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  JONAH BAYER  

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As you’ve probably heard, a lot is happening here over at MySpace and not regarding the music coverage you see on this blog every day. Now in a case of life imitating art, Justin Timberlake—who played Facebook president Sean Parker in The Social Network—has taken an ownership stake in our site as part of today’s sale of MySpace.
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  JONAH BAYER  

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The Billboard Charts are going to undergo a shake-up next week when R&B singer Jill Scott lands her first number one album when her fourth disc Light Of The Sun sells 135,000 copies according to figures provided by Nielsen Soundscan.
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–Arcade Fire have released their Spike Jonze-directed film Scenes From the Suburbs, Watch the 30-minute short film right here.
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–One of Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne’s tourmates was shot Monday morning after a concert in Reno, Nevada.
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–Artists from Paramore’s Hayley Williams to My Morning Jacket and Weezer are all appearing on a Muppets album entitled The Green Album. The album will be released on August 23.
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–Lady Gaga is being sued over her Japan charity bracelets. The suit claims that not all the proceeds went to victims as she had promised.
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–Every Time I Die guitarist Jordan Buckley recently tweeted that the band is done recording their new album.
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–The RZA is set to appear in the G.I. Joe Sequel as a martial arts expert named the Blind Master.
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–Dropkick Murphys have announced a set of September shows with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Boston’s Fenway Park.

  JONAH BAYER  

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Following in the footsteps of American Idol, NBC’s hit music competition show, The Voice, has a tour in the works. The tour is scheduled to feature the program’s eight finalists: Beverly McClellan, Vicci Martinez, Dia Frampton, Javier Colon, Nakia, Xenia, Casey Weston and Frenchie Davis.
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According to multiple sources, the show’s coaches, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine, were also asked to join the tour by organizers Live Nation, but they couldn’t reach a financial agreement. In addition to promoting the show, the tour will also give NBC another way to make money—and we’re sure every little bit helps when you consider that at $2.3 million per episode in production costs, the show is the network’s most expensive unscripted show to date.
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  EMILY ZEMLER  

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Lady Gaga recently launched a Tumblr page called Amen Fashion. The blog, which Gaga started earlier this week, basically features photographs of the singer in various outfits along with some quotes.
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The page is named after a bonus track on Gaga’s new album Born This Way called “Black Jesus † Amen Fashion.” Gaga, who has over 11 million Twitter followers, has already found the Tumblr pages to be highly popular. It’s unclear how many followers the page actually has since Tumblr doesn’t make those number public,  but you can bet a lot of the singer’s Little Monsters are following.
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