MUSIC NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 20,2015
ROCK HALL INDUCTS JOAN JETT, RINGO STARR
For as tough as Joan Jett is, she cried while accepting her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jett's black mascara ran down her face during the ceremony in Cleveland Saturday. The two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, jammed out together on ``With A Little Help From My Friends'' for Starr's induction. Bill Withers, another inductee, rarely performs in public anymore, but he helped sing ``Lean On Me'' with John Legend. Green Day, Lou Reed, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The ``5'' Royales were also inducted. The ceremony will be broadcast on HBO May 30.
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TAYLOR SWIFT, LUKE BRYAN, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAVE ACM MOMENTS
Taylor Swift has not forgotten where she came from. She was one of seven recipients of the milestone award at the Academy of Country Music Awards last night. Swift says when she announced she was making a pop record, the country music world accepted it with grace, and she's grateful she learned to treat people with kindness and respect from country music. Luke Bryan was named entertainer of the year. Miranda Lambert won female vocalist, song of the year for ``Automatic'' and album of the year for ``Platinum,'' as well as a milestone award. Jason Aldean won male vocalist, and Little Big Town won the vocal group award. Cole Swindell won for new artist.
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TIM McGRAW DEFENDS CONCERT FOR SANDY HOOK
Tim McGraw is coming under fire for headlining a concert to benefit a group aimed at preventing gun violence against children because he's a gun owner. McGraw will play a concert July 17 in Hartford, Connecticut, to benefit Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit group formed by families of the children and educators shot at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
Gun rights advocates criticized McGraw online and called him a hypocrite. Others tweeted messages of support. McGraw tells The Washington Post he supports gun ownership and with that comes the responsibility of education and safety. McGraw's opening act, Billy Currington, has pulled out of the concert, saying he doesn't want to be part of the debate over guns.
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ROLLING STONES MOBILE STUDIO
A piece of music history is being revived in Calgary.
In 1968, the Rolling Stones installed a recording studio in the back of a truck.
That way, they could record whenever and wherever they wanted.
The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio has also been used by an impressive roster of other rock royalty, including Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin. Deep Purple made reference to it in the lyrics to ``Smoke on the Water.''
The National Music Centre acquired the truck in 2001, but only began restoring it in 2013.
Electronics technician John Leimseider says the idea isn't to replace the gear with newfangled recording equipment. Rather, he's aiming to make the original set up as functional as possible.
The studio will be attached to the National Music Centre's new building, which is now under construction in Calgary's East Village.
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EARTH DAY CONCERT DRAWS THOUSANDS TO WASHINGTON
Train singer Pat Monahan says fixing the environment means ``getting our hands dirty because it's not going to be an easy thing.'' Monahan was one of the performers at Saturday's Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington, along with Usher, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Common and Fall Out Boy. Usher took the stage on crutches after fracturing his foot but got big cheers for dancing anyway. Will.i.am, one of the rally's hosts, says he hopes people walk away from the rally and talk about solutions, go online for answers and hold leaders accountable for the things they're pledging.
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DON HENLEY GETS APOLOGY FROM DULUTH TRADING COMPANY
Don Henley and a clothing company have settled a dispute over a pun on Henley's name. The Duluth Trading Company had emailed an ad for shirts to its customers that said, ``Don a Henley and Take It Easy.'' Henley sued, claiming trademark infringement. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the company may no longer use the words ``Don'' and ``Henley'' in close proximity in its ads, according to court documents. The company also issued an apology to Henley and made a contribution to Henley's non-profit organization, the Walden Woods Project.
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JOHNNY KEMP DIES
Johnny Kemp, who had a number-one R-and-B hit in 1989 with ``Just Got Paid,'' was found dead in Jamaica. Police say Kemp was found floating at a beach in Montego Bay on Thursday morning. The cause of death has not been determined.
Kemp was 55. Kemp also had R-and-B hits with ``Dancin With Myself'' and ``Just Another Lover.''
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BOBBY BROWN SAYS BOBBI KRISTINA IS AWAKE
Bobby Brown has said the words so many have been waiting to hear: ``Bobbi is awake.'' Brown broke the news to the audience at his concert in Dallas about his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, and he added, ``She is watching me.'' Brown's daughter was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub at her home outside Atlanta nearly three months ago. She has been at an undisclosed location since being released from a hospital last month.
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OZZY OSBOURNE AND BILL WARD DUKE IT OUT ONLINE
Ozzy Osbourne's response to Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward: ``Stop playing the victim and be honest with yourself and our fans.'' Osbourne wrote a response on his website to Ward's demand that Osbourne apologize for comments he made about Ward.
Osbourne says he cannot apologize because Black Sabbath knew Ward was not capable of making an album and doing a tour, so the band moved on without him. Osbourne offers Ward's hospitalizations in 2013 as proof, including one for shoulder surgery that would have derailed a tour. Ward has already responded to Osbourne's response, saying the shoulder surgery was elective, his health is fine and ``sorry I can't love you back, Oz.''
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JACK WHITE RE-ISSUES ELVIS ORIGINAL RECORD
Hundreds of people waited hours in line to get a vinyl record full of pops and crackles. It was the vinyl rerelease of Elvis Presley's ``My Happiness'' backed with ``That's When Your Heartaches Begin,'' the first record Presley made. Presley paid $4 to make it and Jack White bought it recently for $300,000. White reissued it Saturday at his Third Man Records store in Nashville for Record Store Day. A store spokesman says the reissue was transferred digitally from the original without cleaning up the sound, and it was sold in a plain paper sleeve because that's how Presley would have carried it out after making it.
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THE OFFSPRING SET BILLBOARD CHART RECORD
The Offspring have set a record for the longest span between number-one songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. ``Coming For You'' is number one this week.
Eighteen years ago, The Offspring hit number one with ``Gone Away.''
It beats the previous record-holder, Stone Temple Pilots, who went 16 years between number-one songs on that chart with ``Lady Picture Show'' and ``Out of Time.''
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PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL RECORDS TORN DOWN
The building that was home to ``The Sound of Philadelphia'' is coming down. Demolition work has begun on the former headquarters of Philadelphia International Records to make way for a complex of luxury condos and a hotel. The label was home to acts like Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, Lou Rawls and The O'Jays. The building was heavily damaged by arson in 2010.
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