Green Day's 'Idiot' Fueling Banner Year
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LAS VEGAS (Billboard) - With a No. 1 debut for its current  album "American Idiot," and now Tuesday's news of six Grammy  nominations, Green Day has found itself back in the spotlight.  But if the punk-rock trio has its way, its Reprise album may  yet fuel a crossover into an entirely new medium.
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Rock music's biggest freak show is taking its show on the road. And the bigger question for Motley Crue is whether the band known for its excesses (sex, drugs and fighting) can keep it together for a year on tour.
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A few days ago Kerry sent around this ad:  "Yesterday, the Bush-Cheney campaign, losing any last sense of decency, placed a disgusting ad called "The Faces of John Kerry's Democratic Party" as the main feature on its website. Bizarrely, and without explanation, the ad places Adolf Hitler among those faces."  "The Bush-Cheney campaign must pull this ad off of its website. The use of Adolf Hitler by any campaign, politician or party is simply wrong."  Which of course is a mistake.  I went and downloaded the video (which is just stupid btw.  Not a masterpiece by any means.) and there are shots of Hitler in there, but only from the MoveOn contest from a few months back.  Here's the problem.  The ...
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LONDON, July 7 â They joined forces two years ago to combat global poverty under the flag of Live 8, and rock and pop stars and their myriad fans around the world threw their voices behind a good cause again on Saturday, this time that of raising awareness about global warming through a campaign called Live Earth.
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Green Day topped the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week Wednesday, passing the two million sales mark and extending its lead over Eminem during a quiet sales period.
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Chris Daughtry sounded a bit bleary  the day after the recent American Music Awards, and for good  reason. "Oh, yeah, we all celebrated," he promised, still  basking in the glow of three AMA wins for his namesake band.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been a stunning year for Brian  Wilson.
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Fools share their thoughts on ethanol and energy.
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With   the Dubliner's new album, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,   hitting stores on Nov. 23 and their tunes already featured in everything   from iPod commercials to episodes of CSI and The O.C., the   group is now making plans to blanket the globe.
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A member of the satire-spewing group spills the beans on a new prank with a green message.
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Last year was great, but next year remains up in the air.
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&quot;Don&#39;t want to be an American idiot,&quot; declares Billie Joe Armstrong. Too late, bucko. Hey, we love Green Day as much as the next aging punk fan -- but come on, that&#39;s like Michael Jackson asking people not to call him wacko.
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Band could become magazine's most decorated of the decade after notching up a record seven nominations
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It took just a glance backstage at MTV's New Year's Eve bash for Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong to pinpoint the career stages of other acts on the bill.
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The surest bet in music these days is that all bets are off. The industry learned the hard way that even platinum divas (Mariah Carey), rock sensations (Limp Bizkit) and sizzling trends (teen pop) can go from royal flush to toilet flush in the blink of a Third Eye Blind.
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Some people are looking forward to 2010. Here's why.
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Carrie Alison, editor of the largest U2 fan Web site, confirmed that some fans are angry at the band&#39;s decision. She said, &quot;Some pockets of U2 fans will rankle at the band aligning themselves with a major