The 2,000,000th post game

the beatles must have been stoned the whole way through the making of this album

my dad told me that this was when they were big hippies like, dope, spending time with Maharishi and stuff.

West's '808s & Heartbreak' is due out in the US November 24, but the rap star posted the album in its entirety on his MySpace page this morning (November 21).

ikia

i just got my dad to listen to steve vai

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Placebo are set to play a gig at an ancient temple called Ankgor Wat in Cambodia on December 7. The band will perform at the MTV Exit concert, which is aiming to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking. It will be the first ever rock gig at the historic site.

Singer Ashlee Simpson has given birth to a baby boy, which she and her husband, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, have named Bronx Mowgli. The baby weighs 7lbs 11oz (3.5kg) and is 20.5 inches long.

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Guitarist Slash – or rather an impersonator of the infamous axeman – has made an appearance in a new Guns N' Roses-related video. The video, created by London-based Guns N'Roses fan Jimmy Reay, is the winning entry in a competition organised by the band's record label, Polydor, to find the best air guitar tribute to Axl Rose's band.

Paul McCartney was talking on T4 about his new album thing and the sgt. pepper album and how he approached the mic thinking that he was just someone else and it freed him and it felt like playing rather than work

or something

pauls cheeks come down past his chin

Foo Fighters, Mariah Carey, BB King, Celine Dion and John Mayer are among the artists set to perform at the first-ever Grammy Nominations Concert. The event is scheduled to take place on December 3 at the Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast on CBS television that night.

Crystal Castles, My Morning Jacket, Blonde Redhead and Patti Smith are among the acts who will perform shows in New York City on New Year's Eve this year. A Place to Bury Strangers recently announced an intimate show at Mercury Lounge that night, while across the water in New Jersey, Yo La Tengo will headline the new venue Wellmont Theatre. Crystal Castles will ring in 2009 at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg, while Blonde Redhead will take over Terminal 5 in midtown.

Rage Against The Machine's 1992 hit 'Killing In The Name' has sparked complaints – after it was played on the shop speakers in a branch of the Asda supermarket chain this week.

Radiohead have announced a handful of tour dates in 2009. The band are set to play shows in Latin America in March. In addition to performing at Mexico City's Foro Sol on March 15 and 16, the band will headline the Cristal en Vivo Festival on March 27 in Santiago.

The Doors' Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger will be on hand to celebrate what would have been frontman Jim Morrison's 65th birthday at one of the singer's famed Los Angeles hangouts. The event will take place at Barney's Beanery on December 8 and will be broadcast live by LA radio station KLOS.

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