Bon Jovi is planning to pull out some oldies and maybe even play some albums in their entirety during their upcoming Circle World Tour, which kicks off on February 11 in Honolulu. With a schedule of 135 shows in 30 countries ahead of them, guitarist Richie Sambora said that "to keep ourselves interested and happy we're going to be picking songs from different records and kind of intersect them into the set as time goes on," according to Billboard.com. - fmqb.com
The Who gave an energetic, acoustic preview of Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, but things turned serious when Pete Townshend defended himself against critics who say he should not be performing. The guitarist was arrested in 2003 in Britain as part of a child pornography sting but later cleared. He accessed a Web site containing child pornography but said it was for research for his own campaign against child porn. - yahoo.com
Is Mary J. Blige aiming for a career makeover? The R&B superstar covered Simon & Garfunkel's classic pop tune "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at the Grammys on Sunday, and now she's in the midst of a remake of one of the most iconic hard-rock anthems of all time: Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." According to Mary's rep, she's teamed up with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson, fleet-fingered guitarist Steve Vai and former Michael Jackson touring guitarist Orianthi for a remake of the Zeppelin tune slated to be a bonus track on the international re-release of her recent album, Stronger With Each Tear, due March 15. - mtv.com
The band has been hit by complaints from loyal fans during their global gigs, with many teaming up to launch a campaign in a bid to force the rockers to play different songs at each show. Johnson admits the petition made him angry because so many gig-goers want to hear all the band's classic tracks - and he's urging his disgruntled followers to just treat the concerts as a "bit of fun." "They may cheer at the concerts, they may go home happy... but they only came to hear Thunderstruck. They don't eat, sleep and s**t AC DC like we do. F**k them!" - contactmusic.com
Nick Jonas visited Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night to talk about the ensemble rerecording of 'We Are the World' to raise money for Haiti. Jonas said the producers wanted Lil Wayne to sing the solo originally sung by Bob Dylan. "He said, 'I can't sing,'" Jonas said. "And I'm like, 'exactly. Perfect.'" "Nick Jonas says Bob Dylan can't sing," Kimmel laughed. - huffingtonpost.com
Rumors are flying around that Rush will be performing at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver next Friday, February 12th. The word is that they'll be playing a version of YYZ as part of a larger performance showcasing Canadian music. - rushisaband.com
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has lashed out at charity work done by Bono and Bob Geldof. In his only Australian interview, the outspoken singer said he and his Grammy-winning band prefer to help in private with no press conferences. "I do it myself, I don't tell everybody I'm doing it," Johnson told The Daily Telegraph. "I don't tell everybody they should give money - they can't afford it. "When I was a working man I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. " - news.com.au
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