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The Rolling Stones smashed their own 11-year-old record for the highest-grossing North American concert tour of all time in 2005, helping lift overall ticket sales to a new high, trade publication Pollstar said on Thursday.

The Stones sold $162 million worth of tickets by playing their golden oldies for 1.2 million concertgoers, while Irish rockers U2 pulled in $138.9 million from 1.4 million fans. U2 worked a little harder for its payday, playing 78 shows in North America, compared with 42 performances by the Stones.

Charging a million bucks a ticket while playing the biggest stadiums around will certainly rack up the bucks. The Stones are legends, but maybe you'd be better off supporting smaller bands at your local club. Just sayin'.

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Insert Depends Joke Here

Posted on December 29, 2005 at 12:42 PM

English rock veterans The Who will return to the stage next year following "a very, very cool" surprise announcement in June, according to guitarist Pete Townshend.
No dates have been confirmed, but Townshend said he expected to unveil some new material on the road.

"I have said many times... that I am reticent about committing to a tour without a completed new Who album under my belt," Townshend said. "As things stand I am still pushing to produce some more songs. So the announcement (of a 2006 tour) may seem premature. It is not."

Ten bucks says that the "very, very cool" announcement will regard which corporate giant is sponsoring the tour. Half of their band is dead! Lame.

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Unbelievable

Posted on December 28, 2005 at 05:31 PM

Kevin Federline, aspiring rapper and husband of Britney Spears, has unveiled his own Web site.

Federline, whose new hip-hop album, “The Truth,” is due out in 2006, appears to expect big things in the coming year.

The Web site begins with an introduction of Federline rapping, “Keep messin’ with my family and you’re through,” played over various tabloid articles about the couple.

In a note on the Web site, Federline says he hopes “this will provide you with the opportunity to get to know who I really am.”

The site also has photos, a bio and links to other deadbeat losers.

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I Guess That's Why They Call It A Bachelor Party...

Posted on December 20, 2005 at 01:05 PM

Elton John and partner David Furnish held a bachelor party in London last night. A gay time was had by all, especially the bachelor. And the other bachelor.

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have held a joint stag party ahead of their civil union.
Many celebrities attended a cabaret performance at a London nightclub, including Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon, Sir Tim Rice and Liz Hurley.

Sir Elton and Mr Furnish were smuggled into the Too2Much venue in Soho minutes before the event began.

Their ceremony in Windsor takes place on Wednesday, when civil partnerships become legal in England and Wales.

TV presenter Paul O'Grady compered the stag night event. He said earlier in the evening: "We're going to tie them to a lamppost, cover them with shaving foam - it's an old-fashioned stag do."

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Paris Hilton, Jimmy Page and U2...

Posted on December 19, 2005 at 10:33 AM

...All in this week's Fuse Action News.

Real.

Windows.

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U2 "Honored" For the Sixth Millionth Time

Posted on December 15, 2005 at 11:10 AM

The members of U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness have been given the Ambassador Of Conscience Award by Amnesty International. Irene Khan, who is the Secretary General of the human-rights organization, said, "Their leadership in linking music to the struggle for human rights and human dignity worldwide has been ground-breaking and unwavering. They have inspired and empowered millions with their music and by speaking out on behalf of the poor, the powerless, and the oppressed."

The poor, the powerless and the oppressed. IE, those who do not yet own video iPods.

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A Ludacris 2005

Posted on December 13, 2005 at 10:31 AM

From the Oven Fresh Boards:

Ludacris - Georgia kriam_sevtent12 - Posted on: 12/13/05 First, early in the year, he released a shi-tpile of a single called "Number One Spot". Then in the summer of 2005, he released "Pimping All Over The World" which featured that other douchebag Bobby Valentino and was accompanied with such an unoriginal video. Then by the fall of this year, he managed to record himself taking a crap in the Men's bathroom of CBGB's, with some other fat old dudes doing their business in the other bathroom stalls next to him, for Jamie Foxx's latest single "Unpredictable". He then released a video for "Georgia", a DTP Presentation attempt to crash the sampled Ray Charles song into the ground. Looking back at these events, it looks like Ludacris isn't going to get any presents from Santa Claus this year, nor is he getting any dreidels for Hanukkah.

No presents from Santa Claus? That's pretty harsh.

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It's A Dog's Life

Posted on December 12, 2005 at 01:01 PM

British singer Joss Stone was chosen 2005 World's Best Dog Owner while hotel heiress Paris Hilton was named the worst by readers of a dog magazine.

Stone, 18, emerged the victor over other celebrity canine lovers such as Charlize Theron, Ashley Olsen and John O'Hurley for the annual title, the magazines said in a news release.

Hilton was the overwhelming choice for the finger-wagging title based on her fickle treatment of her Chihuahua, Tinkerbell.

"Our readers felt Ms. Hilton's dog-parenting skills left a lot to be desired," said Leslie Padgett, editor of The New York and Hollywood Dog Magazines.

Frankly, I feel as though all of Ms. Hilton's skills leave a lot to be desired (except one, but I don't know for sure. Yet.).

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