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Reminder: Tonight VH1 Promise New Details of Michael Jackson's Death

Since there was a lot of interest in this, we wanted to post this reminder that the show airs tonight. Here is the original article: This week VH1's new series "Famous Crime Scene" uncovers revealing, NEW details about the death of Michael Jackson. "Famous Crime Scene" premieres THIS FRIDAY, February 26 at 9/8c PM.

"Famous Crime Scene" is the first show to depict new facts related to the untimely death of "The King of Pop." NEVER BEFORE SEEN DETAILS INCLUDE: - The first definitive timeline of Jackson's death based on scientific evidence and information from the paramedics.

- Firsthand interviews from people outside Jackson's home once the paramedics arrived.

- Rarely seen paparazzi footage following the ambulance to the hospital.

- The official autopsy, criminal filling and search warrant/affidavit brought to life through dramatic recreations and computer generated graphics.

- Interviews with reporters and journalists who have been following the case since "Day One." - more on this story

Massive Attack On North America

Massive Attack will tour North America for the first time since 2006 in support of their newly released 5th studio album 'Heligoland.'

The North American trek will start May 7th at Sound Academy in Toronto, ON and wrap May 30th at the Sasquatch Festival in George, WA. They will play 2 shows in NYC, Los Angeles and San Francisco with general on sale beginning March 5th (full schedule below).

Massive Attack's latest album 'Heligoland' was released on Feb 9th on EMI's Virgin Records and debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200, marking the highest U.S. chart position of the duo's career. - more on this story

The Rubinoos Announce Album for Kids (and Adults In Touch With Their Inner Child)

The Rubinoos, the power pop progenitors who trace their roots back to the day in 1968 when Jon Rubin met Tommy Dunbar at Martin Luther King Jr Junior High School in Berkeley, CA have announced that their first album aimed at kids, BIFF - BOFF - BOING!, will be released on March 30th.

While the group had embraced a juvenile sensibility in earlier work including their hit cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now" and the oft-imitated original "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," the new album was recorded with kids specifically in mind and features a children's chorus on a number of B - B - B songs. Dunbar and Rubin commented, "We've been acting like kids for the better part of our so-called adult lives so we thought it was high time we adjusted our act for kids."

BIFF - BOFF - BOING!'s twelve tracks include a slew of silly standards that include "Peanut Butter," "Witch Doctor," "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd," "Rockin' In The Jungle" and others. Clever originals loaded with kid appeal abound as well; among those are "Have A Cow" and the green-themed "Earth Number One." - more on this story

Blood Ties: The Complete Series Coming in April

Rabid and ravenous vampire fans rejoice! On April 6, the "Crime Series, with Bite" will be available for the first time as a complete package, when Eagle Rock Entertainment releases Blood Ties: The Complete Series in a 7DVD and 4Blu-ray set.

Based on the best-selling novels by Tanya Huff, this series originally aired on Lifetime in 2006. With Twilight: New Moon leaving theaters, and True Blood's third season yet to air this summer on HBO, Blood Ties: The Complete Series hits stores just in time to satiate fans of fang-focused entertainment.

Blood Ties follows the killer chronicles of private investigator Vicki Nelson (played by Christina Cox), and her cohort Henry Fitzroy (played by Kyle Schmid), who just happens to be a 480-year-old bloodsucker. What started as a violent murder witnessed by Nelson in the streets of Toronto turns into a maelstrom of murder, mystery, and paranormal mayhem. - more on this story

The Oak Ridge Boys The 2010 recipients of the SGMG President's Honor

Today, Judy Nelon, Southern Gospel Music Guild (SGMG) President and on behalf of the SGMG Executive Board, announced The Oak Ridge Boys as the 2010 recipients of the SGMG President's Honor during the SGMG Harmony Honors at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on April 19, 2010.

All four members of The Oak Ridge Boys - Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban – will be in attendance to accept this honor.

"I fondly recall having the opportunity of presenting a Gospel Music Award to the Oak Ridge Boys in Los Angeles, California in 1973. It just happened to have been Joe Bonsall's first week with the group. Now, thirty-seven years later, it is such a privilege to present the prestigious SGMG President's Honor to this same amazing group, consisting of Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban and Joe Bonsall in recognition of their long successful career and significant contributions to the field of southern gospel music," says Nelon. - more on this story

Dee Dee Bridgewater Tributes Billie Holiday On New Album

Over the course of a multifaceted career that has spanned four decades, Dee Dee Bridgewater has risen to the top tier of today's jazz vocalists, putting her own unique spin on standards as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in re-envisioning jazz classics. For her latest recording, Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Bridgewater honors an iconic jazz figure, Billie Holiday, who died tragically at the age of 44 a half-century ago. The album hits stores March 2nd.

"This album is my way of paying my respect to a vocalist who made it possible for singers like me to carve out a career for ourselves," says Bridgewater, who performed the role of Holiday in the triumphant theatrical production, Lady Day—based on the singer's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues—staged in Paris and London in 1986 and 1987. "I wanted Eleanora Fagan to be something different: more modern and a celebration, not a [recording] that goes dark and sullen and maudlin. I wanted the album to be joyful."

