MUSIC NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015
BRANTLEY GILBERT MARRIED
Sorry ladies. Friday night's headliner at Dauphin's Countryfest, Brantley Gilbert is a married man. People magazine reports Gilbert married teacher Amber Cochran at his home in Georgia. Details of the wedding were not given.
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DONALD TRUMP
Flo Rida, Natalie Rose and ``The Voice'' winner Craig Wayne Boyd have pulled out of performing at the Miss USA pageant following Donald Trump's remarks about Mexican immigrants. Trump had said during his presidential campaign announcement last week some Mexican immigrants bring drugs and crime to the U.S. and are rapists. Trump owns the Miss USA pageant. Two judges and the hosts of the pageant have dropped out as well. The Ricky Martin Foundation also has announced it's pulling a golf tournament from a Trump-owned property.
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AMY WINEHOUSE
Amy Winehouse's father is upset about the omissions in the film ``Amy'' that make him look bad. Mitch Winehouse tells Britain's Sky Television the film shows Amy dealing with a head injury and Mitch saying she doesn't need to go to rehab. He says the filmmakers cut the part where he said she didn't need to go yet. He says the filmmakers also failed to mention that Amy had been off drugs and had a five-week period of not drinking leading up to her death. Director Asif Kapadia says the film is meant to be about Amy and not about the people around her. The movie ``Amy'' opens tomorrow.
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MORE AMY WINEHOUSE
The demos from the album Amy Winehouse was making when she died will never be released. Universal Music UK Chairman David Joseph tells Billboard magazine he destroyed them.
Joseph says he did it as ``a moral thing.'' He adds, ``Taking a stem or a vocal is not something that would ever happen on my watch. It now can't happen on anyone else's.''
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BILLY JOEL
Billy Joel is celebrating his 65th. Not his birthday, but his 65th performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. He's now set a record for the most performances by a single artist at the venue, topping Elton John. Joel played the piano for most of his more than two hour performance. John has performed at MSG 64 times.
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JOURNEY DRUMMER
An Oregon judge has denied bail for Journey drummer Deen Castronovo. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Channing Bennett says Castronovo violated a court order to stay away from a woman after his arrest June 14 for domestic violence. Prosecutors say Castronovo texted the woman 122 times and called 35 times. His attorney, Jeffrey Jones, says Castronovo was high on meth when he was arrested and he will go to rehab if released. Castronovo was indicted this week on charges that include rape, assault and sexual abuse.
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