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Bruce Springsteen Set to Play South Africa in 2014 

Bruce Springsteen will play shows in South Africa for the first time-ever, some 29 years after a significant event launched by one of his bandmates. The Boss will perform in Cape Town on January 28 and 29, and in Johannesburg on February 1. The shows are a part of his Wrecking Ball global tour

Lady Gaga to Help H&M Open NYC Store 

Lady Gaga x H&M? Indeed. H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, the discount basics retailer that offers major high end collabos with the likes of Isabel Marant, is opening a new Times Square store in the heart of New York City. The Swedish retailer will enter this bustling iconic destination on Thursday, November

Lady Gaga Reveals Flying Dress 

Lady Gaga revealed a flying dress in Brooklyn this weekend. Yes, you read that right. The battery-powered dress is called "Volantis." "Volantis is essentially a vehicle," she said. It also has motors. Why did she create it? "I wanted to make today about something even more important to me, and that

Listen to Mariah Carey's "The Art of Letting Go" 

Mariah Carey has shared the title track to her upcoming 14th album The Art of Letting Go. It's a slice-of-life power ballad, one we were used to hearing from Mimi back in like 1994 or so. It's certainly about self-empowerment after leaving a relationship that was bringing her down. We like it. The

Members of Yellow Dogs Involved in Murder-Suicide 

It is with a heavy heart that were report that two members of rock band the Yellow Dogs, who formed in Tehran, Iran in 2006 but have been based on the East Coast as of late, died during the wee hours of Monday, November 11 as part of a murder-suicide in Brooklyn, N.Y. USA Today reports that two

Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" Headed to Broadway 

This sounds like a good idea on paper but we'll have to judge it when it's fully executed! Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette's breakthrough album, is headed to Broadway. Angst will find a home on the Great White Way. All the songs on the album -- "Ironic," "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket"