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Jason MacNeil

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Raised in Cape Breton, Jason has written for NME, Billboard, Toronto Sun, All Music Guide and Popmatters.com among others. This fanatical Flyers fan and proud Luddite also believes the Manic Street Preachers, The National and Tom Petty can do no wrong.

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David Okumu, Singer For the Invisible, Survives Electrical Shocking Onstage
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David Okumu, Singer For the Invisible, Survives Electrical Shocking Onstage

MySpace Mercury Prize-nominated British band the Invisible, survived electric shocking last week during a performance in Lagos, Nigeria. According to Gigwise, improper grounding in the stage design resulted in Okumu getting jolted about 20 minutes into the band's set. The group was playing at the Agip Recital Hall as part of the ...

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Toronto Singer Corin Raymond Uses Canadian Tire Money to Pay For New Album

Corin Raymond It's not exactly Monopoly money but Canadians have often used Canadian Tire money -- the long-established hardware store chain's reward cashback bucks -- for beer, feeding puppies, or any number of other reasons. Now a Toronto singer-songwriter has used the five-cent and ten-cent coupon bills to fund recording a live studio ...

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Flea, Timbaland, Ladytron, Sheila E, Others React to Donna Summer's Death on Twitter

Keystone Hulton Archive Donna Summer has died following a battle with cancer. The 63-year-old disco legend reportedly passed away this morning (May 17) in Florida, and her family released the news, saying they are "at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continue legacy." Summer is known for her many hits, including "Hot ...

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Joe Sell Dead: Lucky Boys Confusion Guitarist Passes Away at 33

Facebook Joe Sell, a guitarist for Chicago rock group Lucky Boys Confusion, was found dead on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday. He was 33. According to the Chicago Tribune Sell was found in a location close to the group's rehearsal space. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed with toxicology reports pending. Earlier this year Sell had ...

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Van Halen's David Lee Roth Chews Out Winnipeg Fan For Tossing Garbage Onstage

Jamie McCarthy, Getty Van Halen singer David Lee Roth didn't waste much time stopping the band's concert a few days ago in Winnipeg to chew out a fan for throwing garbage onstage. As shown in a quick YouTube clip, the group was performing a cover of the Roy Orbison hit "Pretty Woman" when Roth was walking back to center stage at the MTS ...

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Walk Off The Earth, 'Somebody That I Used to Know': Cover Hits 100 Million on YouTube

Listen Harder Burlington, Ontario band Walk Off The Earth's cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" has gone from viral video sensation to full-on viral pandemic. According to a press release today, the group's YouTube video -- which features all five members performing the song on one guitar -- recently passed 100,000,000 views, ...

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Dropkick Murphys: Pro-Union Punks Slam Republican for Using Their Song in Rally

Michael Buckner, Getty You have to give American politicians some credit as it's been several weeks since anyone's been caught using an artist's music without permission. But according to Punknews that streak came to an end over the weekend when Boston band Dropkick Murphys called out Wisconsin Republican Jeff Fitzgerald for using "Shipping ...

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