Goo Goo Dolls greatest hits

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Goo Goo Dolls greatest hits
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At last, The Goo Goo Dolls have gathered up their most-beloved songs and will release Volume One of a Greatest Hits package, the first-ever of their 21-year career, on November 13th, on Warner Bros. Records in a single-disc package.
The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [...]

Kelis dropped by label

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Kelis dropped by label
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Kelis has been dropped by her record label, it has been reported.
The ‘Milkshake’ singer was released from her contract with Jive Records because her 2006 album ‘Kelis Was Here’ failed to match up the success of her 2003 LP ‘Tasty’, according to Entertainment Weekly [...]

Timbaland releases new single

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Timbaland releases new single
by: Jane Hawkes
Groundbreaking artist/producer Timbaland releases the beautiful new single ‘Apologize’ on October 29th through Blackground Records/Interscope.
‘Apologize’ is taken from the massive platinum-selling album ‘Timbaland Presents Shock Value’ and features US rock band OneRepublic on vocals.
Original post Music-News.com

Portishead Album One Day From Completion

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Portishead Album One Day From Completion
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From close, to, well, closer: in fact, as Geoff Barrow of Portishead tells it, the band’s third proper LP is just one day away from completion. Barrow, checking in on the band’s blog, says Portishead spent a few days [...]

Wax Figure Of Rapper Notorious B.I.G. Debuts At Madame Tussauds

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Wax Figure Of Rapper Notorious B.I.G. Debuts At Madame Tussauds
Slain rap icon Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace will be immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds New York, where a life like figure of the rapper will be unveiled on October 25.
B.I.G.’s mother Ms. Voletta Wallace will unveil the wax figure, which is a life-sized [...]

Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week

Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week
Katie Hasty, N.Y.
In a slow week for album sales, Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic” returns to the summit of The Billboard 200 despite a 42% sales decline. The Columbia effort moved 77,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, climbing 2-1. The album bowed at No. 1 three [...]

Mars Volta solo release

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Mars Volta solo release
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Mars Volta composer/guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez has confirmed a date for the release of his solo project, The Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet.
The record, titled The Apocalypse Side Of An Orange, was recorded in 2005 while Rodriguez Lopez was living in Amsterdam will be released November 20th [...]