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Tenacious D to Headline Outside Lands Festival

A characteristically chatty and overconfident Jack Black and his reticent sidekick Kyle Gass announced at a press conference Thursday that their band, Tenacious D, will replace the Beastie Boys as closing headliner at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival. The Beasties pulled out of the event, scheduled to take place August 28 through 30 in Golden ...

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Florence Welch Kisses Her Female Competition

Florence Welch is all about the love. The fiery leader of Brit-pop act Florence and the Machine recently responded to reports that she kissed fellow English pop tart Victoria Hesketh (aka Little Boots) on the lips at the NME Awards earlier this summer. Welch admits she was tipsy at the time, but she doesn't seem altogether remorseful either. "I ...

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Jay-Z Pulls MGMT Into the Hip-Hop Game

Jay-Z's upcoming album, 'The Blueprint 3,' is stocked with R&B and hip-hop superstars like Rihanna and Kanye West, along with up-and-comers Kid Cudi and Drake. But the cameo list includes at least one unlikely name: MGMT. Jay confirmed Wednesday that the Brooklyn-based psych-pop duo will be heard on the album, Jay's first for Atlantic Records ...

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