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MUSIC ROUNDUP: Bruce Springsteen's Keyboardist Dies at Age 58
Originally posted 04/18/2008 01:15PM
• Danny Federici, Bruce Springsteen's longtime keyboardist, died April 17 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The 58-year-old E Street Band member had been fighting melanoma for three years. "Danny and I worked together for 40 years – he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much ... we grew up together," Springsteen wrote on his website. The band has postponed their concerts in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights.
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Taylor Swift Goes on Grammy Hugging Spree
Originally posted 12/06/2007 01:25PM
Called upon on Thursday to be one of the announcers of the 50th annual Grammy Awards nominations, country star Taylor Swift heard her own name announced by the Foo Fighters – she's in the running as best new artist.
That was all the 17-year-old had to hear. Flush with excitement, an ecstatic Swift rushed right over to Foo Fighters Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins and hugged them like crazy.
Not to be outdone, fellow announcer George Lopez reached over and embraced Swift.
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Akon Pleads Not Guilty to Fan-Tossing
Originally posted 12/03/2007 11:00AM
Singer Akon pleaded not guilty to charges Monday in connection with an incident in June in which he threw a fan off a concert stage – and allegedly caused another fan in the crowd to suffer a concussion.
Akon, 34, entered his plea in a courtroom in Fishkill, N.Y., where the concert took place this summer, the Associated Press reports. He faces misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment.
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Akon Charged in Fan-Tossing Incident
Originally posted 11/30/2007 07:40AM
The YouTube clip of Akon tossing a 15-year-old fan into the crowd of a concert has come back to haunt him: Police are slapping the hip-hop star with criminal charges after a fan said she suffered a concussion in the incident.
Akon is due in a Fishkill, N.Y., courtroom Monday to be arraigned on misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment, the Associated Press reports.
During the June concert, Akon threw the audience member from the stage into the crowd. According to AP, the boy landed on another fan, Abby Rosa, who told the Poughkeepsie Journal that she suffered a concussion.
There was no immediate comment from Akon's camp.
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Akon Denies Wrongdoing in Fan Tossing Incident
Originally posted 06/06/2007 07:00PM
The singer Akon has agreed to cooperate with police in the investigation of a fan-tossing incident, but believes he didn't commit any crimes, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Cops Looking for Fan Tossed by Akon
Originally posted 06/05/2007 07:15PM
Musician Akon may face police questioning after he tossed an audience member from the stage into the crowd, in an incident caught on video and posted on the Web. (See the YouTube clip below.)
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