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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

News Roundup: 2/15/2011

The lineup for Bonnaroo’s 10th annual festival was announced earlier this afternoon. Headliners include Arcade Fire, Eminem, and Bonnaroo mainstays Widespread Panic, while the rest of the lineup includes 2010’s crop of best new artists (Florence + the Machine, Mumford and Sons) 2011’s crop of up-and-comers (The Head and the Heart), enduring legends (Loretta Lynn, Buffalo Springfield), and more than 100 other groups. [Bonnaroo.com]
Lady Gaga, who took home three Grammy Awards on Sunday night, will tape a concert special for HBO this month. “Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden” will be filmed next week during Gaga’s two-night residency at the Manhattan venue. The concert will air on HBO on May 7th. [MTV.com]
In other Grammy news, this year’s show was watched by 26.66 million viewers, the largest audience in 11 years. It also had a positive boost on album sales, with everyone from Best New Artist winner Esperanza Spalding to Album of the Year champs Arcade Fire reporting spikes in their sales figures. [RollingStone.com]
Death Cab for Cutie will release Codes and Keys, their seventh full-length album, on May 31st. Speaking with Spin about the project, Gibbard explained, “It’s not a guitar-based record. We’ve been into vintage keyboards and playing with that palette.” [Spin.com]
In a recent interview with GQ, Billy Ray Cyrus waxes nostalgic on family life before The Hannah Montana Show, claiming that “the damn show destroyed my life” by adversely affecting his daughter, Miley Cyrus. [GQ.com]
Glee may dive into original songs this season. During a pre-Grammy Guild of Music Surpervisors ceremony on Saturday, the show’s music supervisor P.J. Bloom mentioned an upcoming episode devoted entirely to original music. [Billboard.com]

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