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Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, dead at 73

Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, dead at 73

By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Music #Entertainment Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the funk R&B group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. Reports say the musician passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, by his side. Wilson, who had been in failing health for several years, suffered a stroke a week earlier and died while in a partial coma, according to TMZ. “Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies,” Boulware-Wilson…
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LL Cool J, Carole King, Tina Turner Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

LL Cool J, Carole King, Tina Turner Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #Music Cool J performed a medley of his hits at Saturday's ceremony, including "Rock The Bells" accompanied by a bearded Eminem before he was joined by J-Lo for "All I Have." LL Cool J got together some of his heavyweight musical friends to usher him into rock immortality. Part of an eclectic 2021 class that includes Carole King, Tina Turner, The Go-Gos, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren, Cool J was joined on stage by rapper Eminem and Jennifer Lopez for a powerful performance on Saturday night during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. With New York…
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Los Angeles: Cher sues heirs of Sonny Bono over song and record revenue

Los Angeles: Cher sues heirs of Sonny Bono over song and record revenue

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com #Music LOS ANGELES — Cher has sued the widow of her former musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono over royalties for Sonny and Cher songs including “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.” In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, Cher alleges that former Rep. Mary Bono and other defendants have attempted to terminate provisions of business agreements Cher and Sonny Bono reached when they divorced in 1975 that entitled each to 50% of songwriting and recording royalties. The lawsuit says Sonny Bono’s heirs filed notice in 2016 that…
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Oprah, Taylor Swift, Maxine Waters Celebrate “40 Years of Slayage” in Star-Studded Beyonce Birthday Tribute

Oprah, Taylor Swift, Maxine Waters Celebrate “40 Years of Slayage” in Star-Studded Beyonce Birthday Tribute

BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Music #Celebrity Various figures across entertainment, sports, music and politics were part of a special four-minute video message honoring the record-breaking, award-winning cultural icon on her 40th birthday. Actors, singers, athletes, politicians and more came out to show their love for and celebrate the impact of Beyoncé as the artist and cultural icon turns 40. In a four-minute video published by Harper’s Bazaar, Oprah Winfrey, first lady Jill Biden, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, actors Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Maya Rudolph, Issa Rae, Laverne Cox, singers Billie Ellish, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Chris Martin, professional…
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ABBA to Release First New Album in Almost 40 Years

ABBA to Release First New Album in Almost 40 Years

BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Music #EditorsPicks 'Voyage' will be released on Nov. 5, with the group set to perform their new songs in concert next year via digital avatars. Decades after their split and years after teasing new music, hit-making Swedish music group ABBA is finally reuniting and giving their fans an album and a tour. Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Fältskog, better known as ABBA, have reconciled to release a 10-track album, the group announced in a statement Thursday. Voyage, which marks the quartet’s first studio album in almost 40 years, will be…
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Britney Spears Cleared of “Very Minor” Misdemeanor Allegation

Britney Spears Cleared of “Very Minor” Misdemeanor Allegation

BY THR STAFF | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Celebrity #Music The singer had been named as a suspect in a battery investigation in August for allegedly striking an employee. Britney Spears will not be charged with any crimes related to an incident that occurred at her residence involving her housekeeper, the Ventura County District Attorney announced Wednesday. The singer had been named a suspect in a battery investigation after allegedly striking a housekeeper during a dispute while in her home in Thousand Oaks on Aug. 16. During the argument, Spears was alleged to have slapped a phone out of the housekeeper’s…
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KISS postpones Lakewood date after Paul Stanley gets COVID-19

KISS postpones Lakewood date after Paul Stanley gets COVID-19

By Rodney Ho, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Music #COVID-19 The concert was set for August 29. A new date has not been announced yet. KISS is postponing its concert Sunday, August 29, at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood after Paul Stanley caught COVID-19. The popular rock group has not set a new date yet in Atlanta but people who hold tickets can use them at the later date. The tour, which is supposedly the band’s final one, is ironically dubbed End of the Road. The news broke last week just four dates into the tour. Stanley himself said on…
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Thousand Oaks: Britney Spears under investigation over alleged battery of staff

Thousand Oaks: Britney Spears under investigation over alleged battery of staff

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for ThousandOaksNewsAndTalk.Com #Celebrity #Music THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Britney Spears is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member at her home alleged the singer struck her, authorities said Thursday. Deputies responded to Spears' home in Southern California after the staff member reported the Monday night dispute, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said. No one was injured. Reports taken by deputies will be handed over to prosecutors for consideration, the sheriff's office said, giving no further details. Spears’ attorney Matthew Rosengart said in an email that the investigation is “overblown sensational tabloid fodder — nothing more…
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Foo Fighters to Receive Global Icon Award at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

Foo Fighters to Receive Global Icon Award at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

BY KIMBERLY NORDYKE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Music The rock group, up for three awards this year, will be the first to accept the honor, which has been presented at the MTV Europe Music Awards previously but never before in the U.S. The Foo Fighters has been tapped to receive the Global Icon Award and perform at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, organizers said Thursday. The honor recognizes an artist or band “whose unparalleled career and continued impact and influence has maintained a unique level of global success in music and beyond.” The honoree is someone who has “left an indelible…
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Madonna and Warner Music Group Announce Career-Spanning Global Partnership

Madonna and Warner Music Group Announce Career-Spanning Global Partnership

BY ASHLEY IASIMONE, BILLBOARD Troy Warren for CNT #Music The deal has the pop icon returning to her longtime label home and includes her entire recorded music catalog. Warner Music Group has announced a global partnership with Madonna that encompasses a new agreement for her entire recorded music catalog. The deal that has Madonna returning to her previous longtime label home includes her Sire/Maverick/Warner catalog, plus her three most recent studio albums, MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame X, which were released by Interscope Records but will join the Warner catalog in 2025. Madonna exited Interscope in 2020. Warner says its new agreement with…
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