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Top 20 Coachella Performances Ever (Video)
From The Cure breaking curfew to Madonna dazzling the dance tent to Tupac's onstage resurrection, these are the 20 moments that helped make Coachella the king of all U.S. festivals.
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Firefly’s Top 10 Finest Moments
Foo Fighters, Outkast, Arctic Monkeys and Weezer all brought their A-games. But who ranks no. 1?
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Jay Z’s Made in America Expands to Los Angeles, Becomes Bicoastal Music Fest
Rapper entrepreneur makes announcement with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti for two Labor Day weekend festivals.
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Coachella 2014: 10 Best Performances
Outkast and Future Islands steal the show in the desert among plenty of must-see moments.
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LCD Soundsystem to Retire After Madison Square Garden Show in April
James Murphy's electo-dance band asks fans to wear black and white for the "best funeral ever."
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Snoop Dogg pulled from Netherlands fest
Snoop Dogg is not welcome in the Netherlands, where authorities had him removed from the lineup of a free concert planned for June 27, according to BBC News.
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Isley Brothers’ Marvin Isley dies
Marvin Isley, bass player for the legendary funk band the Isley Brothers, died of undisclosed causes in Chicago on Sunday.
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Ricky Martin reveals he is gay
After more than a decade of dodging rumors and speculations about his sexual orientation, Latin singer Ricky Martin has come out of the closet and declared himself a "fortunate homosexual man."
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Singer Vic Chesnutt dies at 45
Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter from Athens, Ga. known for his painful and poignant songs, died on Friday after an apparent suicide attempt. He was 45.
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Taylor Swift, Kanye West named artists of ’09
As Billboard reveals in its year-end charts, Taylor Swift and Kanye West are side by side as Top Female and Top Male Artist of the Year.
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