Bridgewater adds that Eleanora Fagan goes far deeper than being a tribute album of retreaded Holiday tunes. "Billie deserves to have her music heard in another light," she says, "and I definitely didn't set out to imitate her." - more on this story

Fefe Dobson Eyes May Release

Fefe Dobson has completed her new album, JOY, scheduled for May release on 21 Music / Island Records.

JOY follows-up Fefe Dobson, her self-titled debut, which generated JUNO Award nominations for Best Pop Album and Best New Artist.

In advance of JOY, the first single "I Want You" will impact at pop radio on March 2nd (the digital song available now). In addition, Fefe Dobson has been picked for VH1's You Oughta Know program kicking off April 5th. - more on this story

Ruf Records Signs Shakura S'Aida

Ruf Records announces the signing of one of the hottest names in Canada's blues scene, singer Shakura S'Aida (pronounced "Shack-oo-ra Sy-EE-da"), and the release of her label debut CD, Brown Sugar, on April 13 in the U.S. and Canada.

Ruf Records is distributed in the U.S. by the Allegro Corporation, and Ruf is releasing the album world-wide. Already released in Europe, Brown Sugar is S'Aida's second album, and she's currently on tour in Europe supporting the new CD.

Brown Sugar was produced and engineered by celebrated producer Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, Steve Miller) at Bessie Blue Studios in Tennessee, not far from the Tennessee River. Of the album's dozen tracks, 10 are originals co-written by S'Aida and her guitarist Donna Grantis - a dramatic departure from her 2006 CD, Blueprint, on which she only wrote two of the tracks. The rest of the players on the recording are Lance Anderson on organ, Rick Steff on keyboards, Steve Potts on drums and Dave Smith on bass. - more on this story

Zac Brown Band, Travis Tritt and Train Added To BamaJam

BamaJam Music & Arts Festival announced additional performers to the ever-growing star-studded lineup. 2010 Grammy award winning Zac Brown Band, multi-platinum hit-makers Travis Tritt and Train, Nashville Star winner Chris Young, RFD-TV host and Grand Ole Opry member Marty Stuart & his fabulous Superlatives, ACM award winner Rodney Atkins, and American Idol alum Danny Gokey join the dozens of fellow Grammy award-winning, platinum selling artists in Country, Rock, Bluegrass and Alternative music, all at one one-of-a-kind jam packed 3-day festival taking place, June 3-5 in Enterprise, Alabama.

More than 40 entertainers are set to appear on Verizon BamaJam's four stages during the 3-day extravaganza. To date, organizers had announced superstars Jake Owen, Miranda Lambert, LoCash Cowboys, Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Colt Ford and Blackberry Smoke, along with country newcomers Matt Kennon and Houston County.

Multi-award winning entertainer Kenny Chesney will headline the 3rd annual event, offering a rare opportunity to catch Chesney in one of just 10 appearances he'll make in 2010! The one and only Hank Williams, Jr. will also appear at BamaJam in what will be his only Alabama appearance in 2010! Are you ready for some BamaJam?! -

Streetlab Set April Release

Streetlab is gearing up to unleash their debut full-length album set for an April 20th release. Fans of rock and dance music alike have New York City duo Streetlab to thank for creating catchy and danceable versions of some of their favorite tunes. Since 2001, friends Mark "Cosmo" Lamorg and Ryan Leary have been exploring the pastiche between classic rock tunes and their rump-shaking potential with an irresistible formula for electronic remixes. After years of re-inventing popular tracks such as The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" the pair began venturing into writing original material, including "NYSound," a single that has generated a multi-faceted degree of buzz and coverage since its 2008 release.

Influenced by the music scene of the early 90's, Lamorg and Leary started out remixing classic rock songs, creating tracks that defied the boundaries of music genre and ended up appealing to both rockers and club-goers. Their early remixes caught the attention of BBC Radio1's Annie Nightingale, and in 2002, inspired indie-rock label Kanine Records to solicit the duo to contribute remixes of tracks by Mixel Pixel and Professor Murder. Astralwerks and Invisible Records followed suit, adding Streetlab mixes to their repertoires. The talented duo spent the next few years teaming up with New York DJs and club promoters, remixing tracks for Parisian acts PlayGround and Thieves Like Us, and creating their own versions of songs made famous by everyone from Nine Inch Nails and Hot Chip to Led Zeppelin and Bob Marley.

In early 2008, Streetlab released original material to the public for the first time on its website. The song "NYSound" instantly zeroed in on the eardrums of bloggers and music supervisors and everyone in between. Even if you're not scouring blogs and digging through vinyl crates, there's a good chance you heard Streetlab's "NYSound" and bobbed your head along to the banger as it was featured in HBO's Entourage, CBS' The Eleventh Hour, and on the Apple iPod/iPhone game Tap Tap Revenge 2. - more on this story