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Hairs stood on end Friday night in Golden Gate Park when tens of thousands of Pearl Jam fans took over vocal duties on “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town,” singing “thoughts and thoughts they fade, faaaaade away,” so loud it echoed throughout western San Francisco. Recent touring [...]

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The first-day festivities at San Francisco’s massive Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park offered a model mega-fest environment. A ballet of buses, bikes and walkers kept transportation flowing as smoothly as the free water, and the abundant, cheap food and booze. Thirty-six bands on seven stages drew at least 25,000 throughout the day and [...]

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More tests are required, results are not expected for several weeks.By Gil Kaufman

DJ AM

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Less than 24 hours after police found DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) dead in his New York apartment, the Medical Examiner’s office announced that an autopsy on the DJ’s body failed to determine a cause of [...]

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Palms Hotel and Casino dim lights and hold a moment of silence in honor of their resident Friday-night DJ.By Jocelyn Vena

The lights atop the Palms Hotel and Casino paid tribute to DJ AM on Friday night

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On Friday night, to pay tribute to the life of the late DJ AM, Rain nightclub [...]

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It’s been exactly one week since Paula Abdul posted on Twitter that she would not be returning to American Idol for its ninth season. Since her announcement, contract squabbles, the addition of Kara DioGuardi as fourth judge and Abdul’s past criticism of Idol producers have been blamed for the split. According to the New [...]

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Once upon a time, 50 Cent and At the Drive-In were both Rolling Stone Artists to Watch. So were the White Stripes, Mastodon, My Chemical Romance and Shakira. Find out who else we picked as winners in the past decade, and look at their accomplishments in the years since here:
• Artists to Watch: [...]

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Before he takes the stage on September 13, we remember Hov’s other big VMA appearances.By Jayson Rodriguez

Jay-Z performs at the 2001 VMAs

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The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are back in New York this year, and no one represents the Big Apple quite like Jay-Z. So, it only makes sense for the Brooklyn rap [...]

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