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Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington will not need surgery for the chest and stomach pains that caused him to check into a hospital for nine days on May 30, and is feeling much better, a spokesperson at the band’s label said. Doctors have instructed Bennington to rest for the next two to three weeks, after which they expect he should be fully recovered and ready to join the band at a warm-up show for the Summer Sanitarium Tour in Las Vegas on June 27 and at the launch of the tour July 4 in Pontiac, Michigan. “I plan on ripping… Read more »

Police raids in England and the Netherlands on Friday recovered what could be about 500 original Beatles tapes that were stolen in the 1970s, including some never-released tracks. British police said the tapes were “priceless,” and that the only such recordings that have been heard before were bootlegs. Dutch police, who recovered all the tapes in the Netherlands, agreed, but said they were still analyzing the material. “We’re currently investigating whether they really are the originals, but it appears to be so,” said prosecutor spokesman Robert Meulenbroek in Amsterdam. “There are about 500 tapes, so there’s quite a bit to… Read more »

In just eight months’ time, Justin Timberlake’s feelings toward former love Britney Spears have gone from hurt to hate. At least that’s what Us Weekly alleges in its current cover story, “Britney Vs. Justin: The War Is On.” The article, which surfaced on New York newsstands Wednesday and will be available nationwide Friday, suggests that pop music’s hottest couple are feuding like the Hatfields and the McCoys, singling out Timberlake’s video for “Cry Me a River” as the latest, and loudest, bomb dropped. The video, which premiered November 25, features 18-year-old model/actress Lauren Hastings playing what could only be construed… Read more »

A Detroit man who appeared in the Eminem movie “8 Mile” is recovering after being shot in the stomach on the film’s opening night. Ali Miyzaan, 26, said he was shot about 11:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the parking lot of Phoenix Theaters, which is on Eight Mile road in Detroit. He said a group of men was trying to rob high school students, striking them with sticks and boards. “I sat there for a minute watching, but I couldn’t stand to see it anymore,” Miyzaan told the Detroit Free Press. “I was really just trying to stop it.” He… Read more »

The first single from the long-awaited Foo Fighters album, 1X1 (One By One), is “All My Life.” Foo frontman Dave Grohl is set to direct the video shoot for the clip next week. As for the song itself, Grohl said it’s going to “shred your ass.” 1X1 is set for release October 22. The band is mixing the album now. Guitarist Chris Shiflett wrote on the band’s website a few weeks back about the album. “Things have been super busy lately. I finally finished my track for the new record a few days ago and we start mixing it next… Read more »

Following a successful surgical procedure to treat an operable form of cancer, Sharon Osbourne is recovering and the Ozzfest tour will go on as expected. Osbourne, 50, underwent surgery for colon cancer last week in an undisclosed hospital near Los Angeles, according to the Osbournes’ spokesperson. Her doctors expect her to make a full recovery. Due to the hospitalization, the first pair of Ozzfest shows – July 6 in Bristow, Virginia, and July 7 in Pittsburgh – was postponed. Ozzfest 2002 will now kick off Wednesday (July 10) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. No word yet on when the postponed dates will… Read more »

The daughter of stadium-packing rock star Ozzy Osbourne may have a hit of her own soon, covering an artist quite unlike her dad. Kelly Osbourne has released a remake of Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” as part of the soundtrack album from the family’s hit MTV reality series. “The Osbournes,” the highest-rated series in MTV history, follows the daily life of dad Ozzy, mom Sharon, 17-year-old Kelly and 16-year-old Jack. Kelly Osbourne has never had a singing lesson and did not plan on a recording career, but the Madonna fan said she’s pleased with the results. “I was really surprised at… Read more »

*NSYNC singer Lance Bass recently underwent an outpatient “surgical procedure” to correct an irregular heartbeat, his publicist told Reuters on Thursday (May 16). The procedure was performed several weeks ago in order for the singer to be able to pass the intensive training required to become the world’s first pop singer to take a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. The surgery was an outpatient procedure and Bass is doing well. The singer’s heart condition was “not even remotely life-threatening,” Bass’ publicist told Reuters. “It’s something he had wanted to correct for a long time, but being that… Read more »

Joan Jett has covered the Beatles song “The Word” as part of a charity drive to support breast cancer awareness. Jett’s recording is a bonus track on It’s All About Eve (Music For The Cure), a project organized by Fore Reel Entertainment and slated for release on June 13, with 100 percent of the proceeds slated to go to the T.J. Martell Foundation and the Libby Ross Foundation. Jett’s track was produced by Rob Stevens, who has worked with the late Beatle John Lennon and his widow Yoko Ono, and was performed by Jett with the It’s About Eve Band… Read more »

You don’t have to be old to be funky, as Snoop Dogg and Lil’ J can attest. The two young’uns share space on the “Undercover Brother” soundtrack with ’70s artists such as Earth, Wind & Fire; Kool and the Gang; and the Commodores. Snoop Dogg & Friends contribute an updated version of Parliament’s signature tune “Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”, retitled “Undercova Funk (Give up the Funk),” as the first single off the album, due May 21, according a Hollywood Records spokesperson. The song, which counts former Parliament bassist Bootsy Collins as one of Snoop’s… Read more »