The Star Online: Entertainment: Music
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| Taylor Swift to co-host Grammy nominations Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:32 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop star Taylor Swift will co-host the Grammy nominations live on television from Nashville, the capital of country music, the Recording Academy said on Monday. Swift, 22, who has won six Grammy awards, will join rapper-actor LL Cool J to announce nominees in some of the major categories during a one-hour live telecast on December 5, featuring performances from country artist Luke Bryan and pop-rockers Maroon 5. The singer is currently on a touring blitz to promote her latest album, Red, and has become an awards show favorite, most recently premiering her new single at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. Swift's addition to the roster is part of the Grammy organization's celebration of country music this year, moving the nominations concert from Los Angeles to Nashville, home to the Grand Ole Opry and dozens of recording studios that have spawned artists such as Swift, Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum. Organizers began televising the nominations in a live show five years ago in a bid to boost TV viewership for the annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in February. This year, 39.9 million viewers tuned in to see British singer Adele sweep the awards with six major wins. |
| Green Day cancels shows for frontman treatment Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:45 PM PDT LOS ANGELES: Grammy-winning US punk band Green Day announced Monday it has canceled upcoming tour dates and postponed shows in early 2013, as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has treatment for substance abuse. The band, founded in Berkeley, California in 1987, canceled nine dates between now and December, and postponed 21 shows scheduled during January and February next year, it said in a statement. All the shows are in the United States. "Obviously the timing for this isn't ideal, but Billie Joe's well-being is our main concern," said the band's bassist and co-founder Mike Dirnt, without explicitly referring to the singer's drug problems. "We are happy to say that Billie Joe is doing well, and we want to thank you all for the outpouring of support and well wishes that we have received, and we can't wait to see you all again soon," he added. Armstrong has checked in for rehab after an expletive-laden meltdown at a festival show in Las Vegas last month, according to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, which said he is being treated for "substance abuse issues." Earlier this year the band announced a trilogy of albums, "Uno," "Dos" and "Tre," going on sale in September, November and January, as follow-ups to their Grammy-winning 2009 hit album "21st Century Breakdown." The second album is still due out in November, but the release of "Tre" has been brought forward to December. Tickets for shows this year will be refunded, while new dates will be announced for the January and February shows. "We feel bad we have to delay our tour, so to make up for it we want to give our fans the music earlier than we had planned," said drummer Tr Cool, real name Frank Edwin Wright III. "If we couldn't be there to play it for you live, the least we could do was give you the next best thing," he added. - AFP |
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