March 2012
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Lionel Richie On Whitney, MJ, & His Daughter
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SOURCE TAMPA, Fla. — Lionel Richie is still rocking and rolling strong at 62, but he happily embraces the word “grandfather” – or as his grandchildren by daughter Nicole Richie call him, “Pop Pop.” “They always figure out their own name,” Lionel told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson of little ones Harlow & Sparrow. “I thought…
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George Michael European Tour Back On
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George Michael (“Careless Whisper,” “Faith,” “One More Try”) has re-scheduled his concert tour from last year. The BlackLight Radio favorite had to cancel a number of tour dates when he was hospitalized in Vienna with pneumonia at the end of last year. In appreciation for the town that nursed him back to health, he has…
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New Small-Combo Elton John Recording
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When you tune to BlackLight Radio for 80s internet radio, you know you’re going to hear plenty of Elton John (“Little Jeanie,” “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues,” “I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That”). Well, Elton has just completed recording a NEW album called “The Diving Board.” The album…
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George Michael Recording With Adele
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Via RTE Ten: Former Wham! frontman George Michael (“Careless Whisper,” “Faith,” “One More Try”) is back in the recording studio after his life-threatening bout of pneumonia in Vienna. The singer flew from Australia to the UK last week to present Adele (“Rolling In The Deep,” “Someone Like You,” “Set Fire To The Rain”) with one…
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Bruce Springsteen’s New “Wrecking Ball”
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by Ray Waddell, Billboard.com There will be those that believe a millionaire rock star singing about poor people & hard work, as Bruce Springsteen so passionately does on his powerful new album “Wrecking Ball,” to be the height of hypocrisy. But to do so would be both shortsighted & uninformed. First, as a pedigreed Jersey…