ramble At The Ryman' has won Best Americana Album at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The former the Band singer and drummer had one the same prize for the Grammy's inaugural Americana award in 2010 for 'Electric Dirt.' Helm beat out country and Americana stalwarts Ry Cooder , Lucinda Williams , Emmylou Harris [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Jeff Kravitz, FilmMagic It's been almost a week since Madonna 's halftime show at the Super Bowl -- and for the most part, the reviews have been positive . However, the one dark cloud hovering over Madge's sporty triumph came courtesy of her duet partner, M.I.A. and her middle finger . Surprise,surprise: Madonna is none too pleased about it ! [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Brendon Thorne, Getty Images JERUSALEM (AP) - American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel , joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Palestinians . Charlyn Marie Marshall , better known by her stage name Cat Power, was to perform in Tel Aviv on Sunday. But she tweeted on Friday [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Television NBC Well, this is surprising. Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon , the man who could not give a flying expletive about the Grammys , stopped by the ' Late Night With Jimmy Fallon ' studio to jam with the Roots on 'Perth,' the opening track from his most recent album. The all-star collaboration transformed the quiet torch song into a [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Television Bryan Bedder, Getty Images Dr. Dog have returned to the spotlight with their sixth album 'Be the Void.' The Philly rockers' latest effort is arguably the band's best yet, combining the smart pop sensibilities of their past works with a refined throwback sound. The band hit the set of ' Conan ' last night and rocked late night Americans [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Taylor Hill, FilmMagic NEW YORK (AP) -- Bruce Springsteen has announced that two saxophonists, including Clarence Clemons ' nephew, will join his upcoming world tour with the E Street Band . The announcement was made Thursday on Springsteen's website. Springsteen says longtime collaborator Eddie Manion will "share the saxophone role" with Jake Clemons.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News AFP/Getty Images Finding the perfect time and place to get down on bended knee and pop the ol' question is still an elusive, nerve-wracking art. But guys planning to propose this Valentine's Day can get some help from none other than Paul McCartney . "Paul wants you to share your love," says a message on the musician's site and Facebook page. In celebration of [...]

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 [...]