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Keyboardist Danny Federici, who for four decades played alongside rock star Bruce Springsteen as part of the E Street Band and helped define his rollicking sound, has died of melanoma. He was 58.

Federici's death at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Thursday was announced on Springsteen's official Web site and the rocker postponed a pair of weekend concerts in Florida.

On their audacious new album, Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket veer between funk-metal grooves, Nashville crooning, classic-rock guitar heroics and more — sometimes all in the same song. The album, out June 10th, is the latest evidence that MMJ are aiming higher than almost any other band of their generation.

From out of the gloom on a drizzly London night, the spotlight fell squarely on the Rolling Stones as Martin Scorsese's concert film "Shine a Light" got the red carpet treatment in the capital.

Duran Duran did not leave a good first impression on their reunion tour on Wednesday, March 26. The rock band who reformed in 2007 to release the album "Red Carpet Massacre", got off an awkward start in New Zealand when a string of mishaps occurred on stage.

Third is the third studio album by the trip hop group Portishead. It will be officially released on Monday, April 28, 2008. It is their first release in 10 years, and their first studio album in 11 years. It introduces a heavier rock element to the band's sonic palette, as well as a rawer, more lo-fi production sound. The album leaked on P2P networks the 7th March of 2008.

Former ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert was found dead with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Police said today (March 17) an autopsy showed it was an accident.

“I always had a problem with people that talked shit on Akron and said they were going to move away the first chance they got,” says Patrick Carney, the duo’s lanky, powerhouse drummer. “That sounds like a nice adventure, but for me, I’m going to stay in this place where I was born, a place that defines us in a lot of ways.

Rihanna has banned umbrellas from her U.K. tour.

The 20-year-old star has insisted the item be confiscated from fans, in case they injure themselves trying to copy the dance routine to her hit song 'Umbrella.'

With a Number One record and millions of fans, Jack Johnson is one of rock's biggest stars. So how can he be so mellow?

Amy Winehouse's hubby, Blake Fielder-Civil, came close to death this weekend when he overdosed on drugs in prison.