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Eminem to Perform at VMAs Eminem, who was nominated for eight awards at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, has been added as a performer at the VMAs on September 12th from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre. Slim Shady joins Kanye West, Drake, Justin Bieber, B.o.B and Florence and the Machine ...

Kanye Recruits Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz for "Power" Remix For his long-awaited "Power" remix, Kanye West got buddies Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz into the studio to record fresh verses. The new "Power" also deviates away from its King Crimson sample in exchange for Snap!'s 1990 dance anthem "The Power." [Kanye University] ...

The struggling music industry hit a new low last week: Only 4.95 million albums were sold in the U.S. between August 8th and 14th — the lowest total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking numbers in 1991. The one other time album sales fell short of five million copies? Earlier this ...

From the devastating floods in Pakistan to the massive wildfires and deadly heat in Russia, which have conspired to fill the morgues in Moscow , we're now living in an era of Weather of Mass Destruction. And it has human fingerprints all over it. The New York Times recently ran ...

Comedian Chelsea Handler will host this year's MTV Video Music Awards, the cable network has announced. It's the first time a woman will be hosting the program, slated for September 12th in Los Angeles, since Roseanne Barr did it in 1994 — and only the third time overall, when you ...

The coming months are exciting ones for Weezer fans: The band is releasing their new album Hurley on September 14th, then quickly following it up with an October 5th reissue of Pinkerton, from 1996. A rarities compilation, Death to False Metal, is also in the works. But for the cult ...

Bob Dylan, who has been painting since the 1960s (he created the cover of the Band's Music From Big Pink) will have new paintings and drawings on display at Denmark's Statens Museum for Kunst September 4th through January 30th. "It was an honor to be asked and a thrilling challenge," ...

Eminem reclaimed the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 as Recovery moved another 133,000 copies, moving past two million in sales. That makes it only the second release of 2010 to go double platinum. (Lady Antebellum's Need You Now was the first.) According to Nielsen SoundScan, Recovery is also ...

The following is an excerpt of an article from the September 2, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available tomorrow on newsstands, and Friday, August 20th online via All Access, Rolling Stone's premium subscription plan. On July 29th, returning from a trip to Europe, Jacob Appelbaum, a lanky, ...

When Kanye West suggested a remix, with Raekwon, of Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love" to Bieber over Twitter this past weekend, few would have guessed the collaboration might actually happen. But Raekwon has told XXL that the remix is already in the works, and Kanye tweeted that he was hitting the ...

Near the end of Brandon Flowers' 45-minute set last night at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, the Killers front man had something of a Win Butler moment: standing atop a monitor at the lip of the stage, sweat glistening on his furrowed brow, leading the capacity crowd in a wordless ...

More Michael Jackson Tunes Announced for Video Game Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced its upcoming video game Michael Jackson: The Experience will feature hits such as "Bad," "Beat It" and "Billie Jean." The game — which will be released later this year on Xbox 360, Playstation III and Wii ...

A decision by Haiti's election commission on whether Wyclef Jean is eligible to pursue the Haitian presidency has been postponed until this Friday, CNN reports. It was initially scheduled for last night. Meanwhile, Jean says he's been receiving death threats since announcing his run on August 5th: "We have been ...

Top artists like My Morning Jacket, OK Go, Steve Earle, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Tom Morello and more have teamed up for a new digital benefit compilation, titled Dear New Orleans, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The set — which hits all digital retailers and DearNewOrleansMusic.org on August 24th ...

Courtney Love Settles Nirvana Publishing Dispute Courtney Love settled with management company London and Co. after the Hole singer failed to share the proceeds from her $20 million sale of the Nirvana publishing rights. London and Co. sought $1 million in their initial lawsuit. [BBC] Coldplay Extend Deal with Universal ...

Illustration by Victor Juhasz The following is a story from the September 2, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available on newsstands now, and Friday, August 20th online via Rolling Stone's premium subscription plan. In 1996, California became the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for ...

Three years after picking up his late father's drum sticks for Led Zeppelin's London reunion concert, Jason Bonham, son of John, is taking the band's music on the road as the Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience. He refuses to name his bandmates -- "Some of them are known people, and ...

Blondie will release Panic of Girls, their first new album since 2003's The Curse of Blondie, before they begin touring Australia in November, drummer Clem Burke has told Billboard . The exact release date of the disc, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers' third since they reunited in 1997, ...

The following is an excerpt of an article from the September 2, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available tomorrow on newsstands, and Friday, August 20th online via Rolling Stone's premium subscription plan. Check out more sexy — and bloody — photos of the True Blood stars. The ...

Video of last month's reunion of Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and David Gilmour has finally surfaced. The surprise four-song set at a Hoping Foundation benefit concert in Oxfordshire, England was their first time on stage together since 2005's Live Aid concert. Watch Waters and Gilmour perform Phil Spector's "To Know ...