MUSIC NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016
TAYLOR SWIFT - DESIRABLE NEIGHBOUR
If you had to live next to a celebrity, a lot of people would like it to be Taylor Swift. She tops real estate site Zillow's online poll of most desirable celebrity neighbour. Jennifer Lawrence came in second, and Amy Schumer was third. The person who tops the poll as the least desirable neighbour: Donald Trump. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are second, and Justin Bieber is third.
Trump also comes in fourth as a desirable neighbour, and Swift is sixth as a least desirable neighbour.
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JOHN POPPER PLANS MEMOIR
Blues Traveler frontman John Popper will share his life story. He is putting out an autobiography called ``Suck and Blow and Other Stories I'm Not Supposed To Tell.'' His publisher says Popper will call out some musicians and praise others, talk about his ongoing battle with obesity and his love of guns, and explain how he turned himself from a failing high school student into a Grammy-winning musician. ``Suck and Blow'' will come out March 29th.
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ADELE - ``25''
Adele's ``25'' is the number-one album in America for a sixth straight week. Billboard reports ``25'' moved another 363-thousand units. It's sold 7.44-million copies in the U-S as of last week.
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JIMMY BUFFETT - ``MARGARITAVILLE'' - COURT CASE
A panel of judges has ruled that city officials in Key West, Florida, just don't understand Jimmy Buffett.
The Key West Citizen reports city officials twice referenced lyrics to Buffett's song ``Margaritaville'' in a case against Brad Buerhle of Richmond, Virginia, who wants to open a tattoo parlour in Key West. City officials opposed Buerhle's plan because rash tourists would get ``regrettable tattoos'' and Key West would get a negative connotation. They cited the ``Margaritaville'' lyric describing a tattoo as, ``A Mexican cutie/How it got here I haven't a clue.'' However, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals says the city misunderstood the lyrics, because the character in the song also calls the tattoo ``a real beauty'' and does not seem embarrassed about it. The case has been sent back to district court for more proceedings consistent with the appeals court opinion.
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FINAL SEASON - ``AMERICAN IDOL''
The new round of auditions for the final season of ``American Idol'' will include Kanye West -- as a contestant, not a judge. West tried out during the San Francisco auditions, with Kim Kardashian cheering him on. Find out if he gets a golden ticket on tomorrow's premiere. Keith Urban says he tends to forget it's the farewell season until someone mentions it. Harry Connick Junior says he'd love to see another star come out of the final season to ``put a bookend on what Kelly Clarkson did the first year.''
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JENNIFER NETTLES - ACTING BUG
Jennifer Nettles' New Year's resolution is to try to land another acting role. Nettles appeared in the Broadway version of ``Chicago'' and in the T-V movie ``Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colours.'' She says she loves acting because she grew up doing theatre, but country music will always be home to her. She says country is the best format for a songwriter, especially for ``a woman who wants to continue to age gracefully.''
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(The Associated Press)