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- 12/31/1969 : Hootie frontman Rucker a hit with country radio
(AP)
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 AP - Darius Rucker says he's always been a sucker for a country shuffle.
- 12/31/1969 : Rock group Heart says "Barracuda" use is fishy
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - The rock group Heart, angry that
its 70's hit "Barracuda" is being used as the unofficial theme
song for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, is
biting back at the Alaska governor.
- 12/31/1969 : Soprano Anna Netrebko gives birth to baby boy
(AP)
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 AP - Anna Netrebko has a new tenor in her life.
- 12/31/1969 : Pavarotti to be remembered around the world
(AP)
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 AP - The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his family announced Friday.
- 12/31/1969 : Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes
(AP)
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 AP - "Oh, please. They've been speculating whether we've been getting divorced I think almost since we got married. The same can be said as to whether she's pregnant or whether we're adopting another child. I think that's just the nature of gossip. ... Everything seems fine. As far as I'm aware." Guy Ritchie, on his marriage to Madonna.
- 12/31/1969 : AARP celebrates 50th with star-studded event
(AP)
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 AP - Actress Sally Field had some advice for the mature crowd celebrating AARP's 50th anniversary on a sunny day at the Lincoln Memorial: Don't get burned.
- 12/31/1969 : Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards
(AP)
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 AP - The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.
- 12/31/1969 : NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert
(AP)
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 AP - NEW YORK (AP) Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
- 12/31/1969 : Kanye West ends VMA boycott
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - A year after vowing never to
perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye
West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on
Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and
the Jonas Brothers, organizers said.
- 12/31/1969 : Dylan rolls out rocking show in rarely used venue
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Leave it to
an enigmatic-after-all-these-years rock legend to play a
50-year-old creaky venue that hasn't been a concert hotspot for
quite some time. Back in the 1970s and '80s, the Santa Monica
Civic Auditorium played host to shows from the Kinks to Queen
to the Clash. The sound was never very good.
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