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Dave Matthews Blasts Grammys for LeRoi Moore Snub

Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moroe died last August after complications from injuries he suffered in an ATV accident. But Moore did not make the list of faces and names showcased during the Grammys' 'In Memoriam' segment last Sunday. And it's a snub DMB fans are rallying against with online petitions that demand an apology.

NARAS President Neil Portnow responded to the criticism, saying in a statement, "Nearly 250 members of our music community have passed in the last year, and all of them have been listed in the program book for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, including LeRoi Moore. For the 'Encore' segment of our annual Grammy Awards telecast, unfortunately we are unable to include all of the talented and wonderful people within the allotted timeframe. The Academy recognizes Moore's contributions to music and music education, and we are deeply saddened by his premature passing."

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Death Cab for Cutie Address AA on Grammy Red Carpet

Kanye, this one's for you.

Death Cab for Cutie members raised eyebrows and elicited chuckles on Sunday when they showed up at the Grammy Awards wearing blue ribbons pinned to their jackets. Although they lost out to Radiohead in the Best Alternative Music Album category, the beloved indie rockers injected humor to the event by raising awareness about "Autotune Abuse" in pop music.

"Autotuning is a digital manipulation, a correction of a singer's voice that is affecting literally thousands of singers today and thousands of records that are coming out," frontman Ben Gibbard told reporters.

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M.I.A. Joins Rap Pack at Grammys, Avoids Giving Birth Onstage

Despite coming home without a statue last night, M.I.A. deserves an award merely just for performing at the Grammys in her massively pregnant state. The rapper took the stage -- on her due date, people -- to join Jay-Z, T.I., Kanye West and Lil Wayne (aka the "Rap Pack") for 'Swagga Like Us.'

The expectant singer took the stage in skin-tight, sheer attire for a brief take on her hit 'Paper Planes,' before bouncing along with her tuxedo-clad boys. The audience gave the blistering performance a standing ovation and M.I.A. left the stage as pregnant as she came. She and her fiancée, the Exit's Ben Brewer, should welcome their new baby right about ...

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Foo Fighters Hiatus Over?

Last year it was reported that the Foo Fighters would be going on hiatus after they finished touring for 'Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace,' but drumemr Taylor Hawkins tells Spinner it may be a very brief hiatus. "We're writing, working on music intermittently," Hawkins says. "We've already got together and worked on a little bit of stuff, but very tenatively, just ideas. We're just gonna take our time."

Still, Hawkins says the band may pop up in some form for one simple reason -- they like each other. "It would be hard for us to go a year without making music together," he says. "We have fun being together. That's the whole trip -- we still enoy that, whether it's a Neil Diamond cover or whatever. We still like to get in the jam room."

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Green Day Announce New Album Details at Grammys

Green Day had a little surprise in store for fans at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The punk trio announced their long-awaited new album's title will be called '21st Century Breakdown,' slated for a May release. Green Day dropped the news just before presenting Album of the Year honors to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

Although its release is three months away, the follow up to 2004's 'American Idiot' is already available for pre-order through the band's official website. According to reports, the trio's eighth album is split into three acts: 'Heroes and Cons,' 'Charlatans and Saints,' and 'Horseshoes and Handgrenades.'

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Robert Plant Says No to Zeppelin, Yes to Folk Backstage at Grammy Awards

You'd think Robert Plant's five Grammy wins with Alison Krauss -- including prestigious prizes of Record and Album of the Year -- would be enough to put Led Zeppelin on the back burner at least for one night. Well, you'd be wrong.

When the name of his former band was uttered during a post-show press conference, one reporter couldn't resist, prefacing a question with, "Speaking of Zeppelin ..." It prompted a quick, mocking scream of "No!" from the good-spirited Plant.

Still, he couldn't escape questions of a Zeppelin reunion tour. Firing back at the gray-haired scribe, Plant joked, "Look, I don't know how old you are, pal. You look a bit older than me. Try and do 'Communication Breakdown' with some tight jeans on."

While Led Zeppelin were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2005, the legendary band never won a statue for their work. But Plant doesn't hold grudges. "We threw some Grammys -- they weren't ours -- out of the window," he joked. "But it was a different time. The blokes who were turning us down and trying to bury us were running the 'Rolling Stone' magazine," he explained. "Saying that we were insignificant philanderers, and they couldn't have been more right. And now I'm as old as they were, and I don't like a lot of the s--- going on now."

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Blink-182 Reuniting for Album and World Tour

Blink-182 is reuniting. Appearing together at together at last night's Grammy ceremony to present Coldplay with Best Rock Album honors, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker made the announcement. "We used to play music together, and we decided to play music together once again," Barker told viewers. "Blink-182 is back"

A statement released by the trio -- which had been on official hiatus since February 2005 -- read, "This past week there've been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, we're back. We man, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy."

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