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LISTEN: Aiden James Releases Holiday Tune

Philly singer-songwriter Aiden James joins Kelly,  Mary J., Leona and a handful of other divas belting holiday tunes this year with the release of “Winter […]

Hall and Oates album cover for Private Eyes, the Very Best of Hall and Oates
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Hall & Oates Will Be Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Hall & Oates have been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here’s what Hall of Fame has to say about the Philly […]

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Beyoncé Drops Surprise Album

What?! Beyoncé flew in from left field last night and dropped a full-length album on iTunes that no one was expecting. Called simply Beyoncé, the […]

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The Blockley Is Closing [UPDATED]

Since its debut in 2009, West Philadelphia music venue The Blockley has hosted the likes of Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, Marco Benevento and the Mickey […]

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7 Gayest Covers of Mariah Carey’s
“All I Want for Christmas is You”

You can groan all you want about how you hate holiday music, but I dare you to sit in a room where Mariah Carey’s “All […]

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Hear Madonna’s Daughter Lourdes Sing in a High School Production of “Grease”

Looks like we may have a new Material Girl on our hands. The web is abuzz with news that Madonna’s daughter, 17-year-old Lourdes Leon, is […]

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B101 to Change Name, Keep Format

The Daily News reports that the station now known as B101 is changing its name, the day after Christmas, to MoreFM at 101.1 Nothing else—not […]

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City Shuts Down Decade-Old Philly Music Venue for WXPN Set

When you think of a DIY music venue, you probably think of a warehouse in Kensington where people with cool glasses, beards, tattoos and piercings […]

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Our First (and Last) Annual Twerky Awards

It’s pretty safe to say that 2013 was the “Year of the Twerk.” It was the year when the dance, which, according to this article, […]

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Philly Needs an All-Chanukah Radio Station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5GY2NY2wY What does Philadelphia radio have against the Jews? For years, we Christ Killers have been subjected to non-stop Christmas music, beginning before Thanksgiving and […]

A handwritten working manuscript of rock star Bruce Springsteen's 1975 hit Born to Run, worth around GBP 62,000, will be auctioned next week. The early manuscript of the song, which catapulted Springsteen to stardom, will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York on December 5. The lyrics have been written by The Boss in blue ink on a single 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of ruled notepaper. Springsteen's first two albums - Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - received critical acclaim but modest commercial success. As such, the 26-year-old Springsteen found his career hinging on the success of his next single. However, he needn't have feared as Born to Run was a breakout smash and became his first worldwide release The song took six months to finalise and clocks in at four and a half minutes long. Sotheby's says most of the 30 lines in the 1974 version are apparently unpublished and unrecorded, but does include a "near perfected chorus." It captures for the first time the famous lines: "This town'll rip the (out your) bones from yourback / it's a suicide trap (rap) (it's a trap to catch the young) your dead unless / you get out (we gotto) while your young so (come on! / with) take my hand cause tramps / like us baby we were born to run." The handwritten manuscript, which was written in Long Branch, New Jersey, is said to be "in fine condition" and also includes notes in the margins. It has been in the collection of Springsteen's former manager Mike Appel. The presale estimate is between GBP 43,000 and GBP 62,000 ($70,000 to $100,000). The document will be part of a Manhattan sale of fine books and manuscripts. In 2013, after nearly four decades of performing the career defining hit, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "Born to Run" Springsteen's great... For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/KAYXYSEHJ (Rex Features via AP Images)
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Bruce’s Original “Born to Run” Manuscript on Sale Today

Bruce Springsteen’s handwritten working lyrics to “Born to Run” — composed in 1974 — are on sale today. Scrawled in blue ink on a 8.5/11 […]

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Joe Jonas on Disney: “I Had to Shave Every Day”

If you aren’t quite feeling like time is passing you by, a simple reminder that Britney Spears turned 32 this past Monday may be enough […]

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LISTEN: DJ Mashes Up 2013 Pop Hits

Just in time for the year’s “Best of” lists to come rolling out, DJ Daniel Kim has taken 68 of this year’s best pop songs […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: “Britney Jean” Stinks and It’s All Will.i.am’s Fault

I have a huge problem with Britney Spears’ eighth studio album, Britney Jean, and its name is Will.i.am. The Black Eyed Peas frontman has taken over […]

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WATCH: This Is the Most Sincere, Un-Ironic Ode to Philadelphia You Will Ever See

We’re suckers for huge, epic odes to the city. Have a gander.