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Anthony Kiedis And Mike Shinoda To Present Awards At Live Benefit Concert On May 30, Bobby Lee To Host, Mix Master Mike To DJ And Andy Dick To Make Special Appearance SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Honorees: Chester Bennington, lead vocalist of two-time GRAMMY(R)- winning band Linkin Park, and Tony Alva, legendary skateboarder, surfer, musician and original member of the...

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will ring in 2013 with legendary band Red Hot Chili Peppers at an intimate New Year's Eve performance, marking their first performance in Las Vegas in more than seven years. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120904/AQ66786) The New Year's Eve celebration will begin at 10 p.m. inside The Chelsea, The Cosmopolitan's unique entertainment venue that has hosted prior NYE performers including Jay-Z,...

LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV today announced that multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to spice up the "2011 MTV EMA." Fresh off the release of their latest chart-topping album I'm With You, these legendary funk rockers from California are guaranteed to give fans in Belfast - and MTV audiences around the world - an unforgettable performance that will show why they continue to be one of the biggest rock acts on the planet....

Go far off the red carpet on adventures to meet some of the most inspiring young leaders in the world with Cameron Diaz, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, K’NAAN, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 06, 2011 4REAL Media announced today the broadcast of its documentary television series, 4REAL, on National Geographic Channel. The 4REAL series takes celebrity guests on adventures around the world to connect with young leaders who, under extreme...

A bidding war for Warner Music Group has Russian-born American billionaire Len Blavatnik's company Access Industries as the winner in a $1.3 billion all-cash transaction for the company.The sale of the music company comes at a challenging time for music industry with CD sales on the decline and digital piracy running amuck.Even with these trying times, the deal has Warner Music valued at $3 billion, which includes the company's debt as well as cash "“ this is higher than the $2.6 billion it...

ABBA, Kiss, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Stooges are among the nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010. Also nominated Wednesday for the honor were Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, Laura Nyro, The Chantels and The Hollies. Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted at the 25th annual induction ceremony March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. To be eligible, an act must have...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the vinyl 45 single, EMI Music is launching a 'digital 45' campaign on July 14, bundling hit singles with B-sides and replicated label art for download purchase. EMI's digital 45s will be included in iTunes D45, a showcase for these new digital bundles on iTunes. They will be exclusively sold by iTunes between July 14 and July 27, after which they will be available for download purchase from all major digital...

Police said three people who purchased peppers at a New York store took the vegetables home and discovered they had been stuffed with bags of cocaine. Investigators said three separate customers unwittingly purchased the drug-stuffed peppers Sunday from a store on Liberty Avenue in the Ozark Park neighborhood of New York's Queens borough, the New York Post reported Monday. Store owners said the peppers were imported from South America. The shop was being searched Monday by health department...

U.S. filmmaker John Sayles is writing an HBO series based on Scar Tissue, the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, Variety.com said. Sayles's movies include Baby, It's You, Honeydripper, Silver City, Sunshine State and Lone Star. The HBO show he is writing is expected to cover the rocker's childhood, particularly his years living in West Hollywood in the 1970s with his father, a drug dealer and aspiring musician known as Spider. Producers Marc Abrams and Michael...

By Ken Barnes The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is proud to induct England's loudest band, Spinal Tap ... OK, that's not a likely scenario, even if the metafictional metal band is finally eligible. But when the nominating committee for the Rock Hall sits down today in New York to hash out nominees, the first step in the process that will elect the class of 2009, it will be choosing from a relatively unappetizing menu of first-time prospects. The closest thing to the Madonnas, R.E.M.s,...